MythTV is fun!
For the last couple of days (you might’ve noticed the lack of new posts here), I have been playing around with MythTV, the open source PVR. It is a very decent implementation too, allowing plugins for various additional functionality, such as an image gallery or the possibility to play your downloaded pr0n, err I mean, [...]
Kill Bills Browser
 by in Humour, Interesting Links, Random Rantings, Software |
A colleague pointed out this site and this one, in order to convince more and more people to switch from the bug-ridden and vendor-lock-in-causing Internet Explorer browser.
If you know me in real life, you must have heard me say that I have always thought ‘Mozilla‘ to be the ‘Explora Killa‘.
Any self-respecting technician, which ought not [...]
Quote Of The Week #6
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This week, the following quote from Busta Rhymes’s Extinction Level Event album is featured. I don’t know who is the actual speaker, though.
While looking for the exact lyrics, I incidentally found out it’s actually one sentence, and nominated it for this weeks QOTW.
When asked by his children what’s it gonna be like in the year [...]
‘Green’ black holes
| by in Interesting Links, Space & Beyond |
Reuters reports on Black holes turning out to be ‘green’ (as in environmentally-friendly):
Just how efficient? If a car could use this kind of engine, it could theoretically go about a billion miles (1.6 billion km) on a gallon of gas, said Steve Allen of Stanford University in California.
Pretty impressive. Also,
These supermassive black holes are “green” [...]
Weird McAfee ‘uvscan’ issue (solved though)
So, the mail-server is scanning incoming and outgoing email for virusses using the McAfee command line virus scanner for Linux.
Today I found out I was getting loads of reports in my email, though:
Scanning could not be performed due to the following error:
Missing or invalid DAT
WTF? The file’s there and looks OK. Re-downloading it didn’t seem [...]
ISC banking site survey
The Internet Storm Center asked readers to send in links to their banking sites, in order to find out whether they use SSL and other characteristics.
The results of this survey can be found on page here. It’s quite interesting to note that there seem only a few banks confirmed to require SSL and Two Factor [...]
Bush’s approval rate down to 33%
I’m reading here and there that, according to this FOX article, Bush’s ‘approval rate’ is down to 33%.
Now we can all sit around smiling and jerk off at this news but, last time I checked, he’s still in office…
Bush, Rant
Chernobyl: 20 years later…
| by in Animals & Nature, Health, History, Space & Beyond |
BBC NEWS reported yesterday about wildlife defying the radiation still there after the disaster with the, now infamous, Chernobyl nuclear facility in ‘86.
“Animals don’t seem to sense radiation and will occupy an area regardless of the radiation condition,” says radioecologist Sergey Gaschak.
“A lot of birds are nesting inside the sarcophagus,” he adds, referring to the [...]
Animal-rights activists extremists terrorists
| by in Animals & Nature, Belegana, Conspiracies, Freedom & Repression, Media, Religion & Politics, Random Rantings |
The Register has a story on ‘drug-industry backed’ online animal-testing petition, to..
[..] encourage the public to show their support for animal testing. The Coalition for Medical Progress hopes to mobilise what it calls “the silent majorityâ€.
Ah, I can see where this is heading: they are obviously trying to find support to be able to easily [...]
The curious origin of Mah Na Mah Na…
| by in Arts & Poetry, History, Humour, Interesting Links, Music |
You might already know this, but I only just found out today that the Muppets famous Mah Na Mah Na-song is actually a cover — a cover of a same-named 1969 song by Piero Umiliani. (Check here for more information about the composer.)
Now, of course, that alone isn’t all that interesting, but did you know [...]
Deniable filesystems
Bruce Schneier, on his blog, mentions the project Rubberhose that implements a ‘Deniable Filesystem‘.
The whole idea about these ‘deniable’ filesystems is, that, and I quote Bruce here:
The basic idea was the fact that the existence of ciphertext can in itself be incriminating, regardless of whether or not anyone can decrypt it. I wanted to create [...]
On home integrity and free (as in beer) security products…
| by in General, Random Rantings, The Netherlands |
So, I just arrived at home. I start early so I’m home relatively early than most people. I booted the laptop and while perusing some web-sites some guy rang my doorbell. I open the door and the guy introduces himself.
He explains he works for a company that wants to promote their home-security system. And, the [...]
Burqa-wearing women shouldn’t get any social ’security’
Here in the Netherlands, we have this system that gives some ’social’ security to people without a job. Recently, a debate has started that questions whether women, that wear a burqa, that cannot get a job because of the burqa, shouldn’t get any money.
Wow. I made the point in earlier posts, that this anti-burqa thing [...]
Quote Of The Week #5
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Today, it is Albert Einstein’s turn to, once again, be quoted saying something profound:
Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds.
The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.
Indeed, indeed. You the man, Albert.
Quote Of [...]
A Boot Camp you can’t get out of…
| by in Computers & Hardware, Humour, Software |
I noticed this news on Mac users being stuck with Windows XP after installing the Boot Camp boot-loader that allows Mac users to boot an alternative operating system. Incidentally, I have seen this running on a friends’ laptop yesterday.
Honestly, other than compatibility or inoperability issues I can see no real reason why one would want [...]
Wow — a 20p bounty on rabbits…
| by in Animals & Nature, Bunnies, Sad Stuff |
I just accidentally hit this BBC article here telling of a 20p bounty for every rabbit killed on Shetland.
They aren’t responsible for that situation.
Mr Ratter, who is also a Shetland Islands councillor, added: “The damage they can cause is huge, especially in an area like the south end of the island which is sandy. Rabbits [...]
It’s almost Easter…
It’s Easter, and as with any other Easter, religious material starts invading your premises through the slit of your letterbox. Of course, I have thrown a few away already after quickly glancing over it to see what these self-chosen conservative segregationists say in an attempt to reel-in other fools.
Well, ‘fool’ may be a bit harsh. [...]
New UK anti-terror law: Orwell will turn over in his grave
Just reading an article about new Anti-Terrorism Laws going into effect today in the UK.
(You know, because of the July 7th bombing that had nothing to do with Al Qaida.)
It makes trespass on nuclear sites a terrorist offence and allows organisations involved in all such activities to be banned.
Yay, they have just criminalised protests [...]
We don’t deal with terrorists!
Our foreign affairs minister, Ben Bot, turns down a report on Islam saying that he will not deal with organisations that support terror.
Mkay, did he look at Afghanistan and Iraq yet? I mean WTF? Isn’t an extradition treaty with the US, a deal with a terrorist organisation as well?
The Netherlands, War On Truth
Free Gary McKinnon
After reading this article on Darknet I decided to throw a “Free Gary” banner in the sidebar here to make more and more people aware of this weird case. The US is obviously scared of this guy (or guys alike) and rather sees them removed from society… They are of course trying to give him [...]
