Jan
15
Nothing says, “I’m a disgruntled moonbat” quite like a blue bracelet.
Originally posted by Paul from Wizbang
Jan
12
From David Letterman last night, in case you missed it:
Top Ten Proposed Changes At CBS News
10. Stories must be corroborated by at least two really strong hunches.
9. “Evening News†pre-show staff cocktail hour is cancelled until further notice.
8. Reduce “60 Minutes†to more manageable 15-20 minutes.
7. Change division name from “CBS News†to “CBS News-ishâ€
6. If anchor says anything inaccurate, earpiece delivers an electric shock.
5. Conclude each story with comical “Boing†sound effect.
4. Instead of boring Middle East reports, more powerball drawings.
3. To play it safe, every “exclusive†story will be about how tasty pecan pie is.
2. Not sure how, but make CBS News more like “C.S.I.â€
1. Use beer, cash and hookers to lure Tom Brokaw out of retirement.
thanks Rathergate for the info
Jan
07
Let’s pretend you run a blog. — Not too far a stretch for many of you.
Now lets pretend a content spammer tries a unique approach. Rather than just having a bot inject spam, he pretended to be quite a number of different people in your comment section who, by chance, all had a fascination with the same site. They would make heated comments sure to get noticed then work in a passing reference to the site in question so they could post a link.
A veritable human virus.
Now lets pretend said virus forgot his medication one day so he went postal and bombed your blog (under an assumed name) with hundreds of comments for almost a 7 hour period. Let’s also pretend that:
You know who the idiot is. You know his real IP number as well as who his ISP is. You know where he lives, right down to his home address. You even have a phone number.
Do you:
A) Plaster the information all over the internet.
B) Sent out a private email to all your “blog-buddies” that this guys is trouble.
C) Contact his ISP and have him dumped.
D) Get some low-life friends of yours to DDOS his website for a few days.
E) Call the phone number and tell his mommy on him.
F) Call his country mental-health professionals because anyone who spends 7 hours bombing a blog needs to be locked up in a rubber room.
G) Demand an apology (if even by email) so you won’t do A-F
H) Go on with your life.
I) Put up a smart-assed post revealing just enough information about the guy that he will know that you know who he is and that maybe he should find another toybox to play in.
J) Other
Hypothetically of course…
Postscript: I know at least two of my regular readers will know from this post who it is. I ask you to hold it to yourself for now… If you are busting at the seams, email me… I’ll give a cookie to the first right answer.
And a private message to the troll in question: Did you say you wanted to know who is more net savvy? You’ve been pwned.
Originally posted by Paul from Wizbang
Jan
04
The tsunamis that devasted much of Southeast Asia happened on December 26, 2004, and the magnitude of the disaster soon started making itself apparent.
On December 27, President Bush briefly interrupted his vacation to order US military forces to the area to provide disaster relief and started the process of funneling US government money into assistance.
On December 30, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan briefly interrupted his vacation to announce that there would be an international conference on January 6 to discuss coordinating relief efforts. High on the list of UN priorities were adequate camps for the rescue workers.
Now, can someone explain to me why Bush is condemned as “insensitive” and “uncaring,” while Annan is praised for his “compassion” and “humanity?” Or has the whole notion of words meaning far more than deeds finally taken hold?
J.
Originally posted by Jay Tea from Wizbang
Dec
22
As various internet service providers and third party software firms are pushing software on parents that lets them eavesdrop on their kids’ surfing habits, parents might want to be aware of a recent court ruling up in Washington state. The ruling didn’t focus on the internet, but found that a mother who listened in on her daughter’s phone call broke wiretap laws. The article, written for a Connecticut newspaper, then goes on to discuss whether or not the same ruling would apply in that state — and it’s a bit tricky. Part of the rationale for the ruling in Washington is that state wiretap laws require both parties to agree to be recorded. Connecticut (and most other states) only have a one person requirement — but in the case where a parent is eavesdropping, the question then becomes whether or not they, as a legal guardian, have the right to give the consent to be wiretapped for their kid. Of course, this is just one of the many reasons why kids get mobile phones. However, with internet access, a similar question arises, but not many seem to have dealt with it. It’s likely that similar cases will start to show up when people feel their privacy is violated by their parents spying on their online activities. Of course, some might point out that talking to your kids and trying to build a trusting relationship (not always easy, of course) might be a better way to keep them out of trouble than spying on them.
Originally from Techdirt
Sep
23
here is my letter to all the CBS Affiliates… rathergate is the place to go
Dear CBS Affiliates,
I am so disappointed in the way Dan Rather and CBS news has handled this George W. Bush Memo situation. It appears that no one at CBS did any due diligence in researching this story. This is the President of the United States we are talking about here…I do not take that lightly and in any regard he still commands our respect as citizens of the United States. I do not feel that he was treated with such respect. For this reason, I am switching my TV viewing habits away from CBS to another network that will treat our nations leader with respect and do their homework before running a story that had the potential of shifting a national election.
