Happy 2006
“May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall softly on your fields.” — Irish Blessing
“May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall softly on your fields.” — Irish Blessing
Latest report is that the exploit installs if you even download or index an infected WMF file. In other words if you use Google Desktop, which automagically touches your media files, then your system will be trojaned faster than you can say “how convenient”. No known patches are available. F-secure, as usual, is ahead of … Continue reading WMF zero day exploit
Because congress adopted a federal holiday on June 26, 1870. Simple. Why, you ask? Well, it had an inauspicious beginning in the country. It was so controversial (decadent) in the 1700s that it was actively banned by Puritains, including those who left England to settle the early American states. Perhaps more importantly it was shunned … Continue reading Why Christmas is a holiday
The “national security versus the public’s right to know” debate is nothing new to the US, but Bush appears to have lost serious amounts of credibility as key members of the House and Senate openly compare his faith-based requests for secrecy to Johnson’s worst decisions during the Vietnam War. For example Rep Murtha was just … Continue reading The Silent Majority circa 2005?