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“Have you seen the privacy settings on the Facebook profile page? I swear, if you’re able to navigate your way those things, you could configure a fucking firewall. It’s insane!” — Pete Jenkins Facebook, instilling critical skills in the next generation of network engineers…

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“Perfect alignment”? To a moving target? BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Muslim call to adopt Mecca time Muslim scientists and clerics have called for the adoption of Mecca time to replace GMT, arguing that the Saudi city is the true centre of the Earth. Mecca is the direction all Muslims face when…

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It’s a funny thing about mainstream media, they rant on about how they add value by fact checking, and then don’t actually do it; this leads to people like Alan Patrick being handed the wrong end of the stick: Open Source getting goosed – whats the SQL? – broadstuff Officials at Sun Microsystems Inc., which…

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I’ll be writing to my MP to request support of the cited motion… BBC NEWS | Magazine | Innocent photographer or terrorist? Misplaced fears about terror, privacy and child protection are preventing amateur photographers from enjoying their hobby, say campaigners. Phil Smith thought ex-EastEnder Letitia Dean turning on the Christmas lights in Ipswich would make…

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Kevin Barnes mailed me this; I read much about Wheeler when I was young, he will be missed. Goodbye. | Cosmic Variance

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My blog is number 477,141 on Alexa. Does this mean I can qualify for Startup Essentials and get a free Niagara?

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In a fit of potential stupidity, I am trying to live off my MacBook Air for 6 months or so; I have imported most of my last few year’s worth of e-mail from my MH archive[1] and thereby have about 50,000 messages or so, the bulk on my disk, and the remainder on IMAP in…

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Via Simon; lovely, although the lead time could be a bit long… United States Patent Application: 0070078663 The purpose of this invention is to provide an improved method of proposing marriage to an individual. The method of proposing to an individual generally comprising the steps of meeting the individual; exchanging names with the individual; dating…

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Let me get this straight – having worked out that it is potentially a bad idea to go around suing their own customers, the MPAA are instead going around trying to get other people to disconnect their own customers instead? What is this – “financial suicide by proxy”? There must be some deep psychological term……

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Gartner Says Vista Will Collapse. And That’s Why The Yahoo Deal Must Happen The real question isn’t “What can Microsoft do to fix their Windows product?” but rather “Even If Windows and Office were perfect, would it be enough to keep Microsoft relevant in the medium term?” I think the answer to that latter question…

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…burble burble spirit of the blitz burble didn’t fight just so some yob burble … BBC NEWS | England | Merseyside | Graffiti village name change plan Residents living in a graffiti-plagued village on Merseyside are being asked to consider changing its name to tackle vandals who alter signs in the village. Lunt, which dates…

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…but something very odd has turned up in my referrer logs – see to the right of image: Maybe somebody ran “wget” over Wayne’s blog, and it went berserk traversing over Wayne’s Google Translate / multiple language support? But who would do such a thing? And why?

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