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For some people the thought of buying a used car can be a harrowing ordeal. There are dishonest owners, unscrupulous dealers and cars that have been trashed or abused their entire lives. Larry Kosilla's DRIVE CLEAN recently debuted its second season on Youtube's /DRIVE Network, and the first episode deals with exactly this. Kosilla goes through a step-by-step process in regards to not only what you should look for, but how you should get a used car checked out (pre-purchase inspection – PPI) before you actually purchase it.
This is going to be one of the most helpful videos ever posted and something I know you guys will enjoy.


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Major Updates to Game and Engine
Major Updates to Game and Engine
12/04 Balance Update:
Nerfs: Nidaime, Yamato
Boosts: Yoroi, Kisame Body Double
Update: Kakashi (S) Jutsu Immitation does no longer copy skills that require a different move to be performed first.
The new update is finally here! We have been working very hard on this update over the past weeks, and we are very pleased with the results.
Like we mentioned before, this update has three goals:
- Reduce the amount of bugs and glitches.
- Clearer explanation of skills and effects.
- Create more options for skills.
The new update required us to re-code many of the current skills. Due to changes in the engine, some skills have received small modifications. These are only small modifications though; most skills have stayed the same. A list of all the changes can be found here.
This also means that there might be a few small bugs in some skills. Though we are confident this update will deliver a more stable gameplay experience, small input mistakes are easily made. Therefore we will be keeping a very close eye on the Bugs and Glitches section in the forums for the upcoming days. With your help we will repair them as soon as possible. If you encounter a bug in the game, report it here.
In light of making the game easier to understand, the skill classes system has also received a slight rework. The classes "ninjutsu", "taijutsu" and "genjutsu" have been removed from the game. In practice you will notice this change hardly affects the game at all, which is also the main reason for removing them. The "unique" class will stay in the game. The classes "Static", "Interrupt" and "Cancel" have been re-named to "Instant", "Action" and "Control". We feel this better reflects the true workings of each class. In addition, "Action" skills can now only be countered on the first turn. When this happens, the entire skill will be countered. Check the game manual for full details on the classes system.
The way invisible moves are displayed has also been slightly modified. Skills such as Zaku's Wall of Air and Counter Punch will now inform the opposing party that they have been used the moment they end. This means that these skills will still be invisible while they are active, but when their effect ends the other team will be informed that Wall of Air has been used in the previous turn. This way no skill will be truly invisible. Check the game manual for more details on invisible skills.
Action skills have also received a significant change. If the description says the whole skill is interruptible, it really means the whole skill. This includes the defense in a skill like "Drunken Fist Style". If Lee is stunned, the defense will not work either. Not all Action skills have been changed though, the details can be found in their descriptions.
A full list of all changes to the game can be found here.
You can give us feedback or discuss this engine update here.
The Naruto-Arena Staff
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Many Adults With Autism Unhappy With Their Health Care
TUESDAY, Dec. 18 -- U.S. adults with autism are more likely to report poor health care experiences than those without autism, a new study reveals.
Researchers conducted an online survey of 209 adults with autism and 228 adults without the disorder and found that those with autism reported more unmet health care needs, greater use of emergency departments, and lower rates of preventive services such as Pap smears (a cervical cancer screening test).
The adults with autism were also less satisfied with health care provider communication and felt less comfortable navigating the health care system and managing their health, the Oregon Health & Science University researchers found.
Autism affects about 1 percent of adults in the United States, according to the authors of the study, which was recently published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Autism is a developmental disorder that impairs social interaction and communication.
"Like other adults, adults on the autism spectrum need to use health care services to prevent and treat illness. As a primary care provider, I know that our health care system is not always set up to offer high-quality care to adults on the spectrum; however, I was saddened to see how large the disparities were," study principal investigator Dr. Christina Nicolaidis, an associate professor of medicine, said in a university news release. "We really need to find better ways to serve them," she added.
The findings have important implications related to changes in the newly released Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V), which combined autistic disorder, Asperger's disorder and pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified into one new category of autism spectrum disorder, the researchers said.
The new criteria are controversial and some studies predict a significant reduction in the number of people who will meet criteria, especially among patients with Asperger's disorder or without intellectual disabilities.
"The existence of health care disparities in our sample, most of whom had diagnoses of Asperger's and/or high educational attainment, highlights the possible negative consequences of stricter criteria," Nicolaidis said. "Not having a diagnosis may deprive patients and their providers of insights, strategies, and accommodations to improve health care experiences."
More information
The National Alliance on Mental Illness has more about adults with autism.
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Nivea U.K. presents a totally interactive experience in which you can mess up someones' date. If you don't click on anything it sort of plays out and is silly. If you do click on things it plays out and is silly.
I think the silliest part though is the insane amount of product placement. it's the only thing I'm going to remember. I mean you're watching the ad on the NIVEA's youtube channel, I think you have a grasp of who is selling you something. But just in case you don't, the waiter actually pulls out some Nivea during the pre-roll instructions on how to interact with the site phase.
You know, because waiters are always carrying around body spray and deodorant for women.
It's about as subtle as a hurricane.
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DENVER — The surging Denver Nuggets haven't gotten to the point of judging the quality of their wins. Coach George Karl knows a clunker when he sees one, though.
"It was an ugly, sloppy win," Karl said after watching the tired Nuggets' landmark 96-86 victory over the equally short-handed San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night.
"But we'll take it," Karl said.
Wilson Chandler scored 29 points and Corey Brewer had 28 as the Nuggets overcame a slow start to post their franchise-record 21st straight home win while also tying their franchise record of 54 wins in an NBA season.
They have four games left, including two at home, where they improved to a league-best 36-3, tying yet another franchise mark that was set in 1976-77.
Andre Iguodala recorded his first triple-double of the season with 12 points, 10 assists and 13 rebounds for the Nuggets, who haven't lost at home since Jan. 18 against Washington, and JaVale McGee provided stellar defense on Tim Duncan (17 points).
"The team has a resilient attitude toward whatever has to happen in a game to win it," Karl said. "And tonight's game was very strange in a lot of ways. But our guys just kept fighting and things finally came our way offensively and we sustained our defensive effort for most of the game.
"They missed a lot of open 3s I thought early in the game. And we got the hot players. Wilson and Corey were the hot players on the court and they kind of never found that guy for them."
The Nuggets broke the old mark of 20 straight home wins set by Doug Moe's 1984-85 team. And they did it by overcoming a 14-0 deficit. Denver took a 38-37 lead into the locker room at halftime and atoned for its slow start by scoring the first 13 points of the fourth quarter.
That gave the Nuggets an 82-63 lead.
"They turned up their defensive intensity and turned it into some points," Duncan said. "We got back on our heels a little bit. Still stayed in the game. Did a great job of sticking around. We just couldn't make shots consistently and their pressure got to us."
Even with Duncan sitting out the fourth quarter, the Spurs fought back, pulling to 89-82 on Gary Neal's 3-pointer with 2:33 remaining. DeJuan Blair added 17 points and his three-point play with 1:33 left made it 91-86, but the Spurs didn't score again.
"We started out pretty well but then they made their run and at the end we couldn't hold it off," said Spurs guard Cory Joseph.
Point guards Ty Lawson and Tony Parker sat out the showdown, Parker with a sore back and Lawson with an ailing right heel, and their absences were felt when both teams shot just 36 percent in an ugly first half.
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said he didn't want to risk playing Parker in light of his team's injury epidemic. Popovich revealed that Boris Diaw will miss two to three weeks with a back injury, and Manu Ginobili has missed several games with a strained right hamstring. Parker also has been dealing with a balky left ankle.
With Parker out, the Spurs struggled from long range, missing 17 of 21 3-pointers.
Lawson has missed eight of Denver's last nine games and five straight. He has a torn right plantar fascia and returned to practice Tuesday. Karl, who lost starting forward Danilo Gallinari to a torn ACL last week, said he needs to see more progress from Lawson before he puts him back in the lineup.
"If it was a playoff game, he would have played," Karl said.
Kenneth Faried, the victim of Patty Mill's flagrant foul in the first half, walked gingerly from the court after the game with a dazed look, but Karl said he was fine.
"The one I kind of got a little nervous on was I thought Corey kind of tweaked his knee on that last play with about a minute to go. It seemed like his knee went the wrong way," Karl said. "I wasn't worried about Kenneth. Kenneth's pretty tough. I think he likes getting hit like that."
Neither Faried nor Brewer said anything afterward about being hurt. Faried said he wouldn't miss any games.
Denver took a 69-63 lead into the fourth quarter. By the time Blair scored San Antonio's next basket with 7:51 left, the Nuggets had gone on a 37-10 tear.
