Witty Extinction

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#something witty here

#something witty here 11/10/2003 10:47 PM
Pax TV. Salam Pax is diversifying; moving into TV. His first report will be shown on the BBC 's Newsnight programme. Newsnight broadcasts at 10:30pm GMT, and can be watched her e by clicking on the "latest programme" link during or after the show.

So Witty

So Witty 06/11/2004 12:42 PM

A brief postscript to the recent security-oriented coverage.

Witty CD Player 0.0.7

Witty CD Player 0.0.7 12/05/2003 03:05 PM
A CD player with software buffering for troublesome CD/DVD drives.

Tiny, witty pixellated avatars:
storTroopers are back

Tiny, witty pixellated avatars:
storTroopers are back 04/10/2005 12:29 PM
Cory Doctorow: StorTroopers were an hilarious Internet meme half a decade ago, when over a million users produced little pixellated avatars of themselves and their friends to adorn their websites and lives. The engine for producing the Troopers was whimsical and witty, and the pieces of clothing and adornment on offer were mixed of equal parts fashion-sense and hilarity.

The site went offline in 2002, but an active fan community has kept the Troopers alive, making their own new clothing articles, even building complete clones of the Troopers engine in Flash.

Now my pal Alice Taylor, the creator of storTroopers, has brought them back to life, with whole new wardrobes -- goth, fashionista and civilian -- and just like last time around she's taking requests for new outfits and accessories. This time, though, the whole thing is released under a CC license, so you've got explicit permission to go on remixing and reusing your Trooper as you see fit. Link (Thanks, Alice!)

Bruce Schneier explains why the Witty
Worm is a scary piece of malware

Bruce Schneier explains why the Witty
Worm is a scary piece of malware 06/08/2004 05:02 PM
Bruce Schneier of Counterpane Security explains why the Witty Worm is so awful.

Witty was very well written. It was less than 700 bytes long. It used a random-number generator to spread itself, avoiding many of the problems that plagued previous worms. It spread by sending itself to random IP addresses with random destination ports, a trick that made it easier to sneak through firewalls. It was -- and this is a very big deal -- bug-free. This strongly implies that the worm was tested before release.

Witty was exceptionally nasty. It was the first widespread worm that destroyed the hosts it infected. And it did so cleverly. Its malicious payload, erasing data on random accessible drives in random 64KB chunks, caused immediate damage without significantly slowing the worm's spread.

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Bruce Shneier explains why the Witty
Worm is a scary piece of malware

Bruce Shneier explains why the Witty
Worm is a scary piece of malware 06/08/2004 03:21 PM
Bruce Shneier of Counterpane Security explains why the Witty Worm is so awful.

Witty was very well written. It was less than 700 bytes long. It used a random-number generator to spread itself, avoiding many of the problems that plagued previous worms. It spread by sending itself to random IP addresses with random destination ports, a trick that made it easier to sneak through firewalls. It was -- and this is a very big deal -- bug-free. This strongly implies that the worm was tested before release.

Witty was exceptionally nasty. It was the first widespread worm that destroyed the hosts it infected. And it did so cleverly. Its malicious payload, erasing data on random accessible drives in random 64KB chunks, caused immediate damage without significantly slowing the worm's spread.

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Great extinction came in phases

Great extinction came in phases 04/04/2005 03:56 AM
Chinese rock evidence suggests the biggest of all Earth's mass extinctions did not happen in one cataclysmic event.

Mother Of All Extinction Clues?

Mother Of All Extinction Clues? 05/13/2004 03:26 PM
CBS News May 13 2004 7:14PM GMT

"The countdown for the extinction of CDs
is about to begin"

"The countdown for the extinction of CDs
is about to begin" 04/07/2005 10:38 PM

Is Data Extinction A Myth?

Is Data Extinction A Myth? 12/03/2003 12:17 PM
We've had plenty of stories over the years about the problem s of data extinction and how to avoid them. The issue is that digital media degrades and formats and technologies become obsolete. The typical example is of someone trying to access material stored on an old floppy disk from twenty years ago that used some obsolete word processor format. However, Simson Garfinkel believes that the threat of data extinction is overblown. While some stuff does get locked away, most things worth having access to get updated to modern formats. The bigger problem, in his mind, is proprietary, closed formats that no one has access to. As long as the format is out in the open and becomes popular enough, he believes it will remain supported for years to come - or that important data will get converted over time. In worst case scenarios, he says that there will always be some way to get access to old data, though it may be costly. I think the truth is probably somewhere in between. Certainly, many important bits of information will get updated over time, or will end up in formats that stay relevant. However, not everything will. Part of the problem is that most people don't think about these things when creating data - and don't realize that the storage media they're using will degrade, or that the format they're storing it in may become obsolete. So, they create their content and then leave it alone... until suddenly it's needed twenty years from now and no one can figure out how to access it.

