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Debian on the Fly | LINUX Unplugged 242

chris — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 22:20:06 +0000

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Cyber Hitmen | Tech Talk Today 108

chris — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 11:09:46 +0000

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Senior anonymous government officials have officially unofficially linked North Korea to the Sony Entertainment hack. We discuss the failure of proper reporting that has forced Sony to pull “The Interview” & how this story is now being covered.

Plus TorrentLocker Ransomware makes a comeback & more!

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U.S. Said to Find North Korea Ordered Cyberattack on Sony – NYTimes.com

American officials have concluded that North Korea was “centrally involved” in the hacking of Sony Pictures computers, even as the studio canceled the release of a far-fetched comedy about the assassination of the North’s leader that is believed to have led to the cyberattack.

Senior administration officials, who would not speak on the record about the intelligence findings, said the White House was debating whether to publicly accuse North Korea of what amounts to a cyberterrorism attack.

While intelligence officials have concluded that the cyberattack was both state-sponsored and far more destructive than any seen before on American soil, there are still differences of opinion over whether North Korea was aided by Sony insiders with knowledge of the company’s computer systems, senior administration officials said.

The Evidence That North Korea Hacked Sony Is Flimsy | WIRED

Sony Just Canceled The Pre mire Of ‘The Interview’ – Business Insider

Sony Pictures has decided to cancel the Dec. 25 release of “The Interview” after major theaters said they wouldn’t screen the movie.

“We have decided not to move forward with the planned December 25 theatrical release of ‘The Interview,'” the company said in a statement.

Reaction To the Sony Hack Is ‘Beyond the Realm of Stupid’

North Korea may really be behind the Sony hack, but we’re still acting like idiots. Peter W. Singer, one of the nations foremost experts on cybersecurity, says Sony’s reaction has been abysmal. “Here, we need to distinguish between threat and capability—the ability to steal gossipy emails from a not-so-great protected computer network is not the same thing as being able to carry out physical, 9/11-style attacks in 18,000 locations simultaneously. I can’t believe I’m saying this. I can’t believe I have to say this.”

Sony Has ‘No Further Release Plans’ for ‘The Interview’ | Variety

Sony Pictures Entertainment has chosen to stand down for “The Interview,” deciding against releasing the Seth Rogen–James Franco comedy in any form — including VOD or DVD, as U.S. officials reportedly link Sony’s massive cyber attack to North Korea.

“Sony Pictures has no further release plans for the film,” a spokesman said Wednesday.

Judge rules videotaped Steve Jobs deposition to remain out of public eye

District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers sided with both Apple and plaintiffs in her ruling, saying Jobs’ testimony in the iPod iTunes antitrust case, taped months before his death in 2011, should not be handled as judicial record and will therefore not be made public.

For its part, Apple noted the court has a duty to protect witness testimony. If the Jobs Deposition were made public, it might set a dangerous precedent for the release of videotaped testimony from other high-profile witnesses in future cases. For witnesses in compromising situations, the prospect of having their sworn statements broadcast out of court would likely dissuade testimony, hindering the legal process.

On Tuesday, a jury found Apple not guilty of locking customers in to a monopoly digital music ecosystem with iPod, iTunes and FairPlay digital rights management. Plaintiffs in the case sought $350 million in damages, an amount that would have been tripled to more than $1 billion under U.S. antitrust law.

Over 9,000 PCs In Australia Infected By TorrentLocker Ransomware

Cybercriminals behind the TorrenLocker malware may have earned as much as $585,000 over several months from 39,000 PC infections worldwide, of which over 9,000 were from Australia.
If you’re a Windows user in Australia who’s had their files encrypted by hackers after visiting a bogus Australia Post website, chances are you were infected by TorrentLocker and may have contributed to the tens of thousands of dollars likely to have come from Australia due to this digital shakedown racket.

