4th Blog Post Reviewing the Weeks of November 23rd and 30th December 1, 2009
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Dirty, Dirty PCs November 30, 2009
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This week, for the most part, we are going with lighter topics. This one for example is a look at very dirty computers. What do you do to keep your computer(s) clean? What’s the dirtiest computer hardware you’ve seen?
Our shock picture last Friday of a Quatermass-style lifeform lurking inside a PC prompted a flurry of snaps forwarded by readers who had similarly confronted unspeakable horrors.
via Dirty, dirty PCs: The X-rated picture guide • The Register.
Cyber Monday November 30, 2009
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This is just one of literally hundreds of pages of ads I’ve seen for “Cyber Monday”. Are you buying holiday gifts online? If so, are you doing it this week? If you aren’t buying online, is there a reason why you are avoiding it?
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Global Warming Emails November 30, 2009
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I’ve thought long and hard about whether to discuss this issue or not. (I really don’t want to get into the merits of global warming, as it doesn’t really relate to networking.) However, I find it very interesting we are discussing much more about the content of the emails, rather than how they were obtained. Do you think emails such as these should be public? Do you see a problem with how they were “leaked”? Are such “leaks” ethical?
It’s not clear how the files were leaked. One theory says that a malicious hacker slipped into East Anglia’s network and snatched thousands of documents. Another says that the files had already been assembled in response to a Freedom of Information request and, immediately after it was denied, a whistleblower decided to disclose them. (Lending credence to that theory is the fact that no personal e-mail messages unrelated to climate change appear to have been leaked.)
via Congress May Probe Leaked Global Warming E-Mails – Taking Liberties – CBS News.
