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Zorin OS 15 + LineageOS | Choose Linux 11

Wes Payne — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 00:15:58 +0000

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Forward Momentum | LAS 449

chris — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 11:25:40 +0000

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Android TV Showdown! | LAS 428

chris — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 19:11:31 +0000

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We compare two very compelling boxes side by side & discover the advantages of Android as our HTPC. As two long time Linux users we were surprised & a little horrified. We share our strange journey to this place & why we are staying.

Plus we discuss the impact that free Windows 10 had on Linux, Microsoft’s lost opportunity & geek out over Noah’s cool new hardware.

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The Best Linux Set Top Box

NVIDIA SHIELD TV.

NVIDIA Tegra X1 processor with a 256-core GPU and 3GB RAM
Android Marshmallow
4K playback at 60 FPS (VP9, H265, H264)
7.1 and 5.1 surround sound passthrough over HDMI
Gigabit Ethernet
Built in 802.11n, 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz
HDMI 2.0
Two USB 3.0 (Type A)
MicroSD slot
IR receiver (compatible with Logitech Harmony)
Nvidia’s Library of features games, like Borderlands 2.
Game controller is included.
All of the apps finally feel living room ready.
Like… Netflix, Hulu, Sling TV, Plex, YouTube, and my favorite Kodi.
Starts at $200
SHIELD Android TV Box vs Apple TV vs Roku vs Fire TV | SHIELD
Arch Linux for Shield TV | nVidia Shield Android TV

I present to you instructions on how to get Arch Linux working natively on your shield TV dual booted with your Android rom. This is all thanks to the amazing people in this thread for getting Ubuntu on the shield and would not be possible without them.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/shie…ld-tv-t3150352

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Matricom G-Box Q

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Tough Skylake box PC has four GbE and eight USB ports, and Runs Linux

Adlink’s Linux-ready MXE-5500 fanless industrial computer offers 6th Gen Core CPUs, 4K support, dual SATA bays, four GbE ports, mini-PCIe, USIM, and more.

Desktop App Pick

Gradio: A GTK3 app for finding and listening to internet radio stations

Gradio 4.0 Adds Volume Control, Improves ‘Discover’ Section

Spotlight

NEW Natively Compatible Linux DJ Controller

Works out of the box with Linux
Presets built in for mix
Native controller AND audio interface
Separate audio interface for Headphones (native compatible with Linux)

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Slashdot Asks: Free Upgrade To Windows 10 Ends Today: What’s Your Thought On This?

While users have lauded Windows 10 for performance improvements, the Redmond-based company’s aggressive upgrade tactics have spoiled the experience for many. Whether it was installing Windows 10 on computers without users’ consent, or eating up tons of bandwidth for users who couldn’t afford it, or whether it was deceptive dialog boxes, Microsoft definitely deserves a lot of blame — and rightfully, a bunch of lawsuits. But many of these things, hopefully, will end today — July 29, 2016 (or to be exact, Saturday morning 5:59am EDT / 2:59am PDT) Today is officially the last day when eligible Windows 7 and Windows 8 computers could be upgraded to Windows 10 for free of charge. After this, an upgrade to Windows 10 will set you back by at least $119.

Windows 10 pain: Reg man has 75 per cent upgrade failure rate

The laptops are Lenovo R61 and W510 systems, and the desktops are a garden variety box based on an Asus P7P55D Pro motherboard. The other desktop is my beloved Hydra 2.0 liquid cooled, dual-processor, monster system based on the EVGA Classified SR-2 motherboard. These details turn out to be important in our story.

Microsoft sued over Windows 10 update campaign

Three Florida men sued Microsoft in U.S. District Court in Florida on Friday, saying Microsoft’s Windows 10 update prompts violated laws governing unsolicited electronic advertisements, as well as Federal Trade Commission prohibitions on deceptive and unfair practices.

Blackmagic Design Finally Introduces Fusion 8 For Linux

After acquiring Fusion back in 2014 from Canadian company eyeon software Inc, Blackmagic Design has put a lot of energy into developing one of the most advanced pieces of compositing software out there. After offering support for both, Windows and Mac platforms, the company just has announced Fusion 8 for Linux.

Editing = Cut a piece of footage and remove/add a bit in the middle.

Composting = Take an object that isn’t in the footage and put it there.

Motion graphics = take an inanimate object and animate it.

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LockedIn | TTT 248

chris — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 17:00:54 +0000

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Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn & we bet we know why! Apple has a big day & we cover some of the highlights. The best TV set top box in our estimation, some Plex love & a Kickstarter of the week for the connected family.

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Holding Hospitals Hostage | TechSNAP 261

chris — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 08:44:35 +0000

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Find out about another hospital that accidentally took advantage of free encryption, researchers turn up a DDoS on the root DNS servers & the password test you never want to take.

