Monthly Archives: January 2008

http://www.anglingmasters.com/10-bizarre-behaviors-of-parasites.asp


The lancet fluke finds its way into snails while they are feeding on cow feces. The fluke remains in the snail until it matures into a tad-pole like creature, which is literally coughed out by the snail in a coating of thick mucus. This mucus is considered a delicacy for ants but after feeding on the infested mucus they become the new hosts. Once infected the ants leave their colony every night to attach themselves bottom side up to a tall blade of grass with their clamping mandibles. It waits in this manner until it is finally eaten by a cow. Once the ant has been ingested the parasite breaks out and swims through the digestive tract until it reaches its new home, the bile duct. From here new eggs are released and allowed to exit through the digestive tract inside the feces, which will then be eaten by snails to continue the cycle.

Now *that* is a life plan.

Is This the End of Sphinn | SEO Blog

http://www.essence-seo.co.uk/articles–blog/seo-blog/2008/1/18/is-this-the-end-of-sphinn.aspx

“What is one of the most successful tactics for destroying a community or your opposition?

Full on assault? Unbridled brute force? Slanderous speak? Libelous language?

Well all of the above have their place, but what has been proven to be perhaps the most powerful device time and time again is the implementation of divide and conquer.”

Essence discuss the “DeSphinn” button.

BitTorrent Clients Are A Security Risk, RIAA Probably Ecstatic

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/17/bittorrent-clients-are-a-security-risk-riaa-probably-ecstatic/

From the page: “BitTorrent clients uTorrent and the official BitTorrent client pose a security risk to users.

According to a report at Torrentfreak, both clients are vulnerable to a remote denial-of-service attack due to the way they handle user-supplied data. Versions found to be vulnerable so far are the official BitTorrent 6.0 client, uTorrent 1.7.x, uTorrent 1.6.x and uTorrent 1.8-alpha-7834.

The flaw allows an attacker to crash the application, however Code execution is not possible, meaning that its more of an annoyance than something that should cause BitTorrent users to panic.”

Internet co-founder gets $12M more for “flow-based” router | VentureBeat

http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/17/internet-co-founder-gets-12m-more-for-flow-based-router/

Larry Roberts, credited for co-founding the Internet (as developer of the early ArpaNet), has raised $12 million more in financing for his latest networking company, Anagran.

Roberts is swinging for the fences again, saying he has devised a new “flow-based” networking to get around the limitations of today’s Internet packet technology — something he says is needed for today’s massive transmission of of video, voice and wireless communication.