I got this interesting email forward today.
Author: Keith Survell
Geek, professional programmer, amateur photographer, crazy rabbit guy, only slightly obsessed with cute things.
Hope?
“WORCESTER – Attorney General Tom Reilly has secured a court judgment requiring the owners of Riverside Mitsubishi to return $550,000 to its former customers. The Auburn dealership abruptly closed in November 2003, leaving many customers without titles, with outstanding loans on trade-ins, and, in some cases, without any vehicle at all.”
Weird Dreams
Last night’s dreams were a little disturbing.
Schneier on Security: Man Arrested for Being A Computer Nerd
Bruce Schneier links to another chilling story of security gone too far.
Tech Humor
“I have to say that we in my lab are thrilled with the progress in the Linux kernel. We have been running Linux in our labs for ages, and it now controls the massive coils that circle all the corridors in our buildings, ominously humming in the night. Before, we had Windows XP controlling the (sic) titantic voltages that flow through the rings, and we found that very often the control threads would become scheduled into irrelevance and the voltages would become unstable. This would lead to devastating magnetic fields that would reverse the path of time across the carpet in my room, staining it really badly.”