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Religious Leaders Feel Threatened, Enjoy Attention
Submitted by dimmer on 4 September, 2010 - 09:48.This kind of he-said she-said psuedo-journalist drivel annoys me. How about some objective context for once? In an article from CNN about religious response to Stephen Hawking's latest book:
Adobe Finally Releases Linux Reader 9.3.3
Submitted by dimmer on 13 July, 2010 - 09:48.14 days after Adobe released a security upgrade for Windows and OS X Adobe Reader 9.3.2 and 39 days after Adobe announced a vulnerability was being actively exploited, Adobe has released the same security upgrade for 2nd class citizen Linux.
Although this amount of time seems atrociously long to me, to be fair other companies have notoriously taken much, much longer to patch security updates on a single platform (*cough* Microsoft, Apple). Still, this kind of lag is unacceptable when there are known exploits circulating.
Just Curious
Submitted by dimmer on 28 April, 2010 - 23:09.
Why is it that Obama's latest "black eye", the SEC Inspector General's cleanup of employees surfing porn (aka "redtube gate") has gotten so much more press coverage than when Bush Administration Department of Interior employees were caught having sex with, doing cocaine with, and accepting money from oil industry lobbyists»
Hidden Files: Apache Best Practices
Submitted by dimmer on 19 April, 2010 - 17:28.
Most apache (and probably all web server administrators in general) know that they should not allow access to .htaccess or .htpasswd files. Access to these is typically denied by default with:
<Files ~ "\.ht">
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
</Files>
Apache and TLS with SNI (Server Name Indication)
Submitted by dimmer on 24 March, 2010 - 21:56.Until recently, you needed a dedicated IP address for each SSL website because TLS did not support named-based virtual hosting. This made hosting SSL websites relatively expensive, and maybe even impossible if you ran out of IP addresses. Although this standard, now elucidated in RFC 4366, has been around since at least 2003, it has been very slow to catch on.
Ubuntu Live CD PXE Boot with Serial Console Redirection
Submitted by dimmer on 18 February, 2010 - 23:01.
I was pretty stoked when I found this howto for pxe booting a Ubuntu live CD. PXE booting is really handy because it makes diagnosis and installation faster. The Ubuntu Live CD (or any linux boot CD really) is really handy for troubleshooting systems or doing maintenance work.
Nagios hostgroup servicedependency Check Behavior
Submitted by dimmer on 18 February, 2010 - 19:32.
I could not find anywhere where the nagios documentation specified whether or not service dependencies using hostgroups use hostgroups in an any-host, same-host, or all-host configuration. Specifically, what about when the dependent hostgroup is the same as the hostgroup that is depended on (and services vary)?
Busting ACORN's Nuts
Submitted by dimmer on 16 September, 2009 - 01:50.
Plankton in a Sea of History: The Obama Inauguration
Submitted by dimmer on 23 January, 2009 - 01:45.Next Time You're In Mexico
Submitted by dimmer on 20 September, 2008 - 15:57.
For lovers of spice, I highly recommend picking up some El Yucateco. I wouldn't call myself a spice master, but I like a high dosage of spice in a lot of my food. Like most spice lovers, sauces and dishes which are typically advertised as "spicy" are usually nowhere close. So I made fajitas for lunch today and put a generous helping of El Yucateco on my portion because since when was anything actually spicy as advertised? My normal stoic self was reaching for the fire-dousing milk after the first fajita. It's been about 20 minutes now, and the front of my face feels like there was recently a small fire on it.Promises Promises
Submitted by dimmer on 9 September, 2008 - 09:36.
During this round of empty campaign promises, does anyone else remember George W. Bush's 2004 campaign promise to reduce the federal budget deficit by half in 2009[1]?
The Farkenized News
Submitted by dimmer on 4 September, 2008 - 18:46.
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Contact PoliticiansIf you want your voice to be heard, and you can't afford a lobbyist or a massive campaign contribution, you should contact your representatives: Sacrilicious MediaSouthPark - Isaac Hayes being sensitive about religion - Chef's Theodicy (1.1MB mp3) South Park 712 - All About Mormons (79.3MB avi) (true story) Jesus, Family Guy style(5.8MB) not all downloadable from here, thanks to the RIAA:
QuotesYou can't reason someone out of something they weren't reasoned into. If Christ were here there is one thing he would not be - a Christian. Religion is regarded by the foolish as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea. He who would do good to another must do it in minute particulars. General good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer. Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. ...Faith: that is to say, to shut one's eyes once and for all, in order not to suffer at the sight of incurable falsity. They say, 'We do not know how this is, but we know that God can do it.' You poor fools! God can make a cow out of a tree, but has he ever done so? Therefore show some reason why a thing is so, or cease to hold that it is so. I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use. [Christianity has made the world] a prey to the wicked, who have found men readier, for the sake of going to paradise, to submit to blows rather than to resent them. And don't tell me God works in mysterious ways. There's nothing so mysterious about it. He's not working at all. He's playing. Or else He's forgotten all about us. That's the kind of God you people talk about - a country bumpkin, a clumsy, bungling, brainless, conceited, uncouth hayseed. Good God, how much reverence can you have for a Supreme Being who finds it necessary to include such phenomena as phlegm and tooth decay in His divine system of creation? What in the world was running through that warped, evil, scatological mind of His when He robbed old people of the power to control their bowel movements? Life is both entirely and only what you make of it. Those who believe in god grew up but still need an imaginary friend |
Dianne Feinstein is voting against her constituents' interests again. You have to wonder what she's getting out of this.
I haven't hated AOL since I stopped using it in the 90s. But I have continued to use an AIM screen name. I've been surprisingly amazed that they have left their popular AIM protocol open to 3rd party clients, unmolested. Since the AOL-created AIM is an annoying, feature-poor adfest, using 3rd party clients is the only option: I recommend 
Obama is likely going to vote for the new FISA bill, eventhough it grants sweeping powers to the government AND grants retroactive immunity to telecomm corporations. Say it ain't so, Barack!
And so are half of the Democratic politicians. Or can you think of a better explanation why she and many Democrats voted for HR 6304?