Show #8 | The Typing of the Dead - a podcast by Ben

We bring back Merrick for coverage of the TechRaising event in Santa Cruz, CA.  Also:
- Ben’s Tech War Story about a server getting hacked / root kit installed.
- IP Firewall on iOS!
- Steve Gibson’s upgraded password scheme:
https://www.grc.com/haystack.htm
- Merrick’s review of TechRaising, highlighting speakers, ideas & 48 hours of geekery. http://techraising.com/
- iOSDevCamp 2011: This event is July 15 – 17 in San Jose, CA at the Paypal/Ebay offices.
http://www.iosdevcamp.org/
- Audio QR Codes. Would be possible with frequency shift keying http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency-shift_keying
http://free-books-online.org/computers/data-communication-computers/frequency-shift-keying-fsk/
- Things you can do with a “Snapshot” offered by Progressive auto insurance. An OBD-II device that monitors your breaking and other values as reported by your car.  Apparently does not record top speed?
- OBD-II and One time Burn in memory
- Boolean operations & welding vertices in 3dsmax!!!11
- Cracked 3dsmax at cabrillo college w/ unexplained glitches etc. Could glitches be intentional?
- Booting Windows over USB?
- Booting Acronis .TIB files in VirtualBox: 0x0000007B 0x80786B58 BSOD
- Typing of the dead.
- Why you should learn the Colemak keyboard layout,  and why it’s awesome. colemak.com Switch your keyboard layout with the Master Key program. http://macinmind.com/?pid=2&progid=2
- How much Merrick hates programming/scripting in bash.
- Maya vs 3ds Max.
- Sam’s story about applying for a job without knowing all the software.  “Do you know Avid?”
“Uuuuu ya!”
- Lol Live free or Die Hard Command Center http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtzOhJ3mR8U
- How Ben’s IP got blocked from Hulu! (Could Tor be at fault?)
- Netflix error n8156-6013
Rename “C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\PlayReady\mspr.hds”

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