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    <outline text="Intro" Offset="00:17">
      <outline text="Old SF">
        <outline text="A Boy and His Dog"/>
        <outline text="Silent Running"/>
      </outline>
    </outline>
    <outline text="Security Alerts" Offset="05:17">
      <outline text="Leaves worm retrospective" Offset="05:20">
        <outline text="Lessons Learned from the 'Leaves' Worm?&#10;Brian Krebs in Security Fix&#10;Today, 04:25 PM&#10; &lt;http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/06/lessons_learned_from_the_leave.html&gt;"/>
        <outline text="http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/06/lessons_learned_from_the_leave.html"/>
        <outline text="One of the first examples of social engineering in a worm"/>
        <outline text="Curious about the author not being prosecuted"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Buggy WiFi driver allows laptop to be breached" Offset="07:37">
        <outline text="Researchers Hack Wi-Fi driver to Breach Laptop&#10;samzenpus in Slashdot&#10;Today, 01:08 AM&#10; &lt;http://rss.slashdot.org/slashdot/eqWf?m=6172&gt;"/>
        <outline text="http://rss.slashdot.org/slashdot/eqWf?m=6172"/>
        <outline text="Full details to be presented at this years Black Hat conference"/>
        <outline text="Highlights the increased availability of automate tools for exploitation"/>
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    </outline>
    <outline text="Word of the Week: Hack Mode" Offset="11:03">
      <outline text="http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/H/hack-mode.html"/>
    </outline>
    <outline text="News" Offset="13:10">
      <outline text="Camera zapper" Offset="13:17">
        <outline text="Camera zapper&#10;noemail@noemail.org (David Pescovitz) in Boing Boing&#10;Today, 02:09 PM&#10; &lt;http://feeds.feedburner.com/boingboing/iBag?m=1948&gt;"/>
        <outline text="http://feeds.feedburner.com/boingboing/iBag?m=1948"/>
        <outline text="Does it permanently damage the camera?"/>
        <outline text="If the Shmoo Group though of this first, would we be as distressed?"/>
        <outline text="If legitimate authorities can use this to curtail our freedoms, could we use it to expand them?"/>
        <outline text="Sounds like there is more R&amp;D to go"/>
        <outline text="They are on a commercial track, according to the article, though"/>
        <outline text="Could this kick of an arms race?"/>
        <outline text="Does it create an opportunity for cameras that are harder to detect?"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Psychology of bad estimation" Offset="17:03">
        <outline text="Psychology of bad probability estimation: why lottos and terrorists matter&#10;noemail@noemail.org (Cory Doctorow) in Boing Boing&#10;Saturday, 11:10 AM&#10; &lt;http://feeds.feedburner.com/boingboing/iBag?m=1921&gt;"/>
        <outline text="http://feeds.feedburner.com/boingboing/iBag?m=1921"/>
        <outline text="Errors in odds, errors in values">
          <outline text="Simple equation to determine good risk given odds, expected value"/>
          <outline text="We never use the equation or, if we do, do so mistakenly"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Ease of recall forms a potentially flawed base for estimating odds"/>
        <outline text="Severity of risk can also inflate estimate"/>
        <outline text="Easier to envision success than failure">
          <outline text="Could explain estimation problems in software"/>
          <outline text="Why don't we learn more from failure to adjust future predictions?"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Value should be compared against other possibilities">
          <outline text="Compare value versus past costs"/>
          <outline text="Brain is adapted to detect change"/>
          <outline text="Biases comparison towards changes"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Some of the examples are based on neuro science">
          <outline text="Adaptation"/>
          <outline text="Context affecting comparison"/>
        </outline>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Nuking WGA callback" Offset="23:08">
        <outline text="Utility Nukes Windows Genuine Advantage Callbacks - SysAdmin.it&#10;Thursday, 07:01 AM&#10; &lt;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/15-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.sysadmin.it/eng/news/news.asp%3Fid%3D2635%26titolo%3DUtility%2520Nukes%2520Windows%2520Genuine%2520Advantage%2520Callbacks&amp;cid=1107419975&amp;ei=i0GdRNfIBJqGasfQ_d4D&gt;"/>
        <outline text="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/15-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.sysadmin.it/eng/news/news.asp%3Fid%3D2635%26titolo%3DUtility%2520Nukes%2520Windows%2520Genuine%2520Advantage%2520Callbacks&amp;cid=1107419975&amp;ei=i0GdRNfIBJqGasfQ_d4D"/>
        <outline text="I don't like WGA because it smacks too much of being able to change the terms of the EULA after the fact through technology"/>
        <outline text="This tool only disables the nagware aspect, not the license validation"/>
        <outline text="The risk is unknown, though, in terms of what information is being sent and what could be done back through the channel"/>
        <outline text="However, given Microsoft's general stance towards licensing, it seems saner to limit individual risk than continue to give up trust"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Microsoft robotics SDK" Offset="28:15">
        <outline text="Microsoft gives monopoly robotic legs&#10;The Register&#10;Today, 01:32 PM&#10; &lt;http://go.theregister.com/feed/http://www.theregister.com/2006/06/20/robo_studio_microsoft/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="http://go.theregister.com/feed/http://www.theregister.com/2006/06/20/robo_studio_microsoft/"/>