The Nuggets have two home games remaining, against Portland on Sunday and Phoenix on Wednesday night, to try to break the team record for home victories since joining the NBA 37 years ago. Denver went 36-5 at home under coach Larry Brown in 1976-77.
The Spurs scored the game's first 14 points, much to the chagrin of the Pepsi Center crowd, which was implored to stand until the Nuggets scored their first points. They finally sat when Chandler sank a running jump shot at the 6:45 mark.
The Nuggets shot several airballs in the first quarter, when they were just 5 for 23 from the floor and missed their only free throw.
"Our bench," Chandler said when asked what got them back into the game.
"We needed energy," said Brewer, who took a career-high 25 shots. "They came out firing on all cylinders. So, I just tried to come in and push the pace, get us running and it worked out for us."
The Spurs weren't immune from the shooting foibles, missing 20 of 24 during one stretch as the Nuggets clawed their way back into the game and finally took a 38-37 lead into the locker room. That marked the Spurs' lowest-scoring half of the season and only Chandler's bucket in the final minute of the second quarter prevented the Nuggets from tying their low of 36 points for a half this season.
"I thought the whole game had a lot of weirdness to it," Karl said. "... I don't know if it was the way the game was refereed, two good offenses struggling to score, I'm sure they missed their playmakers; we missed our playmakers."
Notes: Karl said his players complained about the two hard practices leading to the game and he thought that was why they walked the ball upcourt more than he'd like. So, he's giving them Thursday off yet hoping Lawson comes in for some work. ... The Nuggets went 54-28 in both 1987-88 and 2008-09. ... The Spurs' previous worst half was a 38-point effort at Minnesota on March 12. The Nuggets scored 36 points in each half against Memphis on Dec. 29.


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Jasper County Assistant Prosecutor Norman Rouse said a fund, set up by former Sheriff Archie Dunn by the company that handles phone calls by inmates in the Jasper County Detention Center for the sheriff's use, was illegal, but Dunn's attorney disagrees.
Jasper County Assistant Prosecutor Norman Rouse said a fund, set up by former Sheriff Archie Dunn by the company that handles phone calls by inmates in the Jasper County Detention Center for the sheriff's use, was illegal, but Dunn's attorney disagrees.
Rouse announced at Tuesday's Jasper County Commission meeting that the county had received a settlement from the insurance carrier that handled Dunn's public officials bond when he was sheriff for the full amount of $20,000 after sending them a letter about the account.
Rouse said the account, with a company called Encartele, violated state statutes that require public officials to fully disclose and turn over any money earned by his or her office, but Bill Fleischaker, who has represented Dunn in his long-running disputes with the commissioners, said he disagrees with Rouse's interpretation of the law. Fleischaker said he believes the insurance carrier decided to settle because it decided that was less expensive than fighting the county's claims.
"The funds never came into the sheriff's hands," Fleischaker said. "There was never anything for him to report or turn over to the county. If he didn't tell them how to spend it, the money stayed with Encartele."
Rouse, in a letter to the insurance carrier, said Encartele had an agreement with the sheriff's office to provide telephone service to jail inmates, with Jasper County receiving 40 percent of the proceeds.
Rouse said the agreement was changed in July 2010 creating a new fund to hold an additional 14 percent of the proceeds.
Rouse said the fund was called a "Tech Fund," and, while it was held by Encartele, it was available to Sheriff Dunn to use at any time.
A total of $44,461.57 was deposited in the fund between July 2010 and November 2012, and Dunn made purchases from the fund of $41,374.50.
The commissioners became aware of the fund after Sheriff Randee Kaiser took the office in January and earlier this year changed the contract so the money was sent to the county treasurer.
"Sheriff Dunn never disclosed, as required by statute the fact that he was receiving this additional 14 percent, never accounted for it and never turned the money over to the county treasury," Rouse wrote in his letter to the insurance carrier. "There is no doubt that this was an intentional act and not by accident. The whole system was set up so there would be non-disclosure to the County Commission and to the Auditor. Archie Dunn was not forced to disclose it because the money was never deposited by him into any account."
Fleischaker said Encartele made the arrangements for the account and held the money.
"Apparently they think it is legal," Fleischaker said. "They're the ones arranging for it. I'm sure we're not the only county they do this for."
Attempts to get a comment from Encartele on Tuesday were unsuccessful. An operator who answered a customer service line listed on the company's website said he did not have a number for anyone who could comment on the story.
Dunn and the commissioners had a long-running feud in his final two years in office over a number of subjects, including housing prisoners in other counties and other issues.
The county settled a claim from Henry County for more than $110,000 for housing prisoners for about $50,000 and reserved the right to sue Dunn for that amount.


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The Creature can be spotted during the hours of 22:00 to 03:00. It also has to be foggy or stormy.
It is not a large being like [[Bigfoot]], it is normal sized and from what we know, compleatly black. It is said to look like [[CJ]] in his gim suit.
The Creature can be spotted during the hours of 22:00 to 03:00. It also has to be foggy or stormy.
It is not a large being like [[Bigfoot]], it is normal sized and from what we know, compleatly black. It is said to look like [[CJ]] in his gim suit.
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*Fan-site, covering Epsilon, Leatherface and some other myths [http://myepsilon.org]
*Fan-site, covering Epsilon, Leatherface and some other myths [http://myepsilon.org]
Revision as of 17:58, 8 July 2009
- 1 Bigfoot
- 2 Loch Ness monster
- 3 UFOs
- 4 Jaws
- 5 Rusty wheelchair
- 6 Ghost cars
- 7 Beverly Johnson's ghost
- 8 Girl from TV
- 9 Horses in Las Barrancas
- 10 Panopticon Killer/Leatherface/Chainsaw Killer
- 11 Phonebooth in the desert
- 12 Serial Killer
- 13 Horror/screaming voices
- 14 Epsilon cult
- 15 Door in the sky
- 16 Suicide Pedestrian
- 17 The Shady Creek Creature
- 18 Las Brujas Ghost Town
- 19 References
There are many myths regarding the large world in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Only a couple of these really exist. While some were denied by developer Rockstar Games, the rest can not be proved or disproved. Most of these myths are either misconceptions or made up.
Bigfoot is one of the most commonly cited myth from GTA San Andreas that is fake
Loch Ness monster
The legend of the Loch Ness monster was one of the first myths to emerge. It was believed that it appears in the Fisher's Lagoon, one of the few lakes accessible by the player at the very beginning of the game. Like many other myths, this had a strong support back in 2005, but lacks any evidence or in-game references, which classifies this myth as fake. It was confirmed later by a Rockstar spokesman that the 'Nessie' myth is fake.
UFOs are another popular myth from GTA San Andreas.
Jaws is the name given to sharks in GTA San Andreas. It has been debated whether or not they are really dolphins. Many people claim that they were eaten or stabbed to death while swimming. Those who do not believe in this myth usually blame the oxygen level which some people tend to forget to watch. There were many videos and pictures featuring the shark and CJ, quite often under the Gant Bridge. However, all cases of the shark's appearance were described in a different way, leading many people to believe that all of the stories are made up. Up to now, it is believed by many that sharks are not present in GTA San Andreas; if the dolphins are supposed to be sharks, they do not attack the player in any case.
There is a shark model in the game's data files, which makes these myths plausible, although many people claim that this model is the shark that appears in the sea in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City or Steve Scott's robotic shark from InterGlobal Films.
Rusty wheelchair
There's an abandoned wheelchair at the end of the wharf in Fisher's Lagoon. It uses the same texture as a waste skip in San Andreas. The wheel chair was believed by many to be a reference to the movie The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, as one of the youths in this movie is in a wheel chair, but is actually the same wheel chair that can be seen in the start of the Rockstar game Manhunt. The following pedestrian dialog can be heard in Palomino Creek:
- Have you seen this disabled person chair moving?
- No, have you?
- Neither have I, bye-bye!
- Bye-Bye!
Some people see timings on the front wheels of the chair and assume that something will happen at those times. The "mystery of the chair" was never solved in the standard GTA game, and it is believed the chair doesn't carry any hidden meaning. Although, when two members of GTAForums launched their own competition called GTA Treasurehunt, in which the last mission involved solving the wheelchair mystery. After the lake was filled up with rocks and stones a dead body was found floating in the middle.
Ghost cars
One of the myths which was proved to exist. These are broken cars which spawn in the countryside areas of San Andreas. If they spawn on a slope, they roll down it as if they're being driven. There are a number of locations all over the countryside and the desert where smashed up Glendales can be seen, but only one of them is moving down the hill. Some people claim that on rare occasions a glitch can occur, in which case Glendales can be seen cruising around Los Santos. It should be noted the there is a mod that makes ghost cars follow the player, like the car Christine. Their appearance is simply because they have been abandoned in the forest.
