The Neal Pollack Invasion
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"The Neal Pollack Invasion"
"The Neal Pollack Invasion"
04/09/2004 04:12 PM"Nevermind the Pollacks" author Neal
Pollack calls the bl0g quits
"Nevermind the Pollacks" author Neal
Pollack calls the bl0g quits
11/13/2003 03:59 PMWriter
Neal Pollack, who penned this
scathing comeback to a less-than-flattering
New York Times review earlier this week, has decided to
shut down his popular weblog.
Link (thanks, Invi
sible Cowgirl)Church & State, A lunatic Christian cult
has the run of the White House and the
ear of the president. What do they want?
The end of the world. Be afraid., by
Neal Pollack (06/10/04)
Church & State, A lunatic Christian cult
has the run of the White House and the
ear of the president. What do they want?
The end of the world. Be afraid., by
Neal Pollack (06/10/04)
06/18/2004 04:58 AMChurch & State, A lunatic Christian cult has the run of the White
House and the ear of the president .. by Neal Pollack ..
Reason
thestranger.com/2004-06-10/feature2.html
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Create your own Pollack {click here}
Create your own Pollack {click here}
12/04/2003 07:14 AMJackson Pollack Simulator
electronicorphanage.com/pollock.swf
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The Atlantic | January/February 2004 |
Spies, Lies, and Weapons: What Went
Wrong | Pollack
The Atlantic | January/February 2004 |
Spies, Lies, and Weapons: What Went
Wrong | Pollack
01/10/2004 08:28 AMThe Atlantic Spies, Lies, and Weapons: What Went Wrong Pollack ..
considerably weaker than I believed beforehand .. real
questions
theatlantic.com/issues/2004/01/media-preview/pollack.htmtrack
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Neal Boortz: War stories
Neal Boortz: War stories
08/13/2004 06:00 PMMainstream Media in his pocket .. Neal
Boortz
townhall.com/columnists/nealboortz/nb20040813.shtml
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Neal Boortz: Because she’s earned it
Neal Boortz: Because she’s earned it
03/24/2005 11:32 PMNeal Stephenson Responds With Wit and
Humor
Neal Stephenson Responds With Wit and
Humor
12/19/2004 03:14 PMNeal Stephenson on Star Wars in the NYT
Neal Stephenson on Star Wars in the NYT
06/17/2005 03:48 PMNeal Stephenson's The Confusion Released
Neal Stephenson's The Confusion Released
04/13/2004 12:49 PMThe Salon Interview: Neal Stephenson
The Salon Interview: Neal Stephenson
04/21/2004 07:26 AMThe author of "Cryptonomicon" and the "Baroque Cycle" talks about the
brighter side of Puritanism, the feud between Newton and Leibniz, and
the literary world's grudge against science fiction.
Salon Interviews Neal Stephenson
Salon Interviews Neal Stephenson
04/21/2004 08:58 AMNeal Stephenson: Why Star Wars doesn't
suck
Neal Stephenson: Why Star Wars doesn't
suck
06/17/2005 03:34 PMCory Doctorow:
Neal Stephenson's NYTimes op-ed talks about how the Star Wars cycle --
in particular, the execrable first trilogy (
Teresa Nielsen Hayden
suggests getting the DVD, watching it in Italian and pretending it's
opera, but that only works if you don't speak Italian, otherwise,
you'll still have to suffer through the "dialog") -- is better than it
seems, when taken as a whole with all the geeky supplementary material
in the games, comics, TV shows, toons, and other sources.
The Internet, it seems, has made it possible to extract all the
non-pablum elements from Hollywood blockbusters and stick them online,
so that the movies are friendly to civilians, but geeks can enjoy them
by logging in.
If you have watched these cartoons - or if you've enjoyed some of the
half-dozen "Clone Wars" novels, flipped through the graphic novels,
read the short stories or played the video game - you will know that
the battle cruiser in question is owned by the New Droid Army of the
Confederacy of Independent Systems, which is backed by the Trade
Federation, a commercial guild that is peeved about taxation of trade
routes.
And that is not the only aspect of "Episode III" that you will see in
a different light. If you watch the movie without doing the prep work,
General Grievous - who is supposed to be one of the most formidable
bad guys in the entire "Star Wars" cycle - will seem like something
that just fell out of a Happy Meal.
Likewise, many have been underwhelmed by the performance of Hayden
Christensen, who plays Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader. Only if you've
seen the "Clone Wars" cartoons will you understand that Anakin is a
seriously damaged veteran, a poster child for post-traumatic stress
disorder. But since none of that background is actually supplied by
the Episode III script, Mr. Christensen has been given an impossible
acting task. He's trying to swim in air.
