Though the code for Apollo 11’s “Apollo Guidance Computer” has been online since 2003, when Ron Burkey rekeyed it from the scans that Gary Neff had uploaded, ex-NASA intern Chris Garry’s posting of the code to Github last week has precipitated a widespread interest in the code, along with close scrutiny of the code itself. (more…)
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Apollo 11 sourcecode on Github
We’ve been writing about the efforts of parfumiers to make book-smell scents ( chemistry , product , hoax ) for many years, but the reality has been pretty disappointing — I bought some smell early on and found that I ended up just smelling like vanilla. (more…)
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Parfumiers are trying to capture the smell of old books
In 1979, the Duke of Lancaster — a cruise liner turned car ferry — was retired from service and moored at Llanerch-y-Mor, North Wales, where it was made over as a “Fun Ship,” whose car-deck was refitted as a coin-op arcade. (more…)
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Arcade cabinet enthusiasts discover trove of 50+ games in ship, derelict for 30 years
Crooks hit 1,400 convenience store ATMs in the space of two hours, using forged ATM cards based on data stolen from a South African bank. (more…)
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Coordinated ATM heist in Japan nets $12.7M
The administrators of the Phoenix Sky Harbor airport are apparently considering getting rid of the TSA and replacing them with private contractors, similar to the setup at San Francisco International Airport. (more…)
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Phoenix airport threatens to kick out TSA, hire private (unaccountable) contractors
Once again the MPAA has released its box-office numbers for the year, and once again, this year has smashed all records (as has been the case throughout our young century ) ( really !). As always, the astronomical rise-and-rise of their fortunes is somehow used to launch a call for more publicly subsidized enforcement against “piracy.” (more…)
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Piracy dooms motion picture industry to yet another record-breaking box-office year
The numbers in this study are very back-of-the-envelope and assume a worst case: widespread adoption of Bitcoin and not much improvement in Bitcoin mining activity, along with long replacement cycles for older, less efficient mining rigs. Even the best case scenario has Bitcoin consuming a shocking amount of electricity. (more…)
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Bitcoin transactions could consume as much energy as Denmark by the year 2020
Michael from Muckrock writes, “Watch what you say: That next taxi you hail could be driven by New York’s Finest. A MuckRock FOIA request has found that the NYPD has at least three undercover cop cars posing as taxis … and quite possibly many more.” (more…)
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Cop Cabs: The NYPD has at least three fake taxis on NYC’s streets
Matthew Garrett checked into a London hotel and discovered that the proprietors had decided that “light switches are unfashionable and replaced them with a series of Android tablets.” (more…)
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Hotel’s Android-based lightswitches are predictably, horribly insecure
Abu Hamed is a former Free Syrian Army fighter who defected to ISIS, where he served in their internal security forces; after a split with the organization, he stole a thumb-drive containing the induction questionnaires and personnel files of over 22,000 jihadi fighters who travelled from 51 countries to fight with ISIS. He has turned the files over to Sky News correspondent Stuart Ramsay. (more…)
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Disgruntled IS defector dumps full details of tens of thousands of jihadis