North Korea army behind South web attack: report

North Korea army behind South web attack: report | Posted on - Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:03PM EDT | SEOUL (Reuters) - "North Korea's military is behind a series of cyber attacks against South Korean and U.S. websites that slowed or disabled access by saturating them with traffic this week, a South Korean news report said on Saturday."

Sometimes I think I'm the only one who sees that North Korea is the flashpoint. There's got to be someone out there who understands the gravity of what's happening there.

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Microsoft Warns Of New Secruity Threat

Microsoft Warns Of New Secruity Threat | July 7, 2009 by Michael Hickerson | "If you’re using Internet Explorer on a system running Microsoft XP or Windows Server 2003, Microsoft warns there is a serious security flaw. The flaw allows hackers to take control of your computer according to a report in USA Today. All you have to do is visit a web site infected with a tiny bit of code that taps into the security hole."

Windows has another security flaw. That's like saying the universe has another star. It is annoying to me that Microsoft hasn't or can't fix security problems that the UNIX world fixed 20 years ago.

Ok, ok... I know I'm being grumpy. I didn't sleep well last night. That still doesn't change the issue.

Microsoft != Security
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North Korea defies U.S. with new missile launches

North Korea defies U.S. with new missile launches | By Jon Herskovitz Jon Herskovitz – 7/1/09 | SEOUL (Reuters) – "North Korea fired seven ballistic missiles on Saturday, South Korea's defense ministry said, in an act of defiance toward the United States that further stoked regional tensions already high due to its nuclear test in May."

This is starting to get very serious. The Middle East and Asia may be where the fighting is happening but here is where WW III will start, if there is one. Don't think a nuclear war is possible? You willing to bet your life on it?

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M1A1 Abrams Runs Over Car Bomb

From Military.com:

"EOD said it was all clear so they ran it over...then boom!"

http://tinyurl.com/n5ewme

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Is “Transformers” Racist?

Is "Transformers" Racist? | June 25, 2009 by Michael Hickerson | "After opening to the second largest midnight showing in box-office history, "Transfomers: Revenge of the Fallen" began its theatrical run yesterday on a high note.

However the hot opening may not be what’s generating the most heat for the potential summer blockbuster. Instead, fans and critics are labeling the movie "racist" for some character portrayals during the two and a half hour running time of the film."

I have been trying to hold my tongue on this but I can't any longer.

THIS IS BULLS**T!

The political correctness police have completely eroded everyone's right not to be offended. If you go out of your way looking for something that will offend you then you are definitely going to find it. If these two fictitious, imaginary, non-existent characters are offensive then every rap & hip-hip artist over the last 35 years is just as offensive. And sticking with music, Country music as a genera definitely offends me. All the singing about cheatin' hearts, gettin' drunk and line dancing is immoral and the work of the devil.

If these whack-jobs really wanted to stop racism, bigotry and hate they would stop giving all this power to words and phrases. I have previously posted about the word "nigger" and the fact that it is people who give the word all of its power over us. Every time someone uses the phrase "the N-word" it diminishes us all. Black, white, red, yellow, whatever.

It is ironic that the majority of people don't even know the origins of the word. Nigger is just a bastardized pronunciation of the word black as used in some romance languages.

• Catalan = negre
• Galician = negro
• Italian = nero
• Spanish = negro

All it would take to end a large part of hate in this world is if people stopped being ignorant and giving meaningless words power over us. When we stop being offended by everything nothing will be offensive.
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Army Lab Finds 9,200 Uncounted Vials

Army Lab Finds 9,200 Uncounted Vials | June 18, 2009 | Associated Press | HAGERSTOWN, Md. - "An inventory of deadly germs and toxins at an Army biodefense lab in Frederick found more than 9,200 vials of material that was unaccounted for in laboratory records, Fort Detrick officials said Wednesday."

At least it's better than finding 9,200 vials missing.

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I need a little help

Due to circumstances that I can't figure out how they happened, I find myself in a situation where I need to make a nominal income. By nominal I mean between $150 and $300/month. Of course I have no idea how to go about making this a reality. It'd be easy if I were physically able to do regular manual labor. But at the moment it's a task to just sit in the chair and type this. In fact, after I post this I'm going to have to lay down for a bit.

As you can see, my needs and my abilities don't easily match up. Plus my brain is fried with all the school work I have to do. I got a week behind due to the a fore mentioned circumstances, but this week is mid-terms. I have a handful of days to get three weeks of research done, write five essays and hack some serious code.

Why is it I can never seem to catch a break?

Normandy Vets Look to One Last Remembrance

Normandy Vets Look to One Last Remembrance | Stars and Stripes | Steve Mraz | May 28, 2009 | "The ranks of living D-Day veterans have long been thinning.

As the 65th anniversary of the World War II Allied invasion of Europe approaches, even the youngest men who survived the bloody beach assaults, night parachute drops and glider landings into northeast coastal France now find themselves in their 80s."

I'm a little late with this post but it's something I feel is worth commenting on.

I think my generation, i.e. Baby Boomers, are the last to have any real understanding of what these men did. My Boomerness is at the tail end of said Boom so I'm about as far removed from WWII as kids in there teens and twenties are now from Vietnam. But the world moved slower back then. The most immediate news source we had was Television. Information then seemed glacial compared to the 'Net and text messaging. Twenty years for me is like five years for today's youth.

It is, in my opinion, up to us to do for them what our parents did for us. Educate them about our history. Help them understand that history isn't just some boring words in a class textbook. There are some very good programs on the History, History International, Discovery, the Military and The Learning Channels that can really help with this. My son knows more about WWII than most people my age.

Otherwise, as George Santayana said, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
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