Wednesday, July 07, 2004
Tuesday, July 06, 2004
New Scientist
New ScientistThis article describes a study carried out by a US researcher and two German academics, who "evolved" algorithms to determine what data should be held at a cache and for how long."
CoolTechZone-The Ultimate Source of Tech News::Evaman worm attacks mail servers::
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Evaman worm attacks mail servers
Written by Gundeep Hora
Monday, 05 July 2004
Symantec is reporting the mail servers of various popular email services such as Hotmail and Yahoo to be bogged down with a new worm, code-named Evaman. Symantec, has given this worm a critical warning and states that this worm could be as as dangerous as the MyDoom virus. Evaman occupies a false email address, sends itself to PC users as an attachment, and once the attachment is opened, the system turns into a host system to send out more emails with the same malicious code.
The headings are common to the ones users encounter everyday in their inbox - 'Failed Transaction' or 'Delivery Failure'. This worm has the potential to take control over Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, NT, and Windows Server 2003."
Monday, July 05, 2004
Internet Archive: FreeCache
Internet Archive: FreeCache: "FreeCache works by moving content 'hot spots' on the web closer to users. This provides several advantages to various parties involved: Users get faster downloads, content providers pay less for Internet-bound traffic, and ISPs pay less for Internet-originating traffic."
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: AP - High-Tech: Activist: E-voting to be a 'train wreck'
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: AP - High-Tech: Activist: E-voting to be a 'train wreck': "SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Ambushing registrars and tracking down executives at their homes and offices, a literary publicist has uncovered conflicts of interests and security flaws inside the companies that make electronic ballot machines.
Searching the Web and poring over newspaper clippings, Bev Harris has unearthed obscure arrest records, ties to conservative political groups and other embarrassing secrets of senior executives at voting companies.
Her conclusion: there will be so many problems with the more than 100,000 paperless voting terminals to be used in the November presidential election that the fiasco will dwarf Florida's hanging chad debacle of 2000."
Friday, July 02, 2004
Thursday, July 01, 2004
Wednesday, June 30, 2004
QandO: Copper Green
"I'm not sure what to make of the Seymour Hersh article that appeared on the New Yorker web site yesterday. Hersh alleges that the prison abuse at Abu Ghraib is the direct result of a secret Pentagon program, called by various names, including Copper Green. According to Hersh, a prime characteristic of this program was to use psychological pressure on prisoners in order to obtain information from them. As a result, this program's excessive vulnerability to abuse led directly to the prison abuse scandals."
MSNBC -
White House counsel Alberto Gonzales' memo Newsweek - published a memo written by White House counsel Alberto Gonzales urging the Bushies to formally discard the Geneva Convention because it "substantially reduces the threat of domestic criminal prosecution under the War Crimes Act."
Good Reputation Sleeping: Copper Green
Good Reputation Sleeping: Copper Green
: "Details, according to Sy Hersh, of the 'government approved' program of torture and humiliation of Iraqi prisoners."
The Washington Post, The New York Times, National Public Radio (NPR).
the chutry experiment: Fahrenheit 9/11 House Parties
MoveOn.org is organizing house parties on Monday night to mark the release of Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11. It's similar to their house party screenings of Robert Greenwald's Uncovered, although Moore's film won't be screened at the party itself. I'll be attending one of the "house parties" (actually in a coffeehouse) here in Decatur.
The "Fahrenheit" house parties will feature an online, interactive chat with Michael Moore, and MoveOn is encoraging groups to discuss plans to defeat George Bush in the 2004 election. I'm still intrigued by the way in which these house parties can frame an interpretation of a film, in both cases by translating viewing and discussing the film into a certain type of action (voter registration drives, campaigning for Kerry, both things I like), but I'm a little suspicious about how these house parties might actually inhibit a critical engagement with Moore's film.
the chutry experiment: Fahrenheit 9/11
"First, the theater where I saw the film was sold out for every screening tonight (and also incredibly hot--couldn't they have cranked the A/C?), with most people arriving at least half an hour early to line up for seats. I saw at least two news trucks (did anyone happen to watch Atlanta's Channel 2 news tonight?). Lots of cheering and enthusiasm throughout the film (and, yes, a long ovation at the film's end). And while F9/11 had far fewer 'gotcha' moments than most Michael Moore films, I'm not sure I'd call the film 'restrained' as some critics have. It might be better described as far more somber than anything Moore has done.
The film employs a relatively straight chronological approach, starting with election night coverage (with Ben Affleck and Bobby D, of all people, standing behind Gore celebrating) and moves quickly through many of the election controversies, including an upsetting montage sequence in which several members of the Congressional Black Caucus (including Cynthia McKinney) try to contest the results (there's also one Asian woman), but because no Senator signed the petition, Gore (who was still President of the Senate) was forced to uphoild parliamentary procedure and decline their petition. We see the massive protests of Bush's inauguration (which I'd forgotten)."
the chutry experiment
"Last summer, I wrote several blog entries about how Atlanta's past may be both remembered and forgotten in the rush of development and re-gentrification. I'm fascinated by the traces of Atlanta's (or any city's) past when I can find them, and the Atlanta Time Machine provides a wealth of access to these images. The site collects vintage photographs of Atlanta and compares them with contemporary photos taken from nearly the same location. Greg, the author of the site, has devoted a tremendous amount of energy to this project, and it works very well, the comparisons of past and present beautifully presented."
