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Wikipedia’s article of the day a few days ago was The Storm Botnet and it was a fascinating read. I follow computer security pretty closely and knew the general concept of Botnets. A botnet is a group of unsuspecting computers doing the bidding of computer crackers. Typically, a Windows machine gets infected somehow and then […]

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A spine-chilling tale of a keycard-operated door with a mind of its own. Click. Click. *Click*.
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Fun story about a father who’s teenage son got “caught up” in a murderous drug ring
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Early reports state that the Navy successfully launched a missile that struck the failed US spy satellite over the Pacific Ocean. More details were not available but debris should begin reentering the atmosphere along the next few orbits. Ostensibly, the shootdown was supposed to rupture a hydrazine fuel take but many believe that the shootdown […]

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News reports state that tonight’s spy satellite shootdown may be delayed due to rough seas affecting the area where the US Navy cruiser Lake Erie. Here is a Pacific ocean wave height map from Weather Underground.

It’s good to see that the ballistic missile defense tests need perfect and contrived conditions for there to be success. […]

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The Shuttle has undocked from the Space Station and is scheduled to land in Florida or California tomorrow. The Navy is probably going to take its first shot at the satellite on Thursday. Meanwhile, some modeling on population densities where the satellite could come down (basically between 58° N and 58° S latitude), agree with […]

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Today, the news media reported that the Pentagon has decided to “shoot down” an spy satellite that failed to reach orbit. The satellite is in a very low orbit and is hitting the tenuous upper atmosphere enough to cause it to come down on its own in a few weeks. The problem is, that no […]

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The first computer I wanted was an Apple IIc. My cousin had an Apple ][e and I often played with my neighbor’s Apple ][. When the Apple IIc was announced in 1984, I really wanted one. I had a paperback copy of Going Places with the New Apple IIc which I read cover to cover […]

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About a week ago, I bought the newest Mac system software, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. This a pretty big update with a lot of new features and a lot of behind the scenes technological improvements. I run a pretty stock system, so I wasn’t too worried about upgrade problems but I made sure I […]

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Apple’s tech support articles are usually pretty dry, but this one is a gem.
As if it were a swarm of bees, you should stay away from the SyncServices folder in Mac OS X 10.4.
I haven’t laughed at a tech support article since I read the Technical Note about Clarus the Dogcow back in April 1989.

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