[funsec] NASA on 2012 crap - excellent

2009-11-17 Thread Gadi Evron
http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/ask-an-astrobiologist/intro/nibiru-and-doomsday-2012-questions-and-answers ___ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.

Re: [funsec] NASA on 2012 crap - excellent

2009-11-17 Thread Alex Eckelberry
This is good. There is such a huge amount of unadulterated BS on 2012. -Original Message- From: funsec-boun...@linuxbox.org [mailto:funsec-boun...@linuxbox.org] On Behalf Of Gadi Evron Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 1:29 PM To: funsec Subject: [funsec] NASA on 2012 crap - excellent h

Re: [funsec] NASA on 2012 crap - excellent

2009-11-17 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:29:14 +0200, Gadi Evron said: > http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/ask-an-astrobiologist/intro/nibiru-and-doomsday-2012-questions-and-answers Really nice writeup. Too bad the people who *need* to read it won't. pgpyMG363ZzHv.pgp Description: PGP signature __

Re: [funsec] NASA on 2012 crap - excellent

2009-11-17 Thread Gadi Evron
Alex Eckelberry wrote: > This is good. There is such a huge amount of unadulterated BS on 2012. > "My calendar ends on the 31st of December, the end is nearer than you thought!" brilliant! (via Ross Rader) > > -Original Message- > From: funsec-boun...@linuxbox.org [mailto:funsec-b

Re: [funsec] NASA on 2012 crap - excellent

2009-11-17 Thread Larry Seltzer
>> >> http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/ask-an-astrobiologist/intro/nibiru-and-doom sday-2012-questions-and-answers >>Really nice writeup. Too bad the people who *need* to read it won't. The world's full of people who believe in Bigfoot and that God created the universe in 6 days (and then went down t

Re: [funsec] NASA on 2012 crap - excellent

2009-11-17 Thread Rich Kulawiec
The sad thing is that this actually needed to be written. But it reinforces something I've come to realize over the past decade: most of the political labels tossed around simply aren't accurate any more. The schism (at least in the US) is between the reality-based community and those who buy in

Re: [funsec] NASA on 2012 crap - excellent

2009-11-17 Thread Paul Ferguson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Larry Seltzer wrote: >>> >> > http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/ask-an-astrobiologist/intro/nibiru-and-doom > sday-2012-questions-and-answers >>>Really nice writeup. Too bad the people who *need* to read it won't. > > Th

Re: [funsec] NASA on 2012 crap - excellent

2009-11-17 Thread steve pirk [egrep]
Not sure if this is the same person, but on npr weekend edition, a NASA scientist was interviewed about his frustration in reading and replying to the hundreds of emails they get [apparently, they try and answer them]. I was impressed... --steve On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:25, Rich Kulawiec wrote:

[funsec] Gartner sued...

2009-11-17 Thread Alex Eckelberry
I assure you that there is a fair amount of Schadenfreude on this one in the industry. http://tinyurl.com/yavns2d A recent lawsuit against Gartner accused the IT research giant's Magic Quadrant of being misleading and unfair. Brought by ZL Technologies of San Jose, Calif., the e-mail archivin

Re: [funsec] Dangerous promises...

2009-11-17 Thread Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
Date sent: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:32:34 -0800 From: robert_mcmil...@idg.com > Anybody know anything about this? > > http://www.inzerosystems.com/ Sounds like a centrally managed firewall system. == (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rsl.

Re: [funsec] NASA on 2012 crap - excellent

2009-11-17 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 02:08:00PM -0500, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > Really nice writeup. Too bad the people who *need* to read it won't. This does, however, suggest a "B Ark" solution. We'll need to identify a fault zone, volcano, or similar likely to experience a significant event on 12/

[funsec] So maybe the SSL bug is a non-issue ...

2009-11-17 Thread Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
and then again, maybe it's not ... More on the SSL/TLS renegotiation vulnerability - Twitter exploit http://bit.ly/2BDGBu (The Register) http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/14/ssl_renegotiation_bug_exploited/ (It sounds as if this exploit is system specific, and obvious unless behind a clien

Re: [funsec] Gartner sued...