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Researchers at VeriSign investigate DDoS on root DNS servers

Researchers from VeriSign, the company that runs the .com and .net registries, and operations 2 of the 13 critically import root DNS servers, will be giving a talk at a conference detailing their investigation into the attack
Their findings suggest the attack, which took place in November of 2015, was not directed at the root name servers directly, but was an attempt to down two chinese websites
The attack had some interesting patterns, likely caused by design decisions and mistakes made by the programmer of the botnet that was used in the attack
The provide a video showing a breakdown of the attack
It was interesting to learn that Randall Munroe (of XKCD fame) actually came up with the best way to visualize the distribution of IP addresses, with a grid where sequential numbers are in adjacent squares
Only IP addresses in the first 128 /8 netbooks were used. The use of 128/8 specifically suggests an less than or equal, rather than an equal was used during the comparison of IP addresses
It is not clear why a larger set of addresses were not used
The attack seemed to use 3 or 4 different groups of bots, sending spoofed DNS requests
Two of the larger groups of bots sequentially cycled through the 2.0.0.0/8 through 19.0.0.0/8 subnets at different speeds
Attacks were not seen from the 10.0.0.0/8 and 127.0.0.0/8 networks, for obvious reasons
However, a delay in the attacks sourced from 11.0.0.0/8 suggests that the botnet attempted to use the entire 10 block, but the packets just never left the source networks
“The researchers also note that Response Rate Limiting was an effective mitigation in countering up to 60 percent of attack traffic. RRL is a feature in the DNS protocol that mitigates amplifications attacks where spoofed DNS queries are used to target victims in large-scale DDoS attacks.”
“In addition to RRL, the researchers said attack traffic was easily filterable and through filtering were able to drop response traffic for the attack queries, leaving normal traffic untouched. One of the limitations with this approach is that it’s a manual process”

Virus hits Medstar hospital network, Hospital forced to shutdown systems

“The health system took down some its computers to prevent the virus from spreading, but it’s not clear how many computers — or hospitals — are affected”
“A statement by the health system said that all facilities remain open, and that there was “no evidence of compromised information.””
“The not-for-profit healthcare system operates ten hospitals across the Washington and Baltimore region, with more than a hundred outpatient health facilities. According to the system’s website, it has more than 31,000 employees and serves hundreds of thousands of patients annually.”
“One visitor to the hospital told ZDNet that staff switched the computers off after learning about the virus. The person, who was visiting a patient in one of the healthcare system’s Washington DC hospital, said the computers were powered off for more than an hour, with all patient orders lost, the person said.”
“It’s not clear exactly what kind of malware was used in Monday’s cyberattack. A spokesperson for MedStar Health did not immediately respond to a request for comment.”
An FBI spokesperson confirmed that it was “aware of the incident and is looking into the nature and scope of the matter.”
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After a few days, the medical network was recovering
“The healthcare provider said the attack forced it to shut down its three main clinical information systems, prevented staff from reviewing patient medical records, and barred patients from making medical appointments. In a statement issued Wednesday, it said that no patient data had been compromised and systems were slowly coming back online.”
“Clinicians are now able to review medical records and submit orders via our electronic health records. Restoration of additional clinical systems continues with priority given to those related directly to patient care”
“While the hospital still won’t officially confirm the attacks were ransomware related, The Washington Post along with other news outlets are reporting that employees at the hospital received pop-up messages on their computer screens seeking payment of 45 Bitcoins ($19,000) in exchange for a digital key that would decrypt data”
“The MedStar cyberattack is one of many hospitals in recent months targeted by hackers. Last week, Kentucky-based Methodist Hospital paid ransomware attackers to unlock its hospital system after crypto-ransomware brought the hospital’s operations to a grinding halt. Earlier this year Los Angeles-based Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center paid 40 Bitcoin ($17,000) to attackers that locked down access to the hospital’s electronic medical records system and other computer systems using crypto-ransomware.”
As long as hospitals continue to pay out, this will only grow to be a worse problem
“Medical facilities don’t give security the same type of attention that other verticals do,” said Craig Williams, senior technical leader for Cisco Talos. “They are there to heal people and cure the sick. Their first priority is not to take care of an IT environment. As a result it’s likely the hackers have been out there for quite some time and realized that there are a lot (healthcare) sites that have a lot of base vulnerabilities.”
As you might expect: 1400 vulnerabilities to remain unpatched in medical supply system
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In related news:
Canadian hospital website compromised serves up the Angler malware kit to visitors
The site is for a hospital in a small city that serves a mostly rural area. Happens to be where I grew up, and the hospital I was born in
The hospital site is run on Joomla, and is running version 2.5.6, which has many known vulnerabilities. The latest version of Joomla is 3.4.8
“Like many site hacks, this injection is conditional and will appear only once for a particular IP address. For instance, the site administrator who often visits the page will only see a clean version of it, while first timers will get served the exploit and malware.”
The obvious targets are “staff, patients and their families and visitors, as well as students”
The hospital became a teaching facility for McMaster University’s Faculty of Health Sciences in 2009
“The particular strain of ransomware dropped here is TeslaCrypt which demands $500 to recover your personal files it has encrypted. That payment doubles after a week.”

