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Monthly Archives June 2005
Narnia Toast?
The experimental gaming server, Narnia has been toasted. Mk and I are trying to figure out what happened. It could be bad blocks, bad inodes, or one of my dead interface programs running lockf on the pk3 files (this is why you should never do a kill -9). In the meantime [...]
40 Million Credit Cards Stolen
So this explains how they got my card number. Credit card breach exposes 40 million accounts
Once again, little to no security.
Tips to avoid and be aware of identity theft:
Don’t give out your social security number to anyone who asks for it. Read EPIC’s Social Security Number Privacy information.
Run your [...]
Cooking breakfast with poorly designed pans
So I cooked eggs for breakfast this morning, but had a slight problem. Just like the software-only volume control on laptops the pan was badly designed. If you’re going to make a handle heavy enough to tip the pan make it removeable or give it a tripod.
Trying to steal my identity?
Yesterday a voice mail on my cell claiming to be from Washington Mutual said my account was overdrawn (which is strange because I show a positive balance, and they don’t have my cell) and needed to call them. So I called the number and the lady asked for my social [...]