January 2004 Ninety-six posts

• 31-Jan-2004
  Kids today! MikeRoweSoft and the G5 Hacker File under “oh those kids today!” Item 1: Mike Rowe is supposedly making a bundle on eBay by selling legal docs (though ostensibly only got an MSDN membership and an xbox) Item 2: The G5 Kid was a big hoax <Nelson-Muntz>    Ha Ha. </Nelson-Muntz>

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• 31-Jan-2004
  Brother Bruce Speaks In his latest op-ed, Slouching toward Big Brother, Bruce Schneier asks the questions our politicians and media OUGHT to be asking. Security is a trade-off. It makes no sense to ask whether a particular security system is effective or not–otherwise you’d all be wearing bulletproof vests and staying immured in your home. The proper question...

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• 31-Jan-2004
  Warnock’s Dilemma “Warnock’s Dilemma The act of choosing whether the lack of response to a discussion-list post is because of its brilliance (there’s nothing to add) or because of its stupidity (it doesn’t deserve comment). Named after Brian Warnock, who first described the condition on a Perl list.” ( from Wired 9.10 )

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• 30-Jan-2004
  WE the people Citizen of the US? Go read Senator John McCain: In the State of the Union Address just last night, the President called on us to act “as good stewards of taxpayers dollars.” He asked that, when he sends us the new budget plan, we “focus on priorities, cut wasteful spending, and be wise with the...

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• 30-Jan-2004
  November Election Doc Searls says: “Then remember that we’ve only had two primaries so far, and that November is a long way off.”

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• 29-Jan-2004
  Microsoft advises against clicking in MSIE 833786 – Steps that you can take to help identify and to help protect yourself from deceptive (spoofed) Web sites and malicious hyperlinks “The most effective step that you can take to help protect yourself from malicious hyperlinks is not to click them. Rather, type the URL of your intended destination in the address bar...

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• 29-Jan-2004
  John Perry Barlow on Dean Read this: BarlowFriendz: The Counter-Revolution Has Been Televised: “This is especially true in a primary campaign where the leading criterion driving candidate preference is the ability to beat the incumbent. Given the relentless hammering he took from the media, Dean was lucky to get 26% of the New Hampshire vote. Even so, Dean may be...

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• 29-Jan-2004
  Like Starbucks? Check with the The Oracle of Starbucks. Silliness.

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• 28-Jan-2004
  Kwiki Remind me to install a Kwiki.

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• 28-Jan-2004
  What Dori Said… Backup Brain: Orkut (what’s Orkut?) was down, but now it’s back up again. Not a member but want to be? Ask. Later note: uhhh… I meant ask if you and I actually do know each other, virtually or otherwise. Hee. Yeah, if you know me, ask to be invited, and I’ll let you in on...

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