Some people have seen a ghostly vortex in San Fierro bay. The reason for it to be moving is the same as for the ghost cars - it spawns on the slope. The mist comes from sliding down the sandy beach.
Beverly Johnson's ghost
This myth started when so-called "ghost graffiti" was discovered at Los Santos cemetery. Many people were claiming that Beverly Johnson's ghost appears in the kitchen/living room of CJ's house in Ganton every midnight. Sometimes the time varied - it had to be Halloween on the computer's clock, or it has to be Friday in the game. Some were saying that the ghost appears in the cemetery under the same, or similar, conditions. However, nobody has claimed that they have seen the ghost, neither are there any pictures or videos. Furthermore, Rockstar have officially denied it's existence.
Girl from TV
This myth is also the one that did not get much support - in fact, it all has started with a video uploaded onto YouTube in 2006, featuring CJ in his living room looking around when the black girl appears from the television in the corner and disappears a second later. There is no other proof of this girl. It is believed that it is was either a glitch which caused a pedestrian to spawn in the house by mistake and was removed by the game immediately, or it was a mod for the PC version of GTA San Andreas. The dark figure looks very similar to a homeless pedestrian from San Fierro which has a sign that reads "God is playing with us!" on his chest - there was even a video on YouTube comparing both the TV girl and the tramp pictures. Currently, the myth is remembered occasionally, usually with an ironic purpose as there isn't any proof of the girl's existence apart from the short, blurred video.
Horses in Las Barrancas
The reference to horses can be found on the Rockstar website, on the Tierra Robada section of the map. When the cursor is positioned over the Las Barrancas icon, the following text can be seen at the bottom of the map:
A quaint desert town steeped in local history, home to preserved Hopi ruins and the terrible setting of the Barrancas Mass Grave. In 1842, the 66th Cavalry, under the command of Colonel Henry Bolt, was stationed in nearby Fort Carson when they answered a call for help from homesteaders under attack from bandits. Riding to the rescue, the whole force fell down a hole. It is said that the sound of a hundred horses can be heard riding through the town at midnight...
Though there is little support/speculation, some people spent some time trying to hear the sound of horses at midnight, but failed to do so. It is unclear which hole was mentioned in the legend and whether it still exists. So far no evidence has been found about the presence of any type of anomaly in Las Barrancas.
The hole has also been called Leatherface's body bags but sightings of Leatherface have been in the countryside, and as Las Barrancas is in the desert this is not possible.
Panopticon Killer/Leatherface/Chainsaw Killer
Another strong myth of GTA San Andreas is a Chainsaw killer. He has many names such as Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and even Hitler, but to avoid confusion this article will refer to him as The Killer. The whole idea of The Killer started when somebody said that they heard a chainsaw in The Panopticon area. It may be true - the area looks scary when it is foggy; it is full of small sheds and cut down trees; there is also a chainsaw pickup there. The strange sound can be heard during rainy weather on the first edition of the game as a glitch. Eventually, the myth has evolved, people started to find out more clues and weird objects. It is said that The Killer lives in the countryside, near the Shady Cabin in the Panopticon, he uses a chainsaw or a firearm to kill his victims, and he appears from behind the player (usually from the house) and kills him almost instantly. Although many people have claimed they have seen the killer, there is still no strong evidence to his existence. There are also many descriptions of the killer, they all differ which makes it difficult to believe that killer's existence is plausible.
In the Panopticon area at nighttime in a stormy foggy weather it is possible to mistake the killer for a cut down tree or another solid object.
Phonebooth in the desert
Many people have reported coming across a phonebooth in the desert. The phonebooth rings until the player approaches and answers the phone. When answered, there is no one on another end. Although it was one of the first myths to emerge, it is still unclear whether the myth is real. It is in some ways - there are many phoneboothes in the desert area, especially in towns (not in the desert itself), but none of them are ringing. At the moment there is only a Phonebooth mod available.
Serial Killer
This myth is very similar to the Panopticon Killer. The only difference is that this man lives in the desert and uses a rifle to kill his victims. The majority of people tend to think that he lives in a small house in Tierra Robada, not far from a Cluckin' Bell. Some people have posted videos of him in Fort Carson with a combat shotgun or unarmed. He is believed to be the same man as Mr. Trenchcoat (see the UFOs article for more information). He can often be seen on the small road next to the river, just meters away from his house. People have claimed that this person starts randomly shooting and kills other pedestrians - at this moment, no evidence has been found. It is believed that this myth started when someone had a riot cheat enabled. The Myth of the serial killer is sometimes linked with the myth of the Las Venturas desert Mass Grave.
Horror/screaming voices
This, just like Bigfoot and Leatherface is another myth that some people have claimed to hear while playing the game. The most common hearing of these horror voices is on Mount Chiliad, in a shack halfway up the mountain, used in a mission in the Badlands section of the game. It was midnight and stormy when these hearings happened. Some believe that it is just a mod or a hoax. Other people claimed to hear the screaming voices in Panopticon area and in Back o' Beyond. However, it was later discovered that in one case the "screaming voice" was the sound of an abandoned Quadbike's tyres screeching against the rock, as it was stuck in the ground. It's also possible to hear a loud groan near Gant Bridge, mostly at nights. This has been mistaken for bigfoot, but has been identified as the fog horn of one of the ships around the bay.
Epsilon cult
Please refer to the main Epsilon Program article for more information.
Door in the sky
The Yellow door secret is explained in The Epsilon Program article.
The door in the sky are actually yellow markers that allow you to walk through and end up inside of a building.
The only two yellow markers that are found in the sky are above Cluckin' Bell in the desert. In order to proceed, you will need to enable cheats/hacks to reach these doors. They are far up in the sky and are reachable with cheats/hacks.
Reports say the two doors are only houses that were meant for Robbery Missions. Rockstar hides these interiors for a reason for nobody to find or reach. In San Andreas, Rockstar hides these marks above San Andreas.
Suicide Pedestrian
This is another myth found to be true. In Flint County near the Flint Intersection Bridge, a pedestrian is found taking photos usually once, but in rare times twice, and then walking into the water and drowning, this myth has been proven by many people. Like the Ghost Cars, the pedestrians vary all the time.
The Shady Creek Creature
Vary much like Bigfoot, the Shady Creek Creature is a figure that runs around the woodland area in South San Andreas. Mainly Shady Creek.
The Creature can be spotted during the hours of 22:00 to 03:00. It also has to be foggy or stormy.
It is not a large being like Bigfoot, it is normal sized and from what we know, compleatly black. It is said to look like CJ in his gim suit.
The Creature (if seen) will run until the player can't see it (behind CJ's head sometimes) then dissapear into thin air. Making it almost impossible to catch, few people had video or photo evidence of its existence.
Las Brujas Ghost Town
Las Brujas is an abandend village in Bone County next to Area 69. It translates from Spanis into 'The Witches', which is ironic for a ghost town.
In the daylight it seems like a cool place for some stunts on your shinny new Dirt Bike, but as soon as the moon comes out shit starts happening!


