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southernsnowdogs:

She’s a weird one, that Juno. 

En rapport från NIST menar att en säkerhetsbrist i Samsungs funktion för att hitta förlorade telefoner öppnar upp för potentiella angripare att låsa enheter på avstånd och ändra lösenordet. Problemet sägs bero på att Samsung inte bekräftar att kommandot att fjärrlåsa en enhet kommer från rätt källa.

NIST har ett bedömningssystem för hur problemetatiska säkerhetsbrister är och ger luckan 7,8/10 i allvarlighetsgrad. Samsung har ännu inte kommenterat saken men kunder som vill känna sig säkra kan helt enkelt inaktivera företagets egna finesser för att hantera förlorade enheter.

The Remote Controls feature on Samsung mobile devices does not validate the source of lock-code data received over a network, which makes it easier for remote attackers to cause a denial of service (screen locking with an arbitrary code) by triggering unexpected Find My Mobile network traffic.

Inlägget Säkerhetsbrist i Samsungs mjukvara sägs låta angripare låsa telefoner dök först upp på Swedroid.

Remember the character of Radar O’Reilly in M*A*S*H*?  Not the later naive Iowa farm boy he turned into, but the astute and wily operator we’re initially introduced to – the clever contriver who could always manage to get his hands on the most elusive of items: chocolates, meds, a jeep.  If you needed something, Radar was the guy to call on.  Well, I’ve got a feeling that Elliot Sokolsky is our Radar O’Reilly. Sure, his official title is Development and Business Affairs Coordinator, but I suspect that’s just a cover designation.  “When you want to know the secret way home, come see me,”he told me on my first day in the office, dangling that speedy backstreet shortcut like a black market ham.  Whenever I walk by his office, he’s either on the phone or deeply engrossed in some unseen online task (ie. ensuring that shipment of llamas gets through customs).  And, curiously, no matter where he’s looking, or how far outside his office I may be loitering, he always seems to sense my presence, like a clairvoyant detecting the energy of dawdling spirits.  I suspect I may have cause to call on his unique skill set at several points during my stay here.  Especially come episode 9 when I’ll need to get my hands on those rare albino meerkats.

Our two-day L.A. auditions kicked off today while, back here on the home front, construction commenced on our ship, The Raza.  Super secret behind the scenes sneak peeks to come!

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Hello. My name is Iñigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

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heartsworldsapart:

Kindred Spirits

I wanted to make something cute for Halloween :3

Extreme winds cause a waterfall in England to blow upward

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It's official.

I'm one of those lame-ass bloggers who posts consistently for awhile (every weekday for 2+ years!), then cuts back to a couple posts a week, then sorta vanishes from the universe (2 months since my last post).

I notice I mentioned the number "two" three times in that last sentence, which I swear wasn't deliberate. But now that I see it, I can say that probably had a bit to do with my absence from the blogosphere. While Gweneth Paltrow was consciously uncoupling, my gentleman friend and I were consciously coupling.

Very consciously.

When two people who make a living with words decide to tie the knot, everything from the vows to the wording of the ceremony requires careful consideration.

Then you forget all the words anyway, because you're too busy chopping onions for the reception feast and hauling cedar planter boxes filled with the wedding flowers you decided to grow yourself.

In any case, our perfectly imperfect wedding was wonderful and sweet and everything we ever wanted. Since I wasn't able to invite most of you, I offer you the next best thing. If you've got 18 minutes to kill, grab a glass of champagne and sit back to watch our wedding video:


In case you're wondering, we really did kick things off with "Eye of the Tiger" preceding the ceremony. Also, that song playing when we walk down the aisle? That's my gentleman friend performing his twist on Ben Folds' "The Luckiest."

For those who hate watching videos (*raises hand*) or those who don't have 18 minutes to spare, I'll at least throw you a bone (*snicker*) with a transcript of the vows.

While we decided to write our own and did some of our initial research and brainstorming together, we opted not to share our vows with each other until the ceremony. We were surprised by how well they fit together, which seems like a good sign, don't you think?

