Schneier on the DNS vulnerability

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/07/the_dns_vulnera.html

Frank Bullitt's chase scene set to google maps.
And not two minutes later, I see the Lalo Schifrin was on NPR. Talk about convergence.

Locksmiths Hate Computer Geeks Who Learn Lockpicking

Oh, yes, they hates us, precious! Interesting tidbits in this article:

Hobby groups throughout North America have cracked supposedly unbeatable locks. Mr. Nekrep, who maintains a personal collection of more than 300 locks, has demonstrated online how to open a Kensington laptop lock using Scotch tape and a Post-it note. Another Lockpicking101.com member discovered the well-publicized method of opening Kryptonite bike locks with a ball-point pen, a revelation that prompted Kryptonite to replace all of its compromised locks.

[Via Schneier]

List of unsolved problems

In case you find yourself bored and want to help humanity, you might checkout Wikipedia's List of unsolved problems in chemistry, cognitive science, computer science, economics, linguistics, mathematics, neuroscience, philosophy, physics, and statistics.

I mean, how hard could they be?

Techno Kittens Chaser

In case anyone is having a bad day/week/month: