Nothing So Strange

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Re: Strange Java Loader (not so strange
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Re: Strange Java Loader (not so strange
- Trojan.ByteVerify) 12/30/2004 09:51 PM
K-OTiK Security (Dec 30 2004)

We all need a little strange sometimes

We all need a little strange sometimes 11/17/2003 07:48 PM
Laura’s Blog .. RockerGirl .. Laura

rockergirl.zapto.org
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Strange Attractores

Strange Attractores 09/06/2004 12:12 AM
Strange Attractors ~ 12 independent animators from Australia have set up a showcase of animated films. (via Cartoon Brew)

Strange Dolls

Strange Dolls 03/30/2005 07:38 AM
Strange Dolls

strangedolls.net
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The internet is strange

The internet is strange 09/03/2004 06:18 AM
T his guy complains that his dog's blog gets more hits than his own blog.

Well, the dog blog is written in dog. And on the internet, nobody knows you're a dog... So obviously, there must be a lot of dogs about. More than you might think.

Ruff, ruff ruff ruff ruff. Ruff ruff ruff ruff, ruff ruff ruff ruff ruff.

Ja sama suomeksi: hau, vuh vuh vuh vuh. Vuh hau, grrr vuh vuh.

Strange alliance

Strange alliance 07/09/2004 08:34 AM
Why is Rupert Murdoch's media empire publishing Ralph Nader's latest tome?

the law + sex = strange bedfellows

the law + sex = strange bedfellows 07/21/2004 04:40 PM
How does same sex marriage differ from heterosexual marriage? It may really be until death do us part. or Awkward things happen when legislative debate trails judicial necessity.

Strange names are okay

Strange names are okay 05/01/2004 03:23 AM

I got an email from a friend asking if "RSS" is really the best name for the activity of creating and reading XML-based news feeds. I think it is, because if there was only going to be one name for the activity, RSS would have to be it. I can prove it. Suppose you call it XYZ and convince some people to call it that. Then some people will call it RSS and other people will call it XYZ. Unless you can convince everyone to change, which is a very hard thing to do, you're going to have two names for one thing, which is more than twice as confusing as one name.

An example. I use a GSM phone in Europe. I even met the people who designed it. I have absolutely no idea what it stands for and I don't need or want to know.

Another example. In Germany the high speed trains are called ICE. When I got on my first train, the American than I am, I called it an ice-train. The conductor explained that it's an acronym. I-C-E. What does it stand for? Inter City Express. This in a country where the first and only language is German. An English acronym is the name of their high speed rail system, one that they are justifiably proud of.

All around us are things which have incomprehensible names. Eventually that fades into the background and they become new words in our common vocabulary, familiar and happy. Like TV. What is that short for? Tele Vision. What the hell does that mean?

One more. Read the title of this section. Okay. Now think about that for a minute. It's a fairly universal cross-language word for "got it." We all say okay all the time. It's an acronym, right? What is it an acronym for? I bet you'll be surprised.

new strange worm

new strange worm 04/13/2004 12:43 AM
Alex Gen (Apr 12 2004)

Omnicare's Strange Buy

Omnicare's Strange Buy 01/04/2005 01:11 PM
Omnicare's expansion of its CRO unit seems unwise given its effort to acquire a major rival.

"Strange graphic:"

"Strange graphic:" 05/12/2004 01:25 AM

strange reaction

strange reaction 04/15/2005 04:23 PM
Strange Reaction is a music blog that serves up mp3s from obscure and out of print old school punk records. Don't miss The Damned on John Peel, Bad Brain's first 7", and T he Neon Boys (pre-Television Richard Hell and Tom Verlaine!).

Strange Tales Of The Two Apples

Strange Tales Of The Two Apples 09/17/2004 09:48 PM
Apple could make this entire thing go away by spinning off the entire iTunes Music Store as a subsidiary and stop promoting it under the Apple Computer name. By Arik Hessenldahl, Forbes (via MyAppleMenu)

Life's strange dance

Life's strange dance 09/15/2004 03:01 PM
He came to her in the middle of the night She memorized his face under the street light He talked...

Builders in a Strange Land

Builders in a Strange Land 06/18/2004 04:58 AM
The first settlers on Mars probably won't be dragging building materials to their new home, so people are planning to make buildings from what's already on the surface. By Mark Baard.

