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Submission + - Hate the new Star Wars movies? Love the Subway! (wired.com)

Submitted by jafo on Tuesday September 27, 2011 @01:03PM

jafo writes: I can't imagine that even the most steadfast haters of Lucas' meddling in the series won't warm their cold, cold hearts a little when the new release brings the awesomeness of light sabers to the Tokyo subway system. As a promotional tie-in, the handrails have been outfitted with stickers, LEDs, and buttons, turning them into fully-functional (well, almost) Jedi weapons. Be careful, Tokyo, of what part of the handrail you reach out for!

Submission + - Conference Wireless Network Report: PyCon 2010 (tummy.com)

Submitted by jafo on Thursday March 04, 2010 @07:45AM

jafo writes: There's been a lot of teeth gnashing going on recently about broken wireless at conferences. We just wrapped up PyCon 2010, with around 600 (out of 1,000) attendees simultaneously accessing the volunteer-run network, and response has been fairly positive. 2.4GHz (802.11b/g) continues to be problematic, but most users were on 5.2GHz and associating at 130mbps (with a 100mbps link to the net). My PyCon 2010 wrap-up reveals all the secrets of how we did it, including pretty bandwidth and user graphs.

Submission + - Lost "Clear" Laptop Found (In Office Where (cnet.com)

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jafo

on Wednesday August 06, 2008 @02:34AM

jafo writes: "Over at cnet is the story the the "Clear" laptop that was lost in a locked office was found in that same office.

"The computer, which held names, addresses, and birthdates for people applying to the program, was found in the same airport office but not in its previous location [...] a preliminary investigation showed that information was not compromised."

Pardon me if I have little confidence that an organization that loses a sensitive laptop for 9 days is able to tell if it was compromised."

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