Quasars, like women, are difficult for science to explain. Spyware, malware, and adware are the current buzzwords for bad things on computers. Major ISPs and information providors are clamoring to be the one to protect us from ourselves. That is kewl, I guess. The question is “Will these companies cause confusion and chaos amongst the…
I wonder whether the reporter for this story about the DMCA ammendments even read the bill? The modifications are actually: Music CD producers must label the CDs with the requirements necessary to use the CD conspicuously on the packaging, and provide a means for consumers to get their money back. eliminating the rules against circumventing…
Obviously district court judges are the ultimate authorities as to whether or not someone is spammnig. That is why a judge placed a restraining order on SpamCop, right? Okay. Maybe not. For those of you with an inner conspiracy theorist: theyrule.net
Quote Yourself Go to your 23rd blog ever posted.Find the 5th line.Post it. Here is mine: “Gonna watch some DVDs with my brother. Might call Cat and see what she is up to tonight” Watching movies is about all I do. Surprised I still talk to Cat. She is 4 hours away and only see her…
Orkut was hacked. Big deal. There was not any really damaging info like credit card numbers. Where one lives is really not that big a deal (unless one is in hiding and paranoid in which case one should never provide accurate info about it). Seems the story is out of proportion to the significance of…
Will Sven J, the Sasser writer, gain the fame of Kevin M, the infamous teenage hacker of the 80s? Guess there are too many criminals on the Net for them all to be famous. Besides, virus writing is not nearly as sexy as box cracking. Science Fiction becoming reality is always kewl. Astonauts with iPAQs. They…
Snopes has to be one of my favorite web sites. I like finding out whether something is true or false. For instance, finding out the claim “Arab/Islamic states consistently vote against the U.S. in the United Nations” is more or less true. My SocialGrid Profile Snam = Social Network Spam? Interesting….
Another opinion on the RIAA suits. It was very enlightening that a large amount of the traffic of MP3 trading occurs from sources overseas. Also, the RIAA will have to sue overseas traders. How often do virus writers get caught? The FBI is after the writer of SASSER. At the same time, SASSER is causing more…
Georgia is a mess. No, not the American one. The former Soviet state one.