Link
(
Thanks, Marc!)
Reader-annotated edition of Neal
Stephenson's "Command Line"
Reader-annotated edition of Neal
Stephenson's "Command Line"
01/05/2005 10:26 PMXeni Jardin:
Boing Boing reader
Alex says,
With Neal Stephenson's permission, this guy has annotated In the
Beginning was the Command line and posted it online for everyone
to see. I think this is a great example of how works can evolve and be
improved upon. Unfortunately, In the Command Line has not
been 'set free', but it's great that the author was able and willing
to give permission for this development.
Li
nkComputerworld wins Neal award for
wireless LAN security coverage
Computerworld wins Neal award for
wireless LAN security coverage
03/13/2003 10:16 AMThe publication took a first-place Neal award today for its coverage
in 2002 of wireless LAN security issues.
Invasion Of The iPods
Invasion Of The iPods
02/05/2005 09:39 PMDave
Winer: Walking through [New York City] is like walking through an
Apple ad.
Invasion of the spambots
Invasion of the spambots
06/08/2004 09:06 AMFrom blog spam to pornbots, new strains of computer programs aimed at
pumping up Google page ranks just keep on coming.
Invasion Of The Pod People
Invasion Of The Pod People
04/06/2005 02:39 AMThis is the sound of the world's first iTour. A digitally
downloadable guide to Glasgow's creative hotspots, well off the beaten
path and with a soundtrack to die for. By Craig Brown, The
Scotsman
Invasion Of The iPods II
Invasion Of The iPods II
02/05/2005 09:39 PMThe Giant Shuffle is here.
The Kabal Invasion
The Kabal Invasion
04/13/2004 09:52 AMProject grand re-opening!
A Canadian Invasion
A Canadian Invasion
08/27/2004 03:59 PMToronto-Dominion is the latest Canadian bank to look for growth south
of the border. No, not in Mexico.
Die Invasion hat begonnen!
Die Invasion hat begonnen!
06/06/2004 06:49 PM
Front Pages of News Papers
from Tuesday June 6th and Wendsday June 7th 1944 The wonderful
Newseum provides a look back at
some of the front pages from newspapers reporting the invasion of
"Fortress Europe" 60 years ago today.
Invasion of the Centibots
Invasion of the Centibots
12/20/2003 08:42 AMSan Jose Mercury News Dec 20 2003 8:12AM ET
Windows Invasion
Windows Invasion
01/09/2004 09:50 PMCan you believe this is the 80th episode of Freeloader Friday? Thanks
goes out to all you freeloaders that have made this series so popular.
This week we'll keep the tradition alive with a collection of freeware
designed to take you behind enemy lines in the platform wars.
Join me for 2004's first Freeloader Friday!
Like Pixels? Check out MacDesign
The Invasion Begins
The Invasion Begins
12/12/2003 02:14 AM Mars Attacks!
"In 1962, Topps released the bubble-gum cards known as
"Mars Attacks". They were the creation of Len Brown and
Woody Gelman. They were painted by the famous pulp-comic artist, Norm
Saunders. Presented here, for the first time on the Web, are scanned
reproductions of their genius..." Iraq's Robot Invasion
Iraq's Robot Invasion
12/27/2004 03:53 PMFortune Dec 27 2004 6:28PM GMT
Invasion of the iSCSI arrays
Invasion of the iSCSI arrays
04/01/2005 06:49 AMTechWorld Apr 1 2005 11:11AM GMT
Invasion of the Body Switchers
Invasion of the Body Switchers
12/19/2004 03:18 PMand James Edwards Wouldn't it be great if we could update the classic
ALA Style Switcher to accommodate multiple users and devices,
including some that aren't even traditional browsers, all from a
single JavaScript and CSS file? Well, now we can! Enter the Body
Switcher.
Invasion of the identity snatchers
Invasion of the identity snatchers
09/24/2004 07:38 AMThey're coming. Don't fall asleep
US says Iraq invasion was legal
US says Iraq invasion was legal
09/16/2004 04:42 PMThe US rebuffs UN chief Kofi Annan's assertion that the American-led
invasion of Iraq was illegal.
Invasion Of The iPod Zombies
Invasion Of The iPod Zombies
02/14/2004 09:28 AMInvasion Of The American Spelling
Invasion Of The American Spelling
05/13/2004 03:46 AMOh gosh, I just realised that I have no idea which is of the spelling
of "center/centre" is American, and which is British.
