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[UPDATE] Sentinel 27th June 2005 - Key Developer Axed
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SteveC
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 		[UPDATE] Sentinel 27th June 2005 - Key Developer Axed
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Key Developer Axed
By CHO KAPLAN

In a move widely predicted by industry analysts, Gregory Dempsey, the head of the next-gen key research team at Centrifuge, has been asked to step down. Centrifuge released a written statement saying that the move is "purely an internal matter."

Dempsey's forced resignation is almost certainly the result of fatal security flaws in the planned next-gen key technology Centrifuge was trumpeting just a few short weeks ago. Numerous reports leaked to the Sentinel and other news outlets have indicated that the keys are susceptible to a previously-unknown aspect of the Djinn virus, which has never been fully analysed.

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Dempsey himself appeared at a press conference, calling his dismissal "ill-considered and unfair." He said that the possibility of pursuing a lawsuit is very much on his mind. "[The company] is using me as a scapegoat for more serious enterprise-wide problems," Dempsey said. "This is an injustice to me and to my fine team or developers."

The office of Centrifuge CEO Halima Bourne did not return calls. The company has not officially confirmed reports that the next-gen key technology planned for release this summer is problematic.

Jane Spelger of consumer advocacy group SafeHouse approved of the move, saying that cleaning house was a necessary first step in regaining the public's trust. "Clearly the research team hasn't been ensuring adequate security, from all of these reports we're hearing. ... Releasing this generation of keys now would border on criminal negligence."

Centrifuge shares jumped a much-needed 6.4% on the PCX at the news.


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RFD Announces Album Date

Rock band roll for Damage has announced that its next album, Take Initiative, will be released for sale on Sept. 1. "We're coming into final production," said drummer Echo West. "The band is tremendously proud of this album, and can't wait for the public reaction." (Full text)


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Salk Dies in Hospital


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Seej
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 		Bingo! We could use an expert on keys with a grudge to settle and something to prove.

And re: Salk - no updates on the family site about this yet (though I guess if I was grieving the death of a loved one my first thought wouldn't be 'I must blog this'). I wonder if this means he woke up again - see his messages here.

PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:28 am
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kayellehear
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 		Hi I doubt he woke up again - the script was that he expended all of his energy writing (badly) the Maze (as you do) before slipping back into his coma - he had no brain activity left at this point.

Has anyone sent our condolences?
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kayellehear
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 		Incidentally,

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certainly the result of fatal security flaws in the planned next-gen key technology


Could it be true that Gregory Dempsey is on the MC payroll? Shocked
The maze level 6 fiasco, typos, bugs, live sites not live... Rolling Eyes
I think we should be told.

Just a thought.
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 		I like Seej's theory that we might be able to pick Dempsey's brain a bit if he's willing to help us get more info. on how the maze might work, but, even if it's possible, a word of warning - if the next - gen key's susceptibility to Djinn was *deliberately introduced* as some kind of military and/or corporate backdoor override, then maybe he's on somebody else's payroll in - game, and not as innocent as he looks. Who knows who he might see fit to pass anything we tell him onto??
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 		Just in case some people haven't heard it, the news of Salk's death was first broken in Michiko Clark's talkSPORT radio interview . From the way she says it, it doesn't sound like he woke up before he died.
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 		Re: [UPDATE] Sentinel 27th June 2005 - Key Developer Axed
SteveC wrote:

RFD Announces Album Date

Rock band roll for Damage has announced that its next album, Take Initiative, will be released for sale on Sept. 1. "We're coming into final production," said drummer Echo West. "The band is tremendously proud of this album, and can't wait for the public reaction." (Full text)

I wonder if it will be available on Earth? If the Sentinel has the technology to make available an MP3 recording of a radio show on earth, surely MP3s of RFD could also be posted?
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I wonder if it will be available on Earth?


Perhaps they could be sold on I-Tunes or something and MC could use the profits to plough into production of the puzzle cards??
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Seej
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sledgecallier wrote:
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I wonder if it will be available on Earth?


Perhaps they could be sold on I-Tunes or something and MC could use the profits to plough into production of the puzzle cards??


Noooooo! It's taking long enough to make the postcards. The last thing we want is MC splitting their resources to figure out how to do this as well.

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 		fair point...
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