Remote Code Execution flaw affecting Facebook's servers

Every now and then we get to read amazing stories!


Reginaldo Silva nicely explains how he discovered a potential remote code execution bug on Facebook servers. Unbelievable!
Very well written: http://www.ubercomp.com/posts/2014-01-16_facebook_remote_code_execution


Two hours ago Facebook's security team released their side of the story - not less amazing. They awarded Reginaldo the biggest bug bounty payout since the program exists. You all know I quite dislike Facebook, but they responded so fast, it's hard to believe! two thumbs up.

Best picture

Check out the story behind one of the best pictures I've ever seen: .

Playstation 4 Teardown video

I never owned a Playstation. uhm... I'm a PC gamer since 1991, the year Wing Commander II was released.
But hey, this particular Playstation 4 teardown video caught my attention today!
It is well done, and produced by the creators themselves - quite an intelligent marketing move if you ask me.

Parkour POV

You don't know Mirror's Edge,  you don't know what POV stands for? Don't care about it.

just enjoy,
just wow...


(did some building climbing at the age 9 through 14, the pov vid brought back good memories)

8 light minutes away

a star 8 light minutes away - huge erruption on june 7 2011
(explanation and zoomed in, see here )

also check: http://youtu.be/_N2PXdq_bWE?hd=1

Moderat - Rusty Nails

A few weeks back my bro invited me to an aphex twin gig in Bristol this march - I was like huh?  ... well uh - okay?



Up until today I had no clue what this is all about, he booked flights, rooms and bought many tickets. Then he sent me these URLs today and I'm TOTALLY BLOWN AWAY!!! Makes me think: if I can help my kids believe in only a very few things then I hope this includes:
work very hard and share - be authentic - learn to identify true beauty


Bloc weekend - the perfect teaser


vitalic - live at bloc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2dfGC1oziE

moderat - live at bloc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w0JSVGh3E0&feature=player_embedded




describing the next song, elefanti 400 on youtube put it like this:
"when the angel of immortality apparat, and the angel of infinity
modeselektor met, a new universe arised. it is? called Moderat and one of
their planets is called rusty nails. it is just godlike"

die Tiefsee

Sehen wir doch der Realität ins Auge. Wir wissen viel, aber noch immer sehr wenig...
Dieses Video hat mich wieder mal zum Staunen gebracht, da läuft in 1000m tiefe doch tatsächlich ein Fisch herum. Ja, er läuft. Einfach unglaublich.

http://www.3sat.de/page/?source=/nano/umwelt/150882/index.html

[Update Sep 2011: die Aufnahme stammt von 2002, möglicherweise vor den Küsten Tasmaniens. Abgebildet ist möglicherweise ein seltener Hand Fisch]
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Spectacular Life Form

So many know so little... it's absolutely shocking. That's what I'd often think when it comes to religious discussion about the where and why.

Science does not invent new technology and laws of nature... it just discovers and visualizes what's driven us since the very beginning. We still don't know much - but we know much more than 100yrs ago. And we will come to understand a lot more in 100yrs from now.



In case you haven't noticed: a healthy personality is mainly driven by love, passion and honesty
whereas religion often leads to blindness and vicious activities.

Do you know why water at 84°C freezes faster than water that is 5°C? you don't. Currently nobody understands that. Water has many more anomalies, than the usual 4 you might have heard of in school.

Seen from the third planet in our solar system? Why the heck is the moon diameter exactly the same as the sun's ? have you ever wondered? This might not have any impact on life (yet) - but will eventually roll up how we function.

So much is yet to be discovered. Diligence and modesty help.
Try to get a hold of today's extreme news:
Spectacular Life Form - nytimes

oder auf Deutsch:
Spektakuläre Lebensform - Spiegel.de

What was it again? Why could we double life expectancy in the last 100 yrs?

Chile Miracle - 33 again

Wonderful News today! This post just serves as a diary entry for me and my kids. Let's always remember, what good can be done by each and everyone together.

