Monthly Archives: September 2007

Bluehost

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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 respect their service and offerings.

I also think they oversell their servers a bit too much, but their help desk staff is simply incredible.

If you need a large disk storage quota, multiple databases and a good, solid control-panel implementation, they’re not bad at all.

For small sites, however, I would recommend either LaughingSquid.net or Indra.net

Potty of Peril

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Wizzengard - The 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 discovered that the Beiers had finally added the crowning touch – a sign complete with a miniature Saruman holding a palantir.

Delightfully twisted.

Drug Companies Sending Spam

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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.

But the e-mails are not part of Pfizer’s official marketing efforts.

Pfizer’s computers appear to have been infected with malware that has transformed them into zombie computers sending spam at the behest of a hacker. Oddly enough, they are spamming the public’s inboxes with ads for the company’s own product.

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Comcast Forging Packets To Filter Torrents

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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 the Chinese government can do what they want, it turns out that Comcast may actually be violating criminal impersonation statutes in states around the country. Simply put, while it’s legal to block traffic on your network, forging data to and from customers is a big no-no.”

Police State – Show Us Your Papers OR ELSE

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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 asserting their rights and are pushing this hard.

Read the whole article, it’s chilling.

This is the first step on the slippery slope folks. We simply must NOT allow it to become commonplace.