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Amazon EC2 boot script to associate elastic ip

After installation of the AWS API tools you can associate an elastic ip address to the instance from the instance itself during boot process.

I've written an SysV RC script.

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Prospective fun with jamming debit card payments

Debit card providers will introduce a new feature with the next generation of debit cards.
You don't have to put the card in slots. It is enough to hold the card in the range of a terminal with a distance of about 10 cm. The terminal communicates with the card with the so called Near Field Communication.
[en-wikipedia | de-wikipedia]
NFC is a sub-specifiaction of the RFID.
It is shortwave radio.
So you would need humble knowledge to jam payment terminals in banks and shops.
The revival of banknotes :-)

Kernel compiling

Ubuntu 11.04 _Natty Narwhal_

To build a customized kernel for natty you can follow the outdated wiki article at
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile
Use the information for Ubuntu Karmic Koala (9.10) and newer releases!
Follow these additional instructions to get it to work...

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