{"id":7975,"date":"2011-06-09T20:00:45","date_gmt":"2011-06-10T01:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=7975"},"modified":"2023-12-15T09:57:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T15:57:29","slug":"noisecast-roundup-stars-hackers-and-surviving-armageddon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/06\/noisecast-roundup-stars-hackers-and-surviving-armageddon\/","title":{"rendered":"Noisecast Roundup: Stars, Hackers, and Surviving Armageddon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We here at the Noisecast believe in ensuring our readership is safe no matter what dangers may rear their ugly heads. Hell that&#8217;s why we spent a week doing <a title=\"SURVIVAL WEEK (and a half) SCHEDULE!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/03\/survival-week-and-a-half-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a>. So after digging through the archives my twitter mentions, this gem from <a title=\"Twitter - MyL1ttlePwny\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/myl1ttlepwny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@MyL1ttlePwny<\/a> was a must for all our readers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Duck and Cover - 1950s Nuclear Bomb educational film\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7xLMpd_iZvc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that you&#8217;re set for a nuclear holocaust, on to the roundup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>A couple of years ago, Citigroup said they were &#8220;too big to fail.&#8221; But fail is exactly what just happened, a really, <a title=\"Citigroup card customers data hacked\" href=\"http:\/\/dealbook.nytimes.com\/2011\/06\/09\/citigroup-card-customers-data-hacked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">REALLY BIG FAIL<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All this talk about hackers, it&#8217;s like not a day goes by without some company&#8217;s security being breached. Since we&#8217;re riding the hacker trend on these roundups, <a title=\"Hackers hired by tech companies\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/hackers-hired-by-tech-companies-2011-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Business Insider put together a list of 11 hackers you may have heard of<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today&#8217;s <a title=\"Google Blog - Les Paul Google Doodle\" href=\"http:\/\/googleblog.blogspot.com\/2011\/06\/doodle-for-instrumental-inventor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Doodle<\/a> was awesome; I can&#8217;t think of a better way to celebrate the birthday of guitar god Les Paul. This article by <a title=\"Play Les Paul's Google Doodle with these guitar chords\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/blogpost\/post\/play-les-pauls-google-doodle-with-these-guitar-chords\/2011\/06\/09\/AGygMCNH_blog.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post can help you play your heart out<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s summer so that means beach reading. Oh, the beach is not your cup of tea? Well where ever you go Wired says we should read <a title=\"Simon Pegg's Nerd Do Well\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/geekdad\/2011\/06\/simon-peggs-nerd-do-well-a-little-familiar-a-lot-of-fun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The VLT Survey Telescope in the Atacama Desert is gonna give pictures like these (click the image for the full story):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" data-attachment-id=\"21209\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/messier-17-vst\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/messier-17-vst.jpg?fit=660%2C660&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"660,660\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"messier-17-vst\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/messier-17-vst.jpg?fit=602%2C602&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/messier-17-vst.jpg?resize=660%2C660&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/messier-17-vst.jpg?w=660&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/messier-17-vst.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/messier-17-vst.jpg?resize=602%2C602&amp;ssl=1 602w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/messier-17-vst.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ooooooo!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What did the ocean look like before we started over fishing? <a title=\"Fish in the Ocean (infographic)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/news\/datablog\/2011\/jun\/03\/fish-stocks-information-beautiful#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to the Guardian, it was filled with fish<\/a>. Go figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the on going battle between Apple and Amazon over the &#8220;App Store&#8221; name;<a title=\"Apple calls Amazon's Appstore 'inferior' - GeekWire\" href=\"http:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/2011\/amazon-apple-trademark-dispute-devolves-pissing-match-android#utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+geekwire+%28GeekWire%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Apple doesn&#8217;t want an &#8220;inferior&#8221; experience taint their brand.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noisecast Roundup: Nuclear survival guide, Citigroup&#8217;s epic fail, hacker hall of fame &#038; more! 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