CNBC Password Tester — How not to do it

CNBC has a post about constructing secure passwords
The basic idea was that you submit your password, and it tells you how strong it is
There are obvious problems with this idea. Why are you giving out your password anyway?
Of course, the CNBC site is served in plain text (which is fine for a news site), but it means your password is sent to them in the clear
Worse, they had the site adding all of the submitted passwords to a google spreadsheet, also in the clear
Because the password was submitted as a GET variable, and was in the URL, it was also included in the referral information sent to all of the advertising networks in the CNBC site, including DoubleClick, ScoreCardResearch, something hosted at Amazon AWS, and any other widgets on the site (Facebook, Gigya)
If you actually did want to build a tool like this, at least use javascript to perform the calculations on the users’ device and never transmit their passwords
Of course, users should never type the password into another website. This is the definition if a phishing attack
The page has since been removed
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iOS Backdoor | Tech Talk Today 29

chris — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 09:38:50 +0000

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iOS security researchers have found what appear to be backdoors in current versions of iOS, Edward Snowden plans to build new privacy tools, Google strong arms Samsung to drop Tizen, and a new Nvidia Tablet could be landing as soon as tomorrow.

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Edward Snowden Plans to Work on Privacy Tech

NSA leaker Edward Snowden says he plans to work on technology to preserve personal data privacy and called on programmers to join his efforts.

Speaking via a Google Hangout at the Hackers on Planet Earth Conference in New York

But today he hinted, without providing any further details, that he’s going to be doing some of that work himself. He also wants like-minded hackers to work with him in some capacity.

Forensic Expert Questions Covert ‘Backdoor’ Services Included in iOS by Apple – Mac Rumors

As part of a recent Hackers On Planet Earth (HOPE/X) conference presentation, forensic scientist and iPhone jailbreak expert Jonathan Zdziarski detailed several backdoor security mechanisms that are secretly included in iOS by Apple.

Jonathan confirms that iOS is reasonably secure from attack by a malicious hacker, but notes that the mobile OS includes several forensic services and noticeable design omissions that make the OS vulnerable to snooping by forensic tools.

These services, such as “lockdownd,” “pcapd” and “mobile.file_relay,” can bypass encrypted backups to obtain data and can be utilized via USB, Wi-Fi and possibly cellular.

I am not suggesting some grand conspiracy; there are, however, some services running in iOS that shouldn’t be there, that were intentionally added by Apple as part of the firmware, and that bypass backup encryption while copying more of your personal data than ever should come off the phone for the average consumer.

Consumers who want to limit access to these backdoor services are advised by Jonathan to enable a complex passcode in iOS and use the enterprise Apple Configurator application to set Mobile Device Management (MDM) restrictions and enable Pair locking which will delete all pairing records. This solution will block third-party forensic software, but won’t protect the device contents if it is sent to Apple for analysis.

Google and Samsung’s relationship continues to worsen, this time over wearables

Samsung currently sells three smartwatches that run Tizen, including the Gear 2, Gear Neo, and Gear Fit. The company only offers one Android Wear-based smartwatch in the Gear Live. Google wants Samsung to focus its efforts more on Android Wear than Tizen

According to a new report out of The Information, the already tense relationship between Samsung and Google has begun to worsen thanks to both of their own lines of wearables. The report claims that Google CEO Larry Page and Samsung Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee took part in an a “tense” private meeting at the Allen & Co. conference last week in Sun Valley. The meeting reportedly centered around Page being frustrated that Samsung was investing more in its smartwatches running Tizen than the ones running Android Wear.

Smartwatches Drive New Wedge Between Samsung, Google – The Information

Report: Nvidia Shield Tablet ships July 29 in the US; $299 for 16GB Wi-Fi-only, $399 for 32GB with LTE, $59 for separate controller

On July 22nd NVIDIA will announce its own device, called SHIELD Tablet. It will be accompanied by wireless controller designed specifically for NVIDIA SHIELD family, meaning you will be able to control either SHIELD tablet or SHIELD console.

SHIELD tablet is 8 inch device with 1920×1200 resolution. It has 2GB RAM, Tegra K1 SoC with 192 CUDA cores, QuadCore 2.2 GHz A15 CPU. Tablet has dual speakers and 5 MPIX ‘selfie’ camera.

MicroXwin Creators Have A PC That Runs Debian & Android Together

The company behind MicroXwin, a kernel-based X Windows implementation that claims to be the smallest and fastest X implementation, has come up with a unified Linux distribution that runs Android and Debian/Ubuntu applications simultaneously.

This demo is running on a RK3066 dual core set top box. Some features of this implementation that your readers may be interested in knowing:

1. Both Android and Debian apps run at native speeds. Debian apps don’t depend on Android unlike other implementation of Debian on Android which are based on VNC running on Android.

2. We did not change Android to implement this (other than start-up scripts). This means we have full compatibility with all Android applications.

3. MicroXwin provides the X-Wndows framework and it is much faster as seen running on ARM based Raspberry Pi

Is Kindle Unlimited worth it? – The Washington Post

Kindle Unlimited is $9.99 per month. So you’ll be paying Amazon, whose chief executive Jeffrey Bezos owns The Washington Post, around $120 per year for the unfettered e-book access. If you’re habitually spending money on more than one book per month, then it’s a service to think about. It has its perks for big book buyers — namely that don’t have to worry about spending money on a book you end up hating.

