Nevercookie Eats Evercookies

First... the Evercookie is a fun yet potentially nasty thing... it's very hard to get rid of...

evercookie is a javascript API available that produces
    extremely persistent cookies in a browser. Its goal
    is to identify a client even after they've removed standard
    cookies, Flash cookies (Local Shared Objects or LSOs), and
    others.

    evercookie accomplishes this by storing the cookie data in
    several types of storage mechanisms that are available on
    the local browser. Additionally, if evercookie has found the
    user has removed any of the types of cookies in question, it
    recreates them using each mechanism available.

    Specifically, when creating a new cookie, it uses the
    following storage mechanisms when available:
     - Standard HTTP Cookies
     - Local Shared Objects (Flash Cookies)
     - Silverlight Isolated Storage
     - Storing cookies in RGB values of auto-generated, force-cached 
        PNGs using HTML5 Canvas tag to read pixels (cookies) back out
     - Storing cookies in Web History
     - Storing cookies in HTTP ETags
     - Storing cookies in Web cache
     - window.name caching
     - Internet Explorer userData storage
     - HTML5 Session Storage
     - HTML5 Local Storage
     - HTML5 Global Storage
     - HTML5 Database Storage via SQLite

See the creator's site about the evercookie HERE

There are some solutions to defeating it, like usuing a virtual machine and deleting the instance of the virtual machine every time you are done browsing, then pasting a new instance over from a backup. Or... now there is a firefox plugin, however it's not free currently.

Anonymizer, Inc., a company that helps protect consumer’s privacy and offers anonymity solutions, announced today that it has developed Anonymizer Nevercookie, a free Firefox plugin that protects against the Evercookie, a javascript API built and made available by Samy Kamkar (same guy who brought you the Samy Worm and XSS Hacking to Determine Physical Location) who set out to prove that the more you store and the more places you store it, the harder it is for users to control a Web site’s ability to uniquely identify their computer.

The plugin extends Firefox's private browsing mode by preventing Evercookies from identifying and tracking users.

See the rest HERE

Huge Bubbles Found at Milky Way's Heart Could Signal a Black Hole Eruption

AWESOME!

"Scientists have detected two gigantic bubbles of high-energy radiation spilling out from the Milky Way's center that may have erupted from a supermassive black hole.

The mysterious structures each span 25,000 light-years across, meaning that together they cover more than half the area of the visible sky, and are emitting gamma rays, the highest-energy wavelength of light.

The bulbous features may be evidence of a burst of star formation a few million years ago, researchers said. Or they may have been produced when a supermassive black hole in the center of our galaxy gobbled up a bunch of gas and dust."

See the rest HERE

Lost ship's legend lives on

I love when they find lost ships... it's just kinda cool.

"The vicious, swirling storm that battered the Great Lakes region in late October inspired talk of a similar gale that brought about one of the great mysteries of the 20th century.

The mighty ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald, one of the largest ships on America's inland seas, seemed invincible in its bulk and mass, but it was no match for a howling Lake Superior gale on November 10, 1975.

A day earlier, the 729-foot behemoth, operated by mineral company Oglebay Norton, had chugged away from port in Superior, Wisconsin, on a course that would take it across the length of Lake Superior, through the Soo Locks and down Lake Huron to Detroit, Michigan, a journey that should have taken about 48 hours."

See the rest HERE

Electricity Storage: Can It Work?

I'm interested in developing battery technologies, they have some cool paper batteries they are working on that really spark my interest. How long until we have batteries like the cells the terminators used? When you can drive across the country in your electric car without recharging?

"The curious thing about electricity is that it is the only commodity we can think of -- with the possible exception of soufflé chocolat -- that has to be consumed the moment it is made. Power travels across the grid at the speed of light. And what isn't used is wasted. Now, a new industry is emerging that could change all that. "Grid storage" could, says Pike Research, hit $35 billion in sales by 2020, up from only $1.5 billion today.

Here's how it works. A major problem with wind power is that, well, the wind doesn't constantly blow. When it stops, the sudden drop in electricity can cause the grid to flicker and pop. Moreover, wind blows more at night, when lots of power isn't needed, and much of it is wasted. The solution: Save the energy in giant storage systems and have it ready whenever needed." See the rest HERE

Pentagon stumped by apparent missile launch off U.S. coast

Interesting...

"The Pentagon says it's trying to figure out whether a missile was launched off the coast of southern California and who might have launched it.

Officials with the navy, air force, Defence Department and North American Aerospace Defence Command say they are looking into a video posted on the website of Southern California television station KFMB.

The video appears to show a rocket or some other object shooting up into the sky and leaving a large contrail over the Pacific Ocean.

Pentagon spokesman Colonel Dave Lapan said Tuesday that officials can't confirm that there was a launch and if there was, by whom. He says officials are talking to civilian and defence authorities who control and monitor air space."

See the rest HERE

 

See a possible explination HERE

Mystery Solved? Missile Launch Could Be a Jet Contrail

"A video that appears to show a missile launch off the coast of California is so far "unexplained" by anyone in the military, a Pentagon spokesman told reporters Tuesday -- but what seems mysterious could be nothing more than an airplane.

Federal officials do not consider the event a threat. And they aren't the only ones.

According to a post on ContrailScience.com, the visible exhaust from a jet engine, a trail of condensed water vapor called a contrail, resembles a missile trail when seen from some angles. "

BSG Humor

My BSG call sign would be 'Coffee Bean' due to my viper piloting skills being arguably better than Starbuck's.

UFO over Mooresville, IN November 6, 2010

Latest UFO sightings - New footage of 2 (or maybe more) unknown linked lights or objects hovering in the sky over Mooresville, Indiana. This video was taken on Saturday, 6th November 2010

Witness report: we were driving home from the gas satation and my grandfather noticed a group of lights in the sky that appeared still. i got my phone out and took a video as it got closer. it then appeared to be three lights in the shape of a triangle.



The Chicken Which Should be Banned

"Do you put dimethylpolysiloxane, an anti-foaming agent made of silicone, in your chicken dishes?

How about tertiary butylhydroquinone (TBHQ), a chemical preservative so deadly that just five grams can kill you?

These are just two of the ingredients in a McDonalds Chicken McNugget. Only 50 percent of a McNugget is actually chicken. The other 50 percent includes corn derivatives, sugars, leavening agents and completely synthetic ingredients."

See the rest HERE

 Also HERE

So, I like today's Google image... it's fun, kinda like the images between episode and commercial break on Fringe.

"X-rays were first observed and documented in 1895 by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, a German scientist who found them quite by accident when experimenting with vacuum tubes. "