Anti-Piracy Outfits Still Target Pirate Sites That Shut Down Years Ago
Over the past decades, hundreds of popular ‘pirate’ sites have come and gone. This includes the likes of isoHunt, ExtraTorrent, and KickassTorrents. These shutdowns have a serious impact but, as time passes, estranged users eventually move on. The same can’t be said for all anti-piracy organizations. Hunting Pirate Ghosts As it turns out, sites that have long disappeared are still seen as a ‘threat’. That is, judging from the takedown...
4 Linux tools to erase your data
One of the best ways to keep your data secure is by only writing data to an encrypted hard drive. On a standard drive, it’s possible to view data just by mounting the drive as if it were a thumb drive, and it’s even possible to display and recover even deleted data with tools like Scalpel and Testdisk. read more Powered by...
Get memory use statistics with this Linux command-line tool
In my programming work, I often need to know the memory used by web applications. A rough estimate is usually enough before getting down to details and browser profiling tools. read more Powered by...
How I use open source to play RPGs
I play a lot of tabletop role-playing games (RPGs), in terms of both frequency and variety. Generally, I prefer playing RPGs in person with friends, but over the past two years, I’ve been playing online. At first, I wasn’t sure how to run a long-term game online. I knew there were a lot of tools out there to make it possible, but none of them interested me until I discovered the world of open source online tabletop gaming....
