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Harms of Post-9/11 Airline Security

Bruce Schneier on the harms of post-9/11 airline security … and I think he is absolutely right.

Comparing the Security and Privacy of Browser Syncing

Gregory Szorc from Mozilla has put together a great comparison of all the top browser’s synchronization features with regard to security and privacy.

CIA vs. Biometric Border Control

Muhaha … biometric checks at borders are making clandestine operations harder.

“PHP – A Fractal of Bad Design”

A beautiful rant about PHP … it almost made me cry … all those bad memories … :'(

A Chinese Typewriter in Silicon Valley

Thomas Mullaney talks on how Chinese engineers have developed a predictive type setting engine at the beginning of the 20th century.

3D Computer Vision: Past, Present, and Future

Steve Seitz presents an interesting run through the field of 3D computer vision.

Kola Borehole

There are things that are quite interesting, but you never hear of them … the more than 12km deep Kola borehole one of those things.

Thanks, XKCD 🙂

Leitfaden für Eltern und Lehrer zu Nutzung von Musik, Filmen und Büchern aus dem Internet

Mal wieder ein peinlicher Versuch der Contentmafia: diesmal ein Flyer mit sachlich und juristisch fragwürdigen Äußerungen von nicht näher spezifizierten Autoren zur “Nutzung von Musik, Filmen und Büchern aus dem Internet”. m(

BrowserQuest

The Mozillians have developed a retro style adventure game running entirely in the browser called BrowserQuest. You can even get the source code and extend it.

Paintballing with Hezbollah

Muhaha … 4 western Journalists met a team of Hezbollah fighters for a “friendly” paintball match.