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I found my new hobby... Searching posters who make prickish comments and posting random things that I find...

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About Me

After a short but painful stint as a mercenary for a small multiplanetary militia, I spent a number of millennia as a freelance smuggler and bounty hunter. Smuggling pays the bills well, but is high stress and you have to travel--alot. I consider bounty hunting to be the most fun I have ever had. I don't promise to provide live prisoners as a matter of policy, so I can't demand fees high enough to really make it my day job.

Seriously, The Path Intelligence guys use, or at least got started using, the GNU Radio platform(which, incidentally, is really really cool and you ought to check out). http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/06/70933?currentPage=2 http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6124/1637/1600/path_intelligence.jpg http://handcircus.blogspot.com/2006/06/my-brother-in-wired.html

...well not everyone uses plastic barrels and tubing http://bp2.blogger.com/_ptnXQueWpuI/SAz83HBwOMI/AAAAAAAAA60/fTKizPv78Sw/s320/IMG_5145.jpg Luckily I don't live in Alabama. No offense intended to Alabamians.

That position has already been fullfilled ;-o

The fact is that it's quicker to develop high quality software on the MS platform.

I tried this before, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone!

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Paging Artie Johnson! Paging Artie Johnson!

Verrrry Interesting!"

The NYC logo vs the apple logos are nothing alike But the Australian ABC could have a right to claim against NYC as well, Just like the 'I LUV BNE' Promotion/T-shirts Brisbane AU is promoting. ABC LOGO apple vs NYC i LUV BNE LOGO

The NYC logo vs the apple logos are nothing alike But the Australian ABC could have a right to claim against NYC as well, Just like the 'I LUV BNE' Promotion/T-shirts Brisbane AU is promoting. ABC LOGO apple vs NYC i LUV BNE LOGO

Oh come on, the stickers start to fall off. Just move the top layer half way and use a screwdriver. In a few seconds all the bricks are on the table and you can put it back together.
Rubik's Cube taken apart.

Here's a better pic

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Remember that, the next time they make you take off your shoes at the airport. Its nothing cabin door locks and a few air marshalls couldnt fix.

The "fix" here is not safety. The fix here is actually to make the public feel like Daddy is protecting all his little children.

People want an authority figure to do all the hard thinking for them and to tell them that they're safe now. Their simple minds see the long lines, the green-vinyl gloved hands gently (yet firmly) caressing their persons, the cool touch of the xray disrobing them, and the delays as simply more evidence that they're being taken care of, much as one would take care of a pet rabbit.

This cartoon explains one reason. Another is our dear leader pandering to commercial interests that want to sell this despicable technology.

Rich.

it takes readership away from the monetised publishers who previously held sway on the provision of information

And you have just hit the nail squarely on the head.

This Newsweek article is really just a poorly veiled attempt to criticize wikipedia and the entire blogosphere as a bunch of ignorant amateurs, while "We, the Experts" know best about everything, and therefore you should listen to us.

It's an attempt by the old media (Newsweek, NYTimes, Chicago Tribune, CBS, etc) to regain some influence and stature back from the internet "mob."

The same "mob" that shredded (as the most obvious example) CBS "expert" review of Bush's "National Guard documents." Then you have the New Republic Baghdad Diarist Scott Thomas Beauchamp debacle. Even the Weather Channel fits this category (http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2008/20080303175301.aspx).

And you have this snort-worthy should-be-classic: http://bp3.blogger.com/_cwUF9NJJBIM/R811ijgSvUI/AAAAAAAABPY/JDnxychGgJg/s1600-h/suncorrex.jpg

Newsweek: "Sure, go ahead and read wikipedia. Just be sure to come back to us for the "truth.""

It all boils down to a bunch of "experts" pushing their own agendas, getting upset that a bunch of "Joe Six-packs" would dare question them.

-john

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Or, as in "The Curse of Monkey Island", you could close the ornamented wooden box and open the banjo case behind it...
Duelling banjos ftw!

Or, as in "The Curse of Monkey Island", you could close the ornamented wooden box and open the banjo case behind it...
Duelling banjos ftw!

Send him a protector.

SCO receives money from Stephen Norris, who is connected with Prince Waleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, who can be seen here with Bill Gates?

Especially since the real Zombie, Kerry isn't running.

I'm not foolish enough to click on a link posted by a Ron Paul supporter.

Instead, I will respond in kind.

geeks love art that inspires thought and feelings....

It was actually Jan. 23 2001 when then got their cake and ate it too...

i have a pic of myself for you... do i have any takers?

It's weird reading the religious names and stories in the Perl examples.

Especially since due to the tradition of Perl linguistic hackery, the semantics can be very layered or unexpected.

Imagine feeling what you feel to the bugfuck weirdness of that Tom Cruise video of him emoting hate of suppressive people to religious people hating sinners. You do know that religious people are insane right? And it's this hard sort of insane that's been forged over centuries, grabs your genitilia below the belt and twists.

I don't mind Larry Wall. If you read his State of the Onion addresses, you'll see he is a nuanced guy. On the other hand, I don't mind the Besna here. A several years ago when strange thinking had ruined my life (no you don't get the details) I could have expressed the same agit-prop.

Now I'd rather just passively analyze than to think I'm an engaged player in this world.
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Just remember this. It's either them or us

Put it next to a N800 and the OLPC looks pretty big again, which is why I prefer to see the OLPC as a really big PDA/handheld instead of a tiny laptop.

Jazz is simple, you must be thinking of the Blues. The Blues must be a part of you, unless you sell your soul to the devil. God is the ultimate bluesman, of course.