Strange, Troubling Privacy

Strange, Troubling Privacy 04/15/2005 06:48 PM

There's a new service that will delve into the background of anyone in the US and it's freaking reporters out, even though it hasn't launched yet. But you know what's even freakier? Why reporters hadn't written about this sooner.

Last summer I was trying to figure out what strange phone area code I missed a call from and one of the Google text ads in my searches was for "USA People Search." I tried it out on my own name and what I got back astounded me. I tried friends, spouses, ex-lovers, coworkers, and family. Everyone's entire life story was easy to locate and I would IM friends asking "Did you go to school in Philly back in '92?" then I would show them how I figured it out and we were collectively freaked out. I never made a post about it because I wasn't comfortable exposing my life story online, but since it's in the news I might as well tell you it's not only as bad as they say it is, but potentially much worse.

The problems these sites present is many: any employer, friend, or foe can examine your life history if they simply know your name and your age. Famous and the non-famous abound on the service. For violent stalkers, this is the goldmine. For a low price you can not only track your victims, but get their phone numbers, addresses, list of all assets, and any tax problems they've ever had.

To see how scary it was, I tried it out myself, buying the $40 background plan for one George Walker Bush, a 58 year old from Washington DC and Austin Texas, including a criminal report on every George Bush in the state of Texas found in arrest records. I could see his entire home ownership life history, though the criminal background checks were off and none of his DUIs showed up.

I see these services as a problem, not by profiting from the sale of public data, but that this data gets out in the first place. I've had problems in my past with people harrassing me, and for the last 5 years have paid PacBell, SBC, and Verizon several dollars a month to keep my home address, name, and phone number out of phone directories. I read privacy policies when I sign up for services and I drop notes to companies when I disagree with their terms.

I value my privacy, pay for it, and spend some effort maintaining it. When I found out that my most recent address shows up in several of these services, I contacted each and requested that I be removed, to no avail. I believe the only thing tracing me to my two previous addresses are my having signed up with local utilities. At one address, my name wasn't on the water, electricity, or cable bills, but one of the others must have allowed them to trace the location back to me. I find these services disturbing and wish politicians would draft consumer protection legislation to keep this sort of basic, yet sensitive data from ever getting out. I don't mind if the police or gov't need to do background checks, but I'm not comfortable knowing that anyone that's ever had a beef with me can find me and contact me.

Strange Nokia Device

Strange Nokia Device 06/17/2005 06:13 PM

What is it? Could it be a giant pill that you eat in order to become Bluetooth compatible? Is it the world's biggest Snake handheld game?

It looks kind of like the 770 v2, but who knows? Very shiny and pretty, though.

Mysterious Nokia N-Series? [PhoneMag]

"a strange signal from space"

"a strange signal from space" 09/03/2004 02:42 AM

Corante > Strange Attractor

Corante > Strange Attractor 07/26/2004 03:49 PM
Strange Attractor

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Update on the Strange SCO Case

Update on the Strange SCO Case 03/14/2003 01:02 PM
Eric Raymond is preparing an amicus curiae ("friend of the court") brief for the SCO case. Some highlights:

Salix's Strange Deal

Salix's Strange Deal 06/24/2005 09:40 PM
The company's acquisition of Inkine hardly seems wise.

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 09/24/2004 04:12 PM

10.3: Strange DNS behavior and
workaround

10.3: Strange DNS behavior and
workaround 12/10/2003 11:28 AM
Sometimes, when trying to get to a web site, I'd get redirected to a strange location. I thought perhaps I was getting hijacked or something. After spending some time analysing the problem with Ethereal, I came to the conclu...

ACT and Oracle: Strange Bedfellows

ACT and Oracle: Strange Bedfellows 04/29/2004 09:03 AM
Remember "Trashgate," a k a Larry Ellison's attempt to dumpster dive for info that could be used against Microsoft in the Department of Justice antitrust case against Microsoft? Well, seems Ellison's Oracle has decided that the target of its dumpster diving, the Microsoft mouthpiece Association for Competitive Technology (ACT), is now more of a friend than foe. >

The Strange Case of the Shocker

The Strange Case of the Shocker 09/22/2004 10:11 AM
Strange history of how a shocking hand gesture rocked a small Pennsylvania town .. going to town with one in the brown .. The Strange Case of the Shocker .. all you guys check this out .. three fingers .. [meer]

rotten.com/library/language/the-finger/shocker
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Strange Java Loader

Strange Java Loader 12/30/2004 09:51 PM
duffbeer (Dec 29 2004)

One Millionaire's Strange Cry: Tickets,
Please!

