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…
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..…
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.
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 Be very afraid! You are being watched!