The New Yorker
According to interviews with several past and present American intelligence officials, the Pentagon’s operation, known inside the intelligence community by several code words, including Copper Green, encouraged physical coercion and sexual humiliation of Iraqi prisoners in an effort to generate more intelligence about the growing insurgency in Iraq. A senior C.I.A. official, in confirming the details of this account last week, said that the operation stemmed from Rumsfeld’s long-standing desire to wrest control of America’s clandestine and paramilitary operations from the C.I.A.
SciScoop || Uncovering The Secret World Of Copper Green
SciScoop || Uncovering The Secret World Of Copper Green: "'Because we acted, torture rooms are closed, rape rooms no longer exist, mass graves are no longer a possibility in Iraq,' said President George W. Bush at an event in Michigan on May 3. This was only the latest in a months-long continuing stream of specific pronouncements to the American people about 'no torture or rape rooms in Iraq,' made not only by Bush but others in his Administration such as Condi Rice and Donald Rumsfeld.
The only problem is, they all knew they were telling the American people a lie, repeatedly and for months on end.
The abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq were exposed on January 13th when Joseph Darby, a independent, no-nonsense military policeman assigned to Abu Ghraib, reported the wrongdoing to the Army's Criminal Investigations Division (CID). He also turned over a CD full of photographs. Within three days, a report made its way to Donald Rumsfeld, who then informed President Bush.
The Big Guy Knew. Not only that, he didn't tell us the truth. Instead, for months he and his minions spun a lie to protect a dark, out-of-control secret..."
Tuesday, June 29, 2004
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Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Friday, June 11, 2004
7tools Partition Manager 2004 - Reviews and free downloads at Download.com
7tools Partition Manager 2004 - Reviews and free downloads at Download.com: "7tools Partition Manager 2004 affords everything you may need for managing partitions; it is suitable for both everyday and rare needs, for either inexperienced user or advance"
Diskeeper - Reviews and free downloads at Download.com
Diskeeper - Reviews and free downloads at Download.com: "Want to keep your PC running like new - forever? Then get Diskeeper 8.0, the standard in automatic defragmentation for Windows. Disk fragmentation attacks performance and relia"
VirtualLab Data Recovery - Reviews and free downloads at Download.com
VirtualLab Data Recovery - Reviews and free downloads at Download.com: "If you've lost data, VirtualLab is the professional's choice for getting it back. VirtualLab is non-destructive data recovery software that recovers deleted files, damaged or"
browse overview
browse overview: "Welcome to the MIThril/Borglab wiki. This site is intended to be a resource for borglab developers and the world at large. If you have any questions, read the Borglab FAQ first. Bef"
Skeptics Society--eSkeptic
Skeptics Society--eSkeptic: "I have served as a reviewer of manuscripts submitted to biological journals for over 30 years...and in all of that time I have never encountered a manuscript with so many errors.
Thursday, June 10, 2004
Pinnacle Media Center full of Windows promise
Pinnacle Media Center full of Windows promise: "Pinnacle Media Center full of Windows promise"
Wednesday, June 09, 2004
Japanese adult magazines: Urecco, Bejean, more
Japanese adult magazines: Urecco, Bejean, more: "i, and welcome to J-List's all-new magazine pages, where you can find the best selection of rare Japanese magazines in the world. Please enjoy browsing our large selection! Pleas"
NewsForge | U.S. to EU on software patents: 'We sold out, you should too'
NewsForge | U.S. to EU on software patents: 'We sold out, you should too': "European free software advocates, Green Party activists, Socialists, economists, small business owners, and other radicals are working to keep the European Union from instit"
Tuesday, June 08, 2004
eav@flash.net
eav@flash.net: "Your rank out of 5023829 total users is: 36586th place. The number of users who have this rank: 6You have completed more work units than 99.272% of our users."
Monday, June 07, 2004
Sunday, May 30, 2004
Friday, May 28, 2004
Welcome to LaserMonks
Welcome to LaserMonks: "We really DO pray and help others. Hundreds of years ago, monks survived by baking bread, making wine, or copying manuscripts. We survive by selling Ink and Toner Supplies online, at HUGE discounts.....and YOU benefit!
Lasermonks was founded in 2001 by a team of enterprising monks, and follows in the tradition of monastic business endeavors, uniquely blending philanthropy, spirituality, and enterprise to support a life of prayer and charitable service."
ABCNEWS.com : Catholic Monks Venture Into E-Commerce
ABCNEWS.com : Catholic Monks Venture Into E-Commerce: "Without advertising, LaserMonks has accumulated a wide range of clients ?4 Fortune 500 companies, schools, churches, individuals and small businesses including the Chef's Gallery, a cooking school in Stillwater, Minn."
Linux on the WRT54G
Linux on the WRT54G: "This is a mini Linux distribution for the Linksys wrt54g. In about 20 seconds, you can install a small set of Linux tools to your access point's ramdisk. The distribution is geared towards those who are curious about casually exploring the internal workings of this device. The installation is strictly to the ram disk of the box. No permanent changes are made. If you mess something up, power-cycle the box.
Upon completion of the installation, you'll be able to telnet into the box and have a system with basic tools such as syslog, httpd (with cgi-bin support), vi, snort, mount, insmod, rmmod, top, grep, ls, ifconfig, iptables, nfs, etc. "
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