"invasion of Western Europe"
"invasion of Western Europe"
06/09/2004 10:55 AMscott evans :: McMansion invasion
scott evans :: McMansion invasion
05/08/2004 04:54 AMnice cute houses being replaced by huge mansions .. these
monstrosities .. McMansion invasion .. a photo
journal
antisleep.com/archives/2004-05-07_0247.php
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Privacy invasion with Internet files
Privacy invasion with Internet files
07/05/2004 08:46 PMBusiness Day Newspaper Jul 5 2004 11:50PM GMT
SCO shies from French Linux invasion
SCO shies from French Linux invasion
12/17/2003 01:16 PMCancelled before it signed up
Dell fights Alien Invasion
Dell fights Alien Invasion
08/08/2004 10:49 AMInvasion alert in DR Congo town
Invasion alert in DR Congo town
08/18/2004 04:51 AMSecurity is stepped up in the border town of Bukavu after Rwanda and
Burundi said they could send troops into Democratic Republic of Congo.
"he set about perpetuating his favourite
lie about the invasion of Iraq"
"he set about perpetuating his favourite
lie about the invasion of Iraq"
05/25/2004 05:39 PMGrok Description matches for The Neal Pollack Invasion
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nevermind
nevermind
01/16/2004 11:01 AMThe book is barely born and the author is retreating: O'Neill retreats
from his claim about the war.
Wow.
There's a movie in your pants, uh,
jeans, er...nevermind
There's a movie in your pants, uh,
jeans, er...nevermind
01/16/2004 10:57 AMThe first mention of the sequence GATTACA in the human genome is 14109
characters in. It will be several decades before science is able to...
Nevermind this, have you checked out the
BoingBoing guestbar lately?
Nevermind this, have you checked out the
BoingBoing guestbar lately?
08/10/2004 07:55 PMDamn, Rudy Rucker is really tearing it up over there to the right. Go
on, have a look.
Nevermind - Hamdi wasn't so bad after
all. By Dahlia Lithwick
Nevermind - Hamdi wasn't so bad after
all. By Dahlia Lithwick
09/24/2004 05:37 PMWhat does John Ashcroft think Hamdi will do back in Saudi Arabia? Open
a Krispy Kreme franchise and give speeches about the wonders of
American democracy? .. bypassing them is a really, really bad idea ..
Dahlia Lithwick notes
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Nevermind broadband -- many First
Americans don't have phone service
Nevermind broadband -- many First
Americans don't have phone service
04/10/2004 01:59 PMComments from an NPR listener who heard
a segment I
did for "Day to Day" on the president's promise to make broadband
accessible to all Americans by the year 2007. Eric Martin says:
Phone penetration on reservations just passed the 50% mark within this
decade and even where there are phone lines on US reservations a lot
of them are old copper lines that can't handle dial-up. So before Bush
goes and gets the rest of the country hooked up with high speed, he
should make sure that all Americans, including Native Americans, have
basic phone service. John Edwards wasn't lying when he was talking
about two Americas.
There are some interesting stats on the lack of phone penetration in
"Indian Country" on
this FCC website.
Nevermind chocolates, survey says people
give passwords away for nothing.
Nevermind chocolates, survey says people
give passwords away for nothing.
04/20/2004 08:36 AMBoingboing reader
R.I. Pienaar
says:
I noticed
this BoingBoing post about people swapping passwords for
chocolate. Here is another article from January along the same lines
-- except no offers for anything, and 90% of people still gave
passwords.
Link. The
BBC now has more on the choco-password connection,
here.
Analysis of SCO vs. IBM
Analysis of SCO vs. IBM
03/14/2003 12:56 PMAn Analysis of .NET by Sun
An Analysis of .NET by Sun
06/11/2004 11:17 AM"The Java platform is an excellent technology that enjoys
tremendous success. Rather than embracing the cross-platform, vendor
neutral solution which is the Java platform, like most of the
industry, Microsoft is still pushing a single platform, vendor
specific solution. "
SCO analysis
SCO analysis
12/04/2003 09:37 AMeWeek (dec. 1) has an excellent article by Peter Galli that summarizes
a paper by Eben Moglen, a professor at Columbia U Law School, that
describes the logical cleft stick SCO's law suit has placed the
company in. I'm sure not to get this right, but the basic
contradiction Moglen sees in SCO's position stems from (1) SCO's
proclaiming that Linux contains material copyrighted by SCO while (2)
simultaneously suing IBM for donating to the Linux kernel materials
covered by non-disclosure agreements with SCO. Further (3) SCO
distributes Linux under the GPL. According to Moglen, (3) means that
SCO has...
Ring... ring... ring... oh nevermind
Ring... ring... ring... oh nevermind
06/29/2004 10:07 PM
"
Lift
the handset and dial a number to be transported to another
place."
