Dropsafe

I’m shellshocked: http://www.northwoodhills.org/main/index.html I hadn’t heard from Gene in a while, then some folks (ie: Geoff) on a mailing list we’re both on started asking questions, and then this arrived as a result of a phone call. Gene [insert comic phrase here] Saunders, rest in peace. Damn. The world will be more boring without him.…

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Breaking UNIX crypt() on the PlayStation 3 Yay! Crypticide is coming. Go for it, guys…

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Hey all, Just to say: I am messing around with VirtualBox and Solaris, and am using a dynamically-sized disk image of 16Gb to install Solaris upon; this Solaris installation is eventually meant to run on a MacBook Air without much disk space, so it makes sense to keep the footprint as small as possible for…

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Simon Jenkins: Elle Macpherson deserves a medal for defying the health and safety gods | Comment is free | The Guardian Ever since the government suppressed the 1981 Isles report for suggesting that compulsory seats belts might cost lives by encouraging speeding, the psychology of road use has been treated as anathema. The idea that…

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Seriously, it does. Go look. Am now wondering if umlaut-N will go into UNICODE… BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Past presidential debates in history

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Sounds nothing like it to me… No-Name247: Honda’s Musical Road Promotion that Plays The William Tell Overture in Lancaster, CA to be Paved Over! Neighbors Complain! BBC website has this too, but the video is crappier.

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via lloyd davis: The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is a Muslim separatist rebel group located in Southern Philippines.[1] The area where the group is active is called Bangsamoro by the MILF and it covers the southern portion of Mindanao, the Sulu Archipelago, Palawan, Basilan and the neighboring islands. There are approximately 4.5 million Muslims…

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Last week I got some junk mail – nothing unusual about that, it’s a nuisance but it gets recycled, often without opening. Generally I let it sit in the mail bucket until the end of the week and then sort it our when I have a moment. Last week the catch was lower than usual…

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PC World – New Twists and Turns in Palin E-Mail Hack The webmaster of a proxy service believed to have been used by the hacker is cooperating with the FBI to help pinpoint the suspect’s location. Gabriel Ramuglia says he believes the hacker used his Ctunnel service to disguise his identity. Ramuglia is now sending…

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Simon Jenkins: Elle Macpherson deserves a medal for defying the health and safety gods | Comment is free | The Guardian Ever since the government suppressed the 1981 Isles report for suggesting that compulsory seats belts might cost lives by encouraging speeding, the psychology of road use has been treated as anathema. The idea that…

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Healthy Start : Spicy stir fried okra delicious (tags: food recipe okra) France ban on internet alcohol advertising hits industry – Times Online Long article; looks like regulation on advertising will murder the french booze industry… Why? For the sake of the children? WiFi at Restaurants, Pubs and Bars in London SE1 Free Wifi Near…

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BBC NEWS | England | London | Computer terror teenager jailed Hammaad Munshi, from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, was 16 when he was arrested in 2006. Police found a guide to making napalm on his computer. …yadda yadda Internet yadda evil yadda should be banned yadda give them all “Meccano” like in the good old days…

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