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Fly Her Apart! | STOked 65

chris — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:37:38 +0000

It’s all Engine math this week! After shunting our optical sensors through the auxiliary signal buffers, we were able to heroically save this week’s subspace transmission of STOked! While the transmission was partially damaged, we managed to save the best!

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NEWS

DSthal comments on Guramba

Happened while he was out sick

Commentary from DStahl on Mission Remastering
https://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?p=3269588#post3269588

KDF missions will get remastered, too.
Only 12% of players have active KDF toons.

“Decommissioned” Accolades // Mission Remastering
https://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?p=3262925#post3262925

As a result of the upcoming remastering of missions (headed up by Gozer) some old accolades will no longer be accessible.
One that has so far been confirmed, is the “SS Azura” (being replaced)

January’s Ask Cryptic
https://www.startrekonline.com/node/2237

Craftable Refit Ship Costumes
Season 4 will include the Fleet Action Queue system, allowing fleets to team up easier.
Confirmed that the Foundry is being used by the Neverwinter team – likely a big reason the tech is getting so much attention.
First Officer system may include an extra Universal Boff slot on your ship!
Both the Captain’s Yacht (400-day reward) and Delta Flyer (omgomg) are coming soon.
DSEs getting “replaced with something new” in Season 4.

MATH

Engines!

Standard engine variants come in three flavors:
Impulse — A standard engine, baseline
Hyper Impulse — Efficient at high energy (meaning when you are above about 60 engine power, you start gaining extra engine energy)
Combat Impulse — Efficient at low energy (meaning when you are below about 40 engine power, you start gaining extra engine energy)

Impulse engines — the baseline variety — should not be used. They seem to have the exact same stat scaling as the other two types, but never grant additional energy.

So your choice should be based on what you typically fly with your Engine energy set at. If it’s low, go Combat, and if it’s high go Hyper.

Exception = Efficient Impulse Engine
Can obtain from episodic content in the Lt Commander range (Past Imperfect), and it adds 5 energy to weapons, shields and aux. So awesome! And totally viable all the way to VA. Even if you’re ship’s a little slower, the extra energy is tasty. And speed rarely impacts PvE tactics.

As you go up in Marks of engines, the only thing that changes is the speed and sometimes turning rates. So if you have a lower Mk engine with a fatty bonus that you adore (like the aforementioned Efficient engine), and don’t mind the reduced maneuverability, don’t feel like you have to give it up. The choice is yours.

Engine modifiers come in 3 standard variants as well:
[full] — increases your Full Impulse speed
[spd] — increases your standard flight speed
[turn] — slightly buffs your turn rate

Speed VERY rarely matters in PvE combat. I know there are times in PvP where running away is a good tactic, and if that’s one of yours then by all means go for [spd] — especially since this modifier can be further multiplied by buffs such as Evasive Maneuvers. For most folks however, I think I’d be safe to recommend an engine with Turn Rate bonuses. Even if you’re in a highly maneuverable ship, like an Escort or something, a higher turn rate is always good. Also, if the numbers are right on the tooltips, engines with turn rate improvements have a more profound impact on your turning, than an RCS engineering console would.

Now, let’s talk about an Engine-based tactic that is primarily used in PvP.

It’s a common buff-stacking approach that is sometimes called “Ludicrous Speed” … because it is crazy-fast.

To execute this maneuver fire off RAW SPEED BOOSTS first, then follow that up with PERCENTAGE-BASED BOOSTS.

Raw speed/energy boosts:
Aux to *** (use EngTeam + Aux to Engines)
Engine Battery
Energy Siphon

Percentage boosts:
Attack Pattern Omega
Evasive Maneuvers

As an added bonus to this tactic, there’s a new consumable item known as a “Deuterium Surplus” that can be obtained by completing a daily mission in the Alhena system in Eta Eridani. These are pretty much Evasive Maneuvers batteries.

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We’ve mentioned before having RSS feeds to popular STO sites like STO-Wiki, StarbaseUGC or even Memory-Alpha.
Also mentioned having a browsable Foundry database.

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