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1/13/14 Gil's LotD: Smart toilet exploits

Submitted by gil on Mon, 01/13/2014 - 5:00pm

https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2013-020.txt Satis smart toilets have a hard coded password allowing anyone to flush and lift the lid remotely.

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12/30/13 Gil's LotD: Suppression of the Society of Jesus

Submitted by gil on Mon, 12/30/2013 - 5:00pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppression_of_the_Society_of_Jesus Now it's payback time for the Jesuits.

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12/29/13 Gil's LotD: The Long View

Submitted by gil on Sun, 12/29/2013 - 6:00pm

http://basalgangster.macgui.com/RetroMacComputing/The_Long_View/The_Long_View.html The Long View writes about long-forgotten technical details from the original Macintosh system.

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12/28/13 Gil's LotD: Mario Kart analytics

Submitted by gil on Sat, 12/28/2013 - 6:00pm

http://www.joyent.com/blog/introducing-kartlytics-mario-kart-64-analytics Studying Mario Kart performance over time with video analytics software.

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12/27/13 Gil's LotD: Ancient Linux

Submitted by gil on Fri, 12/27/2013 - 6:00pm

http://www.quora.com/Linux/How-many-lines-of-code-if-any-from-Linux-1-0-are-still-in-the-modern-Linux-kernel-and-what-is-it There are more than a few lines of code from Linux 1.0 and even 0.01 in the modern kernel.

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12/26/13 Gil's LotD: CMS Trap

Submitted by gil on Thu, 12/26/2013 - 6:00pm

http://hakunin.com/cms-trap Wise advice on how to structure a web app to avoid falling into a complexity pit.

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12/25/13 Gil's LotD: Engie cannon

Submitted by gil on Wed, 12/25/2013 - 6:00pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7-rfLVxf-M Exploiting glitches in Team Fortress 2.

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12/24/13 Gil's LotD: /dev/null as a service

Submitted by gil on Tue, 12/24/2013 - 6:00pm

http://devnull-as-a-service.com/ Outsource your null device.

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12/23/13 Gil's LotD: RetroBSD

Submitted by gil on Mon, 12/23/2013 - 6:00pm

http://retrobsd.org/wiki/doku.php RetroBSD is a port of 2.11BSD to microcontroller hardware.

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12/22/13 Gil's LotD: Love The Way You Move

Submitted by gil on Sun, 12/22/2013 - 6:00pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wga5A6R9BJg Slightly Left of Centre - Love The Way You Move

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