Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Watching Rupert Murdock hem and haw right now.

They do what all news organizations do. They just got caught.
Also, how is this "hacking"? They brute-forced 4-digit pin numbers. The probability of simply guessing the correct combination is 1/10,000 but with some social psychology you can limit the complexity and reduce the set in order to speed up a positive result.

Anyway, it's live now streaming via broadband internet:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14193124

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Insomnia is wonderful

Why can't I sleep through the night? I went to be just before 1AM after whittling down some crap strawberries that the house owner's, and new housemate, bought at Costco - they had turned into a mass of fungus in less than 48 hours - and woke up AT LEAST 3 times. And of course I chose the room with the window that directly faces the rising sun. Less than 6 hours of sleep. FML.