October 2006 Archives

Plus recommendations on where to, and where not to, use them, based on the best use of the technology for the money without excessive wear on the lamps.

What C.F. Lamps to Use Where

Boing Boing: Bush legalizes martial law -- what Constitution?

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10-29-2006 sunday comic in case the link breaks in the future.

Something tells me that the government has too much power...

Boing Boing: Congressman on Boarding Pass Generator guy: Uh... oops?

Last Friday, Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) called for the arrest of Christopher Soghoian, and the takedown of his "Boarding Pass Generator" website which illustrated an airline security hole documented on the web for several years. Hours after the congressman's statement, Soghoian says FBI agents visited his home, then returned a second time after he'd left -- in the middle of the night -- with a search warrant signed at 2AM, and seized Soghoian's computer(s) and other belongings.

Now, several days too late, Markey issues another pronouncement which backtracks on his earlier statement. It's 250 words, but they boil down to one: "oops."

Oh, you should boycott Newhalem, WA for the same reason.  I'll blog about that story someday.

saablog :: Stupid Utah. Stupid rental cars. - The rest of the story

Financial and ecological consequences by delaying the inevitable though.

Think Progress » GLOBAL WARMING REPORT: Right-Wing Fiction vs. Economic Reality

Think Progress » Senior Bush Appointee Rejected Scientists’ Recommendations In Favor Of Industry Positions

Julie MacDonald, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, has consistently "rejected staff scientists' recommendations to protect imperiled animals and plants under the Endangered Species Act." A civil engineer with no training in biology, she has overruled and disparaged the findings of her staff, instead relying on the recommendations of political and industry groups.

Especially heinous I think is the recent legislation McCain helped to broker that suspended habeus corpus for "enemy combatants", and allows torture, among other dreadful things.  I used to like McCain, but now he's pimped himself out for too many political purposes I think. 

Media Matters - Despite McCain's many hedges, Borger asserted that "[n]o one would accuse McCain of equivocating on anything"

In her latest column, posted online on October 29 and that will appear in the November 6 edition of U.S. News & World Report, U.S. News contributing editor and CBS News national political correspondent Gloria Borger asserted that "[n]o one would accuse [Sen. John] McCain [R-AZ] of equivocating on anything." Writing about the prospect of Sen. Barack Obama's (D-IL) running for president in 2008, Borger contrasted him with McCain, asserting that Obama's "penchant for wishy-washy is well documented." Yet as Media Matters for America has repeatedly noted, despite an abundance of well-documented backtracks, flip-flops, and inconsistencies, the media continue to describe McCain with words such as "honest" and "authentic" and generally regard him as an unwavering purveyor of "straight talk."

Oh brother.  "allegedly 3.2-million" years old.

Biblical creationist blasts tour of 'Lucy' at Pandagon

Once Upon a Time...: Lies in the Service of Evil

I have written about the utterly fictitious "ticking bomb" scenario on several occasions. Because I do not want to engage in this exercise ever again, I have assembled here the major relevant arguments, so that they will all be in one place.

Usable Security: Blog Archive: Security in Windows Vista: to 2002 and Beyond!

Popup-your-way-to-security in vista. If this is the logical conclusion of having something secure-by-default (one of the SDs in SD^3), we may be in real trouble.

Aviv Raff On .NET - VML Exploit vs. AV/IPS/IDS signatures

Article showing how VirusTotal revealed how easy it can be to create "variants" that go undetected by most Anti Virus products. The VirustTotal website could be a valuable resource.

Google code search (kottke.org)

Find all sorts of interesting things in source code out there, or web sites running interesting code. There's a great list to get you started "Google Code Hacking".

YouTube - White & Nerdy

This is hilarious.

And for other Halo fans (and lovers of the original skit from Monty Python) is this mashup:

YouTube - Monty Python Halo

Network Neutrality Threatened In Norway

A very clear description of the Net Neutrality issue and how the claims made by those against it are baseless.

MotherJones.com | MoJo Blog - Social Issues and Political Commentary: Repeat After Me: "Gay" and "Pedophile" Are Not Remotely Related

I just heard Limbaugh today repeating the crap talking point about the Foley issue being about the existence of a "gay" republican. That is bullshit. This is about exploitation and preying on innocent children. Wanker.

Crooks and Liars: Olbermann’s Special Comment: It is not the Democrats whose inaction in the face of the enemy you fear

Think Progress: Bush Asserts Constitutional Right To Hire Incompetent People At FEMA

Crooks and Liars: Jon Stewart’s Hilarious Look at the Use of the Question Mark

Note to news media: Report the FACTS on the NEWS and lose the question mark.

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Would only be cooler if it removed DRM!

scootmandubious: GOP's Revealing Response To Foley Scandal

Step right up! Join your fellow Right-wingers and go on record as a child predator apologist! Downplay the crime of statutory rape! Justify the coverup as necessary for political reasons!