But, chances are, you aren’t reading more than one book per month. In January, the Pew Internet and American Life Project asked how many books the typical American had read in the past year.

The answer? Five.

Linksys Launches New Wi-Fi Network Range Extenders

On Thursday, Linksys introduced three new additions to its family of wireless networking products: the Linksys AC1200 MAX Wi-Fi Range Extender (RE6500), the Linksys N600 PRO Wi-Fi Range Extender (RE4000W) and the Linksys N300 Wi-Fi Range Extender (RE3000W). Their prices are quite reasonable, costing $99.99 for the RE6500, $79.99 for the RE3000W and $59.99 for the RE4000W.

Prices Range from $59.99 – $99.99 USD.

The new Linksys AC1200 Max Wi-Fi Range Extender dishes out coverage of up to 10,000 square feet.

This range extender also includes four Gigabit ports for connecting wired devices like consoles, smart TVs and Blu-ray players. There is even an audio jack on the back, allowing users to plug in a stereo system or audio speakers to wirelessly stream music from a computer or smart device.

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Shields Up | CR 101

chris — Mon, 12 May 2014 16:27:23 +0000

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It’s a day filled with war stories, we start off by sharing how things have blown up in our laps this morning, and cover your excellent feedback.

Then – Chris shares his new gadget purchase, and how it’s making him re-think some of his firm opinions.

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Full SteamOS Ahead | LINUX Unplugged 7

chris — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:27:56 +0000

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Valve has announced SteamOS, and we have our analysis of how this will impact the Linux ecosystem at large, the challenge Valve faces, and the reasons Valve is the right company to pull this effort off.

Plus the real reason for iTunes, re-thinking Google, and a lot more!

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blackoutworm 1 day ago RE: Why does anyone NEED iTunes?

The only reason I would need iTunes on linux is for streaming tv shows.
Netflix and amazon\’s library is peanuts compared to itunes. Itunes has a lot of exclusives. Meaning shows that aren\’t and will probably never be released to dvd or bluray. As a linux user, I really hate that there\’s little to no DRM support here.

Can\’t get it working. Nor mp4s bought from my ipad. I really wish that\’ll change. As far as digital media go, linux is 10 years behind.

— SteamOS Annouced: Linux for the Living Room —

The Steam Universe is Expanding in 2014

Last year, we shipped a software feature called Big Picture, a user-interface tailored for televisions and gamepads.
This year we\’ve been working on even more ways to connect the dots for customers who want Steam in the living-room.
Soon, we\’ll be adding you to our design process, so that you can help us shape the future of Steam.

An XBMC like distro, based on Ubuntu 12.04

SteamOS will primarily be based off Ubuntu, as it has been Valve\’s focus ever since they started testing Steam for Linux. They already have a repository for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS users designated \”hometest\”, which is obviously short for SteamOS being tested in people\’s homes. This hometest repository has been around since April.

+ This will create a \"Steam standard\" that non-Steam distros can follow to garuntee compatability.

30% of Steam Games have Controller Support

While 40 percent of all Linux games on Steam feature some form of controller support, that only amounts to 72 games total that are currently set up to work on a living room box running SteamOS

When Big Picture mode was launched last September, 23.7 percent of the games available on Steam were listed with full or partial controller support (382 games total). Of the games that have launched on Steam since then, about 48.4 percent have featured full or partial controller support (raising the total proportion of games in this category on Steam to 29.4 percent or 617 games total).

SteamOS will stream games from Windows PCs

Not unlike the Nvidia Shield, it will include a method for wirelessly streaming games from your existing gaming computer to your TV, which Valve says will also come to the regular Steam client at some point in the future.

Steam – ~60 million users
XBox Live – 46 million users as of February 2013
PlayStation Network – +100 million
The dawn of a new \”Linux\”. Valve could change the meaning of Linux from \”scary to the average joe\” to the market saviour, open in the same sense of the \”internet\” being open and allowing for commerce.

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Pipeline Problems | Unfilter 45

chris — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 07:21:39 +0000

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22 homes were evacuated in the state of Arkansas after a portion of an oil pipeline burst leaving tar sand crude oil oozing through the streets. This comes at a critical time for the decision to move ahead with the Keystone XL pipeline.

Then it was once steaming ahead by capitalizing on shocking tragedies, but now the gun debate has faltered in America. We’ll dig into the state of gun control.

Plus a look at the Great British class calculator, Pot bar crackdowns, your feedback, and much much more.

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Report to Class

People in the UK now fit into seven social classes, a major survey conducted by the BBC suggests.

It says the traditional categories of working, middle and upper class are outdated, fitting 39% of people.

It found a new model of seven social classes ranging from the elite at the top to a \”precariat\” – the poor, precarious proletariat – at the bottom.

More than 161,000 people took part in the Great British Class Survey, the largest study of class in the UK.

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Local news anchors can\’t help wonder if economic indicators are to blame for that poor rabbit\’s lackluster step.

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Arkansas Oil Spill

Exxon pipeline erupts and floods Arkansas town – YouTube

On Friday, 22 homes were evacuated in a community in the state of Arkansas after a portion of an ExxonMobil pipeline burst leaving nearly 10,000 barrels of tar sand crude oil oozing through the streets. Critics of the Keystone XL pipeline say that cases like this will only multiply once the controversial channel is built.