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-----The island of Zakaz was indeed a lonely and foreboding place to go about your existence. Even for the most peaceful and harmless of beings, there wasn't much you could do to alter the constant warfare between the Skakdi warlords, who hoarded what they could and destroyed what they couldn't. After countless and endless years of warfare, it was impossible to think about life as anything else, anything but the constant state of turmoil for which the island had, for so long, been constantly embroiled – for that manner of life was the only life that any of them ever really knew, or even cared to know.-----No one but a delusional pacifist would go about their business on the island unarmed and unprepared for involvement in some sort of fight. In fact, one would have to be pretty insane to visit the island at all, for there was nothing even remotely palmary to be found on Zakaz. It was an annular wasteland, considered to be a long-lost cause by anyone who knew more about it than simply that it existed.-----On this particular section of Zakaz, towards the northern area, a green Skakdi known as Qazror walked along warily. His Zoom Vision had long since informed him that there weren't any life forms in the immediate region – this was an excuse to relax, but he wouldn't. There was probably a skirmish going on farther to the south, as two factions had been fighting over that useless patch of arid waste for months. Besides, on Zakaz, being on the alert was always a good precautionary move.-----Curious about the state of the southern fighting, he zoomed in to the area. To his surprise, he saw no battle. Instead, he caught sight of a group of Skakdi working together, building some kind of tower. One of the factions down there must have won – not like that fact was important or anything. Qazror had no real stake in the matter, and while he could be as belligerent as the next Skakdi, today he didn't feel quite the same. He felt positively beaten at the notion of war, even daring to question for a minute why there was so much of it on his barren island in the first place.-----He shook off those ridiculous notions. For the first time in his life, he didn't feel like fighting, and he didn't really like that feeling. It was just too different.-----Presently, he realized that he had stopped in his tracks. In the past, he really hadn't been much of a thinker or ponderer. It didn't matter to him what his intelligence was, as independent thought had never been highly valued by anyone he had ever dealt with – but this was bothering him. Why did he feel so apathetic about violence all of the sudden?-----His train of thought deserted him as his brain refocused on what his eyes were seeing, which was a small and tender leaf singularly sprouting from the cracked and worn soil.-----A leaf?-----Qazror could not remember the last time there was plant life on Zakaz. If any Skakdi did, it had to be one of the warlords … Nektann, possibly, if any of them. Yet here was life, sprouting anew amidst all odds set against it. The very tract of land in which the plant had taken root had been burned and destroyed uncountable times, yet somehow, this resilient plant had made it through.-----He leaned down, prostrating himself on the tired earth. It was a leaf, all right, attached to a tiny stem and extending into the cracked ground. There were actually two leaves … on two stems. The smaller of the two was growing up right behind the first, larger one.-----Zooming in, Qazror studied the plants … or at least he tried to. Even if the plant's movements in the windless ambience of the always-foul air were not visible to the unaided eye, zooming in showed that the plant was growing – and fairly fast, at that.-----Qazror was not a stupid Skakdi. He knew how the politics of warlord rule operated, at least on a base level. How much one controlled, and how powerful what you controlled was valued by everyone else, was the key to the fleeting success and power one could accrue on Zakaz. There was life here, and it would be useful to control, especially if the twin saplings continued to be as fecund as they were right now.-----Spending a little more time admiring the two growing plants, he was startled when he heard a small snap behind him. Always on the alert, he jumped up and whirled around to face the threat …-----But there was no threat. The sound was part of the rapid growth of a tree that had sprouted and matured behind his back in mere minutes. For some reason, Qazror was not very surprised at this, though he thought that he probably should be.-----He devoted the next five minutes to studying the bark of the tree. He could not possibly identify it, and he innately knew that his own attempts to classify it were futile. Frustrated at this, he turned his body and his focus back to the two plants.-----There were two of them no longer. They were only the first two members of an entire swath of flowering plants whose sweet and refreshing scents filled the rotten air with sweet odors that had not been sniffed on Zakaz in uncountable years. Its magnificence and miraculousness was even more overwhelming than its sudden appearance. Qazror felt stunned by this sudden turn of events, but he could not lose sight of what this lucky break might mean for him and for his future.-----As night began to fall, the trees and plants multiplied further. In a few, mere hours, the landscape was terraformed, using not the powers of its denizens, but by its own miraculous means. A beautiful grove of trees extended outwards behind Qazror, dipping branches producing a tangy orange fruit. In front of him, a picturesque meadow glowed, shimmering peacefully in the soft twilight sky.-----As he began to lay his head down to sleep, Qazror could not help but wonder at the astonishing miracle that had unfolded around of him, and dream at how he could use it to his advantage, to build his own future around that which already existed, rather than recreate his unchangeable and unalterable society for his own idealistic but foolish goals, which would be impossible. Instead, he decided to himself that this was the first step in his new future.-----Yes, he would put together his own empire on Zakaz, and he wouldn't bother to concern himself with the activities of his inevitable rivals.
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Hardscrabble would be as apt a description as any for Consett back in the day, a town situated on the southwest outskirts of Newcastle, perched on the steep eastern bank of the River Derwent. A blast-furnace place of stark realities, forged on the coking coal and blackband iron ore that lurked beneath its surface.
Those families living down Woody Close were certainly not immune to the hardships.
"It's an old steel town,'' reminisces John Herdman. "Those types of places tend to be pretty ... well, a pretty rough place to grow up in at times. The steel town shut down. My granddad lost his job. Dad lost the job. So we went through a difficult stretch for a while. It's one of them real working towns. Been through a lot since I was there.
"A place that's come right now. But certainly growing up there, in Newcastle, the one thing that's on everyone's mind, keeps you going, is the team. The black-and-whites. They've been in my heart for a while now. In your dark days, in towns like that, when you're young, you get a football, you put your shirt on, pretend you're Paul Gascoigne or Chris Waddle, and that's what gets you through the day.''
On Tuesday — just turned 37 and the father of two now — John Herdman goes home again, to a place he long ago couldn't wait to see the back of, as the man entrusted with the future of Canada's national women's soccer team. To coach in the Olympic Games, as a planet watches, in a decisive group match against the fourth-ranked Swedes. To a place, Newcastle's St. James' Park, that fuelled his imagination and set him on his life's path.
First, of course, his Canadians had to tackle the reigning world champion Japanese (an opening 2-1 loss) and then South Africa (a 3-0 win), in Coventry. But then ...
"When that group came out,'' Herdman laughs now, "we pull Japan and then we get Sweden. It was looking pretty bleak. The saving grace was getting to play in St. James' Park. That put a smile on my face, let me tell you. I'm absolutely positive we CAN'T get beat at St. James' Park. It's just not possible. Surely. To take your team back to play in your hometown, in the park where you watched all your heroes ...'' His voice trails off in wonder.
"Ah, it's unbelievable. That's what it is — simply unbelievable. I'll get carried away with the occasion, I know that. I'll turn up about three hours before kickoff and sit in every seat in the dressing room. Go out, on my own, with the stadium deserted and cover every blade of grass on the pitch, as well.''
He reckons his made his first visit to St. James' at six years of age, his dad securing tickets to a Norwich-Newcastle FA Cup tie. Everything about the place instantly fascinated him. (One end of the ground is known as Gallowgate End, because in the old, old days, the town gallows stood nearby).
"I have so many memories of that place, that team. Some have been pretty disappointing memories, bless them. They've been up and down over the years. But they're my club. And you don't abandon your club. I just ... fell in love with it. All of it. What's amazing to me is the tribalism. You actually enjoy getting off the bus, walking up to the stadium with all the people in the black and white shirts. You enjoy the banter in the pub that your dad took you to on the way through. Going to get your hotdog. Then you go into the stands, the song comes on, and then they kick off.
"The game's usually boring. But so many things stay with you; stupid things that go on in crowds, a lot of which has gone missing over the years, I suppose.
"I remember once, this young kid sitting on his father's shoulders being hit by a pie. Someone had thrown a pie from the back of the crowd, he got hit in the head and everyone was laughing. He was laughing. That's what really makes it. The whole excitement of turning up and being connected to something like Newcastle United.''
As with every Geordie, being connected meant adopting a favourite player and wearing those black-and-white strips that locals regard with a reverence usually associated with holy vestments.
"Mine? Ah, Gazza,'' he replies, instantly, voice warming at the mere mention of the fallen-from-grace genius/madman Gascoigne. "Gazza. Absolutely. That Italia '90 tournament ... brilliant. One of them moments that you really know football's your life; how it can touch people. Unbelievable. He's always been my hero, a local lad. Things haven't gone well for him, bless him, but he inspired a nation of youngsters to go out and be the next George Best, the next Paul Gascoigne.''
As nostalgic and emotional as the return to Newcastle promises to be, there is, Herdman emphasizes, serious work to be done.
"But I'm sure it'll motivate me to be the best I've ever been. Having family and friends around, familiar surroundings. I've been to a lot of these tournaments by now. Coaching's a lonely place, you're pretty much on your own. So it'll be nice to have a few friendly faces in the crowd.''
On Tuesday, John Herdman goes home again. To the place where he grew up; where as a lad getting his football, putting on his black-and-white shirt and pretending to be Paul Gascoigne got him through the days. To prowl the touchline in a stadium he considers a shrine.
This is where he met and married his high-school sweetheart, Claire. Parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters, their families, friends, all still live there ("I'm the only one that flew the nest").
Having long ago fulfilled his dream of leaving Consett, he nonetheless understands those years there, the tough ones, helped to define him; they sated his ambition and pushed him towards his destiny.
"The circumstances in your early life,'' he says, "shape your outlook, how you're going to tackle the world. Growing up where I did I had a great foundation, a great family life and friends. But the one thing you were always striving for was to get out of the town. That desire to move on has taken me to places not many people go. That desire, that burning desire, has taken me to where I'm at now, to Canada, and the best job in the world.
