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If only the automation could be automated...

Acme [0] via Plan9port [1].

[0] http://acme.cat-v.org/

[1] http://swtch.com/plan9port/

This made me aware of Social Swarm:

http://socialswarm.net/

Yuck. [0] [1]

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BiFi_(snack) [1]: http://www.bifi.de/die_bifis.asp

See also: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=298766...

Neither seem to work without a Flash plugin -- so this is not about POSTing a large file.

I was just about to point out the known-plaintext scenario of this setup when the server is compromised, but apparently AES is immune to this attack. [1]

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Known-plaintext_attack#Present_...

Nobody is hindered to leave, right?

I'm not sure about all security-related aspects of it, but concerning a separation between application logic and data, unhosted[1] comes to mind.

[1] http://www.unhosted.org

http://vagrantbox.es/ If someone beside me got a dull look on his/her face, look here.

Some input of varying quality:

- http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/11206/ubuntu-vs-debi...

- http://serverfault.com/questions/89816/how-different-are-ubu...

> When will the day where instead of having to pay 25$ for a haircut, I can go to an automated barbershop and have it done for much less ?

It will probably take some time before a robot is cheaper than 4 EUR per hour (hairdresser's collective agreement in Saxony, Germany).

http://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0512096 << abstract

  In the Rhineland, the Carnival season is considered to be the "fifth season of the year", starting on November 11 at exactly 11:11 a.m.

  > Looking forward to the day when the browser will just automatically generate one for me.

You're welcome. Got it using the RSS feed. Have you checked the FAQ on the "showdead" option in your profile?

  In my profile, what does showdead do?

  If you turn it on, you'll see all the submissions and comments that have been killed by the editors. They're mostly spam and duplicates.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3097684

...same entry, [deleted] but with a little discussion.

Like Synergy[0] with file copy support (dragging across screens), but non-free and Windows only? I advise everyone to try synergy, it's a great experience to have the mouse leave one screen and enter another (even if it sounds kind of trivial).

[0] http://synergy-foss.org/

The idea is nice, reminds me a little of that WWF idea of non-printable PDFs. [0]

But is something available that actually does the job? I remember this readability thing [1], is there something comparable for printing, too? Like a browser plugin or generic userscript...

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF_(file_format)

[1] http://www.readability.com

http://www.fanboy.co.nz/adblock/

it's part of the tracking list here.

I think your right. One (k,n)=(2,3) scheme for each group to unlock the (2,2)-scheme for the secret.

And the wife just needs to remember one key this way...

'my wife AND (3 of 50)'

You could take k=54 and give your wife 51 keys.

> I'm a little unclear on what problem you're trying to solve.

So am I, actually, sorry. My initial thought was that a central authority (a host that might go down or bankrupt) could be avoided if I were to split my secret into parts, distribute them among my loved ones (telling them what it is about and that I trust them they'll not meet behind my back while I'm still alive), accompanied by instructions how it works. This way, there's no plain text of my super secret stored anywhere.

This solves the "my secret should be known by my peers when _something happens_"-issue. The "inform the others if something happens to me"-problem actually persists and for _this_ problem, a service like the one posted probably is a solution, sending out "the person has not been reachable for X days, please meet and uncover his secret"-mails to the peers.

http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/datawithoutborders.cc

seems down at the moment

edit: 'not found' now, but seems to be here http://jakeporway.com/2011/08/data-without-borders-logo-cont...

Something similar could be constructed using Shamir's Secret Sharing (for example) [1], where the involved parties would have to communicate (and thus know each other) to retrieve the secret from their parts. The linked service surely is easier to handle but such a scheme would not depend on any trusted host (except yourself as you know the secret and share the parts). Possibly a combination of both would be great, to ease the communication issue and still keep security high.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_Secret_Sharing

http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/17/hp-pre3-makes-stealthy-entr...

Someone must have changed the title last-minute.

You're right, I was a bit quick and sounded bitchy, sorry about that. Actually, one of the sources,

http://www.stifflog.com/2006/10/16/stiff-asks-great-programm...

is pretty interesting, too, as it included more answers to the book question by others (and more questions).

It's anecdotal at best, "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert A. Heinlein and Dawkin's "The Selfish Gene", based on quotes from Torvalds.

Too bad, a real list from Torvalds could have been interesting.

See also

http://lwn.net/Articles/451971/#Comments

and

https://github.com/ewust/telex/blob/master/telex-client/ISSU...

for why it's not real-world-ready yet.

Just stumbled upon another thing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_code#Name

Invented by Frank Gray at Bell Labs (patent application 1947).