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NewOrder - computer security and networking portal: "HOWTO: Bypass Email Filters
@ HOW-TO -> Windows Oct 04 2005, 15:57 (UTC 0)
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Interesting Read.

Random thoughts

Well, finally got a KVM to work with both my Mac and my XP machine.
kinda funny really I am running a Mac and Windows box side by side, and I am using a Mac Pro keyboard and a Microsoft Trackball side by side as well. This Belkin finally decided to work right, even thou now have to use the button on top of it to switch between my machines, at least I can (means I can play WoW again HI HI)

I am also bouncing the idea of starting a small podcast, or maybe just an audio diary, no idea if I should or not, just a fun idea to think about, I think it is mainly cause I am a hardware guy and like the idea of more toys to play with :) (new mic that is USB and supposed to be a really nice mic to record with)

Course if I start a Podcast, would probably end up being more of a rantcast about World of Warcraft. But that isn’t really a bad idea either :P I can go in to some really interesting rants :)

NPR : 'Virtual' Virus Sheds Light on Real-World Behavior

NPR : 'Virtual' Virus Sheds Light on Real-World Behavior: "Health & Science
'Virtual' Virus Sheds Light on Real-World Behavior

... by Laura Sydell "


This is actually kinda funny.

You should take a listen if you haven't seen it yet.

NPR : 'Virtual' Virus Sheds Light on Real-World Behavior

NPR : 'Virtual' Virus Sheds Light on Real-World Behavior: "Health & Science
'Virtual' Virus Sheds Light on Real-World Behavior

... by Laura Sydell "


This is actually kinda funny.

You should take a listen if you haven't seen it yet.

Linux encrypt - Rexploit

Linux encrypt - Rexploit

<==============================>
|| Linux Encrypting ||
|| by ||
|| William M. Hidalgo ||
|| redkommie<@>gmail.com ||
|| 02/25/05 ||
<==============================>


.: Contents :.

I. INTRO
- About

II. ENCRYPTING
- Containers
- Drives
- Files

APPENDIX


.: I. INTRO :.

[-=] About [=-]

This is a quick rundown on how to encrypt files, containers, and drives under
Linux. The use of loopback encrypted filesystems and openssl is explained
and examples are given. This paper should have you encrypting in no time. The
following commands were done running kernel 2.6.9.

COTSE-I have no such right

No I didn't write the articles from COTSE, I wish I had, but Steve made them, they are all his, I just agree with him completely

COTSE-I have no such right:

I do not have a right not to be offended. If speech offends me I do not have a right to ban it. If a thought offends me I do not have a right to claim that it should not be expressed. Yet all this politically correct bullshit is showing me that this is untrue, that if someone finds it offensive then it should be banned. This is wrong.

Too much concern is being placed upon 'is it offensive to anyone'. This entire approach falls apart fast if you try to apply it fairly. If the hypothetical 'they' have a right not to be offended then I must have that same right, correct? Well, that is good because I'm offended when someone else takes offense at something.

Oops, instant 'I'm offended' checkmate. Who counts more, the person offended at something or me offended at him being offended? I quickly find out it is not me. As a heterosexual white male minority I have no rights and so I am usually just ignored. But wait, that's not applying it fairly.

Ok, so I do not have the right to never have my beliefs challenged. I do not have the right to never be offended by anything. But if that is true then neither does anyone else. Why? Because there is no such right that can be fairly applied. If I find something offensive, I can speak out in opposition to it or I can ignore it, but I could not in any fairness ban it without stepping on someone else's rights.

The world is a massive mixture of cultures, beliefs, and ideals, so many differences that everything is offensive to someone somewhere. If everyone was given the right to never be offended it would mean that no belief or culture could ever be challenged. This is because if applied fairly it would mean 'I'm offended' checkmate nearly every time.

For example, I'm offended by little unidentified red things in macaroni salad and I think they should be banned. Even if I did have that right, I wouldn't be able to ban it anyway. Because certainly someone out there would claim that any macaroni salad"

COTSE-What happened to my country?

COTSE-What happened to my country?:

Yes, it's time for another rant. Americans are showing themselves to be a weak people, it's pitiful. We are willingly trashing our own rights in the name of protection from terrorists. Not for protection, just for the idea of it. What happened to the image of a bunch of American rednecks not afraid of a damn thing, the 'if it bleeds it can die' group. What happened to those people? When did we all become such easily lead fearful sheep? Why are we giving away our rights in the name of protection, especially when we appear to be doing it out of fear and effectively just throwing them away?

Do you want protection from terrorism? Then just be aware. Increase your awareness of your surroundings. Stop going through every day in a self-absorbed cloud. Wake up and watch for the unusual. Did someone set down a bag on a bus and walk away quickly? Report it right away. Someone acting funny? Take notice and do something. Throwing away your rights willy nilly because someone told you that if you did they'd protect you is not the right way. It's not bringing you safety and they don't come back as easy as they go. It's far easier to get a bill passed giving away freedom than it is to get one passed granting it. This is because power granted is power used and power used is power kept. That is why power must have proper checks and balances, if not it becomes power abused. Wake up, we are removing those checks and balances. This power is being misused already and they still want more.

Sure they want more, they wanted more to track 60's radicals, then to stop organized crime, then drugs, then pedophiles (think of the children), but none of that worked. Then came terrorists and you freaked out and willingly gave away those rights you denied them before. They've always wanted more. They've always desired to remove those checks and balances because they get in the way. It's so much easier to chase bad guys when you can sneak into their "

New Keyboard

well just got a nice pretty new white Mac Pro keyboard. feels nice, looks tiny, least compared to what I am used to seeing and working with. Now if I could just get the damn Windoze machine to play nice with the USB KVM I now have instead of the old PS/2 style I was using I will be good to go..

For the record my new KVM is a IOGEAR MiniView Micro USB Plus, 2-port KVM with built-in cables and Audio Support. Model #GCS632U, nice little guy, replaced the Older IOGEAR PS/2 MiniView i was running (also with built in cables but without audio support.

The zBox Supercomputer at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Zurich

The zBox Supercomputer at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Zurich

Now this would make a hell of a Distributed.Net number cruncher :P

More Birthday stuff

Well got to the range today, still need to make that a solid monthly occurrence, always a good way to let off steam, and keeps my muscle memory up. Course now I need to call Austin and order more ammo, damn having a favorite ammo that is only from one store in a city 200 odd miles away :/
Ahh well, guess I should get in to reloading, would save me a little money and I could always get the ammo the way I want and like it to be.

Birthdays

well, another year, another birthday :/
fun fun fun
Why is it people make a big deal about birthdays. just another day in my mind pretty much,
maybe I will buy myself something, I am planning on going to the range, need to do that anyway, been a month or so since I did any shooting, Always helps to keep in practice, builds muscle memory (which comes in handy)

Ahh well, to finish my few tweaks for the night and see if I can get any sleep.

Macenstein: Mac stuff dug up on the web and pieced together into an unholy monster

I truely love this, about as un-PC as you can be, frelling love it. Bout time someone let off like this :)

Mike Tech Show: Mike Tech Show - Podcast - #30 - 09-24-05

Nice collection of usefull tools to keep on a USB key, I have used one similar for years with my basic computer files as I call them, things I need on any machine I load my "Essintial list"

Record your life...

Ever forget something that you possibly said last year during a friends party when you were drunk. A guy created something that he used for 3 years now recording his conversations and takes it home to this program that transcribes and organizes everything into text that you can search and go back to later and hear the audio from it.

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