From the daily archives:

Sunday, October 31, 2004

Yoran and Spaf’s Law

by Jim on 31-Oct-2004

Almost as a corollary to the previous post, we have this one…
Yoran and Spaf’s Law
In his book “Practical Unix and Internet Security,” Professor Gene Spafford of Purdue University spells out Spaf’s first principle of security administration: “If you have responsibility for security but have no authority to set rules or punish violators, your own role [...]

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Amen! I’ll be presenting this to the appropriate people that (currently) think security is irrelevant
Security Sounds Good, But Does It Make Me Money? (Business)
From time to time, I find myself sucked into discussions about the return on investment of security. The discussion goes something like this: from a business perspective, if security is an [...]

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Albert Einstein quotes and quotations – BrainyQuote
All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field.
Albert Einstein

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The Onion | 2004 Election Guide

by Jim on 31-Oct-2004

Finally, some intelligent campaign coverage.. ;-)
The Onion | 2004 Election Guide

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Comment spam

by Jim on 31-Oct-2004

Due to the increasing amount of comment spam lately comment moderation has been enabled for any post more than a week old. When posting a comment on such a post you’ll get no notification that it’s awaiting moderation other than your comment not actually appearing immediately. :) Sorry for the bother but I [...]

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Collective lunar eclipse photos

by Jim on 31-Oct-2004

Cory Doctorow:

Flickr users are using the “eclipse” tag to collect photos of the lunar eclipse from all over the world. Some are breathtaking.
Link
(via Waxy)

…excerpt from: http://www.boingboing.net/2004/10/28/collective_lunar_ecl.html

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Instant death and a $200 fine

by Jim on 31-Oct-2004

Cory Doctorow:

Steve Jurvetson snapped this great sign and posted it to Flickr — how the hell do they collect?
Link

…excerpt from: http://www.boingboing.net/2004/10/29/instant_death_and_a_.html

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Mark Frauenfelder:
Dr. Robert M. Nelson is a NASA senior research scientist for NASA and according to Salon, an “international authority on image analysis. Currently he’s engrossed in analyzing digital photos of Saturn’s moon Titan, determining its shape, whether it contains craters or canyons.” He used Photoshop filters to outline the bugle on President Bush’s back [...]

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Google: A Behind-the-scenes Look

by Jim on 31-Oct-2004

presentation on Google [WMV]
Link
…excerpt from: http://blogdex.net/route.asp?id=10569833

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