The church of the flying spaghetti monster is publishing a book …
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What are they smoking?
The federal government’s two-year-old anti-spam law is helping to cut back on unsolicited bulk e-mail, but more must be done to fight the problem. Those are the conclusions of a Federal Trade Commission report, released today, on how well the law is working.
– ABC News — Spam Slayer: FTC’s CAN-SPAM Report Card
Uh yeah … right.
I think the FTC needs to take a good long hard look at the internet again and rethink their statement.
CANSPAM did absolutely nothing … because the people sending spam are totally unconcerned about the laws of the U.S.
The spam my server receives has only INCREASED in the last year.
And, as long as the internet is unregulated, the spam will only continue to increase.
Please note: I am NOT advocating regulation of the internet.
If the government wants to put some legislation in place to help combat spam … put some penalties on running open relays, open proxies, and failure to implement anti-virus & anti-worm technologies on computers.
[tags]Spam, Government, FTC[/tags]
Riley has a blog
Caffeine
Decaffeinated — not caffeinated — coffee may cause an increase in harmful LDL cholesterol by increasing a specific type of blood fat linked to the metabolic syndrome, hints a new study presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2005.
– American Heart Association — Drinking decaffeinated coffee may be harmful to heart health
Seattlites (Ginny included) rejoice! 🙂
Catchup
Oh boy … it’s been a while since I did a serious post here. Time to do some catch up.
- My blog feed is now handled through Feedburner. This will allow me to get some stats on my readership. I was quite surprised to see that there are 28 people reading my blog through various mechanims.
- The people who are promoting intelligent design are total idiots. The idea that they would want to replace science with religion is total bullshit.
- Work has been kind of crazy lately … the project I’ve been working on is in full swing and I’m pretty much heads down on it. I’ll be glad when it’s done … not only will it be a load off my mind … but it will be a very very cool feature. Also, I got a raise today!
- Last Saturday, Ginny and I went to see “Beauty and the Beast” by the Highland Park Players … a local community theater group. Our friend Earle was playing Monsieur D’Arque. He only had one significant part, but it was prominent. The show was quite good. Didn’t have the polish that the Marriott Theater production did … but it was fun none the less.
- Speaking of theater … we went to see “Footloose” at the Marriott two weeks ago … I was not impressed. The singing was so-so and the dancing was ‘eh’. There were a few good numbers, but as a whole it didn’t work for me.
- Riley loves the laser pointer. He also likes lower tech toys like a piece of string. He doesn’t seem to go for the cat toys though.
Well, that’s all the news that’s fit to print right now. I’ll try to keep more current in the future.
Questions
- Why do you drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?
- Why does the Elgin – O’Hare Expressway (in the Chicago area) go to neither Elgin nor O’Hare?
- Is it just me, or are there more maniacs on the road these days?
- Who ever came up with rethorical questions anyways?
Which Character Are You?
Ugly Car
Today I saw one of the ugliest cars I think I’ve ever seen …
… an orange Porsche 911.
Now I’m not a huge fan of Porsche’s … but I don’t hate them.
This car, however, was just plain ugly.
Kind of wish I had taken a picture of it.
Top 10 Fuel Ratings
Ford Motor Co., with its hybrid SUVs, is the only American carmaker to crack the top-10 fuel economy list for 2006 vehicles … Ford Escape hybrid SUVs, two-wheel and four-wheel drive, round out the list.
– Ford only US firm in top 10 for fuel rating – The Boston Globe
Way cool!
Although I didn’t realize the Honda Insight got that great milage … I thought it was just a ‘mild hybrid’.
I’ll have to ask Dennis about that.
[tags]Cars, escape hybrid, environment[/tags]
Developer Liability
Security expert Howard Schmidt wants coders to be held responsible for vulnerabilities in their code, but others say their employers should be held to account
– Developers ‘should be liable’ for security holes – CNET
Yeah right … blame the programmer … not the company.
Um, folks, who’s responsible for NOT doing sufficient QA on the code?
Program bugs are inevitable … that’s the nature of things. Those bugs, however, should be caught before the code is released. That’s what QA is all about.
[tags]Software, Bugs, Security[/tags]