Posts from — April 2005

http://www.media-file.net/hhgg/zaphod.mov

http://www.openwheelers.com.au/videos/Top_Gear_Ariel_Atom_2_Full_segment.mpg

We do stuff.:
We have really smart people who are always thinking up totally cool shit. We have a meeting room with a big, round, expensive table.
When you hire us for marketing and consulting projects, we spend lots of time sitting around the table having meetings.

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nice pseudo website.

Swift Justice:
Justice can be swift, and very funny: Hacker deletes own hard drive:

A CHAT CHANNEL spat ended when a wannabe hacker was duped into deleting his own hard drive.

The 26 year-old German claimed he was the baddest hacker in town and threatened to attack a moderator on #stopHipHop’s RC Channel because he thought he’d been thrown out.

He demanded the moderator cough up his IP address and prepare to be hacked.

So the moderator said that his IP number was 127.0.0.1 (which is IP for “self”). Then he leaned back and waited.

Finally the hacker declared success.”I can see your E: drive disappearing, he gloated, “D: is down 45 percent!” he cried, before disappearing into the ether.

But he hasn’t been heard from since…
Translated transcript of the IRC session

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i saw this yesterday too…. hilarious, an absolute chuckle.

International Campaign Against Mass Surveillance:
An International Campaign Against Mass Surveillance was launched 20 April 2005 in London, Manila, Ottawa and Washington,with initial endorsements on its declaration from almost one hundred groups from around the world.
The introduction and detailed White Paper on the campaign’s Web site speak for themselves, specifically in highlighting the significnace of “The Registration of Populations”, “The Creation of a Global Identification System”, and “The Creation of an Infrastructure for the Global Surveillance of Movement” as 3 of 10 key “signposts” of the emergence of a global infrastructure for mass registration and surveillance — the same things I have identified as among the key trends threatening the right to travel.
I’ve immediately endorsed this campaign. I hope you will too.

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yep, this is something that I’d endorce.

New Filibuster Chart Puts the Lie to Republican Claims:
People For the American Way has developed a chart compiled from Congressional Research Service data that lists the judicial and executive branch nominees filibustered prior to the Bush administration. Twenty-six of the filibusters – more than three-quarters of the total – were initiated by Senate Republicans.
You can view the chart here (pdf).

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it is not like you did not already know this, but that’s the case.

Inside the Alfred Dome:
The building was made of reinforced concrete with blown-in vermiculite insulation. 2/3 of the building nestled into the hillside to take advantage of the earth’s insulation.

Presenters, Abstracts, and Papers:

Internet Research 6.0 is coming together quite well.

Clamptite:

This little-known tool has a cult following. It transforms any old wire into the tightest clamp you can imagine. Unlike a hose clamp there is no limit to the diameter you can tie together. You can bundle bamboo into scaffolding, or twigs into fencing, make brooms from twigs, repair handles, and tie stuff down incredibly secure. Works great as temporary clamping for odd-sided things. Ranchers and farmers rely on cheap baling wire to band anything that doesn’t want to move. Fishermen and sailors substitute stainless steel wire to make clamps for pumps and sumps. Also perfect for drip irrigation projects. I’ve found it takes a bit of skill to tie a clamp neatly, but it ends up far tighter than a hose clamp.
– KK
ClamTite Clamp Maker
$24
Available from
Gempler’s

Stainless steel versions (good for boaters)
$40-$70
Available from Clamptool
Clamptool.com
(This site also has the best step-by-step instructions on making the clamps.)

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i want it.

Deep space vagina:
Really interesting review of a very interesting book (which I’ve added to my Amazon list).

snip

i’ll prolly read this eventually. it is the sort of title that piques my interest.