Re: [funsec] If you suddenly taste sour ...

[The Security Community]

Gee, my high school chemistry teacher taught us that more years ago
than I care to document.  He was well known for licking the glass
stoppers from bottles of sulfuric acid.

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon &
Hannah  wrote:
> http://improbable.com/2011/02/02/a-taste-of-protons/
>
> ... the LHC has probably gone critical.  Take all relevant precautionary 
> measures.
>
> (Offhand, I can't think of any ...)
>

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[funsec] What happened to the people in Microsoft's iconic 1978 company photo

[Juha-Matti Laurio]

http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-1978-photo-2011-1

This is the message of the story:
'We all know what happened with the two guys in the bottom left and bottom 
right corners - Bill Gates, and Paul Allen. But what about the rest?'

Enjoy.

Juha-Matti
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Re: [funsec] It's OK to film the TSA ...

[Don Blumenthal]

If you want a lot more details, including an audio of the entire
trial, check www.papersplease.org.

Don

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon &
Hannah  wrote:
> in New Mexico, at least.
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/25/passenger_acquitted/
>
> (I'm sure that there will be other cases in fairly short order in other 
> states, and
> other court levels.)
>
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Re: [funsec] Further advances in brainless writing

[John Bambenek]

I'm not sure it's fair to call it brainless writing.  These algorithms 
will use logic to determine what to write.  Most sports writers don't 
even apply that.


I call this an advancement.

On 2/2/11 2:43 PM, Amrit Williams wrote:
Security vendors have been using the "brainless writing" technology 
for whitepapers, press releases and other marketing collateral for 
over a decade, so not surprised that it is now being adopted by 
mainstream media


On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 11:47 AM, H Morrow Long > wrote:


I believe it was NPR which ran an article this past week on how
some smaller
newspapers are now using software to automatically compose sports
stories
from raw stats on games (players names tagged to touchdowns, field
goals,
extra points/attempts, etc.) where they can't afford to pay
sportswriters.

The software also apparently knows some 1,000 special colorful
sports "stock
phrases" and randomly cycles between them to describe such common game
events as "bases loaded", a "hat trick" and an "eagle" in an
attempt to make
readers think that there is actually a witty and creative sportswriter
behind the stories.

- Morrow

-Original Message-
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 11:06:29 -0800
From: "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah"
mailto:rmsl...@shaw.ca>>
Subject: [funsec] Further advances in brainless writing
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http://improbable.com/2011/02/01/further-advances-in-brainless-writing/

As a reviewer of books, and a researcher into social networking, I
must say
that I
find this new development at once redundant, and terribly frightening.

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 rsl...@computercrime.org

My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right.
   - Ashleigh Brilliant
victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm
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Re: [funsec] Further advances in brainless writing

[Amrit Williams]

Security vendors have been using the "brainless writing" technology for
whitepapers, press releases and other marketing collateral for over a
decade, so not surprised that it is now being adopted by mainstream media

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 11:47 AM, H Morrow Long  wrote:

> I believe it was NPR which ran an article this past week on how some
> smaller
> newspapers are now using software to automatically compose sports stories
> from raw stats on games (players names tagged to touchdowns, field goals,
> extra points/attempts, etc.) where they can't afford to pay sportswriters.
>
> The software also apparently knows some 1,000 special colorful sports
> "stock
> phrases" and randomly cycles between them to describe such common game
> events as "bases loaded", a "hat trick" and an "eagle" in an attempt to
> make
> readers think that there is actually a witty and creative sportswriter
> behind the stories.
>
> - Morrow
>
> -Original Message-
> Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 11:06:29 -0800
> From: "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" 
> Subject: [funsec] Further advances in brainless writing
> To: funsec@linuxbox.org
> Message-ID: <4D47E935.21567.106F158C@localhost>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
>
> http://improbable.com/2011/02/01/further-advances-in-brainless-writing/
>
> As a reviewer of books, and a researcher into social networking, I must say
> that I
> find this new development at once redundant, and terribly frightening.
>
> ==  (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer)
> rsl...@vcn.bc.ca sl...@victoria.tc.ca rsl...@computercrime.org
> My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right.
>- Ashleigh Brilliant
> victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm http://www.infosecbc.org/links
> http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/
> http://twitter.com/rslade
>
>
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[funsec] If you suddenly taste sour ...

[Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah]

http://improbable.com/2011/02/02/a-taste-of-protons/

... the LHC has probably gone critical.  Take all relevant precautionary 
measures.

(Offhand, I can't think of any ...)

==  (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer)
rsl...@vcn.bc.ca sl...@victoria.tc.ca rsl...@computercrime.org
Jack shook his head and staggered backwards, his hand falling on
to the shaft of an axe that was resting in a block of wood.  He
knew what had to be done.  He hobbled into the shed, rummaged
under the broken wood and found his father's old chainsaw.
- `The Big Over Easy,' Jasper Fforde
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Re: [funsec] Further advances in brainless writing

[H Morrow Long]

I believe it was NPR which ran an article this past week on how some smaller
newspapers are now using software to automatically compose sports stories
from raw stats on games (players names tagged to touchdowns, field goals,
extra points/attempts, etc.) where they can't afford to pay sportswriters.

The software also apparently knows some 1,000 special colorful sports "stock
phrases" and randomly cycles between them to describe such common game
events as "bases loaded", a "hat trick" and an "eagle" in an attempt to make
readers think that there is actually a witty and creative sportswriter
behind the stories.

- Morrow

-Original Message-
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 11:06:29 -0800
From: "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" 
Subject: [funsec] Further advances in brainless writing
To: funsec@linuxbox.org
Message-ID: <4D47E935.21567.106F158C@localhost>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII

http://improbable.com/2011/02/01/further-advances-in-brainless-writing/

As a reviewer of books, and a researcher into social networking, I must say
that I 
find this new development at once redundant, and terribly frightening.

==  (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer)
rsl...@vcn.bc.ca sl...@victoria.tc.ca rsl...@computercrime.org
My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right.
- Ashleigh Brilliant
victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm http://www.infosecbc.org/links
http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/
http://twitter.com/rslade


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