"I certainly can't complain. I mean, I'm working with Christine Sinclair. So many first-class people. I get paid for what I do. And now I get to take my team back to my hometown, to play in the park where I used to watch my heroes. So, yeah, I'm loving life at the minute."


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Over half of our world's Forests have disappeared over the last few years, disappearing with it are the animals that live there.
Over 90% of the chimpanzees in the world have gone, because we are cutting down the trees they live under and in.
Say if Elephants trampled our homes till there was nothing left what would happen to us???
Would we too go extinct??? Would we fight against each other like the chimpanzees? We might because we are primates too.
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FROZEN ROYALTY EXCLUSIVE: In the second installment of a series featuring the television and radio broadcasters of the Los Angeles Kings, the Voice of the Kings, Bob Miller, shared his thoughts on the Kings winning the Stanley Cup, its impact, and what it all means to him.
LOS ANGELES — After 39 years behind the microphone, calling the action for the Los Angeles Kings—the first 17 years on radio and television (simulcast), and for the last 21 years, exclusively on television, the Voice of the Kings, Bob Miller, has finally been able to add the one thing that was missing on his resume…
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Their paper, entitled 'Heat of the Moment: Characterizing the Efcacy of Thermal Camera-Based Attacks'
Oh sure everybody wants to show how easy it is to steal everyone else's PIN but when you release a paper detailing how to do it with X-rays and guarantee the target develops cancer and dies within a month leaving their account ripe for unnoticed pilfering then you've "gone too far"!
And don't ever use Gamma Rays, you don't want the Hulk chasing you after you've pilfered his bank account.
Fortunately the methodology does not appear to have been used by criminals ye
But they'll be sure to get on it right away now that they have been clued in.
Not to mention anybody who has watched the news lately has seen that the threat at ATMs isn't some hacker nerd but a "Thug Life!"er sticking a gun in your ribs or bashing your head in with a rock and just taking the money after you have put in the pin.
And has anyone else noticed that for the "Thug Life!"ers there is no such thing as robbery? There is murder with a cash bonus. We had a typical "Thug life!"er robbery in the next town over a couple of months ago, the "Thug Life!"er walks into a nail salon, bl
Where do you live, Mogadishu?
Hmm, I knew there was a reason that I rested all of my fingers uniformly across the keypad, gently caressing their every ridge and facet as I discreetly pumped out my digits into their PIN pad. Well, another reason, at least.
Also I try to think about a completely different song than the one that corresponds to the letters that correspond to the numbers of my PIN, just to thwart any brainwave phreaking attacks as well.
But still hoping we score some decent security measures out of this, like maybe a bank-issued gold card or something.
I rested all of my fingers uniformly across the keypad, gently caressing their every ridge and facet as I discreetly pumped out my digits
Have you considered a career writing Harlequin novels?
Just set the keypad on fire.
I say we take off and nuke the site from across the street. It's the only way to be sure.
-- Security Engineering Officer Ellen Ripley
Makes sense. Even though I cover my typing hand with my other hand, I always add a few more fake keypresses so that any camera can't make a rough guess, judging by the quadrant of the image showing slight movement, which key was actually pressed. So now I have to do this for infra red coverage also. Great.
I picked up this habit after working in a classified area with a cipher lock.
After I'd enter the cipher, I'd swipe my fingers over all the buttons to make it harder for a potential bad guy to analyze the wear/fingerprint patterns on the lock.
I'm not sure whether I just read a method to obscure your PIN number from thermal cameras, or a description of one of your sexual exploits.
It looks likely you were mostly joking (so, that makes me feel equally bad about admitting this).
But, when putting in my PIN, I typically rest several fingers on different numbers, move my hand around, and punch my PIN in that way, obscuring what I'm doing (not the typical one finger, one press approach).
For me, it was about making it tough for someone with a video camera set up to watch the ATM to figure out what my PIN is based on finger movement alone.
I suppose to that end, would getting the heat signature really be that superior to having a video camera set up with a telephoto lens?
And if we were ever worried about heat signature, wouldn't simply wearing gloves defeat this "potential attack?"
Seems someone has figured out a complex way of collecting PINs.
Why not set up a loop of wire and, based on the different lengths of connection between electricity that flows from pressed keys to the processor, infer which key is pressed?
Right... it would cost more in time, money, and effort than one could make simply waiting for someone to walk up and rob with a gun.
But, when putting in my PIN, I typically rest several fingers on different numbers, move my hand around, and punch my PIN in that way, obscuring what I'm doing (not the typical one finger, one press approach).
I do it too -- I start at the top row, one finger per button, and then slide my hand down the keypad making contact with every button but only putting pressure on the one button that needs pushing. I repeat the process for each digit but make sure to slide my hand across the entire keypad each time. It didn't take much practice to get good at it, it still takes a little bit longer than just punching the numbers in directly, but not enough to matter.
Right... it would cost more in time, money, and effort than one could make simply waiting for someone to walk up and rob with a gun.
Never forget that any sort of ATM attack is anonymous and impersonal, whereas holding up someone with a gun means you personally are standing there in front of someone with a gun in your hand.
What the Internet has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt is that ordinary people who wouldn't think of shoplifting will go to incredible lengths to steal stuff on the Internet where they are anonymous and the action is impersonal. Someone who would never break into a house in person will break into a computer with impu
Seems like a risky thing to do. If you use a cloned card in a shop you will probably be on CCTV. If you use it on the internet then I suppose you can pay for some services (hiding behind a proxy or Tor) but any physical goods need to be delivered to an address. Most people don't have an address they can use to receive their ill-gotten gains.
I think the idea is that after you leave the machine, four[1] of the keys will be glowing. The brightest one is the number you pressed last, and the dimmest is the one you pressed first.
[1] Assuming your PIN is made up of four unique numbers. If your pin contains repeated numbers, I guess it makes it more difficult to determine the order of them.
48 permutations, assuming 4 known, unique digits. 36 permutations, assuming 3 digits, not knowing which is unique.
What about all the other number keys you end up pressing when you define how much money you're depositing or withdrawing?
All this is making the simple task of stealing so complicated. Gypsy kids just hang around the ATM, wait for the withdraw screen to show up, run in, quickly press the auto denomination of the highest value and wait for the money to start spitting out before they grab and dash. Thermal cameras have got nothing on those kids.
My ATM makes me use the touchscreen after entering the PIN on the number pad; so I guess I'm screwed.
Hmm, I knew there was a reason that I rested all of my fingers uniformly across the keypad, gently caressing their every ridge and facet as I discreetly pumped out my digits into their PIN pad.
Do you do so while wearing a robe and wizard hat?
I usually keep hitting the keypad randomly when it's preparing the cash, for fun. Now that's a reason for me to keep doing it!
but a third of people surveyed admit that they do not check ATMs for tampering before withdrawing cash.
A person checking an ATM for tampering may look like they are tampering with an ATM. Now get back in line.
Word. Not to mention that most ATM skimmers are very difficult to detect, and are often indistinguishable from some of the regular "bling" that an ATM might have adorning their card slot.
But I guess it's worthwhile to attempt to rip it out anyway and see what happens
http://images.google.com/search?q=ATM+skimmer&hl=en&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&biw=1270&bih=810 [google.com]
I spotted only half the skimmers, and missed the cameras. Cunning little monsters. Glad I don't use ATMs often. Thanks for the link.
Am I alone in not using ATMs? I prolly wouldn't know if a skimmer had been installed because I almost never visit ATMs. I mean, in any given year I can count on one hand the number of ATM withfrawals and checks written on one, maybe two hands. I stopped carrying cash years ago and if I truly need some, most of the time a POS cashout is closer than the bank, and doesn't charge a fee.
To be fair, I *do* use the ATM whenever I need to deposit checks, which is rarely enough. All that said, if I saw mysteriou
but a third of people surveyed admit that they do not check ATMs for tampering before withdrawing cash.
Two thirds of them do? I find that very hard to believe.
The key word being "admit." I would suspect at least 90% of people don't actually look for ATM tampering, but in having it brought up are too embarrassed to admit to it.
There is no level of applied security that can thwart applied freedom.
I use the corner of my wallet to to press the keys, let's see them work with that.
Good idea. Also, stylo of your mobile. Mod the coward up.
Except you already had your wallet out anyway to get to your cash card. And now your card is in the machine and you probably have no cash in it if you're at the ATM, so now they've got a wallet with things the average thief can't make use of, except maybe a condom or two. And given that this guy is posting on
when I viewed this story. Conflict of interest here?
Google context sensitive advertising at work.
They probably also advertise ski masks on stories about bank robbery.
They did this in Splinter Cell YEARS ago.
That's the first thing I thought of too. I remember using my Thermal Imaging goggles in Splinter Cell to steal door codes after watching someone else use the keypad.