Saw the rescue of the 2nd guy live. Then a few others and now the last one. It's 3am over here. Stevie can't sleep either - it's a family thing I guess. She's sitting here in my lap while I write this lol.

 und zur gleichen Zeit auf tagi online (hehe).
die sind schon im Näscht ?! NZZ Berichterstattung hat schon
nach dem 17. geretteten Kumpel schlapp gemacht.
lmao

Jacob Blaylock

 "...that would be interstellar"

Mich nervt manchmal, wenn die Medien zu dick auftragen und unterschwellig eine pseudo pazifistische Grundhaltung transportieren wollen.
Doch diese Geschichte auf Spiegel.de geht schon etwas unter die Haut. Ist schon zwei Jahre her, aber das Thema ist eigentlich zeitlos und nicht an irgendeine Nation gebunden. Einigermassen lesenswert.
Fazit: Beziehungsprobleme, Alkohol, Krieg? Zusammen ein beängstigendes Paket.

Von den 175 Rückkehrern der 1451. haben vier im ersten Jahr nach dem Dienst Suizid begangen. Zum Vergleich: in der Schweiz gibt es pro Jahr 1 Suizid auf 5260 Menschen. (Bundesamt für Gesundheit – 15. April 2005)

Seine Musik & er über sich selbst

Artikel in NY-Times, da steht haufenweise Zeugs, das es nicht in den Spiegelbericht gebracht hat.

Bildserie bei Indystar anderes Englisch als bei der NYT

Video - Homage an Jakob Blaylock

internet media

Friends often don't seem to realize, why being a consumer of  "the internet" isn't anything bad. Media published in the internet is often much closer to reality - more authentic than your local newspaper or local tv station could ever be. It took me many years to fully understand and give into this fact.

digg.com is a complicate place - and hey it's everything else than free of special interest groups. The same goes for wikipedia.org and their forks, but when it comes to freedom of speech etc. they are lightyears beyond the currently established classic publications.

Here's a good example of media - coming to you through and because of the internet:
Digg Dialogg with Richard Branson [22 Min, original digg URL not working anymore - 06 Aug 2014]

"I'm a great believer in life, in saying yes and not saying no"

"I'm a great believer in working hard"

"you don't have the same color scheme during the whole flight"

"sadly - the death of record labels is pretty much upon us"

"time is being done, record labels are almost a thing from the past"

"because the money goes to the bands, it's not necessarily a bad thing if record companies disapear"

"elders using moral authoritiy to go and address conflicts"

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eingelegte Gehirne

Wieder einmal ein Interview, das etwas aus der Reihe tanzt.

Holsboer: Viele Patienten akzeptieren es dankbar, wenn ich sage: Sie haben eine Stoffwechselstörung, die sich auf Ihr Befinden und Verhalten auswirkt, und die korrigieren wir jetzt. Ich werbe dafür, Depression als organische Krankheit zu sehen und nicht als etwas, wofür man sich schämen müsste. Am Magengeschwür war früher die Schwiegermutter schuld oder die Kindheit. Dann fand man heraus, es ist ein Bakterium. Das war ein schlechter Tag für die Psychoanalyse! Ich bleibe dabei: Das subjektive Erleben ist nicht grundsätzlich etwas anderes als Rheuma oder Diabetes.

...weiterlesen [spiegel.de]

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Wenn man im Paradies lebt - vom LSD Entdecker

"... nur der Mensch, dieser Idiot, glaubt, er müsste die Sonne auf die Erde holen und hier Atomkraftwerke bauen."

Erst jetzt habe ich dieses Interview entdeckt. Im zweiten Teil werden auch einige meiner Überzeugungen widerspiegelt.
Dass diese Substanzen denen in unserem Gehirn gleichen, ist für mich völlig neu.

Albert Hofmann ist am Dienstag im Alter von 102 Jahren in seinem Haus in Burg (Basel-Landschaft) verstorben.