…or at least for the Libertarian Candidate for President I’m a big fan of balance and having a choice between two acceptable alternatives. Given that I live in a safe (D) state, I will probably vote (L). Not to try to split the® block, but because I’d rather the (L) […]
Posted on May 14th, 2004
The exact subject matter is a still… “Under Development”, but I’ve decided to install a wiki on OpenDNA.com. Step one, as far as I’m concerned, is to chose a flavor of WikiWikiWeb that (1) I like, and (2) will run from FreeShell.org (SDF). ErfurtWiki – implemented in the PHP scripting […]
Posted on May 13th, 2004
Heed the experience of the Ack Ack Bird. A wonder of nature and totally obsurd. Majestic in flight and very brave, his huge testicles fell below his legs. When he landed he called “Ooo Ack! Ack!” If his cry was heard, predators attacked. So let us mourn the Ack Ack […]
Posted on May 5th, 2004
The Smoking Gun reports that “Arnold Schwarzenegger is threatening to sue an Ohio company that is selling a bobblehead doll featuring the name and likeness of the California governor.” HREF=”http://www.bosleybobbers.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_C ode=BB0054”>Bosley Bobbers makes the Gubernator’s bobblehead available on its website. Send the Governor a message and tell him to lighten-up. […]
Posted on May 1st, 2004
Some people develop an emotional attachment to technology. For some guys it’s their trucks, when I was 12 it was the BBS. I was looking around for some old software from the Pre-Netscape era when I pulled up a May 2002 Salon.com article titled When 300 baud was the bomb. Yeah. That’ s what […]
Posted on April 30th, 2004
“We’re just sitting around here – Jay’s ragging on his sister, Mika’s being duly oppressed… As it should be.”—tobasc0cat’s LiveJournal
Posted on April 29th, 2004
…put your hands against the wall and spread your feet apart. The people charged with preventing another Al Queda attack in the United States have been extremely concerned about the potential of terrorists using of fraudulent Visa Waiver passports to enter the country. The potential is so great that there […]
Posted on April 21st, 2004
I know, that’s too disturbing for words but that’s what I’ve got: A SoCal correspondent had me turn on CSPAN most urgently to witness a little piece of history – Senators Hatch and Leahy announcing that the HREF=”http://www.opendna.com/blog/2003_11_30_blog1_archive.html#107042119706527 339”>Senate Hacking Scandal has progressed to the point that it is being […]
Posted on March 14th, 2004
I was just listening to a woman from CalVoter.org on to KPFA. She told Pacifica listeners about some of the early reports about voting problems on the March 2nd California primary. One in particular caught my attention: Some districts in Orange County – identified as those using Diebold machines – […]
Posted on March 2nd, 2004
A cool link from Tobasc0cat, our astronomically-inclined correspondent: Astronomy Picture of the Day for 28MAY2004: A Manhattan Sunset. —- Today, if it is clear, Manhattan will flood dramatically with sunlight just as the Sun sets precisely on the centerline of every street. Usually, the tall buildings that line the gridded […]
Posted on February 28th, 2004
In the last couple weeks a number of flights from Europe have been cancelled because of security concerns. First the Air France flights, then the British Airways flights, tomorrow – who knows? Some pundits are making the case that this shows that other countries must begin Air Marshall programs and […]
Posted on January 3rd, 2004
It’s my nature to talk smack about The People Upstairs, it’s just what I do. Today the threat level was raised to ORANGE and, as a professional, I have to say: Well done gentlemen. I was flipping channels when I surfed past Sec. Ridge’s press conference I kept going until […]
Posted on December 21st, 2003
This is a mind warping exercise with a souljourn into the social weirdness made possible by the internet. Stay with me, kids. Let’s begin here: The Philosopher’s Magazine has a test about your taboos or “moral intuitions”. Go ahead and take the test, it has thought-provoking weirdness like the following: […]
Posted on December 9th, 2003
According to an 11/26 email that came down from On High, December 1-5 is DHS’ “Computer Security Awareness Week”. (mark your calendar!) Computerized information is increasingly the target of computer hackers or cyber-terrorists that seek access to or destruction of our systems. Stopping such intruders is vital to the mission […]
Posted on December 2nd, 2003
Yet more evidence that things are different when you’re at the top: January comes after May, according the DHS. GovExec.com reports that the Department of Homeland Security has released a request for proposals to build US VISIT, a next-generation immigration computer system which could be worth $10 billion to high-tech […]
Posted on December 2nd, 2003