Did the guys at UCSD play Splinter Cell? Did they thank Ubisoft in their paper?
They did this in Splinter Cell YEARS ago.
After doing that in game, I remember thinking that there was no way this would really work. I was hoping that Mythbusters would tackle it but it looks like academia beat them to it.
I don't know if that is where I saw that, but yes the technique has appeared in movies (years ago) This is life imitating art.
When I'm typing in my PIN I do a fancy jig with my fingers, and I use my fingernails - admittedly to avoid getting the ick from the ATM on my fingers - but that should help keep the thermal signatures down as well.
Urine is likely cleaner than what you normally find on ATMs. So you're doing a public service by "rinsing off" the keypad.
You joke, but there is a scene in American Treasure II where they fingerprint a keyboard and deduce the password using letters hit and a dictionary attack. One shift or caps-lock key use and it blows the solution space exponentially high.
I am waiting for ATMs to have NFC support. That way, my card and/or phone is needed so that I don't have to even touch that machine.
Reminds me of the apocryphal story of the D&D munchkin running a dwarven thief whose dungeon lockpicking strategy is to piss in the lock and then come back in a year or two after the mechanism had corroded...
Even as a usually law-abiding citizen, I might be tempted to steal that camera thingy if i find it. The fact that it was put there by criminals would greatly reduce my pangs of conscience
The camera wouldn't be near the ATM. Someone behind you in line would take the camera out of their pocket, and take a picture of the keypad you just touched.
Tampering is not needed for taking a thermal photo as the next in line.
this is an even better reason we need secure NFC transactions (with your mobile) asap. it's absurd to be typing a by-definition-weak password into an unauditable terminal. why hasn't some bank hasn't noticed that at least early adopters would pay for the privilege of paying securely?
then again, if banks simply secured their terminals, much of the hacked-ATM problem would disappear. yes, toilet-like stalls for each ATM...
this is an even better reason we need secure NFC transactions (with your mobile) asap.
Near field communication is only as secure as the size and sensitivity of the nearest antenna.
Just because your mobile phone has a weak antenna doesn't mean a malicious actor has to limit himself.
Near field communication is only as secure as the size and sensitivity of the nearest antenna.
Just because your mobile phone has a weak antenna doesn't mean a malicious actor has to limit himself.
Yes, screw NFC - we would be a lot better off with 2D barcodes [wikimedia.org] displayed on the phone and a camera on the POS terminal. If you need 2-way communication (which I doubt is really necessary) then just use the camera on the phone and a small (e-ink?) display on the POS terminal. Bonus in that no new tech on the consumer end is needed, every smart phone currently on the market has all you need to pull it off.
True, but accepting card payments is far more risky than simply buying stuff on a stolen card. To get any return you have to provide a bank account for them to pay the money into, and an address to send billing information to.
People have tried this sort of thing in the past with premium rate phone lines. They stole mobile and then set up a rig to dial their premium rate number over and over again. Naturally they were caught pretty quickly once the phone company started getting complaints.
This is partly why even though my credit card has a chip, it does not have a PIN. The other reason is my issuing bank didn't have the infrastructure set up to handle CC PINs when they started shipping chipped replacement cards out, but considering at least one guy's already been denied a disputed charge because his CC company claims the system is secure and it MUST have been him entering the PIN, I'll just keep signing my CC-paid bills for as long as I can.
it's absurd to be typing a by-definition-weak password into an unauditable terminal.
A hacked terminal isn't enough to break card security, obviously, the whole point is that you need both the card and the PIN. Merely having the PIN isn't enough. Modern cards can't be cloned unless you live somewhere still in the stone age, like the USA
this is why i need to train my cold blooded pet snack to enter my pin for me!
this is why i need to train my cold blooded pet snack to enter my pin for me!
I would say something about the amount of time wasted by repeatedly training something that's going to be consumed in short order, but i'm more squicked out by the idea of keeping your snacks as pets.
Isn't it cheaper to simply mug the ATM user after they are done and take cash while out of sight of the ATM machine's own camera? You'd have to do that anyway to get the card from them. Why get all technical?
The common method is using an ATM skimmer to copy the card, and a camera to record typing in of the code. No mugging necessary. Sometimes the keypad is faked too.
1) You're limited to the 20$ the tightwad took out.
2) You would have to be able to mug them over and over again until caught
3) Likely the charge is less if you don't actually have to threaten anyone with a knife or gun.
4) You just need the number not the card, but even if you do need it, you can secretly steal it, make a copy and even return it.
5) Its way cooler.
Or you could have just used the tip of the pen or stylo from your mobile.
If I'm the only one with the card?
Well now that we have your PIN we can just knock you over the head and take your card. Before we had to kidnap and torture you to get you to reveal the PIN. This is so much easier. Who says that technology isn't improving our lives?
Because shortly you will not be the only one with the card. As others mentioned there is a skimmer attached somewhere on the ATM. This reads the data contained on the magnetic stripe of your card and records. It may transmit this data via bluteooth to a local attacker, or store it locally. Skimmers usually can contain anywhere from 7-10,000 cards on them roughly.
Once this is accomplished the attacker will then either sell the data online, or begin creating his own fake credit cards. This process involves pu
I'd never heard of this method of attack until now. But it might explain why some of my bank's ATMs seem to have a high volume of cooling air blasting through any cracks and openings in the machine. Metal keys as well.
There was an article in a recent electronics magazine about building a code entry keypad that scrambles the digit positions between each entry attempt. This would make filming the keyboard difficult if one were to make the digit displays hard to see other than straight on. It would cause prob
It also makes it impossible for blind people to enter the PIN, so probably violates Disability Discrimination legislation. Keypads usually have a dimple on the No 5 button, and a blind person can figure out where the other buttons are from that.
Take a page from the iPhone's touchscreen accessibility mode. When you move a finger over an element, it reads it out. Obviously you don't want it read aloud so others can hear, but this would be a good use of most of my bank's ATMs audio-out jack.
Okay yes, then the criminals hack or replace the audio jack with their own. I assume Disability Discrimination laws don't allow fully-abled people to use features disabled ones can't (translation: blind people must be able to access new, more secure features, othe
Right now in Texas, we're hitting over 104F in the afternoons, several degrees higher than body temperature. Would the buttons be cooled by people touching them?
You really have ATMs operating in 104F environments? More likely there's an AC unit right above the thing blasting cold air on it.
Is it just me, or does anyone else tire over stories of ATM skimming/tampering? I guess my main point here is who the hell still uses an ATM anymore?
It's probably been at least 6 months since I've stepped in front of one. I can withdraw up to $100 at just about any store I go into when I use my debit card(multiple times a day too), and since there seems to be a rather large void of evidence regarding tampering of debit terminals inside stores and banks, the most obvious solution seems to be the answer her
I think your experience is probably in the US? Being able to get cash back from the store is not unheard of in other countries, but it's a lot less common than in the US. Also card payments are less common in other countries, usually cash is preferred. (On average it's a lot quicker, plus many people prefer not to leave a record of every little purchase they make.)
As for withdrawal fees - my German bank (DKB) lets me withdraw money anywhere in the world using my visa card, and they swallow the withdrawal
You can have my PIN
if you pry it from my dead COLD fingers.
"but a third of people surveyed admit that they do not check ATMs for tampering before withdrawing cash"
Yeah, I get it, some of you are typical Internet paranoid freaks who do this, but 99% of people don't. Why? I've never heard of anyone having their pin stolen. Ever. I've never known anyone who had money stolen from a bank account. We know the vast majority of cases of this are identity theft (which isn't pin theft). If someone did steal my PIN, they'd also need my wallet. My wallet was only stolen
If i see someone hunched over the ATM i just finished using, with this thermal camera, guess what I will be doing....
smashing that camera to pieces in front of him.....
Seriously though, I think whether you dust for prints or heat or etc..... there is always a way to find the pin, which is why i subscribe to the new sms identification method gmail/facebook/hotmail uses, they should use that for banks and for credit cards
I typically type two of the four numbers with the back of my fingernails. It won't help videocameras unless I would try to obfuscate it further, but for any type of fingerprinting, thermal, oil, or other attempts to duplicate my PIN that I've seen on Hollywood movies or CSI, it's hard enough to figure out that the imaginary criminal would probably just jack the next guy instead. Plus it gives my wife something to make fun of if she ever catches it.
But honestly, if you manage to steal a card and get the PIN,
After you are finished with the ATM just press all the buttons on the keypad in random order leaving your finger on each key for a long hard press to really soak up your body heat. Kinda like scrambling the combination on a lock.