Ray burst is extinction suspect

Ray burst is extinction suspect 04/11/2005 01:53 PM
A huge cosmic explosion could have caused a mass extinction on Earth 450 million years ago.

Extinction figures may be dead wrong

Extinction figures may be dead wrong 09/09/2004 06:48 PM
Straits Times Sep 9 2004 11:34PM GMT

Vietnam monkey faces extinction

Vietnam monkey faces extinction 08/29/2004 06:05 PM
The Delacour's langur monkey, which lives exclusively in Vietnam, is fighting for its existence, conservationists warn.

World 'ignores extinction threat'

World 'ignores extinction threat' 05/22/2004 12:44 AM
Countries are failing to protect thousands of species threatened by extinction, environmentalists say.

Sun Sounds Java Extinction Warning

Sun Sounds Java Extinction Warning 02/04/2003 09:40 AM
"..the impact of being excluded from Windows is so great that Java is facing extinction unless it gets immediate relief..."

Borneo Forest Faces Extinction

Borneo Forest Faces Extinction 02/13/2004 05:53 AM
Logging -- legal or otherwise -- is taking a toll on the Borneo rain forest and the life it supports. A report estimates the forest will be completely gone in three years. By Niall McKay.

Crater Linked to Mass Extinction

Crater Linked to Mass Extinction 05/14/2004 04:46 AM
An ancient crater buried off the Australian coast could be a key piece of evidence in determining the cause of a mass extinction on Earth approximately 250 million years ago, say scientific researchers. By Amit Asaravala.

Extinction Of Human Languages Affects
Programming?

Extinction Of Human Languages Affects
Programming? 02/16/2004 06:44 PM

Indigenous tribes at risk of extinction
after tsunami

Indigenous tribes at risk of extinction
after tsunami 12/29/2004 09:56 PM
Xeni Jardin: Some of the indigenous ethnic communities on Andaman and Nicobar islands could be on the verge of extinction after the tsunami disaster.

The remote cluster of more than 550 islands, of which only about three dozen are inhabited, is home to six tribes of Mongoloid and African origin who have lived there for thousands of years. Many of these tribal people are semi-nomadic and subsist on hunting with spears, bows and arrows, and by fishing and gathering fruit and roots. They still cover themselves with tree bark or leaves.

"They are a vital link to our prehistoric past. If they are lost, India and the world lose a bit of their glorious heterogeneity," said Ajoy Bagchi, executive director of the People's Commission on Environment and Development, India, which has worked with tribal groups in the region for years.

"Even a small loss in any of these groups, barring the more numerous Nicobarese, could seriously endanger their survival. We need to immediately do a count on how many of them are alive."

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Co-extinction Analysis Darkens
Biodiversity Picture

Co-extinction Analysis Darkens
Biodiversity Picture 09/09/2004 11:50 PM

Linux means innovation not extinction
for Microsoft

Linux means innovation not extinction
for Microsoft 04/21/2004 04:56 AM
Silicon.com Apr 21 2004 8:51AM GMT

Signs of Crater Linked to Mass
Extinction Said Found

Signs of Crater Linked to Mass
Extinction Said Found 05/14/2004 01:54 AM

NASA: Ancient meteorite likely triggered
extinction (USATODAY.com)

NASA: Ancient meteorite likely triggered
extinction (USATODAY.com) 05/14/2004 06:23 AM
USATODAY.com - NASA scientists have identified a 125-mile-wide crater off the coast of Australia as the likely impact site of a giant meteorite that almost wiped out life 250 million years ago.

The countdown for the extinction of CDs
is about to begin - Blog Maverick -
www.bl0gmaverick.com _

The countdown for the extinction of CDs
is about to begin - Blog Maverick -
www.bl0gmaverick.com _ 04/08/2005 05:05 AM
The countdown for the extinction of CDs is about to begin .. explains why .. Mark Cuban

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Scientists Predict Widespread Extinction
by Global Warming

Scientists Predict Widespread Extinction
by Global Warming 01/08/2004 08:37 PM
Scientists have concluded that a warming climate will rival habitat destruction in prompting widespread extinctions in this century.

Boing Boing: Tiny, witty pixellated
avatars: storTroopers are back

Boing Boing: Tiny, witty pixellated
avatars: storTroopers are back 04/11/2005 03:50 AM
Tiny, witty pixellated avatars: storTroopers are back

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Scientists find signs of crater possibly
tied to mass extinction

Scientists find signs of crater possibly
tied to mass extinction 05/14/2004 01:41 PM
SiliconValley.com May 14 2004 4:27PM GMT

"Munch's Oddysee" a witty and
fun Xbox game

"Munch's Oddysee" a witty and
fun Xbox game 09/22/2004 12:08 AM
Whptv.com - Tue Sep 21, 04:34 pm GMT
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