Re: [funsec] DON'T DO STUPID THINGS!

2009-08-26 Thread Alex Eckelberry
OTH, if we remove all danger from society, there's not much life left in that society. (Not disagreeing about stupid people, just pointing out the other side, such as the UK's obsession with safety which has resulted in nonsense like children not being able to play on playground equipment in som

Re: [funsec] OT: CDC recommends male circumcision as very effectiveto fight HIV (AIDS)

2009-08-26 Thread Alex Eckelberry
So, typically, this entire list is male-dominated. I wonder what female partners think about this whole argument? Wait, there's a study for that: http://www.circumstitions.com/Iowa.html Alex -Original Message- From: funsec-boun...@linuxbox.org [mailto:funsec-boun...@linuxbox.org] On

Re: [funsec] DON'T DO STUPID THINGS!

2009-08-26 Thread David Harley
> OTH, if we remove all danger from society, there's not much > life left in that society. > > (Not disagreeing about stupid people, just pointing out the > other side, such as the UK's obsession with safety which has > resulted in nonsense like children not being able to play on > playgroun

Re: [funsec] OT: CDC recommends male circumcision as very effectiveto fight HIV (AIDS)

2009-08-26 Thread Andy Sutton
On Wed, 2009-08-26 at 07:02 -0400, Alex Eckelberry wrote: > So, typically, this entire list is male-dominated. I wonder what > female partners think about this whole argument? At the time I asked what my wife thought. Her reply was it was more about what it *does* than looks like - form over su

[funsec] Microsoft in Web photo racism row

2009-08-26 Thread Juha-Matti Laurio
"Software giant Microsoft has apologised for editing a photo to change a black man's head to that of a white man. The picture, showing employees sitting around a desk, appeared unaltered on the firm's US website." --clip-- And look into this: But on the website of its Polish business unit the b

Re: [funsec] Microsoft in Web photo racism row

2009-08-26 Thread G. D. Fuego
I really have to wonder if this was just a case of some employee deciding to add themselves to the image. On Aug 26, 2009, at 11:34 AM, Juha-Matti Laurio wrote: > "Software giant Microsoft has apologised for editing a photo to > change a black man's head to that of a white man. > > The pictu

Re: [funsec] OT: CDC recommends male circumcision as very effectiveto fight HIV (AIDS)

2009-08-26 Thread Alex Lanstein
>>>At the time I asked what my wife thought. Her reply was it was more >>>about what it *does* than looks like - form over substance. Of course >>>she could have just been making me feel better. :) Size doesn't matter, either Alex ___ Fun and Misc

Re: [funsec] DON'T DO STUPID THINGS!

2009-08-26 Thread Drsolly
It isn't conkers that's the problem, it's people insufficiently trained in the safe use of conkers that's the problem. If conkers were banned, then only criminals would play conkers. On Wed, 26 Aug 2009, David Harley wrote: > > OTH, if we remove all danger from society, there's not much > > li

Re: [funsec] DON'T DO STUPID THINGS!

2009-08-26 Thread Larry Seltzer
I was about to ask "what's 'conkers'?", but that's what Wikipedia is for: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conker Here in America things are simpler. Kids just throw rocks at each other. Larry Seltzer Contributing Editor, PC Magazine larry_selt...@ziffdavis.com http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/

Re: [funsec] OT: CDC recommends male circumcision as very effective to fight HIV (AIDS)

2009-08-26 Thread chris
--- On Tue, 8/25/09, Alex Eckelberry wrote: > Well, it's not insignificant.  I have two boys, and the position of > the Doctors was always "it doesn't matter if you circumcise or not".  > This new statement is pretty significant -- that you can actually > protect against AIDs. It would be si

[funsec] Killer laptops ...

2009-08-26 Thread Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/08/26/bc-overheating- laptop-fire-death-vancouver.html == (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rsl...@vcn.bc.ca sl...@victoria.tc.ca rsl...@computercrime.org Twitter: the bumper sticker of the Information

Re: [funsec] DON'T DO STUPID THINGS!

