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Quick info, July 21

Friday, July 21, 2006 4:54:08 AM

A True Ninja Hacker Is Like The Wind Thu, 20 Jul 2006
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*** DMI Indication ***
Severity = Critical
Event Type = Physical Container Security Breach
Origination = QCINSQL02
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The source of the alert was the chassis intrusion switch: one of the servers in the (highly secure) datacenter was opened.
Ten questions for David Storey 21-July-06
David Storey is the Chief Web Opener at Opera Software, based in Oslo, Norway.
MySpace faces security problems Friday, 21 July 2006
Only those who use MySpace via Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser and have not patched - or fixed - that program against the so-called Windows MetaFile (WMF) bug are vulnerable to the rogue advert.
Children need even more exercise Thursday, 20 July 2006
Children should do at least 90 minutes exercise each day, experts say. [...] If current trends continue, half of all children in England could be obese by 2020.

"Most kids in a previous generation had to walk to school, cycle to school or catch a bus."
Phones and MP3s fuel robbery rise Thursday, 20 July 2006
A rise in young people carrying mobile phones and MP3 players is being blamed for street robberies and muggings jumping by 8% last year.

The latest crime figures include a 10% rise in gunpoint robberies.

Over here, I get offered a "cheap" camera on the street disturbingly often. But those really do fall out of transport trucks more often than mobile phones.
Bees and flowers decline in step Thursday, 20 July 2006
Diversity in bees and wild flowers is declining together, at least in Britain and the Netherlands, research shows.
[...]
Bee species which rely on certain plants, and plants which rely on certain bees, have fared worse; more flexible species of both have done better.
Antibiotic runny nose 'warning' Thursday, 20 July 2006
They found antibiotics benefited only one in seven people as the runny nose would normally clear up by itself, the British Medical Journal reported.

Words
Rube Goldberg \ROOB-GOALD-berg\ -adjective- accomplishing by complex means what seemingly could be done simply; also characterized by such complex means
DMI -?- Digital Multiplex Interface

Comics

- Today I had the choice of doing something important that no one would ever realize or doing something useless that would look like an accomplishment. So I attended meetings until I could no longer appreciate the difference.
- Keep up the good work.
Looking for love in all the wrong places, Tatsuya Ishida

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