Re: [funsec] simple question

2009-12-03 Thread Drsolly
On Thu, 3 Dec 2009, RandallM wrote: > If we have "fudged" climate, how much on "evolution" evidence to fit theories? > > Possible? You're right! And what about this god theory! Possible? ___ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://lin

Re: [funsec] Resources on political thinking

2009-12-03 Thread Drsolly
On Fri, 4 Dec 2009, Peter Evans wrote: > On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 06:07:51PM -0800, Robert Graham wrote: > > Look at "The thick of it". > > Never heard of it before. Just downloaded some episodes and watched > > them. I'm not sure what it has to do about political thinking BUT OMG > > THE SWE

Re: [funsec] simple question

2009-12-03 Thread Dan White
On 03/12/09 18:21 -0600, RandallM wrote: >If we have "fudged" climate, how much on "evolution" evidence to fit theories? > >Possible? Not just possible - likely. The debate around evolution and creation theories continues to show just how desperate evolutionists are in forcing their ideas down our

Re: [funsec] Resources on political thinking

2009-12-03 Thread Robert Graham
Look at "The thick of it". Never heard of it before. Just downloaded some episodes and watched them. I'm not sure what it has to do about political thinking BUT OMG THE SWEARING IS AWESOME. Great gift for your friend's teenage kids to educate them about British culture. Your friends will

Re: [funsec] Resources on political thinking

2009-12-03 Thread Gadi Evron
Drsolly wrote: > On Thu, 3 Dec 2009, Gadi Evron wrote: > >> Drsolly wrote: >>> Look at "The thick of it". >> Watched it. Haven't managed to connect with it or understand why it is >> brilliant. > > It looks *so* like politicians look to me. Each week, they create a > crisis, and try to solve it

[funsec] simple question

2009-12-03 Thread RandallM
If we have "fudged" climate, how much on "evolution" evidence to fit theories? Possible? -- been great, thanks a.k.a System ___ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public

[funsec] Gore cancels

2009-12-03 Thread RandallM
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/03/al-gore-cancels-climate-lecture-copenhagen/ -- been great, thanks a.k.a System ___ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public an

Re: [funsec] Resources on political thinking

2009-12-03 Thread Drsolly
On Thu, 3 Dec 2009, Gadi Evron wrote: > Drsolly wrote: > > Look at "The thick of it". > > Watched it. Haven't managed to connect with it or understand why it is > brilliant. It looks *so* like politicians look to me. Each week, they create a crisis, and try to solve it, and fail. No, I actu

Re: [funsec] Black screen

2009-12-03 Thread Nick FitzGerald
Robert Slade wrote: > Microsoft has announced, today, that they have absolutely no idea > what the problem is, but it is *not* *their* *fault*. As a news story, this started several days back: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/30/prevx_microsoft_black_screen/ http://www.theregister.co

Re: [funsec] Resources on political thinking

2009-12-03 Thread robert_mcmillan
That's a great list, Gadi. This definitely falls in to the "for fun" category. One of my favorites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Cards ___ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Not

[funsec] [Fwd: Flash Media Servers as Open Proxies]

2009-12-03 Thread Jon Kibler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - From NANOG. Anyone have more details regarding this? Jon - -- Jon R. Kibler Chief Technical Officer Advanced Systems Engineering Technology, Inc. Charleston, SC USA o: 843-849-8214 c: 843-813-2924 s: 843-564-4224 s: JonRKibler e: jon.kib...@aset.c

[funsec] PayPal Admits to Phishing!!!

2009-12-03 Thread Randy Abrams
I blogged this at the ESET site. I replied to an actual, legitimate PayPal email and complained to them that by including links in it they make it look exactly like a phishing email. The response to seeing a copy of their own, legitimate email? - Hello Randy Abr

Re: [funsec] Resources on political thinking

2009-12-03 Thread Gadi Evron
Drsolly wrote: > Look at "The thick of it". Watched it. Haven't managed to connect with it or understand why it is brilliant. > > On Thu, 3 Dec 2009, Martin Tomasek wrote: > >> Gadi Evron wrote: >>> What is your favorite reference on the subject? Or a situation you >>> encountered which you

Re: [funsec] Was the ClimateGate Hacker Justified? Join the Debate!

