Archive for year 2005
Big breasted young women more likely to develop cancer later in life
Nov 23rd
This is a little freaky. I know quite a few women that might want to take notice of this study. Women with a large bra size when they were young are more likely to develop pre-menopausal breast cancer, American researchers have found. The Harvard University study of nearly 90,000 women shows that lean women of…
EXTREMELY serious IE flaw – Disable Javascript Immediately
Nov 23rd
If you are an IE user, disable Javascript NOW! There is a new exploit that is now available live on the web for anyone and everyone to use against you. It allows the malicious website owner to completely take over your computer and have complete and full control over it. Its a case of, if…
What Sony BMG did is most definitely Illegal
Nov 23rd
Yesterday I mentioned that Texas has sued Sony BMG for its rootkit. I stated that it was unlawful of Sony to do so and used the Texas suit as an example. However, I have just followed up and read a more recent article that clarifies the matter and I was wrong. The suit in Texas…
Noballs Winston
Nov 22nd
Foreign Minister Winston Peters may have used intemperate language against the Herald – he accused it of “treason” over its coverage of the Apec summit in South Korea – but Prime Minister Helen Clark believes he is grooming himself as a more moderate politician in his new role. “Mr Peters, I think, is choosing a…
RIAA just doesn’t get the whole uproar against Sony
Nov 22nd
The balls of this guy. I mean, he tries to label the Sony Rootkit an issue no more serious than any unintentional security flaw in any average piece of software. Completely ignoring what the public are saying to him in general and completely standing by Sony BMG even though what Sony did was illegal. :-|…
My feelings after my first Catholic Mass on Saturday
Nov 21st
I guess enough time has passed that I can sit down and actually put the weekend in to some sort of words. It was an extremely emotional weekend and one that I’m not entirely sure I want to suffer through again anytime soon. But then, funerals are always like that I guess. On the 5th…
Toll on existing roads? Okay… Sure. But…
Nov 21st
The Ministry of Transport wants motorists and trucking firms to pay more towards building and maintaining the country’s roads. A potential trial in Auckland to charge direct fees for the use of some existing roads – and not just tolls for new highways – could also raise more money for public transport. The ministry has…
More positions than the Kama Sutra
Nov 21st
Heh, this is probably one of the few times I’ve actually agreed with the Herald. So uncommon as to be note-worthy ;-) Foreign Minister Winston Peters yesterday launched a blistering attack on the Herald, warning that criticism of his performance could be seen as treason. After a troubled first international outing at Apec in South…
A1 GP Malaysia
Nov 21st
What an awesome event that ended up being. That was probably the best lot of dogfights and racing I’d seen in the series so far. :-) The track was nice and wide with so many places to pass it made the whole event continually exciting. The number of dogfights going on throughout both races was…
Wanted: Programming Grail
Nov 20th
If theres one thing I really dislike about writing code, its the interface we have with our computers. You know, the keyboard and mouse are really not so much of the problem as the fact that representing the information on a screen is. When I write a program (whether it be a shell script or…