They said the technology wouldn’t be abused in such a way — but …. it is.
 by in Conspiracies, Freedom & Repression, Media, Religion & Politics, Random Rantings, Security & Privacy |
Okay so I read this stuff here (Dutch) which tells about how surveillance camera’s (put there to increase public safety) are now being abused to give parking-tickets.
Of course they say ‘these wrongly parked cars are hindering the ambulances‘. Although that may be true, that sure is hell isn’t the real reason they’re doing this. It’s [...]
WordPress 2.0.4 security release available
If you haven’t already — please upgrade WordPress to version 2.0.4. According to the developers, over 50 bugs have been fixed and the issue with the ‘Anyone can register‘-thing has now been addressed.
Spread the Word, Press..
WordPress, Blogs, Vulnerability, Security
Israel instates 48-hour cease-fire
Did they reach their f**king quota of dead Lebanese children? We have a word for that, it’s called genocide.
And now there’s a cease-fire? What do they f**king expect now — a f**king Nobel-prize for Peace?
Nobody seems to really respect life this day and age. Terribly sad, really…
Terrorism, Israel, Lebanon, Injustice
Engineering students to investigate whether the US gov’t themselves blew up the WTC
According to this article (Dutch), eight students of the TU Delft (Technical University in Delft) are going to investigate whether the US government blew up the World Trade Center in the 9/11 attacks.
Simply because the official answers to all the questions don’t seem to hold water. It has to be noted that the research shall [...]
This’ll send a mixed signal…
Ironically, some well-known anti-smoking guru called Allen Carr died of was diagnosed with cancer this weekend.
It’s like yelling `Saddam Hussein is an evil man and he harbours terrorists and he has weapons of mass destruction and we need to rid the world of that evil!‘, to find out that he, well, actually didn’t, and [...]
Sysadmin Appreciation Day!
From sysadminday.com:
If you can read this, thank your sysadmin.
A sysadmin unpacked the server for this website from its box, installed an operating system, patched it for security, made sure the power and air conditioning was working in the server room, monitored it for stability, set up the software, and kept backups in case anything went [...]
OMFG!
Holy sh.., err, war!
Disproportionate death tolls indeed…
War, Iraq, Deaths
What really happened…. ?
Whatreallyhappened.com reports that, apparently it has been reported that the two Israeli soldiers were caught on Lebanon territory, as opposed to the Israeli statement that they have been captured in Israel…
Truth, Propaganda, War, Middle East
Finally, Metallica realises most of their CDs is crap
| by in Music, Music Industry & DRM, Random Rantings |
Remember that these guys were anti P2P? Metallica just signed a deal with Napster and iTunes to make single song downloads available. They already had the complete albums available online but it seems those guys finally realised nobody was buying their overpriced CDs as most of the songs are crap.
And they’re doing it with a [...]
What the ….. ?!
Someone pointed me to something which, if that shit is for real, would make Marc Dutroux look like Gandhi.
Nukes and Peace
| by in Interesting Links, Sad Stuff |
I just discovered this image through Sean Coon’s site.
Brilliant..
Writing in water!
| by in Interesting Links, Space & Beyond |
Researchers have discovered a way to write characters in water using waves.
Pretty amazing stuff.
WordPress users: Disable ‘Anyone can register‘!
Through Darknet I discovered that apparently a vulnerability has been found in WordPress that could allow evil people to do nasty stuff. Details remain vague though, but according to Dr Dave, one should disable the Anyone can register thingy in the Options of their weblog to prevent the vulnerability being exploited.
The details are kept vague [...]
Aha so that explains that….
Couple of years ago I heard that the ABN Amro was actually lending money to some organisation that did rather brutal animal testing on chimps and his been the target of the Animal Liberation Front for quite some time.
Additionally — this same bank has wanted to invest in large oil- and gas- plants in Russia, [...]
Knowing Microsoft, their iPod-killer will probably be released “too zune”… :P
…and I couldn’t withhold this User Friendly cartoon:
Humour, Zune, iPod
Judge says teen doesn’t have to undergo chemo treatment (for now…)
In an interesting case in the US, AP reports about a judge concluding that a certain 16 year old kid (wanting alternative treatment) should not be forced to undergo chemo-treatment.
It sure as hell would be pretty insane if one cannot decide what’s to happen to ones own body. Isn’t that a persons’ own choice, just [...]
Blow-up doll for insecure female drivers
So some company is marketing a blow-up doll for women who are insecure about driving at night, alone. Apparently, the presence of what appears to other people as a real person, gives them enough security to drive around town.
Now, I wonder — do women over-estimate the blow-up dolls’ size, too?
However sexist the whole concept [...]
Verichip RFID clonable (thus totally unsafe), despite the company’s promises
I just heard from somebody that on HOPE, a presentation was given how easily the Verichip RFID chip implant can be cloned (thus identities stolen, people posing as other people getting easier because nowadays, somehow, everything must be digital or something.
Basically, the work is done by this device, called the proxmark3, that;
[it] can do almost [...]
Quote Of The Week #19
| by in Arts & Poetry, Quote Of The Week |
Aristotle, in his Ethics, quotes the poet Hesiod;
He is best of all who of himself conceiveth all things;
Good again is he too who can adopt a good suggestion;
But whose neither of himself conceiveth nor hearing from another
Layeth it to heart — he is a useless man.
Quote Of The Week, QOTW
Trains to be equiped with TV screens for travel-info, news..
I just read this initiative to equip trains with TV screens. These TV screens will display travel-information, alternating with news and advertisements.
No escape from the propaganda they call TV — get brainwashed while commuting… Two-Minutes Hate, anyone?