One Millionaire's Strange Cry: Tickets,
Please! 04/13/2005 10:04 PM
Walter Joe O'Rourke, a millionaire and train buff, chugs along as a New Jersey Transit conductor.

That was a strange year, I949.

That was a strange year, I949. 12/02/2003 01:09 AM
Peeks kill, 1949. "The mob was rolling toward us for the second attack. This was, in a way, the worst of that night. For one thing, it was still daylight; later, when night fell, our own sense of organization helped us much more, but this was daylight and they poured down the road and into us, swinging broken fenceposts, billies, bottles, and wielding knives..." Howard Fast's account of a terrifying evening that was supposed to be an outdoor concert near Peekskill, NY. You can think about the political implications ("...it illustrates how easily, when terror is unleashed in a nation, it can take hold, and how thin the line is that separates constitutional government from tyranny and dictatorship...") or just enjoy the riveting tale. (Related song and picture here< /a>.)

Strange Bedfellows in E-Mail Case

Strange Bedfellows in E-Mail Case 09/04/2004 04:59 AM
Civil liberties groups join the Department of Justice to protest a ruling that said ISPs can freely monitor e-mail. By Ryan Singel.

"Strange But True" by John Searles

"Strange But True" by John Searles 09/02/2004 10:09 AM
Part thriller, part mystery, part coming-of-age fable, this story of a high-school quarterback's tragic death -- and a most unlikely pregnancy -- will hold you transfixed.

Teachers' Christmas Gifts Can Be Strange
(AP)

Teachers' Christmas Gifts Can Be Strange
(AP) 12/25/2004 05:14 PM
AP - Middle school teacher ReBecca Kutcher remembers the sixth-grader who gave her a necklace for Christmas with what she thought was a cubic zirconia.

Reading Slashdot From Strange Locations

Reading Slashdot From Strange Locations 07/26/2004 02:17 PM

First Draft - The Strange Silence at
WhiteHouse.gov

First Draft - The Strange Silence at
WhiteHouse.gov 03/26/2005 04:27 PM
bamboozlepalooza activities .. blasted

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Dave Megginson's strange creations

Dave Megginson's strange creations 12/09/2003 06:18 PM
According to this report, my talk at XML 2003 this morning was "trippier than expected." I like that! However, mine couldn't have been the trippiest. That honor goes to Dave Megginson for his talk entitled "Strange Creations: Prototyping XML Data on the Desktop." With tongue firmly in cheek, he explored a variety of experimental ways to view and interact with XML data. The one that brought the house down worked like a text-based adventure game. "You are in a dark room called PubXS document. You can go north, south, east, or west." ...

A strange encounter with Robert Novak

A strange encounter with Robert Novak 05/04/2004 07:51 AM
Just days before he revealed that my wife was a CIA operative, a friend had a weird run-in with the right-wing columnist. An excerpt from "The Politics of Truth."

Strange system behavior in G5s tied to
bad RAM

Strange system behavior in G5s tied to
bad RAM 12/03/2003 11:02 AM
I just purchased two PowerMac G5 2.0 GHz DP machines, each with the default 512 MB of RAM. I purchased aftermarket RAM to save some money over Apple's prices. Hopefully this story will save someone some hours of OS X trouble...

Love's strange effect on people

Love's strange effect on people 05/05/2004 07:54 PM
Falling in love can play havoc with our hormones and brain, say scientists.

Strange Flavour commits to more Mac
games

Strange Flavour commits to more Mac
games 06/03/2004 08:47 AM
The UK-based game developers behind such releases as Airburst and ToySight say that their efforts have yielded a full-time business making Mac games. Strange Flavour Ltd. is the creation of brothers Aaron and Adam Fothergill, who previously developed console games under the Argonaut Games label.

Strange CCIM Error Message

Strange CCIM Error Message 06/06/2004 04:54 AM

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