Dropsafe

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html The first APOD appeared eleven years ago today, on 1995 June 16. Although garnering only 14 page views on that day, we are proud to estimate that APOD has now served over 400 million space-related images over the last eleven years. That early beginning, along with a nearly unchanging format, has allowed APOD to

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http://www.yournotme.com/ You are unique. You are one with the angry Squirrel. Shout ‘I am the unique. I am unified with the badger overlord.’ People will run away. That’s because they’re jealous. JEALOUS.. (Via) – though he’s not posted it yet.

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www.darkreading.com We recently got hired by a credit union to assess the security of its network. The client asked that we really push hard on the social engineering button. In the past, they’d had problems with employees sharing passwords and giving up information easily. Leveraging our effort in the report was a way to drive

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The Hummingbird – it’s small, discreet, buzzes furiously, and has a cover story. Perhaps it’s time to invest in Braun stock?

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Fascinating article in the Independent charting the ebb and flow of Judiasm in the UK over the centuries; some choice paragraphs: Independent When people ask writer Ashley Perry where his family is from, he replies “Britain”. If they ask where his grandparents came from, he gives the same reply. When the more persistent ask where

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Seattle Times While viewing their [MySpace] profile, note the URL, since she also advises occasionally checking the site alone, as well. She doesn’t see this as violating a teen’s privacy since it’s public information. Okay… so far, so slippery slope… If your teen hasn’t shown you his or her site, one trick is to check

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ABC Australia Russians playing a game of amateur rugby have been arrested by police who mistook the match for a mass brawl, local media reported. “We got a call to our control room saying there was a fight involving a lot of people on some waste ground just outside town,” RIA news agency quoted a

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cat trees bear. maybe it thought it was just a giant mouse? another quality like c/o rob diamond.

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My boss’s boss’s boss meets a friend-of-a-friend-of-a-friend: scobleizer Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of Sun Microsystems, just dropped me off at the lobby of building 10. So, I’m sitting on the floor near a power outlet and am blogging my experiences. What an enjoyable guy! We walked across the street to a Togos sandwich shop. Little-known trivia,

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BBC News Britain’s oldest surviving war veteran has celebrated his 110th birthday at the Grand Hotel in Eastbourne. Henry Allingham was presented with a letter of good wishes from the Queen by Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown at the five-star seafront hotel. Mr Allingham is the last remaining RAF founder member and the only

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Excellent short video: DJ is a God. Link c/o Bart Blanquart.

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BBC News The suicides of three detainees at the US base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, amount to acts of war, the US military says. The camp commander said the two Saudis and a Yemeni were “committed” and had killed themselves in “an act of asymmetric warfare waged against us”. I thought it was meant to

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