2009-12-03 Thread Martin Tomasek
valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: 1) Can you measure temperature with error less than 0.1C? Why do you *think* they take a whole bunch of measurements and average them? Because they believe averaging will reduce that error. I think they are mistaken. 2) Do you know about how big is

Re: [funsec] Was the ClimateGate Hacker Justified? Join the Debate!

2009-12-03 Thread Wes Deviers
On Thursday 03 December 2009 10:08:03 am valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > > 4) Do you know that most of temperature measurement is done in urban > > areas, biasing the measurement? > > I'm pretty sure everybody is pretty aware it's warmer in the cities, that > effect has been understood for cent

Re: [funsec] Resources on political thinking

2009-12-03 Thread Drsolly
Look at "The thick of it". On Thu, 3 Dec 2009, Martin Tomasek wrote: > Gadi Evron wrote: > > What is your favorite reference on the subject? Or a situation you > > encountered which you found fascinating? > > > > Resources: > > > > 1. Yes Minister / Yes Prime Minister > > > > The best. > >

Re: [funsec] Black screen

2009-12-03 Thread Juha-Matti Laurio
Yeah, at http://www.prevx.com/blog/141/Windows-Black-Screen-Root-Cause.html Juha-Matti Larry Seltzer [la...@larryseltzer.com] kirjoitti: > And the company that issued the alert has issued a groveling apology > since > > Larry Seltzer > Contributing Editor, PC Magazine > larry_selt...@ziffdavis.

Re: [funsec] Black screen

2009-12-03 Thread Drsolly
Of course it isn't their fault. Fortunately, I'm not affected by problems that aren't Microsoft's fault. On Thu, 3 Dec 2009, Robert Slade wrote: > Apparently some users of Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 are seeing a > problem with the computer will boot up to a black screen. > > Microsoft ha

Re: [funsec] Was the ClimateGate Hacker Justified? Join the Debate!

2009-12-03 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:51:54 +0100, Martin Tomasek said: ooh.. straw man arguments. Where's my Zippo? > 1) Can you measure temperature with error less than 0.1C? Why do you *think* they take a whole bunch of measurements and average them? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_large_numbers > 2)

Re: [funsec] Black screen

2009-12-03 Thread Larry Seltzer
And the company that issued the alert has issued a groveling apology since Larry Seltzer Contributing Editor, PC Magazine larry_selt...@ziffdavis.com http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/ -Original Message- From: funsec-boun...@linuxbox.org [mailto:funsec-boun...@linuxbox.org] On Behalf

Re: [funsec] Black screen

2009-12-03 Thread Martin Tomasek
Robert Slade wrote: > Apparently some users of Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 are seeing a > problem with the computer will boot up to a black screen. > > Microsoft has announced, today, that they have absolutely no idea what the > problem is, but it is *not* *their* *fault*. > Tell them to

Re: [funsec] Resources on political thinking

2009-12-03 Thread Martin Tomasek
Gadi Evron wrote: What is your favorite reference on the subject? Or a situation you encountered which you found fascinating? Resources: 1. Yes Minister / Yes Prime Minister The best. 7. George Orwell George Orwell's political satire is not about big brother, that is just a theme in h

Re: [funsec] Black screen

2009-12-03 Thread Larry Seltzer
They didn't say they have no idea, it's most likely malware. But it's not a common problem. Black screen bugs are old stuff in Windows for a variety of reasons. Larry Seltzer Contributing Editor, PC Magazine larry_selt...@ziffdavis.com http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/ __

[funsec] Black screen

2009-12-03 Thread Robert Slade
Apparently some users of Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 are seeing a problem with the computer will boot up to a black screen. Microsoft has announced, today, that they have absolutely no idea what the problem is, but it is *not* *their* *fault*. (Yes, I know it is Friday in NZ. No, this is

[funsec] Resources on political thinking

2009-12-03 Thread Gadi Evron
Be it political communication, dirty tricks, strategy for survival, organizational psychology, manipulation, rhetoric, creating change or managing campaigns, what are good resources for learning political thinking? I'd like to share the best of the coolest resources I found over the years on po

Re: [funsec] Was the ClimateGate Hacker Justified? Join the Debate!

2009-12-03 Thread Martin Tomasek
Rich Kulawiec wrote: > Can you -- generic you -- right here, right now, without any help, > state the three laws of thermodynamics, give an example of a perturbation > function, explain the carbon dioxide phase diagram, and solve a partial > differential equation? If not, then you really should n