Arkansas oil spill revives Keystone XL pipeline debate

Residents of Mayflower, Arkansas found pools of crude filling their lawns this weekend

People living in a small community near Little Rock, Ark., are being forced from their home and may not come back for weeks after an oil pipeline ruptured. Manuel Bojorquez reports.

Arkansas Oil Spill Raises Scrutiny of Pipeline Network

Environmental groups said the rupture of the Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) pipe on March 29 in Mayflower, Arkansas, shows why Obama should reject Keystone, which would be a major new conduit between the U.S. and Canada for a type of fuel critics say is more corrosive than more conventional forms of oil.

Pipelines Explained: How Safe are America’s 2.5 Million Miles of Pipelines? – ProPublica
> The 2.5 million miles of America\’s pipelines suffer hundreds of leaks and ruptures every year, costing lives and money. As existing lines grow older, critics warn that the risk of accidents on those lines will only increase.

While states with the most pipeline mileage — like Texas,California, and Louisiana — also have the most incidents, breaks occur throughout the far-flung network of pipelines. Winding under city streets and countryside, these lines stay invisible most of the time. Until they fail.

Since 1986, pipeline accidents have killed more than 500 people, injured over 4,000, and cost nearly seven billion dollars in property damages. Using government data, ProPublica has mapped thousands of these
incidents in a new interactive news application [9], which provides
detailed information about the cause and costs of reported incidents going back
nearly three decades.

At Oil Spill Cleanup in Arkansas, Exxon Running the Show, Not Federal Agencies

Tightly controlled by ExxonMobil, which was responsible for the spill, access to even the parking lot is not permitted. A security guard now stops anyone without a red lanyard and ID badge from passing into the gated compound.

A 1980 law ensures that diluted bitumen is not classified as oil, and companies transporting it in pipelines do not have to pay into the federal Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. Other conventional crude producers pay 8 cents a barrel to ensure the fund has resources to help clean up some of the 54,000 barrels of pipeline oil that spilled 364 times last year.

Arkansas oil spill: Exxon reacts to tax \’loophole,\’ pledges ‘to cover all costs’ — RT USA

Answering RT\’s detailed questions, ExxonMobil stated they are
paying for all costs related to the spill. However, the company
didn\’t reveal how much it contributes to the OSLTF, or the value of
the company\’s crude which is not taxed by the law.

Exxon Mobil promises to cover oil spill cleanup costs in Arkansas – CNN.com

Exxon Mobil will pay all of the costs related to last week\’s oil spill in an Arkansas neighborhood, a company spokesman said Wednesday.

Between 3,500 and 5,000 barrels of heavy crude leaked from a ruptured pipeline — not 12,000 barrels, as previously reported, according to Exxon Mobil spokesman Alan Jeffers.

Gun Debate DOA?

Colorado prosecutors seek death penalty for accused cinema gunman | Reuters

Colorado prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the man charged with killing 12 moviegoers during a showing of the Batman film \”The Dark Knight Rises\” last year.

The 225-page National School Shield report isn\’t offering specific recommendations for how many armed staff each school should have or the types of guns those people should carry — though Hutchinson said the firearms could range from \”sidearms, to shotguns, to AR-15s.\”

NRA\’s National School Shield Program: Gun lobby set to unveil findings from post-Newtown initiative.

The timing of the release is no coincidence. It comes as the gun control/safety debate continues to heat up in the Senate, where lawmakers are at work on a deal that would expand background checks. While the NRA plan is likely to garner a lot of attention given the lobby\’s position in the national gun conversation

NRA: Education And Training Emergency Response Program

Border Drones

Drone Privacy Concerns Have Some Associations on Defensive: Associations Now

EPIC recently launched a petition asking the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to limit the use of unmanned aircraft for purposes of patrolling the border. Other groups speaking out against the use of drones include the American Civil Liberties Union [PDF] and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

San Diego’s “Anti-Drone Days of Action” Kick Off Nation-Wide Protests April 4 – 7

\”National Anti-Drone Days of Action\” from April 4 through 7 in San Diego start a month of protests across the United States against the policy and practice of drone warfare and secret surveillance.

WA Pot Bars Cross the Line

Washington will make rules to ban pot at bars, officials say | OregonLive.com

Washington officials say it\’s not OK for bars to allow marijuana use, and they\’ll take quick steps to address that.

The announcement from the state Liquor Control Board on Wednesday followed a recent Associated Press report about establishments in Olympia and Tacoma that allow people to consume marijuana on-site.

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Initiate Transition Sequence | STOked 115

chris — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:00:33 +0000

In a change of gears from the featured episode series, Chris takes a look at the new Odyssey class ship, and what review would be complete with out taking it out for a few PVP matches! Join the crew as they put the new ships through their paces, and then give you their thoughts!

Plus – Community Feedback covers a new shield exploit, and asks what you want to know about Star Ship creation!

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Boldly They Played | STOked 114

chris — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:12:23 +0000

It’s a double dev special. Al joins us to share details on the new Odyssey and Bortasqu’ C-store ships, and what they can do. Then Jeremy stops by the studio for a live Q&A with our jblive.tv chat room.

