2012-03-07, 17:22 | Link #562 |
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Researchers Seek Help in Solving DuQu Mystery Language
"DuQu, the malicious code that followed in the wake of the infamous Stuxnet
code, has been analyzed nearly as much as its predecessor. But one part of the code remains a mystery, and researchers are asking programmers for help in solving it. The mystery concerns an essential component of the malware that communicates with command-and-control servers and has the ability to download additional payload modules and execute them on infected machines." See: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/201...tery-language/ |
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2012-03-09, 03:11 | Link #567 | |
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Israeli device takes the thirst out of war zones
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2012-03-09, 08:33 | Link #570 |
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I don't think Frank Herbert wrote about those things back in 1969, and that idea came out in Dune 2 in 1992. So it is like an argument about who invented the modern OS interface between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.
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2012-03-11, 06:07 | Link #572 |
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http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs
Pretty sick, even with buying the necessary peripherals and memory you can have a new PC for around $100. Just need someone to write a guided missile app for linux now and it'll be fun times.
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2012-03-11, 09:50 | Link #573 | |
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For now though, while there's no app for it to propel "the barrel of a gun" yet, some smart minds are already working on it to become a subversive little piece of free speech (and terrorism!!) facilitator. IMO, if this little gadget would produce ten more open source developers for the world, it's a success story. Someone needs to bring the notion of do-it-yourself to the masses in a computering world that is increasingly made up of walled gardens. |
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2012-03-12, 08:58 | Link #574 |
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Just made the guided missile jab because the devs reported that they were contacted by a middle east country that wanted to mass produce these for "educational purposes", to which internet cynics reacted with a "yeah, right". But now that I think about it, if you wanted to make guided missiles, it's probably not the onboard computers that are the really costly and advanced parts. Like, even if there was no raspberries available they wouldn't be a problem to make.
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2012-03-12, 10:48 | Link #575 |
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Unless I am mistaken, some even said than a PS2 could be used as hardware for a cruse missile's guidage back when they launched it, so the hardware shouldn't be now much of a issue.
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2012-03-12, 13:20 | Link #576 | |
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frequency. Particularly as a replacement for suicide bombers. Here's why. Suicide bombers are functionally a poor man's weapon system. Using a cold calculus:" See: http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/...de-bomber.html |
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In fact those nifty steel-core rounds from a GPMG is enough to render a car running into a concrete roadblock useless. When it stops, finish it off with a HEDP grenade. If the terrorists wanted to, they should have used RC cars.
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2012-03-13, 01:11 | Link #580 |
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Flight system avionics (for aircraft or missiles) go through some grueling QA/QC, V&V testing so that's why builders don't upgrade very often and try to get maximum efficiency out of every RAM bit and CPU cycle.
That's why AP-101 series are still used though the design is about 40+ years old. Most missile avionic gear is "unique" but is typically based on a MIL-STD 1553 bus architecture. Equipment details are usually classified.
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