We all know that malicious activity comes in many flavors. From the mostly simple DDOS, to DNS records, to a combo web hack. I have to give the guys that took down the Virginia PMP some credit, they are either really smart or really dumb. Here is what the Virginia PMP staff found on their [...]
When asked about legalizing pot, Arnold replied, “Don’t be a girlie man, I’ll be back, to pump you up, hasta la vista, baby.” True story. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesday that California should study other nations’ experiences in legalizing and taxing marijuana, although he is not supporting the idea. (Via NBC Los Angeles.)
I had high hopes for Obama. I was sadden that his presidency was pretty much destroyed by the financial market, but maybe he would go two terms. Then he started really winning me over by taking the entire MPAA/RIAA legal staff and placing them into every public position he could find. So at this point [...]
Gawker has a piece about the ongoing battle in Oklahoma over the Flaming Lips song ‘Do You Realize??’ being adopted as the state song. ‘Do You Realize??’ is a 2002 song about Hewlett Packard printers, Land Rover SUVs, and the inevitable death that approaches us all. Oklahoma Republicans objected to the idea of conferring such [...]
Wired has an article of a man arrested in Oklahoma for making threatening Tweets. An Oklahoma City man who announced on Twitter that he would turn an April 15 tax protest into a bloodbath was hit with a federal charge of making interstate threats last week, in what appears to be first criminal prosecution to [...]
This picture by alt1040 pretty much sums up what I posted last week about Google. Of course the victory even looks to be shorter lived now that Judge Nordstrom had some serious conflict of interests. Chris Matyszczyk over at CNET has a story with some pretty good quotes from our favorite judge. Judge Nordstrom declared: [...]
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CNET has an article over what appears to be a power struggle on the role of cybersecurity efforts for the US. First created in 2002, and incorporated into the Department of Homeland Security, government auditors have decided that the DHS is not living up to its “responsibilities.” The announcement of the review led to speculation [...]
Everyone is pilling on the wiretap debacle in a way that makes it look like the government was killing puppies. There are plenty of examples by NYTimes, The Washington Post, CNN, CNET News. I get it, people don’t like to have someone listening while they talk to their mom. But what strikes me as very [...]