On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, C Q wrote: > Mythbusters are not a British show. It's actually an American show... > Take a look at their bios... It's just for Europe the Discovery Channel > modifies the shows and uses a British voice over guy, so the European > folks feel more comfortable.
No, it's so that we don't need subtitles to understand those impenetrable accents that some of you have. I watched the entire first half of "French Connection" without understanding a single word. Often when Susan watches a US show, she has the subtitles on. I would too, but I don't know how to work a TV, they have the most appalling user interface. > On 7/7/07, Gadi Evron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Mythbusters is a cool British show that tries to scientifically attack > > myths. They even use guns. :P > > > > To be honest, the way they conduct experiments and reach conclusions is > > somewhat flawed, to say the least, but they are cool, serious and > > professional (aside for the occasional safety boo-boo). They invest time > > and resources in building monstrosities to prove points. :) > > > > This time, it was about breaking biometric systems with Gummy bears! > > (see bottom of post for references) > > > > I really like this video, which you can watch on YouTube: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXyFmieZjiE > > > > I have seen this over at Xavier Ashe's The Lazy Genius > > (http://blog.xavier.ashe.com/blog/_archives/2006/10/2/2381055.html) a > > longg time ago, but just made a search to find it again and post it > > here. In the past, I have studied biometrics extensively and how the > > systems can be beat. But there is nothing like a short video to make > > your point for you. > > > > Original link is from: > > http://blogs.technet.com/steriley/archive/2006/09/20/457845.aspx > > > > The original public paper discussing this particular technique of $10 > > worth materials for breaking these systems using Gummy bears is from > > Tsutomu Matsumoto, a Japanese cryptographer, from around 2002. > > I don't think his paper was ever online, but his slides were. They seem > > gone now at a casual search, but I found some other slides by him: > > http://web.mit.edu/6.857/OldStuff/Fall03/ref/gummy-slides.pdf > > > > Gadi. > > _______________________________________________ > > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > > > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
