Although there is no excuse for lousy security, the "security hobbyist" did fail to mention in the article that the city was hit by an earthquake in February 2011, which mostly destroyed the central city. I suspect that might have more to do with Ecan's delay in implementing a new system, rather than just "they wanted a new flashy-looking website".

Bummer, why do I always see the typos after previewing and submitting? That should have been "I wouldn't say that it's totally customizable"... Also their site seems slashdotted at the moment (has someone already posted a link here or is that just coincidence)?

I've been using Simple Machines Forum for a number of years, and although I would say that it's totally customizable, there are number of templates and adds for it, it's very stable, and has worked great for me. And it's free, although it's a always a good idea to become a through $50 a year at them and become a charter member (having said that, I think I've let my charter membership lapse at the moment!). Development seems very slow, with releases few and far between; however I'm still very pleased that I chose SMF when I went looking for forum software.

Wouldn't just the date of the present-giving be more of a give-away than the type of wrapping paper?

The Brazilian Globo news site has photos which were taken yesterday: http://g1.globo.com/mundo/fotos/2011/04/destrocos-do-voo-447.html

Oh bummer, finger trouble and firefox freezes... that should have read:

Successful thieves don't steal a little and hope that nobody finds out - they steal so much that, even though everybody knows, they can't be punished. Brazilians talk about "rouba mas faz" - he steals but does something - which I suppose it still better than "steals and does nothing for the country".

This guy was the highest voted Federal Congressman in 2006, although this time round an illiterate clown took first place.

Successful thieves don't steal a little and hope that nobody finds out - they steal so much that, even though everybody knows, they can't be punished. Brazilians talk about "rouba mas faz" - he steals but does something - which I suppose it still better than "steals and does nothing for the country". This guy was the in 2006, although this time round an illiterate clown" took first place.

Brazil could be a good place for him to hide out at the moment - they have currently have a Federal Congressman who is wanted by Interpol for financial crimes.

That story - or one very similar - is in the book "How the Irish saved civilization" by Thomas Cahill (chapter 6), where a monk named Columcille made an unauthorized copy of a psalter that belonged to the Bishop Finian of Clonard. The dispute as to whether he could keep the unauthorized copy was resolved by the King Diarmait, whose decision in history’s first copyright case was logical: "To every cow her calf; to every book its copy". However, for some reason the RIAA must have existed in some medieval variant, and Columcille was forced to return the copy to Finian, and the story ends with Columcille's not-so-pacifistic followers defeating Diarmait’s soldiers in battle, and the copied psalter, henceforth known as the “Cathach” or Warrior, returning to Columcille, which I guess is one way to resolve copyright disputes!

Oh, and 100242,1513 too by the way... I think I signed up around 1993. I remember taking my notebook to a bar inside what was then the most violent slum in Rio de Janeiro city, Santa Marta, to use their telephone to dial in... somehow the system worked enough for me to send and receive emails. And then worrying about whether the drug lords were wanting a computer or whether the police would steal it from me during a raid... .those were the days! Paul

I recently used a product called CS2OutlookExpress from CS2Exchange to import from WinCim, through Outlook Express, into Outlook 2003. It cost me $25 but worked great and now means that I have my ancient history available once again. Paul