The Spam King of Nigeria and Other Stories- February 9, 2008 Ordinarily I'd just post a like like this one on the side bar but :apophenia: a google horror story: what happens when you are disappeared is a crazy one. A couple years ago I did a scenario planning session that revolved around spammers hacking email accounts and impersonating people from your past. That's not exactly the story, but as "phishing" attacks get more and more sophisticated it's heading in that direction. And google's centralization of power sure is going to help in that process...http://abstractdynamics.org/2008/02/the_spam_king_of_nigeria_and_o.php True Conservatives- February 7, 2008 When uber right wing pundit Ann Coulter stated she'd campaign for Hillary Clinton over John McCain I was quick to write it off as a play for attention from one of the worst media whores in the business. Coulter loves to take extreme positions and run with them as far as possible. But the continued hate for John McCain spewing from the likes of Coulter, Rush Limbaugh and James Dobson is fascinating. Politically I've never gotten McCain's rep for being centrist. He's a right wing warmonger in...http://abstractdynamics.org/2008/02/true_conservatives.php Union Experience- February 5, 2008 Despite being part of "Super Tuesday" New York still hasn't gotten much of the full court political press. Judging from the conversations overhead at the Time Warner repair center today it seems like plenty of New Yorkers just heard the name Barack Obama this morning. Meanwhile the only people I've seen actively campaigning for Clinton are union members outside Grand Central. It's a pretty remarkable contrast really, gruff teamsters pushing Hillary's tepid literature. It's certainly a sign of.http://abstractdynamics.org/2008/02/union_experience.php Notes on Yahoo Microsoft- February 4, 2008 Couple quick notes on the Microsoft- Yahoo deal: - Yahoo and Microsoft are two of perhaps only four companies, the other two being Google and Amazon (via it's Alexa purchase) that have massive databases of information spidered from the web. Given how much effort now goes into gaming these same spiders that historical database just might be extremely valuable. The spidering infrastructure they have is probably even more valuable, except Microsoft already has much of that built via their MSN...http://abstractdynamics.org/2008/02/notes_on_yahoo_microsoft.php |