Monthly Archives: September 2007

Bluehost

I have updated my opinion on the hosting company BlueHost.com. Even though they persist in NOT making it clear that signing up obligates the user to pay for a full year of hosting -all at once- I have come to … Continue reading

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Must be the needles

From Silly Buddies…

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Potty of Peril

Our friends Marty and Kate Beier are delightfully twisted people. After several years of sharing adjoining campground properties, we finally installed a (slightly used) outbuilding that was immediately christened ‘Wizzengard’ due to it’s tall stature. During a recent visit I … Continue reading

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5806 Failures

Caught Spam Akismet has caught 5,806 spam for you since you first installed it. – Not one got by. Spammers = slime. Weak, foolish and clownlike. Akismet crushes them like tiny dung beetles. Your idiot ads will never despoil my … Continue reading

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Drug Companies Sending Spam

Zombie Pfizer Computers Spew Viagra Spam By Ryan Singel – Wired Computers inside pharmaceutical giant Pfizer’s network are spamming the internet with e-mails touting the company’s flagship erectile-enhancement drug Viagra, along with ads for knockoff Rolexes and shady junk stocks. … Continue reading

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Comcast Forging Packets To Filter Torrents

From Slashdot “It’s been widely reported by now that Comcast is throttling BitTorrent traffic. What has escaped attention is the fact that Comcast, like the Great Firewall of China uses forged TCP Reset (RST) packets to do the job. While … Continue reading

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Police State – Show Us Your Papers OR ELSE

Well, it’s happened again – police arrested a man because he refused to show an ID. Post on arrestee’s site This insanity has GOT TO STOP. The police are clearly scared out of their minds that people will suddenly start … Continue reading

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