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The only thing I remember hearing is an extension on some copyrights--just in time to keep old movie copyrights and such from expiring. Anyone else hear of any patent extension?
Patents on crypto algorithms don't bother me that much, but when they start patenting the kinds of ideas that I think up when I'm driving I get pretty pissed.
The Schnorr patent covers some of the knowledge-proof protocols that are used when using public-key crypto systems for contractual things
(I think... it's been a while since I've read the literature =) so it's still an issue when cryptography is used to enforce standards of behavior and such. It might also have an impact on things that Free Software projects are planning in the future.
Right, and that's what GPG [gnupg.org] does, at least for the PGP equivalence. The 1.0 version came out a month or so ago.
Unfortunately, such a program is indeed a "workalike", but it is not compatible with existing systems. SSL with RSA/RC4 and PGP with RSA/IDEA have large installed bases, and unencumbered software cannot be compatible (until all the patents expire).
Agreed, but that very fact probably makes the patent invalid. In order to be patentable, an idea has to be innovative, not something that would be obvious to anyone with a working knowledge of the area in question. Of course, the patent offices don't tend to have the required working knowledge, and so issue patents that they really shouldn't. However, the fact the the patent is issued doesn't make it valid, and it's unlikely to stand up in court. That doesn't help when J. Random Corporation has millions to pay lawyers and you don't, though...
RSA has its niceties, but we've got other nice open algorithms in place. Same with PGP - it served its purpose, but now we've got GPG. So, I mean it when I ask:
Is RSA still important? If so, what niche does it fill?
I think you missed the point of my question. I'm very pro-crypto, but I'm not as knowledgeable as I would perhaps like. I know that strong crypto is absolutely positively critical to freedom and commerce, but I didn't know exactly why RSA itself was so important.
Let's hope that Netscape/AOL doesn't sell the SSL patent to RSADSI. So far I haven't heard of any plans on the part of Netscape/AOL to enforce the patent, but I'm sure RSADSI would love to get their hands on that patent and charge everyone running SSL big bucks. Then they would be able to do the same thing as far as only licensing their own implementation.So anybody already using RSA's algorithms (which are mandatory for SSL, as near as I an tell)
if you show no interest in patenting your work during the post-disclosure window, someone else who sees value in it can patent it.
Not necessarily. Your work can be considered prior art, which can invalidate a patent in a number of different ways. Patents are supposed to extend the prior art, not duplicate it. Of course, IANAL. YMMV. HAND. *--Joe
IANAL, but I had a meeting with one a few weeks ago about patents. I learned some interesting things. Most interesting (and distressing) to me was when I learned about what "disclosure" is actually about.
Basically, when you a) offer for sale or b) publish your work, you're "disclosing" it publicly (even if you sell it to a client who's under NDA, you are "offering it for sale", which means it's been disclosed).
From the time of disclosure, you have one year to "patent, or get off the pot". However, if you don't start your filing process either before you disclose, or real darned soon thereafter, someone else can! That is to say, if you show no interest in patenting your work during the post-disclosure window, someone else who sees value in it can patent it.
Of course, to a Free Software / Free Hardware / Free Ideas zealot like myself, this is a pretty appalling state of affairs. What it means to me, in a nutshell, is that I have to go through the cumbersome and expensive process of patenting my "novel inventions" (and, in this day and age, even my "totally fscking obvious inventions to anyone with two brain cells to rub together"), in order to keep them from, basically, getting pirated.
That means that I cannot simply disclose and rest secure in the knowledge that the freedom of my ideas is protected, and that they will remain free from the moment of disclosure thereafter.
That sucks.
(ObDisclaimer: IANAL, and I may have horribly misunderstood this, but I did ask a great many questions of this poor guy, and attempt to clarify that I was actually hearing what I thought I was).
Yeah, I realize that, but it isn't real open source, is it?
Somehow, I think people might object if your "open source" licence specified that the code can only be exported in paper form.
I mean, can you imagine working on a software project like that? You want to check in a change, so you send it via snail mail to the central repository, where someone scans in your change, and checks the code back in.
So, can RSADSI legally export their source code (in electronic form)?
I guess they could send their code (in paper form) to an overseas subsidary, and the distribute it from there. Could they do this?
I was going to write that RSADSI could Open Source their products, and that they would probably do quite well out of it at the moment, because it would let them pick up on the favourable buzz surrounding Open Source companies at the moment. (Open Source, E-Commerce & Security.. Gee, there is a market!)
BUT then I realised that they probably cannot, for legal reasons. Quite apart from the patents, they still cannot export (all) their sources despite the recent Crypto law reforms, can they?
Can someone expand on this, please.
The RSA patent [ibm.com] is referenced by 174 newer patents. That means that (at least) 174 other people have similar "inventions", some real, some questionable, which directly use the RSA algorithm. Here it is. [ibm.com]
The problem is that its hard to tell what uses of RSA are actually covered by these newer patents. It doesn't matter whether the use is "obvious" to us, it's just impossible to tell what uses are covered without going through everything. Translation: RSA will be available soon, but it's use for almost anything commercial/useful will still be independently patentable.
Nope -- 35 USC 102(f):
Section 102, Conditions for patentability; novelty and loss of right to patent
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless--
(f) he did not himself invent the subject matter sought to be patented
I don't know when this second patent expires
According to the IDEA owner's site (www.Ascom.com [ascom.ch]) the US patent runs out in 2010, the european one a year after. Apparently, the Japanese one is Still Pending - after eight years????
Licence hangs off the same page; basically, it is free for the Special Case of use by two individuals, using it for personal reasons, who have not paid anything for the software.
Writing software that brings in money (even shareware, although there is a initial exception of the first 10,000usd in this case) requires a product licence, and "commercial use" includes the non-profit organisations normally excluded from that description (although they say they special-case such organisations, no details of what a charity might expect to pay are available on that site)
Even if that were true, you'd have to prove it in court to break the patent. What evidence do you have?
Also: I understand there's some precident for the time the government has used a secret invention not counting against the time the public-and-patented version is protected. (Could be wrong - I'm not a patent attorney.)
WRONG. RC5 (and RC6) are patented by RSADSI, as well as trademarked. The actual patent is on data-dependant rotations [great, now they're patenting machine instructions...I wonder if I can get xor
a) You have a license from RSADSI.
b) You live in a country where it's not patented.
c) You like to break the law.
Sorry, but using RC5 would be a very bad idea.
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Wow. Here it is May 5th and semester ends this week with finals next week. It's surreal, really. I remember being so stressed out about making this dream happen; financial aid, paperwork, passport, visa, essays….Now it's over and I'll be returning to the States just in time to jump into summer classes, back to work and what we all call "real life." These past few weeks we've been doing everything we can to see the most of what Italy has to offer, even considering jumping on a bus and hopping off in some random little town just to explore one more place.
A couple of weekends ago we travelled south to Pompeii, Salerno and Vietri. Pompeii was utterly amazing in every possible sense of the word. I remember- we all remembered- studying this place and tragedy in our history classes way back in elementary school. Seeing the pictures in our books and learning about the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius so many years ago. Now seeing it and walking down those streets in real life was an experience I'm sure we'll never ever forget. For one of my history classes here, I had to do a presentation on Pompeian culture in the year 79 A.D. I actually used the pictures I had taken myself just the week before! How amazing is that? How many students can say they've actually had the opportunity to do that? I still can't believe some of the things that we've gotten to see. To learn about ancient Etruscan history and then take a field trip into the town that we live in to see these things with our own eyes. Not in a museum, but in the walls that surround the city, or the preserved remnants of the ancient Roman road on the edge of town. Or to learn about Roman gladiators and ancient politics then taking a field trip to Rome and seeing the coliseum and Roman Forum for ourselves. We actually had lecture in the Roman Forum yesterday. I still can't believe it.
This coming weekend will be our last weekend here, together so we chose to stay here in town and really take in everything that Tuscania is. In between classes, we've taken to grabbing a blanket, bottle of wine and fruits then heading to the park and enjoying a picnic then lying in the grass soaking up the sunshine. On weekdays when we have no classes, we hike around the outskirts of town, exploring, talking and joking about what we'll be doing "2 wks. from now." A couple of days ago, 2 friends and I stayed up all night long just to walk to the park and watch the sunrise over the San Pietro valley. We sat perched on the wall of the city, just the 3 of us, enjoying the silence of the still sleeping town and watching the first inklings of pink stretch across the sky.
