Links for 25-04-2008
Polluting the botnets; Hawking and extropianism; fusion at Cadarache …
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“The pollution attack, meanwhile, “overwrites” the P2P botnet’s key, an identifier that’s used to get command information to the bots. Storm generates keys to find other bots, the researchers noted.”
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Does what it says on the tin.
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“There were only five questions, but according to Kip Thorne … it took Hawking several days to program his answers. Thorne describes him as “about the most patient, stubborn man I know.””
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4 - Fusion 2.0“… it is at Cadarache that fusion power’s supporters will learn whether the idea is a pipe dream or a real contender for the future.”
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“He argued that the world should devote about 10 times as much as NASA’s current budget – or 0.25% of the world’s financial resources – to space.” Rock on, Steve. \m|
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“Make no mistake, it’s utterly flamboyant and bombastic, and the subject matter of their songs wanders between pedestrian rock clichés and cod spiritualism … but good grief, they really know how to put a tune together.”
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“There’s a real post-apocalyptic tinge to The Spoils, with themes of catastrophic climate change and the destruction of the natural world (’Summer Endless Summer’, ‘Blue Light’) dominating alongside tales of more personal destructions …”
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April 25th, 2008 at 7:48 am
There are other approaches to fusion with more promise:
WB-7 First Plasma