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The Power of One… How distributed computing can change the world.
[This was originally published on Aviary Magazine and mirrored on attrition.org. The exact publish date has been lost.] October 19, 1999 – John Jackson of Montreal, Canada discovered the first million digit Mersenne prime number. John enjoyed the $50,000 reward and had his name added to the history books for his mathematical accomplishment. March 18,…
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Disclosure: Possible problems with ‘sudo’ package
During a recent client assessment, I discovered what I thought to be a bug in the ‘sudo’ package. After further investigating and talking with Todd C. Miller (the maintainer of ‘sudo’), I was informed that it was not a bug, but expected behavior under a default install. The reason for this post it to make…
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Poetry #27: nom
[This was originally published in F.U.C.K. poetry Issue #27. The publish date is approximate.] what’s in a name you ask? far from divine, it begs why not what culture has deemed so much wrong we go tiptoing through life, trying.. not to disappoint not to let down not to.. my ruling passion is spilled out…
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#563: can it feel this wrong?
[F.U.C.K. is an e-zine that I started on January 24, 1993 and ended on January 24, 2000. One concept is that articles should be timeless if possible, so they were not released with dates. As such, the date on this blog is not exact but I will try to use a date as close as…
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#549: guilt in three parts
[F.U.C.K. is an e-zine that I started on January 24, 1993 and ended on January 24, 2000. One concept is that articles should be timeless if possible, so they were not released with dates. As such, the date on this blog is not exact but I will try to use a date as close as…
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Black and White
[This was originally published in Underground Experts United Issue #440 and mirrored on attrition.org. The exact publish date is not known.] The world is grey. I see everything as it is, people for who they are. Nothing escapes my eyes. I can’t begin to comprehend the idea of color. Color seems like the perfect way…
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George
[This was originally published in Underground Experts United Issue #435 and mirrored on attrition.org. The exact publish date is not known.] “Your morning paper Mr. President.“ “Thank you Stuart.“ The President of the United States took the offered reading from his aide and continued to stir his coffee. Just like the past two years, the…
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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…
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Scenes of the Assassin
[This was originally published in Underground Experts United Issue #387 and mirrored on attrition.org. The exact publish date is not known.] The thump of the bass shook the walls throughout the club giving the perception it was in a foreign land. Fluid movement across the dance floor spilled out by the hundred or so bodies…
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Usenet is NOT a Democracy
[This was originally written for se7en, for his magazine titled “Shades of Black” and mirrored on attrition.org.] For those of you who read Usenet, you will no doubt be able to relate to the following text. For those of you who don’t know what Usenet is, read on. On the internet, Usenet exists to exchange…