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Sigh. "Oracle sues Google for patent, copyright infringement" http://bbc.in/94Nx2M http://bit.ly/dus1lS # William Hague's excellent advice for geeks: "don't try to be normal when you aren't." http://bbc.in/cgyYrC # Layby on Hog's Back / A31 poss to be closed due to "adult content"; bikers on sunday runs wanting tea shall be annoyed http://bbc.in/bU0fdf # Question: Best cycling…

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Robert N. M. Watson writes: Capsicum: practical capabilities for UNIX Today, Jonathan Anderson, Ben Laurie, Kris Kennaway, and I presented Capsicum: practical capabilities for UNIX at the 19th USENIX Security Symposium in Washington, DC; the slides can be found on the Capsicum web site. We argue that capability design principles fill a gap left by…

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Security Certification is a sure-fire way to make $$$; am considering founding the Professional Institute of Specialist Security Engineers # Maybe I should go hang around a few BCS meetings, work out how to become a closed shop^W^W chartered institute # LeTour fans: plz name a pretty Alpine mountain not far from Geneva, to climb…

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The phrase I keep hearing re: Android devices is "An upgrade to 2.2 later this year." – this worries; 1.6 could be around for some time # Compare Android 1.6 vs: Solaris 2.6-5/98 – the latter wedged in datacentres and never came out, not least due to "Solaris 7" marketing # @jemimakiss I see it…

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The longbike is nearly complete now; photos are attached although a Thomson seatpost has since been added – the old single-bolt seatpost is a useless piece of crap by comparison – and I still am looking to get a few more oddments before I can call it completely finished. New to the bike are the…

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Every so often #tweetdeck seems silently to seize up and require a restart. Do others agree? # $1.1 billion – in $1 coins that apparently nobody wants… http://bit.ly/czunxp # Local councils will be paid for 6 years, matching council-tax upon new homes. Expect a glut of new middle-class housing. # Am not a fan of…

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Melbourne cycle scheme failing, due to Aussie cyclist-helmet requirement http://bit.ly/bHNgOi – via http://bit.ly/cEWQZI # Funny how http://jonathanischwartz.wordpress.com/ hasn't been updated since march… #

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"Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis" arrived on DVD – delighted that one DVD is "Le Film" and the other "Bonus" #

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@JimAnning Likewise, and thanks for the link-up 🙂 in reply to JimAnning # Watching #meteorwatch for Perseid updates. # Using #VirtualBox to try out a OpenSolaris 2009.06 update straight to "dev" so I can practice before trying to fix my home server for real. # Latest #VirtualBox is absolutely stonking on OSX, the latest Ubuntu…

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Has anyone a solution for Adium talking to MSN and burping "Message could not be sent because [various errors]" & re-requestion auths? # @Suw Heard that story. Can't believe that the final arbiter of county boundaries is a postal address / it's presence on dead-tree-mail. in reply to Suw # (excuse s'puriou's apostrophe's) # oh…

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If a friend bought something online with a VISA card, and the vendor is bogus, how long is it until the transaction cannot be canceled? # Serious thunderbolt, no rain yet. Weather is weird… # Does anyone near Fleet want a serviceable pair of UK size 12 Wellies? Else they'll get trashed or be used…

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Blog: meta-Atheism, dextro-Atheism and laevo-Atheism http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/article/4306 # Or you could tell them on 4square: RT @bbctech: A visit to a booby-trap webpage tells attackers your exact location http://bit.ly/9XQ1Jd # On the #illumos webinar – semi-liveblogging; I know what I am hoping for it to be, but speculation wouldn't be helpful # #illumos talk starting, garrett…

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