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  • Francis Perkins on Social Insurance (what ultimately became Social Security): It nas taken the rapid industrialization of the last few decades, with its mass-production methods, to teach us that a man might become a victim of circumstances far beyond his control, and finally it “took a depression to dramatize for us the appalling insecurity of the…

  • There seem to be a ton of computer worm variants hitting the Internet lately. Kudos to those technicians putting in overtime to identify them. My favorite social engineering worm (at the moment) is WORM_BAGLE.J (aka W32/Bagle-J). Dear user of e-mail server “___”, Our antivirus software has detected a large ammount of viruses outgoing from your…

  • It wasn’t the Chicxulub asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. It was 3 asteroids + excessive volacanism. Heard on the radio Gerta is bunk because her methodology is flawed. So, I am thinking that while some doubted an asteroid impact could have killed off the dinosaurs, this new theory will also be doubted. <sarcasm>Anyway, all that is…

  • Is email authentication a good thing? Seems like they have some big assumptions. Like… “I always use email from my ISP.” Often times I have to go away on business. Because I am using some other place’s network to send the email, all of a sudden I am more likely a spammer. 🙂 Anyway, email authentication…

  • Is email authentication a good thing? Seems like they have some big assumptions. Like… “I always use email from my ISP.” Often times I have to go away on business. Because I am using some other place’s network to send the email, all of a sudden I am more likely a spammer. Anyway, email authentication…

  • Dixie Quiz

    Angie gave me this… I am 92% Dixie. Who would have thunk? http://www.chuckchamblee.com/dom/fun/yankee_dixie_quiz.htm Preserved comments: I’m “42% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category.” HA! I keep telling people I don’t have a southern accent, yet they refuse to believe! 😀 I am gonna have to check out the new Battlefield game when it comes out..…

  • Seize the ISP

    Another story from the realm of potential abuse of police authority. Can’t say that the FBI was wrong. Just seems odd they would seize the ISP operation.

  • Computer Friend

    Do you adore your computer? Or is it just kind of there. Is your computer a friend? Think of my computer as more like a child. Something I have to take care of,  nuture, and coax it. We play games together and create together. Of course, I don’t think of it as my child. More like…

  • PSA

    PSA Be very afraid! You are being watched!