2009-11-17 Thread robert_mcmillan
This may be a better link to that story. http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/continuity/features/article.php/3848461 Bob wrote on 11/17/2009 01:31:25 PM: > From: Alex Eckelberry > To: funsec > Date: 11/17/2009 01:46 PM > Subject: [funsec] Gartner sued... > Sent by: > > I assure you that

Re: [funsec] NASA on 2012 crap - excellent

2009-11-17 Thread Blanchard_Michael
I love it! But if we do that, won't the rest of us catch a virus and possibly die from an un-sanitized phone receiver? Michael P. Blanchard Senior Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE Office of Information Security & Risk Management EMC ² Corporation 4400 Computer Dr. Westboro,

Re: [funsec] Gartner sued...

2009-11-17 Thread Adriel T. Desautels
it all depends on how much you pay them On Nov 17, 2009, at 4:31 PM, Alex Eckelberry wrote: > I assure you that there is a fair amount of Schadenfreude on this > one in the industry. > > http://tinyurl.com/yavns2d > A recent lawsuit against Gartner accused the IT research giant's > Magic

Re: [funsec] NASA on 2012 crap - excellent

2009-11-17 Thread Nick FitzGerald
Rich Kulawiec wrote: > The sad thing is that this actually needed to be written. But it reinforces > something I've come to realize over the past decade: most of the political ^^^ > labels tossed around simply aren't accurate any more. The schism

Re: [funsec] NASA on 2012 crap - excellent

2009-11-17 Thread Dan White
On 17/11/09 14:49 -0500, Larry Seltzer wrote: >>> >> >http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/ask-an-astrobiologist/intro/nibiru-and-doom >sday-2012-questions-and-answers >>>Really nice writeup. Too bad the people who *need* to read it won't. > >The world's full of people who believe in Bigfoot and that God

Re: [funsec] So maybe the SSL bug is a non-issue ...

2009-11-17 Thread Larry Seltzer
>>(It sounds as if this exploit is system specific, and obvious unless behind a client, but even so ...) Tim Callan of VeriSign pointed this out on his blog: https://blogs.verisign.com/ssl-blog/2009/11/more_on_the_ssl_renegotiatio n.php The command inserted was in fact an exploit of "...a vulnera

Re: [funsec] NASA on 2012 crap - excellent

2009-11-17 Thread Ned Fleming
On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:25:10 -0500, Rich Kulawiec wrote: > >The sad thing is that this actually needed to be written. But it reinforces >something I've come to realize over the past decade: most of the political >labels tossed around simply aren't accurate any more. The schism (at least >in th

Re: [funsec] NASA on 2012 crap - excellent

2009-11-17 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:34:30 EST, Rich Kulawiec said: > This does, however, suggest a "B Ark" solution. We'll need to identify > a fault zone, volcano, or similar likely to experience a significant > event on 12/21/2012, Thermonuclear device. Ain't nothing gonna happen that day unless we make

Re: [funsec] NASA on 2012 crap - excellent

2009-11-17 Thread chris
--- On Tue, 11/17/09, Rich Kulawiec wrote: > The schism (at least in the US) is between the reality-based community and > those who buy into mythology, racism, bigotry, fears, and hype. Bingo. As someone who has argued for (and against) the ideals of both political 'sides' it has become very

Re: [funsec] NASA on 2012 crap - excellent

2009-11-17 Thread Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
Date sent: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:49:55 -0500 From: Larry Seltzer > Is there really any more belief in 2012 than the usual crackpot > elements? It got made into a major movie, with a major advertising budget. (I understand half the cost of making a movie goes into a

Re: [funsec] NASA on 2012 crap - excellent

2009-11-17 Thread Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
Date sent: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:45:14 +0200 From: Gadi Evron > "My calendar ends on the 31st of December, the end is nearer than you > thought!" brilliant! I've got a few days on you. My (weekly) appointment calendar ends Jan. 3 ... == (quote

Re: [funsec] NASA on 2012 crap - excellent

2009-11-17 Thread chris
--- On Tue, 11/17/09, Dan White wrote: > I think there exists now, more than ever, bubble environments > online for people to re-enforce their instinct and belief systems. .d. > The same is true for someone who wants to believe any political > or disaster conspiracy under, and including, the m

Re: [funsec] NASA on 2012 crap - excellent

2009-11-17 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:17:59AM +0900, Peter Evans wrote: > Oh no. I'll be left all alone! My calendar ends in April sometime. Did you see 2:17 worth of that day when you blacked out? ---Rsk ___ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. ht

[funsec] Onstar - throwing the baby out with the bath water

2009-11-17 Thread Dan White
http://tinyurl.com/yf7hq82 I'm left wondering if anybody bothered to get the poor girl out of the car before they replaced it. -- Dan White ___ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: