Utility Nukes Windows Genuine Advantage Callbacks
Don’t want your Windows PC phoning home to Microsoft? Here’s news about a utility to stop it.
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US Govt. to EFF: We’re above the law!
New court filings from the government argue that secrecy is more important than legality. “In short, the Government asserts that AT&T and the Executive can break the laws crafted by Congress, and there is nothing the Judiciary can do about it.”
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Comment Spam Defeated….for now.
I periodically check my comments to see what interesting tid-bits people have left for me (answer: not much). While checking the other week, I noticed I had over 2000 comments in the moderation queue (nice!).
That problem had to get rectified immediately. I cannot express how much I detest F-ing spammers. So tonite I installed a new plugin for WordPress that’s called “Did you pass math?”. If you want to leave a comment (and I encourage you to do so), it will ask you a simple mathematical question like “What is the sum of 3 and 6?”. Hopefully you can figure it out!
Newsweek: How Long Will America Lead the World?
The United States is still the dominant force in technology, innovation, productivity and profits. But Americans don’t quite realize how fast the rest of the world is catching up.
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Today’s Chuck Norris Fact
We’ve (Jen and I) been spending the weekend moving all of Jen’s data+apps from her old Mac Mini to her new MacBook (which is totally sweet, BTW)…so I’ve been spending quite a bit of time “tweaking” the MacBook for her.
One new nugget of awesomeness is the Chuck Norris Facts Widget. The fact below gives you a taste of what the widget has to offer:
Most people know that Descarte said, “I think, therefore I am”. What most people don’t know is that the quote continues, “…afraid of Chuck Norris”.
Lego Aircraft Carrier
Seems like most of the news today is aircraft carrier related….
“The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) is done! 16.4 Feet long. 200,000 Bricks, movable elevators and radar dishes, electric lights on the flight deck, in the hangar, and inside the aircraft, a motorized catapult!”
Amazingly High Rez photos of the sinking of an old carrier to make a reef!
The Oriskany, a decommissioned aircraft carrier, was sunk 24 miles off the coast of Pensacola, Fla., on May 17 to form an artificial reef. The sinking of the 888-foot ship took 37 minutes.
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Man Raised By Chickens is Discovered!!
A man locked in a chicken coop had little contact with humans during most of his life. He is said to have been imprinted by chickens, picking up the habits of the birds such as clucking and pecking for food.
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Great Catch by “The Daily Show” Staff
Excellent research done to find this clip, the Daily show dug up Bush’s speech when he introduced Porter Goss, very much the same speech he used when introducing Michael Hayden.
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BBC: Nintendo Steals the Show at E3
If success was judged by the size of the queues at this week’s E3 games expo, then Nintendo would win hands down.
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