2009-08-26 Thread chris
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah > wrote: > I live near a deep canyon with a river.  Every summer we wonder, every time > we hear the sirens, whether it is yet another kid who decided to jump off the > cliffs into the river. We live in a world

Re: [funsec] DON'T DO STUPID THINGS!

2009-08-26 Thread Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
> On Wed, 26 Aug 2009, David Harley wrote: > > > nannying like schools banning the playing of conkers hasn't done our public > > image any good. :( > > > > First person to mention guns gets a chestnut stake through the heart, > > though. OK, that's it. Chestnut trees are banned. =

[funsec] If Swine Flu Weren't Enough, Now There's Swine Ebola

2009-08-26 Thread Paul Ferguson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Don't worry, it can't hurt you—yet. :-) http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=swine-ebola-discovered Enjoy! - - ferg -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.3 (Build 5003) wj8DBQFKlaUiq1pz9mNUZTMRAivoAJ4nUjWYv8ArxDJiuIGnr

Re: [funsec] If Swine Flu Weren't Enough, Now There's Swine Ebola

2009-08-26 Thread chaim . rieger
When the dude said on that little hill in the middle of the desert, don't eat pork. He meant it. Ps. I don't listen to the dude --Original Message-- From: Paul Ferguson Sender: funsec-boun...@linuxbox.org To: funsec@linuxbox.org Subject: [funsec] If Swine Flu Weren't Enough, Now There's S

Re: [funsec] Microsoft in Web photo racism row

2009-08-26 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:34:56 +0300, Juha-Matti Laurio said: > And look into this: > But on the website of its Polish business unit the black man's head was > replaced > with a white face, although the colour of his hands was unchanged. Which got them a mention here: http://photoshopdisasters.b

Re: [funsec] OT: CDC recommends male circumcision as very effective to fight HIV (AIDS)

2009-08-26 Thread Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
+Date sent: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:03:31 -0700 (PDT) From: ch...@blask.org > o What is the theory about circumcision reducing AIDS? Circumcision has long been known to be effective in reducing the occurrence of all sorts of all sorts of genital infections. (Some say

Re: [funsec] Microsoft in Web photo racism row

2009-08-26 Thread Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
> On Aug 26, 2009, at 11:34 AM, Juha-Matti Laurio > wrote: > > http://lh4.ggpht.com/_EHZsoUS6SIA/SpQ93JYbf9I/Ets/2HmV595XEqk/microbloodysoft.jpg Actually, it was the white guy who was in the original. They changed it so that it would hide the fact that there was a copy of "The Protoc

Re: [funsec] Microsoft in Web photo racism row

2009-08-26 Thread Les Bell
"Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" wrote: >> They changed it so that it would hide the fact that there was a copy of "The Protocols of the Elders of Redmond" on the window ledge behind him. << That has to be a fake - the Elders came from Albuquerque and their descendants wandered in

Re: [funsec] If Swine Flu Weren't Enough, Now There's Swine Ebola

2009-08-26 Thread Rob Thompson
chaim.rie...@gmail.com wrote: > When the dude said on that little hill in the middle of the desert, don't eat > pork. He meant it. But what would life be, without bacon? *oink > > Ps. I don't listen to the dude > --Original Message-- > From: Paul Ferguson > Sender: funsec-boun...@linux

Re: [funsec] If Swine Flu Weren't Enough, Now There's Swine Ebola

2009-08-26 Thread Paul Ferguson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Rob Thompson wrote: > chaim.rie...@gmail.com wrote: >> When the dude said on that little hill in the middle of the desert, >> don't eat pork. He meant it. > > But what would life be, without bacon? > > *oink "But baco

Re: [funsec] If Swine Flu Weren't Enough, Now There's Swine Ebola

2009-08-26 Thread John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP
Itd be low fat, high misery. On 8/26/09, Rob Thompson wrote: > chaim.rie...@gmail.com wrote: >> When the dude said on that little hill in the middle of the desert, don't >> eat pork. He meant it. > > But what would life be, without bacon? > > *oink > >> >> Ps. I don't listen to the dude >> --