Tawna's Vows:
Craig: I pledge to be your loving friend, paddleboarding partner, dog-walking companion, kitchen cohort, naked alarm clock, wine tasting co-pilot, and wife. I vow to always hold you in the highest regard to be a source of empathy, laughter, hot meals, and other hot stuff. I will lend you strength for your dreams, cherish your unique quirks and talents, and always remember that love means saying “I feel differently” instead of “you’re wrong.”

Cedar and Violet: I promise to continue to love you as my own family as I officially become your dad’s wife and a member of your elite parenting team. I pledge to take you out to skip rocks and squish mud between our bare toes, to float the river in the middle of a workday (though maybe not during a lightning storm this time). I vow to continue introducing you to weird foods for Fear Factor Friday, to occasionally embarrass you with boob jokes, and to do my best to make you smile at least as often as you do that for me.

Craig, I vow to never stop encouraging us to try new and strange things. I’ll spend every day of my life appreciating you for your contagious humor, your spontaneous serenades, your beautiful hands, your beautiful mind, and your beautiful heart. I will support you through the good stuff and the not-so-good stuff, through my incessant chatter in the mornings and through your need to watch cat videos on YouTube at 3 a.m. I pledge to treat you with caring, compassion, and respect, even when you curse my undisciplined dog or give me stinkeye over my neurotic need to plan and fret about every insignificant detail of our lives together (including this wedding).

Most of all, I promise to love you always. Let’s grow old disgracefully together.

Gentleman Friend's Vows:
Tawna, I take you to be nothing other than yourself, loving you for who you are and for what you add to my life and to the world at large. I choose you as my wife, in spite of your bad driving, your chronic worrying, and your incessant chatter first thing in the morning while I’m still trying to figure out who the hell you are. I offer my imperfect self to you, relying on my strengths and my love to support you and all your dreams, to respect your unique quirks and talents (and there are many), and to listen when you need to be heard… unless I’m cognitively incapable. I’ll even ask you on occasion, “Is there more?” I believe in you and I trust what our future will bring us.

I promise to remain a loving and supportive father to Cedar and Violet and your loving and supportive partner in parenthood, so we may foster a home that is compassionate to all its occupants—human, cat, dog, or pets-yet-to-be-acquired—a home full of unconditional love and jokes that make us nearly pee ourselves and/or blush. You are an outstanding role model for the kids.

I pledge to love you tirelessly through the perfect times and the lame-ass times, and through all the changes we’ll encounter, forever giving thanks that we found each other. I promise to be a source of empathy and to care for you always, even when you wake me at 6 a.m. asking for help plotting out a sex scene in one of your books. I vow to sing songs for you, wash the dishes, reach things on high shelves, and touch you with these hands.

Most of all, I promise to love you, always. I am proud to have you as my wife. I am the luckiest. Let’s grow old disgracefully together.

I could go on and on about the symbolism in our rings, or the adorable toast my 8-year-old stepdaughter surprised me with, but how about we just move on to one more piece of business?


You might have to click that to make it show up in a readable size, but yes, that's an announcement from Publisher's Marketplace about a new book deal. That's the other thing that's been keeping me kinda busy these last couple months, and will continue to do so as I scramble to make my November deadline.

So that's what's new with me. What's new in your life? Please share in the comments! And pass that champagne, will ya?

callmehopeless-notromantic:

They actually did it, too.

It was only a matter of time. We're a week out from Halloween, and between the Ray Rice costumes, the Adrian Peterson costume, and this sexy ebola containment suit, Halloween 2014 is shaping up to be the worst ever.

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seenontabletop:

ALL THE GAMES from Season 3 Tabletop arrived this week.  We are so excited to get started.

I recently wrote for my first game, Defense Grid 2, by Hidden Path Entertainment.

When I turned in the script and got notes back about structure, there was one that stood out. “Make sure not to use gendered language to refer to the player. We want to make sure that everyone feels included.”

Let me just point that out again. We want to make sure everyone feels included.

You know how hard that was to accomplish? I had to swap out one word. One. Word.

