And the only prescription is hundreds upon hundreds of duochromatic capsules. The wii-mote control scheme looks a little shady but like each other game on the Wii, I assume it will become second nature. Of course, classic mode looks classic. I know a few girls in LA who are going to flip their lids when […]

And the only prescription is hundreds upon hundreds of duochromatic capsules. The wii-mote control scheme looks a tiny shady but like every other game on the Wii, I assume it will become second nature. Of course, classic mode looks classic. I know a few girls in LA who are going to flip their lids when they see this. Seriously — their lids.

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When I was first learning about encryption and encoding, I was fascinated by the Nazi’s Enigma Machine. This device confounded Allied forces in the early days of World War II and is considered by some to be an ancestor of the modern computer. It was a complex device with many dials and knobs, as well as […]

When I was first learning about encryption and encoding, I was fascinated by the Nazi’s Enigma Machine. This device confounded Allied forces in the early days of World War II and is considered by some to be an ancestor of the modern computer.

It was a complex device with many dials and knobs, as well as a keyboards. A soldier had to be trained to use the device, and when used correctly it would encrypt a message in a manner that could only be decrypted by another machine.

This day, the concept can fit in your pocket. Mike Koss, local to me here in Seattle, makes these neat papercraft Enigma Machines. Using paper columns and slots to duplicate the rotors of the original machine, users can encrypt and decrypt messages on the fly.

Not for everyone, sure, but our geekier readers are already downloading the PDFs.

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Not cool, man. Not cool. Two fake ads surfaced on Craigslist.com saying that Jacksonville, Oregon resident Robert Salisbury “was forced to leave the area suddenly and his belongings, including a horse, were free for the taking,” according to a report by KGW News. Salisbury returned home to find upwards of 30 people ransacking items […]

Not cool, man. Not cool. Two fake ads surfaced on Craigslist.com saying that Jacksonville, Oregon resident Robert Salisbury “was forced to leave the area suddenly and his belongings, including a horse, were free for the taking,” according to a report by KGW News.

Salisbury returned home to find upwards of 30 people ransacking items from his barn and the exterior of his home. When he told the people that he didn’t place the ads and asked them to halt taking his stuff, many of them waved printouts of the ads at him and insisted they weren’t doing anything wrong.

Local police have issued amnesty to anyone who returns Salisbury’s belongings but haven’t been able to get everything back or find out who posted the fake ads in the first place. The horse was returned, which is good because horses are really expensive aren’t they? Like, more high-priced than vehicles in some cases, right?

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Who is Gertrude Neumark Rothschild, and why is she potentially responsible for keeping technology like Blu-ray players out of your hands? Rothschild is a retired professor from Columbia University in New York who holds a patent for short-wave LED lighting, the same type that powers the lasers used by Blu-ray to read high-density disks. She’s filed suit […]

Who is Gertrude Neumark Rothschild, and why is she potentially responsible for keeping technology like Blu-ray players out of your hands?

Rothschild is a retired professor from Columbia University in New York who holds a patent for short-wave LED lighting, the same type that powers the lasers used by Blu-ray to read high-density disks.

She’s filed suit with the US International Trade Commission, alleging that certain manufacturers, like Sony, are ripping off her patent. But Sony’s not alone.

Who does Rothschild name in her suit?

Well, pretty much everybody who manufactures or markets any kind of electronics in the US. It’s a long, long list, but what’s scary is that the litigious old lady has done this before, and won.

Let’s hope this gets settled swiftly and cleanly so we have the ability to get on with our lives, yes? Yes.

U.S. Government Starts Investigation into Blu-ray Patent [Game Daily]

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