... naturally, are not happy: http://bp0.blogger.com/_zYcZKDn2CMM/Rew9CIgSzgI/AAAAAAAAAZg/RO7rBcYkyR8/s1600-h/Hillary.jpg

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Just look at the time!

There is a famous question in political science: "why do voters hate Congress but love their Congressman?" The simple answer is that the institution is a convenient whipping boy for the President but also for its own members. Many members (who often enjoy personal approval levels well above 50%) run for reelection by running against Congress as an institution. The result is approval ratings of the Congress that are poor in comparison to those of the President or of its individual members. Thus it becomes a dangerous thing to make direct comparisons of Presidential and Congressional approval. The two are quite different in their norms and dynamics.

To see a graph of the current Republican vs. Democratic Congressional approval ratings, see http://bp3.blogger.com/_MRs_Nt465oE/RzBfdgrzvwI/AAAAAAAACew/sHpP3iGp8z8/s1600-h/CongPartiesJob.png Yes Congressional approval is down. But Republican approval is down more then Democratic approval, and both are not very good.

You can express uninformed opinions, or you can try and find useful facts. Sadly, the Slashdot way is to go for uninformed opinion.

A couple of weeks ago, I did a post for Alexa Internet about this sort of thing. This Post is the New Black took a look at the frequency of "* is the new *" on the web and came up with this graph; the data says that Apple, Facebook, Google, and MySpace are all the new Microsoft, which is really just the new IBM.

Spam and viruses have created a massive industry.

Take a look out Sophos' new HQ in my town. They know how to exploit an exploit.
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• Understanding Open Source Software - by Red Hat's Mark Webbink
• The Man with the Shovel
• LinuxWorld Bio

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I don't remember where NYCL's comment was in the prior story, but here's some corroboration from his website, and here is the comment on his own blog where he points people to that information.

I don't blame you for wanting proof; I think it's smart to double-check things like that.

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These people are doing something I've never been forced to consider. The Myanmar regime has been a very rich, very powerful military ditatorship for some years and we have stood by in blissful ignorance of terrible things happening in a part of the world we dont live in and don't have to think about. Myanmar's biggest customer is China - It supplies most of China's oil and gas. China is Myanmar's biggest supplier of arms and luxuries. China is unlikely to intervene unless it looks like it could affect the Olympics.

They have made one of the most peaceful Buddhist countries in South East Asia into one of the most terrifying. You could try googling for the history. Here are some links to some stuff that has been got out before the internet was shutdown. Real bodies, real blood of unarmed victims. We do nothing!!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/racoles/1437348927/in/photostream/
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The Burmese government webpage is still available with the oficial version http://english.dvb.no/news.php?id=481 This is a small part of the $40 million wedding for the daughter of the dictator general for contrast. This wedding was one of the tipping points. I'd say it might have cost him that much to marry her off. At 4:00m+ it might be a bit long for /.
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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22516505-601,00.html

This one is brutal, not up to the standard of CSI, but a real person whose weapon was prayer
http://soneseayar.blogspot.com/2007/09/blog-post_2316.html

All these corporations are happy to deal with a brutal military dictatorship. Recognise any, they aren't fussy about ethics

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Yeah, well I can top that.

I was at TorontoTrek this year. There's a regular contingent of Klingons who come in uniform and makeup.

Also this year, 300 was in theaters.

Apparently, the Klingons liked the movie. So much so, that they decided to come in Spartan costumes from the movie.

Let's look at some facts:

• The Spartan costume, from 300, is basically a cape and a leather thong.
• The actors from 300 either trained for months, or were already bodybuilders, meaning they looked good when all they wore was a cape and a thong.
• The Klingons at the convention are not real Klingons, nor are they actors from 300. They are either overweight, or beanpole-esquely underweight. Most have not seen sunlight for a long time.

The result? Click if you dare!

Sidenote: This is the best of the lot. For the sanity of the Internet, it seems like most of th e photos were not committed to even a semi-permanent digital state. Most had drawn on, yes I swear DRAWN on, "muscles" with lipstick.

what's the guarantee that crackers weren't using the vulnerabilities earlier than they were found. I think, the normal user is always vulnerable because the bad guys might, just might have figured the things out earlier and have been using them.

what's the guarantee that crackers weren't using the vulnerabilities earlier than they were found. I think, the normal user is always vulnerable because the bad guys might, just might have figured the things out earlier and have been using them.

what's the guarantee that crackers weren't using the vulnerabilities earlier than they were found. I think, the normal user is always vulnerable because the bad guys might, just might have figured the things out earlier and have been using them.

The house example on the other hand is crap. Once you have price rises like: http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/113/2109/1600/shillergraph.gif there's only way to go, and once it starts you offload as fast as you can since last out loses most.

Ok, went back to the original blog site, and found this post. In it, he takes a swipe at Google and the Claremont City Attorney, and then gives a blanked-out version of the pay stub scan: here.

The four sections on the pay stub are: Earnings, Leave, Deductions, Benefits. There's also a section at the top for employee name & number (not SSN), gross pay, net pay. That top section (name, gross pay, net pay) is certainly public information; the taxpayers of Claremont have the right to know what the public employees are being paid. The Earnings section is probably public information, not sure about Leave (technically, I think it's considered a Benefit, so not public), and Deductions & Benefits are definitely considered private information.

The city was right to take this down. Yes, if he got the scans via a search on their web site, it was a mistake for the search system to give it to him. But this is still private information that should not be shared. Game over.