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Date: February 5th, 2008

Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbest

5 February, 2008 (16:43) | Political | 1 comment

Really dumb decision on the part, dumber that it’s not subjected to the even the haphazard regulations of other and dumbest - no known security experts were hired to vet the systems in advance.
As most of us now understand, paperless electronic voting is a really bad idea. But there is a still worse idea: [...]

Use Facebook, Myspace or Yahoo’s DataGrid?

5 February, 2008 (16:38) | Computer | No comments

If you use any of those on a PC and use the upload image apps provided there is an vulnerability that is being actively exploited right now and could compromise your system. Get this and protect yourself.
[tags]Myspace, Facebook, Yahoo Data Grid, ActiveX vulnerability, SANS[/tags]
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Quote of the Day

5 February, 2008 (16:25) | Quotable | 1 comment

In eight years, the only “trickle down” I’ve seen of the economics practiced by the Republicans are the tears on the faces of those who have lost their jobs, their homes, and their hopes.
Well said Shelley , well said.
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TANSTAAFL

5 February, 2008 (10:41) | Blogging | No comments

Stu Savory has a very important post up today for those of you who use USB memory sticks or plant.
synopsis: If you buy cheap Chinese USB sticks there’s a good chance that

they are infected with one or more trojan keystroke loggers
they do not have the real capacity they state they do on the package

[tags]China, USB [...]

Don’t do it

5 February, 2008 (10:07) | Humor | No comments

another video from Improve Anywhere

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Zap!

5 February, 2008 (07:10) | Miscellaneous | 1 comment

The When: Recent, cold winter day
The Where: Grand Central Station
The Who: 207 Improv Everywhere Agents
The What: Frozen in time for 5 minutes
The Why: Improvisational street theater opens minds
 

Very cool. It reminds me of an event I was involved in while in university (SFU) where an old university friend Rod and I wrapped another friend, Ilze, [...]

 

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