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Jeremy Bentham, of his own volition, lives forever in a panopticon – #HHLDN #UCL
In so many ways I am one of the godless scum of Gower Street – from 1985 I studied pure astronomy at UCL and became familiar on a weekly if not daily basis with the waxwork fizzog of Jeremy Bentham, upright in a glass-fronted cabinet for all the students to see, his desiccated and actual…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-07-03
@jdthndr grill and dress with chili jam. #
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Twitter Updates for 2011-07-02
Dear #Google Please give me a "I know how to spell, please don't 'correct' my search terms except for internationali[zs]ation" setting # I am rather fed up of "typing" "extra" "quotes" to inhibit #google #039;s trying to fix search terms for me # .@shaver Really? This calls for a extension! re: "add nfpr=1 to the…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-07-01
@siodaNMRC do want! url plz!1! # 10am. There's a Wannabe-General #Strike in the UK, and the Internet is still working. #notterriblysympatheticsorry #maybeatinybit # @GlennPegden Because we are our own means of production. # @GlennPegden …also "The Internet interprets strike action as damage and routes around it" # Oh no! RIP Bob :: Robert Morris, Pioneer…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-06-30
Great evening and afterpub at #privacydebate at the LSE last night – plus ran into a couple of sauced dining protobarristers; v. educational # @suzanne_moore Great seeing you again last night – very much enjoyed the conversation # @suzanne_moore @DavidAllenGreen As mentioned the "Hacks and Hackers" sessions are run by @timesjoanna – details http://bit.ly/gYg8xS #hhldn…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-06-28
RT @csoghoian PADI … provided the FBI with a list of 3 million Americans who got scuba certification btwn 1999-2002 http://is.gd/Jhd8AI # Can anyone who was at #BSides in London plz remind me of the open-source security event log management tool that was demoed there? # sometimes having skype set your status to "away" after…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-06-26
Bank of Canada: The New $100 Note http://youtu.be/7chpllnU-To # but if the US dollar ever evolves there will be an outcry # Cyberspace means Speech :: http://t.co/K2tHzyd # "Why is there SQL Injection everywhere?" # it's a fair question. read the lyrics. http://t.co/lrvMEmE at the 0:52 mark #
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Twitter Updates for 2011-06-25
Click the photo. Zoom around. See galaxies, in each perhaps as many stars as are in the entirety of our galaxy. http://t.co/VKyRQpy # New: A #cybersecurity reporting tip for journalists and other #HHLDN attendees – #johnreid #labour #cyberspace http://bit.ly/lTdljB # it's coming to something that i am using VLC rather than QuickTime because the audio…
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A #cybersecurity reporting tip for journalists and other #HHLDN attendees – #johnreid #labour #cyberspace
Here’s a tip: if you’re reporting on cyberspace and cybersecurity, even in passing please don’t analogise “cyberspace” to an object or place in the manner that Labour’s John Reid recently did in the FT: Quote: Cyberspace cannot be controlled any more than the sea. Joseph Conrad said the seaman with an undue sense of security…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-06-24
The Universe: On Ebay http://bit.ly/ktxYis – Needs more pictures since it's only illustrated with a picture of 1 Galaxy. Check the seller. # Got namechecked on @jemimah_knight's latest podcast, right at the end; alas it couldn't have a bit more dev context, but still fun 🙂 # Anyone know how to get Metasplot to use…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-06-23
@timesjoanna discuss tonight at #hhldn ? # Today I have enjoyed reading: The CERT Oracle Secure Coding Standard for Java http://t.co/LI0b8hF # Back from #HHLDN with @timesjoanna, & @e3i5 amongst many; crowd in #Waterloo concourse pays tribute to yet another #swtrains "oneunder" … # …so midnight arrival home ends at 0130ish, and a long starlit…
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The unstoppable Carole Fennelly quotes me at myself on password cracker performance
So I just received: Saw a [re]tweet about improved performance of John the Ripper and recalled this quote from you: JtR is a jolly good piece of software, and if it works faster or seems better for [you, the systems administrator], then feel free to use it. I will not weep. I will not cry…