This CNN story is so unbelievably stupid, it is hard to believe it isn’t something made up by The Onion: The [Pahrump, Nevada] town council voted last week, 3-2, to approve an ordinance that makes it illegal to display a foreign flag — unless an American flag is flown above it. Scofflaws face a $50 … Continue reading Nevada town bans display of foreign flags→
Sign of things to come? This concept seems downright un-American, so it is probably a good thing it is not being attempted in America: European traffic planners are dreaming of streets free of rules and directives. They want drivers and pedestrians to interact in a free and humane way, as brethren — by means of … Continue reading A world without signs→
It is a good idea to keep an eye on sla.ckers.org if you are curious whether your organization’s shorts might be swinging in the breeze. Take the Google Search Appliance post from November 17th, for example: an XSS in most sites that uses the google search API with it’s generic results template. The api allows … Continue reading Google Appliance XSS→
by Ivan Goran Kovacic (1913-1943) His most famous work is Jama (The Pit), which ranks among the greatest Croatian poems ever written. He penned it during the war, while in service near the city of Livno. The poem was written out of intellectual and ethical responsibility that condemns fascist atrocities done by the Ustase [put … Continue reading Jama (The Pit)→