Plus Chris reviews the final mission in SERIES 4: THE 2800.

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News:

Doff expansion…Gamma Quadrant Duty Officers added / New Mission chains
>Dev Blog< >Heretic’s Clarification<
CapnLogan leaving Cryptic to work for Bungie >link< >Send Off Video<
C-store flagships with bridges by Captain Geko
Rehpic explains some details about the recent STO server instability >link<
Starbase UGC recruiting Foundry authors to create their own FE series >link<

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New STF Gear | STOked 109

chris — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:38:22 +0000

The team takes a look at the new STF gear, and the current gear’s changes. Plus Chris shares his 2012 STO predictions, and plays back a few from 2011, find out how they did!

This will be the last STOked produced for the foreseeable future. The show will be going on hiatus.

I plan to take another look at things, perhaps as the new featured episodes are near release, or something really exciting that I want to share with you all. And I will continue to monitor news and the STO community closely.

Check out the live stream on Saturdays, from time to time I plan to do live game play with the chat room during the hiatus. Following my G+ or Twitter feeds would be the fastest way to find out when those happen.

And finally, thank you so much for watching. If we make our return, I hope you’ll be there to tune in!

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2011 PREDICTIONS from STOked 63

Jeremy:

Cryptic will acknowledge the positive impact the Foundry can have on their game, and embrace it by appointing a point of contact (or team) that will focus on publicity for the best-made and highly-reviewed player missions on a regular basis. Maybe a secondary weekly spotlight?
We will see an announcement toward the end of the year for a Romulan expansion. Including the new faction, 3–4 new sectors complete with PvE stories. The unique Romulan mechanic will be “espionage” and will be similar to Fed DXP.
More voice overs and cut scenes for episode content.

Chris:

Voice Overs + Cut Scenes (Demo record fly through)
More Star Trek
Slow Down
UGC will snowball into requiring a more robust out-of-game experience to discover and discuss new player created content.

2012 Predictions:

The possibility of failure lumes over STO. The price of failure may be too low.
The Foundry make it or break it time. DStahl has a big task on his hands. .
SW:TOR will help STO find it’s identity. SPACE COMBAT.
The next feature episode will be revealed to the community with the biggest fan fare yet.
D’angelo is replaced? The lack of transparency will turn the community even more angry. Anyone who takes the figure head spot, and does not chant “content, content, content” they will be flamed.
Foundry created episodes will take a larger role in the game. Cryptic will acknowledge them, and make efforts towards driving players towards them. After they get over having to admit they need the players to help them create content.
Crafting revamp replaces the current “vendorised” system with something spectacular and player skill based.
Additional writing staff, preferably with Star Trek experience, will be hired (possibly temporarily).
Cryptic will assign / hire a staff member to produce content using the Foundry toolset on a regular basis
STO will face it’s own “NGE” crisis and will only survive it by shifting focus to delivering content rather than game systems

Community Feedback

New STF Gear Sets:

Set feedback thread

Borg set (3 set items for 5 edc each from a vendor, console from the mission ‘Assimilation’).
Shield – The most regenerative shield of all the sets along with the lowest shield capacity and has a bonus resistance to plasma damage attacks to the shields by 15%. A bonus to shield power improves shield regen and resistance.

Engine – one of the slower impulse engines but a standard agility and a power bonus to engines, the greatest bonus of this engine is the ability for transwarp speed in sector space (minimum speed of warp 14).

Deflector geared towards (in order of magnitude) – Resistance – (geared towards greater hull boost, moderate restistance to shield/energy/movement debuff and a boost to auxillary power.
Hull Strength – change to an offensive debuff like power drain or exotic damage? Make it more offensive/adaptive deflector?
Resistance to shield and energy drain abilities
Resistance to hold, disable, repel, knock and slow effects
Knock, repel and slow abilities
Aux power (improve aux based abilities)

Aegis – a craftable set
Shields – highest capacity (for the feds) covarient shields with one of the lowest regenerations but grants a boost to shield power and shield strength.

Engines – geared towards speed and defense (performing better at higher engine speeds).

Deflector – Shield defense (geared towards shield strength, buffs and resistance to debuffs and a small boost to shield regen/resistance).
Shield strength – Boost to placate/confuse? Make it a more evasive deflector?
Shield repair/healing
Resistance to energy/shield drain abilities
Resistance to hold, disable, repel, knock and slow effects
Shield power (improves shield regen and shield resistance)

MACO – FED only
Shield – while the capacity is lower than a covarient, resilient shields regenerate slightly better and allow less damage to impact the hull. In addition for each attack you receive you gain a stacking 10 second bonus of +1 to all power settings. Shield grants a standard 20% plasma damage resistance to the shields.

Engine – while a tiny bit slower than the Aegis engines there is no bonus to having a high engine power. In addition, ships in sector space can travel at 9.99 (so we aren’t all going to turn in to amphibian beings ) and in the eventuality that your engines are disabled, you’ll still have some maneuverabilty.

