During WWII the American people generally understood that prudence required sensitive information such as troop movements to remain secret, because lives depended it. Things have changed.
The NY Times reveals how the CIA transports Al Qaeda prisoners. It goes without saying that the NY Time’s motives are above reproach. I do wonder, in a hypothetical [...]
Posted on May 31st, 2005 by pwyll
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Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare.
Let all who prate of Beauty hold their peace,
And lay them prone upon the earth and cease
To ponder on themselves, the while they stare
At nothing, intricately drawn nowhere
In shapes of shifting lineage; let geese
Gabble and hiss, but heroes seek release
From dusty bondage into luminous air.
O blinding hour, O holy, [...]
Posted on May 30th, 2005 by pwyll
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via: ˇNo Pasarán!
Let’s see whether the Dutch agree.
Posted on May 29th, 2005 by pwyll
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From Digital Online News
Microsoft and the entertainment industry’s holy grail of controlling copyright through the motherboard has moved a step closer with Intel Corp. now embedding digital rights management within in its latest dual-core processor Pentium D and accompanying 945 chipset.
Officially launched worldwide on the May 26, the new offerings come DRM-enabled and will, at [...]
Posted on May 29th, 2005 by pwyll
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The following is copied from CRYPTO-GRAM, April 15, 2005. CRYPTO-GRAM is written by security guru Bruce Schneier, and is generally full of interesting articles and links concerning computer and network security, airport security, scams, and the like. The article is long enough that I won’t block quote it.
Hacking the Papal Election
As the [...]
Posted on May 28th, 2005 by pwyll
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Once in a while one encounters a headline expressing alarm over a statistic. Something along the lines of Prison population at an all time high, even though crime rate at new low!
England has banned private ownership of guns. Additionally, British subjects are essentially forbidden to defend themselves against criminal assault. Against all reason, violent [...]
Posted on May 28th, 2005 by pwyll
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