I recall reading a while ago about a javascript exploit that would attempt to log in to your router using the default admin login/password. It had a list of a few hundred different defaults to try. If it got in, it would mess with your DNS.

I'm not sure what came of that..

<shrug> Ask one of the 80,000 who got infected :-)

If you allow ssh access from the wide internet, and you have a weak password for root, you are probably still vulnerable..

Considering that TFA says one of the things the bot does is lock you out, I suggest that if you can log in, you are fine :-)

If you study maths, you may encounter the Jones polynomial...

Circus: Guy with a whip tells people what to do.
Parliament: Whips tell people what to do.

Circus: Includes midgets and bearded ladies.
Parliament: Includes libertarians and greenies.

Circus: People do backflips on high platforms.
Parliament: People do backflips on policy.

Well, if we're still talking about New Zealand, then we don't have a constitution.

But really, are the politicians meant to do whatever the "people" wants? 'cause right now, depending on which polls you read, the "people" want a 3-strikes system for violent crime, want the police to be able to crush the cars of any teenage males, lower taxes without cutting services, and probably a pony too. We elect the politicians whom we think best represent our interests, but once they're elected, they're supposed to use their brains and think for themselves.

I purchased breadmaker recently. An Australian model, marketing to the Australia and New Zealand marketplaces.

The manual / recipe book informed me that, in Australia, a tablespoon is 20ml, whereas in New Zealand it is 15ml. The book was standardised on the Australian system, so I had to convert all the measurements before I could use them...

(the moral of the story: if you want 20ml of something, just specify 20ml!)

Maybe god uses emacs in

viper-mode

:-)

If you think that's bad, check out the real world some time. I mean, can you believe people still play tennis? Or soccer? Hell, I tried a new sport a few years ago, one I'd never heard of, and it turns out they've been playing it in the Netherlands for a flipping hundred years.

And don't even get me started on chess...

Anita Blake. In particular.

I looked him up on wikipedia. Let's see. He's discovered:

levitation of heavy objects.

...flight,

fusion of dissimilar materials such as metal and wood, while lacking any displacement.

...nails,

the anomalous heating of metals without burning adjacent material.

...oven gloves,

the spontaneous fracturing of metals.

...metal fatigue,

changes in the crystalline structure and physical properties of metals.

...steel,

disappearance of metal samples.

...and losing stuff.

Truly, this man is a genius!

Can you point to any examples of civilizations (either now or in history) where there is or has been no taxation?

I think I now know what it's like when Americans overhear people talking about cricket.

The whitespace is present in the source.

Perhaps more accurately demonstrates why restricted-html web pages as code repositories suck.