Topic: COMPUTER - on January 6, 2014 at 2:14:00 PM CET
Largest small system emulator
This entry weighs in at a magical 4043 bytes (8086 nibbles, 28,301 bits). It manages to implement most of the hardware in a 1980’s era IBM-PC using a few hundred fewer bits than the total number of transistors used to implement the original 8086 CPU.
If you are using OS X, the included sc-ioccc.terminal configuration file will correctly display console applications that use ANSI graphics.
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Topic: SECURITY - on January 6, 2014 at 2:13:00 PM CET
US BACKDOORED our satellites, claim UAE
A French contract to supply intelligence satellites to the United Arab Emirates could be cancelled, with the UAE claiming it's discovered backdoors in US-supplied components of the birds.
Defence News, which broke the story, claims that the $US930 million contract could be scrapped, according to high-level UAE sources, if the issue can't be resolved. That would be a blow for prime contractor Airbus Defence and Space, and payload maker Thales Alenia Space.
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Topic: SECURITY - on January 6, 2014 at 2:10:00 PM CET
Das Greenwald-Paradoxon
Journalisten müssen ob der NSA-Enthüllungen selbst in den Kampf ziehen – und Enthüller Glenn Greenwald kann jeglichen Schutz brauchen, den der Rechtsstaat noch bietet.
Die Rede des NSA-Aufdeckers Glenn Greenwald anlässlich des jüngsten Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg hat nicht nur Geheimdienstler provoziert, sondern auch Journalisten. So fragten Patrick Beuth und Kai Biermann in einem Kommentar auf ZEIT ONLINE, ob sich Greenwald ob seiner Medienschelte überhaupt noch dem Journalismus zugehörig fühle. Jochen Wegner führte die Debatte in der ZEIT weiter: "Es ist für mich (…) schwer vorstellbar, dass Journalisten Anwälte eines Themas sind, dem sie sich professionell widmen."
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Topic: DRUGS - on January 6, 2014 at 2:07:00 PM CET
Colorado’s Pot Shops Say They’ll Be Sold Out Any Day Now
A few days into the experiment, the new world of legal-recreational-marijuana sales in Colorado appears to be a big success — so much so that pot shops are finding it impossible to keep up with demand.
According to the Denver Post, at least 37 stores in Colorado were licensed to sell recreational pot to anyone 21 or over as of New Year’s Day. The Associated Press and others reported long lines outside Denver pot shops, with some eager customers forced to wait three to five hours before getting a chance to go inside, step up to the counter and make a purchase.
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