Rants, Raves, and Rhetoric v4

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  • OED Addition?

    July 3, 2001
    from Pitas, Geek / Nerd / Dork

    Do you think this will ever make the Oxford English Dictionary? term: cut To remove an object from a document and place it in a buffer. In word processing, for example, cut means to move a section of text from a document to a temporary buffer. This is one way to delete text. However, because…

  • Fishing

    July 2, 2001
    from Pitas, Quotes

    A quote for you: There’s a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. — Steven Wright

  • eztech.valdosta.edu

    June 29, 2001
    from Pitas, VSU Web Services

    Scanning pictures to put up here. Set up a new web server: eztech.valdosta.edu. Will be my demo area for new sites. – – – – – This is an honor… Google has me ranked number one for the phrase “Best personal Web sites” – – – – – Here are those pics I promised. Think they turned…

  • Extortion

    June 28, 2001
    Cybersecurity, from Pitas

    Here is an extortion letter from a hacker to a company. So he figures out how to break into the system, sends a letter to the company that the vulnerabilities of the company are known to the hacker community, and wants $$$ to help fix the vulnerabilities. Sick

  • What kind of password do you use?

    June 27, 2001
    Cybersecurity, from Pitas, Humor / Weird, Metrics / Statistics

    What kind of password do you use? Your own name? A family member’s name? Your favorite sports star or actor? Tsk, tsk, tsk. Here is a SecurityWatch article on a poll in the U.K. which asked people about what password they use on their PC or laptop. – – – – – Such low amounts of…

  • Conflict is the gadfly of thought

    June 27, 2001
    from Pitas, Quotes

    [Conflict is] … the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates us to invention. It shocks us out of sheep-like passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving, … reflection and ingenuity. — John Dewey

  • Secure E-Mail Behavior

    June 26, 2001
    Cybersecurity, from Pitas, Microsoft

    Great article on secure use of email titled Secure Online Behavior, Part II: Secure E-Mail Behavior over at the SecurityFocus site. It discusses the types of email clients and some potential problems, how to create passwords, and how to handle attachements. Seems clear and concise. This seems a little overboard. What authentication method does Microsoft use with MSN…

  • Summer Is the Busy Season

    June 25, 2001
    from Pitas, Movies / Films / TV, University

    I keep forgot summer is the busy season for college students. You know… vacations, moving, partying, etc. This even frequently includes those who have graduated only within a year. How can I, one only 2 years graduated, forget this? – – – – – A report on the exchange of films online. Such as films making…

  • Yearly Report

    June 24, 2001
    from Pitas, Metrics / Statistics, Quotes

    Yearly report for my personal site shows a definite increase in traffic over the last year. Still not very much… – – – – – Need some ideas on places to visit in Philadelphia… if you have any, sign the gbook or find one of the methods on my contact page – – – – – Hotmail…

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