At 06:58 PM 5/3/2008, Eric S. Sande wrote:
Why would you replace a proven technology that still works with a
newer technology that apparently has a shorter lifespan?
Business reason please.
Electricity use. (Energy star doesn't save you anything if you're
working on the computer.)
At 02:17 PM 4/20/2008, Tony B wrote:
Yet another reason to use OpenDNS.
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/isps-error-page.html
Usually, one uses ones ISP's DNS server because it is closest
and, therefore, fastest. It may be better to use a secure
noncommercial DNS server, such as
Begin forwarded message:
From: Jacob Appelbaum
Date: February 21, 2008 12:34:09 PM EST
To: David Farber
Subject: Cold Boot Attacks on Disk Encryption
Hi Dave,
With all of the discussions that take place daily about laptop seizures,
data breech laws and how crypto can often come to the rescue,
At 02:50 PM 2/20/2008, b_s-wilk wrote:
David, do you have a better link for this? This link goes to Page Not
Found. Almost every day reveals another outrage from the Bush
administration. It will help to find out the details of this one.
Again from Farber's list:
www.dtv.gov for information about the program
www.dtv2009.gov for your free coupons for $40 off a converter (or $80
off 2 converters).
The converters are reportedly just reaching the stores. Wal-mart has
them on-line. They have been seen in Best Buy in some remote areas of
the country. The
I have heard of people doing the following: they get select a ring
or smart ring or whatever their phone company is calling it this
month. Any directory listing for the person will be for the primary
phone number at that location. They put a fax machine on that number,
and only pick up for the
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Begin forwarded message:
From: dewayne@ (Dewayne Hendricks)
Date: February 18, 2008 6:28:21 PM EST
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Bush's IRS Wants to Make Your Tax Returns Public
[Note: This item comes from reader Jack Unger. DLH]
From:
At 04:10 PM 2/19/2008, Tony B wrote:
We get no unsolicited calls at all on our VOIP line. I think I'm on
the Do Not Call list, but that wouldn't explain the lack of calls from
political candidates. Maybe the DC area code misleads them? But then,
why don't I get calls from DC area candidates?
bureaus up and down the east coast in my dialing directory
Fred Holmes
At 02:02 PM 2/19/2008, David Chessler wrote:
I'm now starting to get text-message spam on my cell phone. This
annoys me because my plan requires me to pay for all text messages
(I don't use the feature myself). It's
At 06:54 PM 2/19/2008, gerald wrote:
I think one of the reasons this recorded message from an 800 number
is so popular is that it is really cheap.
800 numbers are actually inward WATS. A PBX can be programmed to
provide any number you want. Large corporations will program it to
give the
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080211/ap_on_hi_te/starbucks_at_t_8;_ylt=AuOUvO8jwnK2DrKPzHXMNzYE1vAI
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080211/ap_on_hi_te/starbucks_at_t_8;_ylt=AuOUvO8jwnK2DrKPzHXMNzYE1vAI
:30 AM 2/10/2008, Wayne Dernoncourt wrote:
David Chessler
At 09:49 PM 2/9/2008, Tony B wrote:
I'm not sure I believe this. Once it's been determined
you've used TC, wouldn't there then be an assumption
the outer container was just anouter container?
I mean, a robber's purse is not a new concept
At 02:54 PM 2/9/2008, John DeCarlo wrote:
On Feb 9, 2008 11:47 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But, considering how easy it still is for investigators to slip bombs,
knives, guns, etc. through existing TSA security, it hardly seems worth it.
There's a CBS video of someone
they want to keep the secret for the big fish, just as Churchill did
not warn about the Coventry raid because he wanted to retain the Enigma secret.
On 2/9/08 19:35, David Chessler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Read it again. It's not the TSA. It's customs, and it's not clear
what threat they're
At 09:49 PM 2/9/2008, Tony B wrote:
I'm not sure I believe this. Once it's been determined you've used TC,
wouldn't there then be an assumption the outer container was just an
outer container?
I mean, a robber's purse is not a new concept.
Check the documentation. The source code is on line.
Note that it is now considered important to encrypt commercially
sensitive information on a laptop in case the machine is lost or stolen.
From: David Farber [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: ip [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Sashikumar N [sashikumar.n@ ]
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 1:46 PM
To: David Farber
Subject: U.S. Agents Seize Travelers' Devices
Dear Prof Dave,
Happen to read this link from
From: Brock N. Meeks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: David Farber
Subject: Re: [IP] U.S. Agents Seize Travelers' Devices
The TSA has it's own blog; no I'm not joking. And neither are the folks at
TSA. The site is taking all manner of comment, cranky, cryptic or
There are some programs that have lousy encryption. Check the
manufacturer to see if this is one of them.
It is not recommended to have only one or a few passwords, because if
you are compromised in one place you will be compromised in all.
Thus, if you do use biometric encryption, use some
At 05:51 PM 12/18/2007, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
This has happened to me before. They will build up a 100%
reputation and then sell a whole bunch of stuff in a short amount of
time and not deliver then their rating plummets.
You do a dispute resolution with Ebay but that has nothing to
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/ha/high-schooler-gets-detention-for-using-firefox-334477.php
Note the bottom of the page. Someone altered (photoshopped) the
detention letter.
* == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the
* Original: FROM. Roy
I was amazed to find the latest empirical research on
different [aluminum foil] helmet designs, at:
http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/.
This seems to be a significant update on the previously
standard reference at:
http://zapatopi.net/afdb/!
http://www.thetravelinsider.info/2007/email0427.htm
Ouch. I just tried to add the link to the column up above and
FrontPage crashed. You see, there is a bug when you try and run
Microsoft's own FrontPage program in Microsoft's own Windows Vista
operating system. Every time you try and add
At 09:05 PM 4/10/2007, Steve Rigby wrote:
On Apr 10, 2007, at 7:50 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
Once an hour at the Franklin Institute. I wonder if they still do this?
I lost a bunch of stuff from a lightning hit. It took out a
computer, which was unplugged and disconnected from the telephone
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