But it reminded me to think about it with everything else I wrote for them. Mind you, I’m someone who usually does, but it was so easy to fall into the trap of repeating tropes that I’d heard and internalized. All I had to do… it was so simple. I just had to think about making sure that anyone could find themselves in the character.

We want to make sure everyone feels included.

It’s not hard.

The post Gender and writing for Defense Grid 2 appeared first on Mary Robinette Kowal.

“A former aide to President Ronald Reagan is calling for southern states to secede from the union and form a new conservative nation called “Reagan” where citizens wouldn’t be forced to compromise on “traditional values” like marriage.”

- Reagan Aide Wants The South To Secede And Form Anti-Gay ‘Reagan’ Nation

Raw Toast.

By AlexRoivas
Invoking the great old one, Cthulhu. Now in green.

By RetroReview
This is my first Cthulu design and was influenced by oldschool Soviet propaganda posters. I distressed the design a little bit to give it a vintage feel. I hope you like it :-)

Here for sharing far and wide is a collection of the most common myths and misconceptions surrounding flu vaccines , debunked point-by-point with lucid, thoroughly referenced explanations.

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regolith:

Now you know who to vote for.

How Bowser has so many ties to the White House, I’ll never know

Im not sure I support Obamas pro-princess kidnapping policies

After the new Avengers 2 trailer was leaked yesterday, Marvel posted this to Twitter and proceeded to upload the official version of the trailer right away.

Dammit, Hydra.

— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) October 22, 2014

In case you haven’t seen it, here it is:

And here’s the first official poster of the movie:

Love the @Avengers: #AgeofUltron teaser trailer? Check out the official teaser poster! pic.twitter.com/8KDjlZxnfv

— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) October 23, 2014

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Get away from my food! Wait… You’re… Really Fluffy

It probably wasn’t necessary, but I still bought a lab coat and a clipboard for this. It’s not science unless you write it down. 

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It’s a scientific fact that pups love getting an assortment of new toys and treats delivered right to their doggy door. But don’t take Otis’s word for it…conduct your own research by ordering BarkBox for you pup today!

Click here to receive an extra month on your new BarkBox subscription!

Ett nytt allvarligt säkerhetshål i Microsoft OLE har hittats, och företaget har gått ut med en varning tillsammans med en temporär fix. Cyberkriminella utnyttjar redan säkerhetshålet genom PowerPoint-filer som spammas ut via e-post.

Säkerhetshålet är allvarligt eftersom det gör det möjligt för de kriminella att köra kod på den drabbades användarens dator. Det är den här typen av säkerhetshål som gör att du kan bli infekterad av trojaner och annan skadlig kod. Från Microsoft sajt kan du ladda ner en fix.

Säkerhetshålet som upptäckts finns alltså i Microsoft OLE, en teknik som används för att olika program ska kunna skicka objekt i dokument mellan varandra. Vill du vet mer exakt vad OLE innebär kan du läsa en artikel hos Wikipedia.

Microsoft har, enligt IDG, bara sett PowerPoint-dokument som utnyttjar säkerhetshålet men problemet är inte bundet till just PowerPoint. Kriminella kan likaväl använda sig av andra Office-dokument. Samtidigt är säkerhetshålet inte kopplat till Office-paketet, då OLE är fristående från det.

En säkerhetsuppdatering är på gång, men tills dess uppmanas användare att köra den Fix It som Microsoft erbjuder från sin sajt.

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what the fuck is happening

I’m 99% certain this wasn’t actually Bill, but one of the people who works for him and helps maintain his social media.

Youtuber Visual Burrito writes:

After last year’s costume went absolutely nuts, I had to make a new one that was much, much better. The 2014 version is using digitally addressable LED strips hooked up to an Arduino microcontroller which I programmed (and still learning). It is responsive to sound and has 2 potentiometers and a button in the back of one of the ears for control and a microphone hidden in the front. It has 12 modes and 372 LEDs (124 chips with 3 each).

[Visual Burrito]

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Who you wanna call?