This weekend will be spent studying for finals and organizing what gets thrown away to make room for treasures we've bought at markets and gifts for family and friends. We will be cleaning, saying goodbyes to friends we've made here in town and gearing up for the trip back home in the coming days and trying to get as many pictures in as we possibly can. This has been such a surreal, amazing experience for me. I've made so many good friends who plan on visiting me in Kansas City and I them in Chicago…NYC…SC…and ME. A summer of road trips has been laid out, where we will, I'm sure, reminisce about our semester in Tuscania. None of us want to leave this adorable little town with the inhabitants who speak Italian and only Italian. We don't want to leave this place that smells of baking bread and pastries every morning (especially for those of us who live above a bakery… J ) and where the owner of our favorite pizza place now knows to bring me an extra plate for my pizza crusts so Samantha can have them, before we even ask. A place where our favorite gelato place knows exactly which 3 flavors Josh wants and what size cup (the biggest) he will order before he even gets to the counter. A place where our sweet landlord Natalina and her husband Pepe cannot pronounce my name but still honestly love us like we are their grandchildren. And a place where, regardless of the fact that we have been living here for 4 months, we still get gawked at and have finally come to terms with that. From all of the Italian cities we could have chosen to call home for an entire semester, Tuscania is truly the right decision for those of us who chose it. If you want to truly learn Italian language and culture, try to visit the smaller towns and get to know the people who live there, instead of the more tourist (though still beautiful) cities such as Rome and Florence. You won't regret it, I promise.


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Monster wagon vr2 "Monster Sedan" build thread
Posted 15 March 2010 - 07:06 AM
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Posted 15 March 2010 - 02:10 PM
whats the finished specs from stock? like
overall lift?
wheelbase over stock ?
what tranny you runnin?
any Transfercase?
also what did you like about the wagon and what are you going to change on this sedan ??
which ones STI? and could you put a mike or caliper on one and tell me the diameter of shaft at midpoint, thank You
Edited by Scott in Bellingham, 15 March 2010 - 02:12 PM.
Posted 15 March 2010 - 05:17 PM
Scott. I,m not sure about overall hight (I should remember to measure these things befor i start) I know the lift blocks are about 6 1/2 inches with another 1" in the struts. I will measure the wheel base after we get it all together again.
This will basicly be the same drivetrain as the wagon. Will be using a subaru 5speed with welded center diff and a sammy T-case. Will be getting a reduction T-case from RockyRoad just havnt decided on what reduction to go with yet. With the 33" and the stock t-case it's on road manners were very good but it could still use a bit in the low range department. So with moving up to the 35"s i think im gonna go with the super crawler reduction gears, just hoping it doesnt rev to high on the highway.
One thing that was troublesome on the wagon was the T-case position, it just hung to low. So that will be getting moved up into the body as far as we can.
We will also be changing the front suspension and lift around. Whats in the wagon works and has proved to be very solid, but it's alot of metal and makes servicing the front diff imposible and makes a mess when you change the oil. Also we will be putting another R-180 diff in the front and changing the spindals to SVX ones, so at least the brakes will match a little better and we can have the same wheel bolt pattern front and rear. And the longer SVX axles should allow us to push the front track a little wider and help increase the turning radius with out the tires hitting.
Will also be using STI rear struts in the front for longer travel, not so much for extension but a bit more compression with out hitting the bump stops. Traveling at speed down a potholed road in the wagon ussualy led to bottoming out the front suspension.
As for those front axles, the top one is the STI axle and i will get some specs for ya next time im in the shop.
Posted 15 March 2010 - 10:15 PM
Legacy and EA82 front axle .880 Dia
Legacy and EA82 Rear Axle .840 Dia
Nissan 720 front axles 1.10 Dia
Tpyota 2wd pickup rear 1.275 Dia
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Posted 22 August 2011 - 08:02 PM
An excellent question. It's the disc for the t-case mounted e-brake. I just havent mounted the caliper yet.
Cool! Kind of like old subarus that had the brakes on the transmission side rather than in the hubs.
Posted 22 August 2011 - 08:34 PM
Posted 23 August 2011 - 05:12 PM
Cool! Kind of like old subarus that had the brakes on the transmission side rather than in the hubs.
Pretty much the same idea yeah. It was pretty cheap and now I know why, I gotta modify a little just to make it work the way it is supposed to. :/
This time around I built the t-case brakets right into the subframe of the car with extra rienforcments. The t-case mounts are old jeep control arms, figure there good enough to hold a front end in they should work for a t-case. I still gotta tie em together with a wrap around skid plate support so it shouldn't be going any where.
Posted 23 August 2011 - 05:14 PM
subarus on here keep gettin bigger and bigger.. ill be tuned in
Hell yeah! Whats the point in doing it again if your not gonna make it bigger and better? It'd like evolution.
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Thanks. I wish it was mine, I would make alot faster progress on all my projects. But at least having acess to it is good enough.
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Posted 06 October 2011 - 08:05 PM
Finally got around to cutting this side out since I finally got a set of 35s for it.
Pretending it's at new ride hight.
Got a killer deal on these off good old craigslist.
Good motivation to get my rump roast in gear and start working on the frontend.
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Posted 10 October 2011 - 11:39 AM
But I have a couple of questions:
*Does welding stuff to the struts mess with the gasses inside the strut by heating them up?
*The final pic shows your axle angle to be sooooooper downward. Is that max flex, or are they expected to flex more?
Posted 10 October 2011 - 08:39 PM
To answer the questions: I'm sure the welding on the struts isn't great for them but they've been working great the whole time they were on the wagon and there not leaking by yet, not externally anyway. Lol.
Figure when they do get really bad we will come up with a more permanent serviceable solution.
As for the rear axle position, the suspension is not settled in the picture I had just set it down from being in the air. So it will sit a bit more level than that. You can check back on the monsterwagon thread to see how this set up works off-road. Nothing really different in the rear suspension. It's the frontend that's gonna be getting a makeover.
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Dragged this thing outta the weeds tonight and got at it again. I'm at a point where this is my new priority so hopefully we will be seeing some serious progress in a timely manner.
Tonight I worked on setting up the t-case e-brake and getting some driveshafts in it so I can figure out all my clearances and start getting a floor back in it befor any creatures try to move in.
The temporary main shaft in place.
A few of the rear shaft and e-brake set up.
Thats all I got for tonight. Stay tuned.
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Payback among some conservatives continued apace Friday, the fallout from the budget deal that brought the government shutdown to an end this week even as it illuminated the sometimes competing ambitions of Republican factions.
The Senate Conservatives Fund on Friday endorsed a tea party challenger to Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Republican who, along with Democrat Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, crafted the deal that ended the standoff that had paralyzed parts of the federal government.
"Matt Bevin is a true conservative who will fight to stop the massive spending, bailouts, and debt that are destroying our country," the organization's executive director, Matt Hoskins, said in a statement. "He is not afraid to stand up to the establishment and he will do what it takes to stop Obamacare. We know that winning this primary won't be easy. Mitch McConnell has the support of the entire Washington establishment and he will do anything to hold on to power. But if people in Kentucky and all across the country rise up and demand something better, we're confident Matt Bevin can win this race."
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PHILADELPHIA — A big-league hit had been a long time coming for Freddy Galvis.
He didn't have one in his final nine at-bats before he was optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley in late June, and in his first two starts after returning as a September call-up, he had gone 0-for-7.
Saturday night, he finally broke the ice – broke it with a sledgehammer.
After Jonathan Papelbon had blown a two-run lead in the ninth by giving up a two-run, two-out, two-strike homer to Andrelton Simmons, Galvis stepped in against Freddy Garcia in the bottom of the ninth and launched a walk-off homer deep into the right-field seats to give the Phillies a 6-5 win over the Braves at Citizens Bank Park.
Even before that thrilling finish became necessary, Galvis had been the story.
It had been a long, barren slog at the plate in the majors for Galvis. He was hitting .298 May 19 while serving as a super-utility player during the first six weeks of the season. However, when Chase Utley landed on the disabled list with a strained oblique and Galvis became the regular at second base, his swing got longer and his average started to drop. He entered Saturday batting .197 for the Phillies, with just 14 hits in his last 100 at-bats when he was placed in the lineup at shortstop Saturday.
In his first plate appearance, Galvis legged out an infield single against Atlanta starter Alex Wood. Then, in the fifth inning it was Galvis' two-run, two-out single to center in the fifth inning that gave the Phillies a 4-2 lead. He added another single in the seventh to tie his career high with three hits in a game.
It turned out Galvis would get a chance to set a new career high when Simmons fouled off four pitches against Papelbon before lining a ball that just cleared the left-field fence.
After taking a first-pitch ball from Garcia, Galvis sat on a high changeup and powdered it into the seats for his second walk-off homer of the season.