Witty
Posted on Sunday, March 28, 2004 @ 8:23 pm
Filed Under Computing, Security
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Witty seems to have been an orchestrated attack, albeit using an opportunistic method. The paper argues convincingly that we're using the wrong security model; if we don't change, the bad guys are gonna take down a lot of computers. Doesn't matter if it's a prank or something really malicious, it's going to be costly regardless.
Tungsten
Posted on Sunday, March 28, 2004 @ 11:49 am
Filed Under Computing, Dabbler, Stories
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Turns out I don't think the laptop makes a satisfactory PDA, despite its obvious advantages and excellent form factor, so I bought a Palm Tungsten E the other day and have been whipping it into shape. It's a pretty slick device.
POPFile on PowerBook
Posted on Friday, March 26, 2004 @ 12:21 pm
Filed Under Dabbler, POPfile
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I resisted installing POPfile for several weeks--partly because I wanted to be more familiar with the Mac environment before installing something so far out of the ordinary, and partly because I wanted to give mail.app's junk filter a test. By January's end, it was pretty clear that the Junk Mail filter doesn't work as well as I'd like, and I missed POPfile's more general mail sorting capabilities. As I've mentioned before, I sort incoming mail into a couple dozen categories. Teaching POPfile to recognize those categories lets me get by with two dozen rules, rather than a couple hundred. Much better.
Millie Jeffrey
Posted on Friday, March 26, 2004 @ 10:14 am
Filed Under Michigan, Obituaries, Political Process
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Millie was a key player in Michigan and national politics before I was born, and remained active pretty much forever. Her friends and her causes will miss her. We all owe her for a life well lived.
Bill Hurd: fifty yards, real fast
Posted on Sunday, March 21, 2004 @ 11:02 am
Filed Under Dabbler, Joel, Stories
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Occasionally something remarkable would happen. I once saw Notre Dame freshman Bill Hurd win a fifty yard dash final, against excellent college competition, by several yards. Think about that. Absolutely amazing.
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