Category: Gripes
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Hypersensitive Computer Displays
I’ve noticed this many times over the last decade. computerized display systems are often hypersensitive to the point of being silly and absurd. Years ago I noticed downloading files via some clients would show me the speed of the transfer to the Nth place, where N is totally ridiculous. I was getting 83.92384293842903k download and…
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Pet Stores Should Be Subject to Stricter Laws
in the world of pets, there is obviously a wide variety of animals. if i were to break it down into two major types off hand, it would be ‘most pets’ and ‘exotic pets’. some regular pets exhibit many of the same mannerisms as exotics, and they can even share some food, treats, litter and…
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News Pundits, the Real Tragedy
windbags like Nancy Grace are saying she will *demand* answers about why there wasn’t a better response, why students weren’t told about the shooter, how they could have saved 31 lives if they had, and why [person|group] didn’t [act|react] to [incident|shooter|actions]. she is pointing fingers at the campus administration for not having a better incident…
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General TV Complaint
I’ve thought about this post in my mind for the last two years, since I’ve started watching more tv shows. thank $deity for torrents and a 19″ monitor, because i certainly can’t watch the shows on the network’s time tables. yes, i pay 55 bucks a month for extended cable and *never* turn my TV…
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Why VDBs > AV Industry
[This was originally published on the OSVDB blog.] Remember the recent Microsoft Windows WMF vulnerability that made news? You know, the “Shimgvw.dll SETABORTPROC function crafted WMF arbitrary code execution” issue? This was assigned OSVDB 21987, CVE 2005-4560, CERT VU 181038, BID 16074, FRSIRT ADV-2005-3086, OVAL 1433, SECTRACK 1015416, and Secunia 18255. While the vulnerability has…
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National Cyber Security Awareness Month
[This was originally published on the OSVDB blog.] October has been named “National Cyber Security Awareness Month” by some. From a news article about this: New York State, the University of North Carolina and the city of Charlotte, N.C., are joining the Department of Homeland Security, the National Cyber Security Alliance and numerous companies from…
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DVD Industry Scams and Shortcomings
[written years ago, just found and posting here] the DVD industry is getting worse and worse. i wrote this in September of 2004 and laugh a bit as the problem is still getting worse. instead of selling us copies of movies for home viewing, the industry seems to go overboard in finding new angles on…
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Screw the thief. Convict the state department morons…
[This is a rebuttal/rant in which I ‘reply’ to various parts of a news article, originally published on attrition.org. This version has been updated for style.] Desperate US offers 25,000 dollars for missing State Department laptophttps://seclists.org/isn/2000/Aug/53 (Original now 404)Thursday, August 10 4:20 AM SGT WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (AFP) – Apparently frustrated and desperate for leadsafter…
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Who did you talk to?
[This was originally published in Capital of Nasty Volume IV Issue 17 and mirrored on attrition.org.] I forget if it was a bank or Credit Card Company or the phone company that I was ‘talking’ with. I think anyone nearby would have classified it as an argument from the tone and volume of my voice.…
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An Open Letter to Michael Paul and Associates
[This was originally published on attrition.org. The exact date is not known.] Dear Michael Paul & Associates, Recently I have been given a copy of “Satanism in America“. This book was designed to make people aware of Satanism. Although I do not attend church (any church) I do not approve of Satanism in anyway. Reading…