        <outline text="PCWorld.com - Microsoft Sets Its Sights on Robotics &lt;http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,126177,00.asp&gt;"/>
        <outline text="http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,126177,00.asp"/>
        <outline text="This is totally unlike the PC, where IBM standardized the hardware first"/>
        <outline text="Discovery and abstracting the hardware is hard enough to do on a limited basis, in PCs"/>
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    <outline text="Raw News">
      <outline text="EC backing down">
        <outline text="EC Regulators Won't Force Interoperable iTunes - CIO&#10;Today, 09:21 AM&#10; &lt;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/17-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.cio.com/blog_view.html%3FCID%3D22210&amp;cid=1107391408&amp;ei=j_-XRLWqIaq2aJzP8K8P&gt;"/>
        <outline text="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/17-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.cio.com/blog_view.html%3FCID%3D22210&amp;cid=1107391408&amp;ei=j_-XRLWqIaq2aJzP8K8P"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Public patent hearings in the EU">
        <outline text="EC schedules public hearing on patents&#10;The Register&#10;Today, 09:49 AM&#10; &lt;http://go.theregister.com/feed/http://www.theregister.com/2006/06/20/patent_hearing/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="http://go.theregister.com/feed/http://www.theregister.com/2006/06/20/patent_hearing/"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Remaking smalltalk">
        <outline text="globeandmail.com : Remaking Smalltalk &lt;http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060524.gtflchanmay24/BNStory/Technology/?page=rss&amp;id=RTGAM.20060524.gtflchanmay24&gt;"/>
        <outline text="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060524.gtflchanmay24/BNStory/Technology/?page=rss&amp;id=RTGAM.20060524.gtflchanmay24"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Telecommuting backlash">
        <outline text="Telecommuting Backlash&#10;ScuttleMonkey in Slashdot&#10;Today, 06:37 PM&#10; &lt;http://rss.slashdot.org/slashdot/eqWf?m=6150&gt;"/>
        <outline text="http://rss.slashdot.org/slashdot/eqWf?m=6150"/>
      </outline>
    </outline>
    <outline text="Inner Chapter: Deep Hack Mode" Offset="34:37">
      <outline text="Organization cycles between downtime and crunch time">
        <outline text="Talked about individual perspective"/>
        <outline text="There are influences on the organization as an entity">
          <outline text="Competition"/>
          <outline text="Customers"/>
          <outline text="Sales and marketing"/>
        </outline>
        <outline text="Can be seen as a natural ebb and flow, implement and plan"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Individuals have their own focus cycle">
        <outline text="Some days, can slip into deep hack mode easily"/>
        <outline text="Others, not so much"/>
        <outline text="If focus is lacking, it can be hard to jump start"/>
        <outline text="Usually has nothing to do with organizational cycle"/>
        <outline text="Often is a result of sub-conscious contemplation of a problem"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="When in deep hack mode, I lose track of time">
        <outline text="I used to skip lunch"/>
        <outline text="I still end up working late as a result"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Some times feels like a spendable commodity">
        <outline text="If burned on one day, the following day or days may be harder to muster even minimal focus"/>
        <outline text="Trithemius and firmware update"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Is definitely easier when problems are small, well bounded">
        <outline text="Firmware update knocked out in a day"/>
        <outline text="Last year, when I started single sign-on, had a week of heavy lifting"/>
        <outline text="Worked without a break just about every day"/>
        <outline text="Continued to chew through problems in the back of my head, even when trying to sleep at night"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="Usually, keep a task list and notes">
        <outline text="Freeze drying state"/>
        <outline text="Under most circumstances that helps establish focus when problem spans multiple days and requires interruption"/>
        <outline text="If there is pressure or enthusiasm, this may not work as well"/>
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    <outline text="Outro" Offset="49:52">
      <outline text="Contact me">
        <outline text="Email to thecommandline@gmail.com &lt;mailto:thecommandline@gmail.com&gt;"/>
        <outline text="Web site at thecommandline.net &lt;http://thecommandline.net/&gt;"/>
        <outline text="IM to command.line@skype"/>
        <outline text="Listener comment line is 360-252-7284"/>
        <outline text="Frappr map at www.frappr.com—thecommandlinemap &lt;http://www.frappr.com/thecommandlinemap&gt;"/>
        <outline text="del.icio.us &lt;http://del.icio.us/&gt; tag is &quot;for:cmdln&quot;"/>
      </outline>
      <outline text="I'd like to thank libsyn.com for AAC hosting and Wouter de Bie for MP3 hosting"/>
      <outline text="These notes and the show audio and music are covered by a Creative Commons license">
        <outline text="creativecommons.org—2.5 &lt;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/&gt;"/>
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