[via MonkeyFilter] Research and analysis
Research and analysis
09/06/2004 06:59 AMvnunet.com Sep 6 2004 11:33AM GMT
News & Analysis
News & Analysis
09/03/2004 07:55 PMnot a lost cause .. cold
fusion?
spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/resource/sep04/0904nfus.html
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Analysis of Spyware
Analysis of Spyware
08/07/2004 11:58 AMAnalysis: Good Looks May Mean Better Pay
(AP)
Analysis: Good Looks May Mean Better Pay
(AP)
04/07/2005 03:41 PMAP - Why wasn't I born rich instead of handsome? Or so the lament
goes. But the nation's central bank now says that if you're gorgeous,
chances are better that you will get paid more than plain folks.
background/analysis
background/analysis
04/17/2004 10:06 AMAlgeria .. on
windsofchange.net/archives/004862.php
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PPI-Analysis-Compare-0.03
PPI-Analysis-Compare-0.03
07/04/2004 11:45 PMPPI-Analysis-Compare-0.01
PPI-Analysis-Compare-0.01
06/30/2004 06:01 AMDeltaStat for 2D Gel Analysis
DeltaStat for 2D Gel Analysis
06/25/2004 10:07 AMDeltaStat/Delta2D Methods Added to Home Page
Forensic analysis
Forensic analysis
03/14/2005 06:21 PMWell, most of the stuff is up and running (apart from all mailing
lists). The
Finnish blog awards are
now back up and running, and even my normal email works now!
Here's a quick rundown on what happened:
- On Saturday, at about 23:25 person A using a machine from Brazil
executed a series of commands using an awstats vulnerability (yes, we had
it patched to the latest stable; no, apparently it was not enough).
- He was quiet for about 20 minutes, but at about 23:35 two other
attackers B and C (or the same) from Italy and UK almost
simultaneously launched a similar attack on the server.
- Person B was able to run "adduser" at 23:45 and add
himself an account, logging in and promply downloading a rootkit which
allowed him to have root privileges
- Person B then attempted to deface the site, but failed (thanks to
the pretty hairy configuration we have over here)
- Person A returned at this point, and tried to execute a new
attack, suggesting that he was not able to gain access before
- Person B ran "rm -rf /" on the server, starting to
delete everything at about 23:55, presumably to cover his traces. Our
logs end at 0:06, when the final daemons failed.
- I received first warning at 0:15. Luckily memory-resident
processes kept running for some time, so I was able to inspect the
situation and the machine was physically disconnected at about 1 am.
Sunday was mostly used to reinstall a completely new system and do
a forensics analysis on the deleted partitions. Sleuthkit turned to be invaluable
in reconstructing the deleted local log files (so yes, we have the
exact times, methods, and IP addresses). Yes, it works on ext3 as
well.
I have backed up most of the necessary stuff daily, so there is
little that was lost permanently. Unfortunately I had not stored all
the necessary config files, which is why system recovery took longer
than expected. Also, due to an oversight none of the mailing lists
were backed up, so once we have them established again, ya'll have to
resubscribe. Very sorry about that :-/
Other: Stock Analysis
Other: Stock Analysis
02/05/2005 09:01 PM
Robert Barker calculates values for Apple stock.
SERVE Analysis
SERVE Analysis
01/22/2004 11:06 PMSERVE Analysis .. critique .. panel
servesecurityreport.org
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Analysis: What's new for the PC of 2005?
Analysis: What's new for the PC of 2005?
12/22/2004 12:59 AMWith few major changes in PC hardware or software expected over the
next year, the PC of 2005 is likely to look an awful lot like the PC
of today.
Analysis: Is anyone interested?
Analysis: Is anyone interested?
04/15/2005 04:44 AMBBC's political editor Andrew Marr asks if the theatre of the election
campaigning is really grabbing the voters' imagination.
Pre-Trade Analysis
Pre-Trade Analysis
04/16/2005 03:01 PMWall Street and Technology Apr 16 2005 6:35PM GMT
gartenberg's analysis of the DS
gartenberg's analysis of the DS
05/12/2004 02:28 PMa dual screen device that could let me play Mario Kart 64 anywhere
would be the best thing ever
Analysis: How bad for Blair?
Analysis: How bad for Blair?
07/14/2004 01:52 PMBBC News Online's Nick Assinder examines how bad the Butler Report is
for Tony Blair.
Log Analysis on the Desktop
Log Analysis on the Desktop
02/08/2003 08:23 AM"I've a need to analyze extended log files (2 years worth) and would
like to do it on my local machine. "
Cooking by analysis
Cooking by analysis
04/11/2005 11:12 AM
Cooking for
Engineers - "Have an analytical mind? Like to cook? This is
the site to read!"
Information Needs Analysis
Information Needs Analysis
12/04/2002 10:10 AM The Neal Pollack Invasion
