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Wednesday, December 7, 2005
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Why can't Microsoft just patch everything? "Even though Firefox has been hit with many more vulnerabilities compared to IE, Firefox proponents can take the high road and claim victory because at least their vulnerabilities are patched. [...] If we look at Secunia's database for Windows XP vulnerabilities, we see that 22% of the vulnerabilities are unpatched. Although most of these issues are minor or moderate, the most serious one is "highly critical". It boggles my mind how Microsoft could allow this..."
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Preventing DVD Playback on Linux Like Prohibition in the 1920's: "Prohibition of alcohol (1920-33) in the US failed. People thought it would reduce crime and corruption, solve social problems, reduce the tax burden created by prisons and ghettos, improve health and hygiene. It was a miserable failure on all counts. It affirms the economic theory, which predicts that prevention of mutually beneficial exchanges fails."
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Linux, Finland and who is the most competitive -- Comment()
The only thing worse than flying is open source code. "The only thing as goat-rendering awful as flying has to be the progression of open source code. [...] I'm not sure the US can take 10 more years of this and remain a productive nation. [...] I'll leave you with one thought. Finns are socialists. Linus Torvalds is Finnish. Linus Torvalds got here on an airplane." Contrast this view with the fact that Finland is rated as the most competitive economy in the world: "The survey of growth competitiveness published at the end of October was the second in succession that ranked Finland as the world's best economy ahead of the United States, Sweden, Denmark and Taiwan. [...] And in the WEF's survey of business competitiveness, Finland was also placed in first position this year, having come second in 2002."
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Studded winter tyres for the bicycle -- Comment()
On Monday I took my bicycle to the service (3000 kilometers since last checkup) and at the same time ordered new winter tyres. I selected Nokian W240 for the front wheel and W106 for the back. This way I get maximum grip at front. I haven't commuted by bike during the winter previously, so this will be interesting. A colleague said that it is more safe to ride a bicycle with studded winter tyres than to walk when it is really slippery. Have to see how this goes for me.
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Public transport and Murphy's law: "Murphy's law of public transport says that as soon as you approach the station, you will notice there's a tram/bus/train there, which will leave immediately as you move closer, and then there'll be some sort of disruption and you'll be waiting for the next tram/bus/train, like, forever." [The Aardvark Speaks]
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Al Gore and who invented the internet -- Comment()
When someone is labeled a liar, all news connected to him or her are interpreted according to the "liar" schema. Thus this is a powerful weapon in the hands of political spin doctors. I bought the "Al Gore is a liar" schema, and didn't think even for a second that perhaps a) Al Gore never said so, and b) perhaps Al Gore really influenced the birth of internet. Al Gore "invented the Internet" contains among others the following quote: "... we study an example where Al Gore was falsely attributed with saying that he "invented the internet." We show that the false version of Gore's statement dominated the true one in mainstream political discourse by a wide margin. This is a clear failure in the marketplace of ideas, which we document in detail."
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Wikipedia in podcasting turf war: "Former MTV veejay and podcasting entrepreneur Adam Curry appears to have been caught anonymously editing the podcasting entry on Wikipedia to remove credit from other people and inflate his role in its creation."
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Jane Austen: "There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere." [Motivational Quotes of the Day]
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