Sound troubles, Uggggggggggggg. Here's some reference of WORKING sound in a fresh install Ubuntu 7.04. Now, to find out what's different between my 'old' install of Ubuntu 7.04 and this fresh one. Attach is a ALSA Audio debug script that automates all of the of the cats and greps (yet, all have been noted regardless.)Read more

Chinese military hackers have prepared a detailed plan to disable America’s aircraft battle carrier fleet with a devastating cyber attack, according to a Pentagon report obtained by The Times. The blueprint for such an assault, drawn up by two hackers working for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), is part of an aggressive push by Beijing to achieve “electronic dominance” over each of its global rivals by 2050,

the vulnerability of modern society

particularly the US, Britain, Russia and South Korea. [...]

President Bush, without referring directly to Beijing, said this week that “a lot of our systems are vulnerable to attack”Read more

The E6750 ($195 via Newegg Promo Code: EMC911CPU03) is manufactured on a 65nm fab process and runs at a stock clock speed of 2.66GHz. Although its bus speed has jumped from 1066MHz to 1333MHz, its thermal design power (TDP) rating is unchanged at 65W. The E6750 is even compatible with LGA775-style sockets, though it does require a motherboard that supports its faster bus frequency. [...] At this speed, the E6750 is the fastest dual-core processor we've ever seen. Read more

Mark Hofman at isc.sans.org writes: The main component of most AV products is the signature or pattern recognition component. Essentially a blacklist, I see something I don’t like and I’ll block it. This makes the product only as strong as the capabilities of the people that write the signatures as well as the processes the vendor has in place to produce signatures. [...] The main issue with this approach is that the blacklist method only detects those pieces of malware that are already in the wild. [...] Is something more drastic needed such as the approach taken by the one laptop per child project with Bitfrost. Where every process essentially runs in its own virtual machine? Read more

Aug. 24 - A Japanese researcher claims there are ruins of an ancient civilization under the Pacific Ocean. Lemuria

Are Lemuria and Atlantis related? Some believe that Atlantis and Lemuria were around partially at the same time and that the more scientific-rational group inhabited Atlantis, and Lemuria had more individuals that were more artistically and spiritually inclined. Some also believe that large-scale experiments which took place in Atlantis caused the eventual destruction of both civilizations because of dramatic geo-physical dislocations.< http://www.lemuria.net/lemuriaFAQ.html >

Professor Masaaki Kimura of Ryukyu University claims that underwater rock formations are the remnants of an ancient Asian civilization that disappeared under the sea off the coast of the southwestern tip of Japan. He also believes the legends of the lost continents of Mu, or Lemuria, and Atlantis could have been based on these ruins. Read more

The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to raise its target for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 5 percent. Economic growth has been quite strong so far this year. The Committee sees growth as likely to moderate to a more sustainable pace, partly reflecting a gradual cooling of the housing market and the lagged effects of increases in interest rates and energy prices.