Deflector – Defense orientated (geared towards hull strength, shield strength buffs, resistance to movement debuffs and transfering power between subsystems).
Hull strength
Shield repair/healing
Resistance to hold, disable, repel, knock and slow effects
Shield strength
Power transfer rate

Omega Force – FED/KDF
Shield – A less regenerative capacity version of the Borg shield. In addition though for each attack you receive you gain a bonus 5 flight speed and 30% turn rate for 5 seconds. Shield grants a standard 20% plasma damage resistance to the shields.

Engine – The fastest engine available to both factions and one of the most agile with a greater bonus when using a high engine power.

Deflector – Debuff orientated (equally passive and damaging debuff boost with a small boost to cloak detection and shield repair).
Cloak detection and sensor debuff resistance
Resistance to hold, disable, repel, knock and slow effects
Resistance to energy/shield drain abilities Change to hold, disable, repel, knock and slow effects? Make it a more ambush/hit and run deflector?
Improved accuracy
Damage from ‘exotic’ attacks

KHG – KDF only
Shield – the highest shield capacity covarient shield and one of the lowest regenerations, however, there is a 25% chance when hit by energy damage to debuff the enemy’s accuracy by 25% for 10 seconds and placate for 1 second. Shield grants a standard 20% plasma damage resistance to the shields.

Engine – the slowest engine overall but the most agile especially at low power levels with an added bonus of being able to restart disabled engines after only 1 second and a flat bonus to all power levels.

Deflector – strength and offense orientated (geared towards boosting hull strength and offensive debuffs with a bonus to transferring power).
Hull strength
Damage from ‘exotic’ attacks
Knock, repel and slow abilities
Power transfer
Improved cloak

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Voldemort Exposed | STOked 107

chris — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:14:22 +0000

We bring on Al “CaptainGeko” Rivera, STO’s lead designer, on a very special edition of STOked. We discuss the “Voldemort” being talked about in the forums. Find out why Cryptic calls it the “infamous Shield of Infinite Power.”

Plus: Some behind the scenes details on the new holiday event, and a bit of some news for crafting fans!

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Aegis vs Borg | STOked 67

chris — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 06:37:13 +0000

We load you up on the latest and greatest happening in STO, learn the advantages to the Aegis and Borg sets.. And if combining parts from the set can give you that extra boost of fire power!

PLUS – We look at the new remastered Stranded is Space mission, discuss the new Earth Space Dock upgrades.

Then – We wrap up our latest community feedback question, and share your suggestions for great STO online portals!

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NEWS

SS Azura – Remastered
REVIEW

Tribble Updates https://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=198038
ESD Revamp
Balance changes that we mentioned last week
Aegis change to 2-piece Defense Bonus

Several Foundry Missions being manually moved to Holodeck
“The Longing”
“Tipping Point”
“Unholy Alliances (Part 1)”
“The Syndicate Extraction”

Sad news for shuttle “hot swap” idea: https://forums.startrekonline.com/showpost.php?p=3296221&postcount=31

Holodeck patch coming Jan 27th:
Space rebalancing
ESD Interior
New font
Stranded in Space – Remastered
XP Boost Devices added to rare drop tables
Psi Velorum opened for KDF

MORE upcoming changes:
1-Year Anniversary Celebration begins on Feb 2nd
Tentative date for Foundry on Holodeck – Feb 24th
A C-Store Prometheus? Does this spell MVAM?
TOS Bundle Pack (Costume, Bridge Pack, SHIP INTERIOR pack) — March

Lifetime Sale in celebration of Champs F2P and 1-Year Anniversary

COMMUNITY FEEDBACK

www.foundrymissions.com

MATH

Borg Set Reference
Aegis Set Reference

Console:

There’s only one choice, and it’s worth it. The Borg Universal console can be obtained by running “Assimilated” in the Undine Front. This mission can be solo’d, but it requires some finesse to get the ground portion done.

The first ground map, known as “The Maze” consists of many different corridors lined with borg sitting passive in their alcoves. If any of these borg are attacked, they will retaliate. This is a VERY bad thing, as you’ll also be taking on patrols and a few stationary groups. Adding these passive borg to any combat situation is likely to get you killed.

So you have two choices: Avoid aggroing them, or kill EVERYTHING along the way. There are approximately 200 borg on this map though, so I recommend the first choice.

To avoid aggro’ing them, make sure you and all of your boffs are only using single-target weapons and abilities. Compression Pistols and Sniper Rifles. AOE abilities like grenades and geothermal vent don’t always aggro them, but it might be smart to avoid them anyway. Also do not bring turrets as they target enemies indiscriminately, but Support Drones are fine.

If you follow the corridors and click on the right teleporter you’ll be sent to a central room with a boss in the middle. I recommend clearing out the perimeter of the room before engaging him.

Deflector Dish:

There are 3 factors to consider:

Skill Bonuses (Sensors vs. Deflectors)
Power Bonuses (Shields vs. Aux)
Set Bonus activation

This last point is actually the most important of the three. The set bonuses of either set are more powerful than skill considerations or power levels. Read further for calculations on the effectiveness of these set bonuses.

