2011 archive
But MS Word Viruses Are Soooo 90s 0
The research says the Trojan exploited a previously unknown vulnerability embedded in Word files, allowing Duqu to modify computers’ security protection.
The code is believed to have been designed to gather intelligence from industrial control-systems.
One of these days, Microsoft will get computer security.
Also, pigs, wings.
Update from the Foreclosure-Based Economy 0
Horrors! This slow the engine of growth in jobs for process servers and foreclosure estate agents.
Oh, wait. Later in the story, we find that the banksters will still be in control:
To qualify, homeowners must be customers of the servicers participating in the program. They are: America’s Servicing Co., Aurora Loan Services, Bank of America, Beneficial, Chase, Citibank, CitiFinancial, CitiMortgage, Countrywide, EMC, EverBank/Everhome Mortgage, First Horizon, GMAC Mortgage, HFC, HSBC, IndyMac, MetLife, National City, PNC, Sovereign Bank, SunTrust Mortgage, U.S. Bank, Wachovia, Washington Mutual and Wells Fargo.
Mortgage servicers will send letters to customers who qualify for reviews, but borrowers can apply proactively as well. Information is at www.independentforeclosurereview.com.
Not to worry. There can be no question about the integrity of the process, given the track record of those responsible fiscals.
No question at all.
These Days “Circus” Is Spelled “Reality TV” 0
Mr. Feastingonroadkill explains how the “circus” part of “bread and circuses” works.
Eye Witless 0
Yes, she told the jury, the robber was present.
Could she identify him for the courtroom? the prosecutor asked.
Without hesitation, the woman pointed, but not to the man at the defense table. Her finger was aimed at the rear seats, and a very surprised Clyde Waite.
He and the robber were indeed similar in one respect, if one alone: Both were black.
The story goes on to discuss efforts to reduce the incidence of such errors in eye witness identifications.
Herman Cain’t 0
Mark Mardell of the BBC sums up Herman Cain’s campaign organization’s handling of the sexual harassment kerfuffle:
It is also clear that while Herman is Cain, his team aren’t able.
Misdirection Play, Race Card Dept. 0
Mike Littwin comments on Herman Cain, the allegations of sexual harassment against him, and the Republican race card:
Usually, the accusation is to call a minority figure a racist for noting that he/she is, well, a minority figure. And so you have Glenn Beck calling Barack Obama a racist. And you have Tom Tancredo calling Sonia Sotomayor a racist. This is the anyone-whoever-mentions-race-must-be-a-racist school of racism.
It’s so old now that it’s almost become old school. It’s usually accompanied by quoting Martin Luther King about the quality of your character vs. color of your skin, as if that’s the only thing he ever said.
The misdirection players are the same bunch that couldn’t stop talking about Monica Lewinsky and little blue dresses.
Give me a break.
Blood Oaths 0
One that most appalls and disgusts me is the bloodthirsty and cruel undertones to teabaggery.
Cantor’s Cant 0
Writing at Philly dot com, Leonard Boasberg considers the speech that Eric Cantor was too timid to give because the audience might include persons who (gasp!) disagreed with him.
A nugget:
The other half is that the government established land-grant colleges and the transcontinental railroad. The government played a key role in the creation of the Internet. The government funds scientific and medical research. And the government keeps our air and water clean and the food we eat safe.
Read the whole thing. It’s a delicious take-down of Republican hypocrisy, pretension, and duplicity.
John Moss for City Council 0
I am supporting John Moss for city council.
I met him during the last campaign; he is a man of integrity. There is much in his views on economic issues that I disagree with; they are substantially more conservative than mine.
Nevertheless, as I have said here before, I think there is a divide in any resort town, including this one, that is more important than left and right.
That’s the divide between in the pocket of the developers and not in the pocket of the developers.
John is decidedly not in the pocket of developers.
He will ask the questions they don’t want to answer. Given that council is dominated by the “in the pocket” party (some more in the pocket than others), I find this a valuable quality deserving of support.
You Won’t See Things Like This on 6 and 12 0
Bill Bauman ran the Saturday Night grainy black-and-white horror movie show for years. His standard lead in to the movie was invariably
. . . and now for another horrrrrrrrible movie.
H/T to my brother for the link.
Yesterday’s Wars 0
The Commander Guy points out the time -arped:
Click to read the rest.