Botnet
Half of the Fortune 100 are infected?
Since its discovery in May of 2009 we’ve identified Mariposa activity in tens of thousands of unique corporate networks. Over 70 variants have been identified with varying degrees of security and purpose, including code injection into known processes, email address harvesting, and additional malware downloads. The purpose behind so [...]
A Legacy of Failure
The Census results are in, and once again highlight the sheer magnitude of the economic disaster that was the Bush presidency:
On every major measurement, the Census Bureau report shows that the country lost ground during Bush’s two terms. While Bush was in office, the median household income declined, poverty increased, childhood poverty increased even more, [...]
The Sound of One Hand Clapping
Two different European groups are reporting the detection of the elusive magnetic monopole:
Nearly 80 years ago, physicist Paul Dirac said it must be possible to separate the north and south poles of a magnet to give them a separate existence. But despite decades of searching moon dust, the debris from particle collisions and cosmic radiation [...]
Gratuitous Video Feed
Antoine Dufour & Tommy Gauthier: “Mellow Deep Art”
But There Was No One to Scream
Good point. Somewhere between infinite and near-zero density lay the very early universe.
Now, we know we’d be able to hear sound in an atmosphere as sparse as Mars’ (which is about 10 grams per cubic meter), and we know we can hear sound through more dense media as well, such as water and rock. If [...]
