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An international team of computer scientists has set a new record for integer factorization, one of the most important computational problems underlying the security of nearly all public-key cryptography currently used today. ...aaaaaand it's cracked.
OK, not really. This one might take a while.
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The level of the encryption of meaning by the absolutely bloody awful phrasing of the article writer is enough to rebuff my efforts to steal even a glimmer of meaning from what he or she wrote.
Remind me to remember not to (attempt to) read anything by that person again.
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Why are they going from the key to the factor? With the computing power they used, why not just start multiplying prime numbers together and creating a HUGE db of the results? Then look at the keys floating around and see if it is one of the pairs you've already multiplied? I remember somewhere reading that this task was enormous in itself, but if you are going to spend so much effort on factorization of a single number (2700 computer years, whatever that number means), certainly in those '2700 years' you could stumble upon the factors for a couple https-encrypted conversations. Eureka! The pin number for some citizen who has $250 in their account! 
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Beer stein-shaped distant relative of modern clams captured snapshots of hot days in the late Cretaceous For those who feel there aren't enough hours in the day now
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I am going to hibernate... please someone wake me up when the day has 28,5 hours.
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Beer stein-shaped rudists with a shorter working day?
Have you ever felt that you were born in the wrong era? I'm pretty sure I was.
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Did anyone tell Greta about the hot ocean temperatures of that era?
Oh sanctissimi Wilhelmus, Theodorus, et Fredericus!
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Someone there needs to check his math.
Quote: The moon is pulling away from Earth at 3.82 centimeters (1.5 inches) per year.
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But scientists conclude the Moon could not have been receding at this rate throughout its history, because projecting its progress linearly back in time would put the Moon inside the Earth only 1.4 billion years ago. Scientists know from other evidence that the Moon has been with us much longer, most likely coalescing in the wake of a massive collision early in Earth's history, over 4.5 billion years ago.
(emphasis mine).
The moon currently averages 238,900 miles away. That's 1.3 billion feet or 15 billion inches. At a constant 1.5"/year it'd take 10 billion years to rewind the moon back to the Earth. 
Which is the expected result since the tidal forces pushing the moon away get stronger the closer the Earth and Moon are to each other. You can't just use a physics 101 model to wind things back though; the shape of the Earth's oceans, and the resulting fact that the tidal bulge in water doesn't align with the one in rock causes the rate to vary as the continents move. Which makes measurements like this which set values at known times in the past so useful.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Professional software testers need job-hunting advice, just like anybody else. The key takeaway from recruiters? Customize your résumé — and witch the typos! "It's a UNIX system, I know this!"
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Kent Sharkey wrote: What should be on a QA tester’s résumé?
What about...
MS bumped me because I don't care about icons, I just wanted to test code
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functionalize said: and witch the typos!
And don't use childish, pathetic, "hip" slang.
I didn't even get past the first (far too prominent) paragraph of this one. If that's how he writes, I look elsewhere for things to read.
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at least one conviction for breaking and entering.
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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The NASA 3D Resources website has posted hundreds of 3D models, images, textures and visualizations that you can download for free. For our friends with replicators
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I hope the models are a bit better as what they are showing 
But if they are... cool 
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A security firm handling employee fingerprint identification for companies worldwide has exposed more than 2 million bits of data, including 76,000 fingerprints, according to a cyberthreat research group. So, don't forget to change your fingerprints regularly
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Golly.
I bet no-one expected that to happen, or made bitingly sarcastic comments about it on CP, back when fingerprint IDs were the next big thing.
(Tip: Don't take that bet!)
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When the CEO was asked how does one explain a security breach at a security firm losing fingerprints, he replied "I'm not going to touch that one..."
When asked what steps could have been taken to avoid this he said "I can't really put my finger on it at this time..."
And lastly how is staffing going to prevent this in the future he said "well...we could use a hand..."
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And people continue asking me, why do I prefer to stick to passwords 
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Fix for CVE-2020-0796 is now rolling out to Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019 systems worldwide. The worm has turned
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So... if a bug gets leaked, microsoft patches it in less than a week?
Good to know  
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Now that you say that - I wonder if this will change the way "White Hats" deal with Microsoft? Instead of giving them the 90 day warning, just release and watch the fix fly out?
TTFN - Kent
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The only (and big) problem I see is... the probability of breaking other things while fixing that ones.
If don't being on hurry, they are doing what they do...
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IoT devices are considered "low-hanging fruit" among cybercriminals. Sssh. No one tell the hackers
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