Archive for November, 2007

freshmeat.net: Project details for Project Observer

by @ Friday, November 30th, 2007. Filed under Misc

freshmeat.net: Project details for Project Observer Project Observer is an autodiscovering network management system focused primarily on Cisco and Linux networks. It is capable of automatically generating network diagrams. Networks are automatically discovered based on CDP data collected via SNMP.

Papal encyclical attacks atheism, promises hope | International | Reuters

by @ Friday, November 30th, 2007. Filed under Asshats in the News!

Pope Benedict, in a new encyclical released on Friday, said atheism was responsible for some of the “greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice” in history. The 75-page “Spe Salvi”, which takes its Latin title from a quote by St Paul (in hope we were saved), is an appeal to a pessimistic world to [...]

McCain on Waterboarding

by @ Thursday, November 29th, 2007. Filed under Misc

Time Edits Wiretapping Correction, Still Wrong | Threat Level from Wired.com

by @ Thursday, November 29th, 2007. Filed under Misc

Sometime Wednesday night,Time magazine quietly corrected its correction to a Joe Klein column but the silent edit still failed to fix the egregious story that falsely stated Democrats wanted to extended the full protection of the Constitution to all foreign terrorists, For one, the new correction still misstates the very name of the bill passed [...]

NukAlertâ„¢ Radiation Detector, Meter, Monitor and Alarm

by @ Thursday, November 29th, 2007. Filed under Security, Technology

More than just a radiation detector, the NukAlertâ„¢ is a patented personal radiation meter, monitor and alarm. Small enough to attach to a key chain, the device operates non-stop, 24/7 and will promptly warn you of the presence of unseen, but acutely dangerous levels of radiation. Used nationwide by federal, state and local first responders, [...]

Operation Lucky Bag

by @ Wednesday, November 28th, 2007. Filed under The Courts

If you see a lost/abandoned bag someplace, don’t look, don’t touch, just leave. ———— Nine months ago, a similar police decoy program called Operation Lucky Bag was effectively shut down by prosecutors and judges who were concerned that it was sweeping up the civic-minded alongside those bent on larceny. Shopping bags, backpacks and purses were [...]

Watchmen

by @ Tuesday, November 27th, 2007. Filed under movie reviews and thoughts

A complex, multi-layered mystery adventure, Watchmen is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the “Doomsday Clock” – which charts the USA’s tension with the Soviet Union – is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is [...]

by @ Tuesday, November 27th, 2007. Filed under Misc

“Things haven’t changed all that much where George W. Bush comes from. Houston is a cruel and crazy town on a filthy river in East Texas with no zoning laws and a culture of sex, money and violence. It’s a shabby sprawling metropolis ruled by brazen women, crooked cops and super-rich pansexual cowboys who live [...]

A Maglev turbine?

by @ Monday, November 26th, 2007. Filed under Misc, Technology

Buy, Play, Trade, Repeat

by @ Monday, November 26th, 2007. Filed under Music

Luckily, my band’s recently released album, “Oh No,” escaped copy control, but only narrowly. When our album came out, our label’s parent company, EMI, was testing protective software and thought we were a good candidate for it. Record company executives reasoned that because we appeal to college students who have the high-bandwidth connections necessary for [...]

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