The Borg dish can be obtained by running the STF “The Cure”

For hints on defeating “The Cure” check out the following links:

Steelthorn’s Tips
f1restarter’s Noob Tips
MoistGaming Video Walkthrus: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Engines:

Aegis a clear winner here, as it is faster and offers a substantial boost to the “Combat Maneuvers” skill which few captains max out on their own.

The only situation where the Borg engine exceeds the Aegis, is when traveling in Sector Space since it enables a higher top Warp Speed.

So… get BOTH engines, and use the Borg while traveling. Be sure to switch back to the Aegis engine when faced with space combat.

The Borg Engine can be obtained by running the STF “Infected”

For tips on defeating “Infected” check out the following links:

Shields:

This is the biggest difference between the two sets, and comes down to Regenerative (with very nice regen/healing bonuses) and Covariant (with decent defensive boosts).

Now, if you recall from our “Master Your Shields” math segment, you’ll know that I’m very much in favor of Covariants. However, the bonuses of BOTH of these shields warrant examining the choice in further detail.

The most important factor here is Set Bonuses, as the Borg shield is only reliable if both it’s 2- and 3-piece set bonuses are intact. The 2-piece bonus supplies a nice hull heal, and the 3-piece bonus further amplifies the regenerative capacity of this shield. Without both of these bonuses, this shield does not perform well in a sustained firefight.

However, both of these set bonuses have been seen to activate multiple times in even short battles, causing most players to consider them RELIABLE as a further form of survivability.

But, because this is still a Regenerative Shield, it requires that you run your shield energy very high to benefit fully from its regeneration rate, AND maintain enough maneuverability to be able to spread out incoming damage to all four shield quadrants.

The Borg shield can be obtained by running the STF “Khitomer Accord”

For tips on completing “Khitomer Accord” check out the following links:

JDiesel17’s Walthru and Strategy
MoistGaming’s Video Walkthrus: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Set Bonuses:

The Borg Hull and Shield Heals are substantially more powerful than the Aegis set’s defensive boosts.

Firstly, the Aegis 2-piece bonus offers a reliable boost to your ship’s Defense skill. This skill is percentage-based, and is more effective at higher speeds (Escorts/Birds of Prey tend to fly faster). A high defense skill will cause enemies to MISS your ship, dealing zero damage.

All of the other set bonuses require that you sustain damage in order for them to have a chance to activate, meaning that this bonus actually INHIBITS others from activating. However, this is offset by the slight reduction in damage from all those missed shots. The actual effectiveness of this boost varies by ship, engine, and tactics, but due to some recent re-balancing, will generally effect all captains approximately the same amount.

As for the Aegis 3-piece bonus, you’re looking at a real letdown. The resistance boost seems substantial at 10%, especially since it can stack up to 10 times. However, each stack past the first suffers from standard diminishing returns on resistances resulting in much smaller of a benefit than is portrayed on the tooltip. Furthermore, this resistance bonus actually applies to HULL damage, not shield damage. And since the boost requires your shields to be UP in order for it to activate, chances are that you will be receiving very little benefit from this reduction in incoming hull damage.

Meanwhile, the Borg 2-piece bonus offers a 52% hull heal (approx. 20,000 hull points on a T5 Cruiser) and will tend to fire off at least once per battle. With such a substantial heal, the amount of bleedthrough damage trickling through your shields is likely to be a non-issue. And if your shields are down for any reason, you can potentially benefit even MORE from this sudden heal as it also includes a decent hull resistance boost.

The Borg 3-piece set has also been rated as reliable by many players, tending to go off 2-3 times per group of enemies. Each time regenerating a bit less than half of your overall shield strength (if using the Borg shield), and making you more resistant to incoming shield damage.

Mixed Sets:

The only reason to use the full 4-piece Borg set, is for the Tractor Beam ability. From all accounts I’ve read, it’s a fun toy but not nearly powerful enough to turn the tide of any battle. Meanwhile, the mixed bonuses you can receive from going with only 2- or 3- pieces of one set can be substantial.

If you choose to use the Borg Shield, I recommend the following mixed set:
Borg Shield, Borg Deflector, Borg Console, Aegis Engine

This keeps the Shield and Hull regen boosts intact, and gives you the better engine from either set.

If you choose to use the Aegis Shield, I recommend the following mixed set:
Aegis Shield, Aegis Engine, Borg Deflector, Borg Console

This set up gets you the better engine and tougher shield, while keeping two separate 2-piece bonuses intact (Borg Hull Regen, Aegis Defense Boost)

As a matter of personal taste, the Deflector and Engine could be swapped, leaving:
Aegis Shield, Borg Engine, Aegis Deflector, Borg Console

Which would net you +5 Engine and Shield power and change up some Science skill boosts, at the cost of a some speed and a boost to Combat Maneuvers, without sacrificing the two separate 2-piece set bonuses.

And finally, it’s also possible to use the following mixed set:
Aegis Shield, Borg Engine, Borg Deflector, Borg Console

This strange mix gives you all of the regenerative/healing abilities of the borg set, and the very tough outer shell of the Aegis shield. The sole downside to this is the lack of that nice boost to Combat Maneuvers. There’s an argument to be made that keeping the 3-piece Borg set bonus intact is worth that loss…. and I would agree.

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