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Erikina writes "Yesterday, I anonymously posted an email by bettacomputers, asking for my username and password — as an example of making flawed procedure making social engineering easier. Obviously not familiar with the Streisand Effect, they have attempted to gag me with thinly veiled physical threats:

.. if I hear from you again I will find you and we will have words..

Which were emailed to me. Along with comments of my bravery. I'm hosting a copy of our email discourse, on my personal website (headers included).

Here are some interesting tidbits: I am doing this as volunteer work, for a community center. They however charge $70 for a service simple as password recovery. And the only reason, that I need to do this, is because their mail server is unreliable and only offers a measly ~36MB per user (with a max of 10 users)."
http://www.erikina.com/bettacomputers.txt

IF they're worried about Muslim terrorists, make everyone getting onboard the train have to eat a BLT. If they refuse, they might be a terrorist. Likewise, if they're concerned about Indian terrorists, make it be a nice, juicy hamburger. And if they're worried about Christian terrorists, tell them they have to suck off a gay dude. On second thought, that might might just encourage the Pastor Ted's of the world.

I'm sorry, am I being religiously intolerant here? Fuck it. I'm just sick of people telling me they believe all sorts of crazy shit based on "faith" and yet they think they can tell us what sort of science is permissible to be taught in public schools. Just gets back to the old definitions...

Cult: a small, unpopular religion

Religion: a large, popular cult

If I seem particularly bitter about this shit today, it's because I had a long conversation about eschatology with a true believer. Obama's the charismatic leader, the two witnesses are already in Israel, Russia's poised to attack the Holy Land and her flying armies are going to be struck from the sky with a rain of brimstone and fire, Hillary Clinton is the Whore of Babylon, and the disasters in Burma and China are proof the end is nigh. Sorry, asshole, you must be this intelligent to ride. Get off the bus.

If you claim I do not have a right to my birthright, I consider that justification to kill you and take it by force.


You do not have a right to what you did not create. If you want something, you should make it yourself. It's my land, my idea, my property, and you can go find your own. Your laziness and lack of creativity does not give you a right to steal.

Oh please don't go bleat on about having the right to food, housing or medical. Those things are important, yes, but, if they are so important than shouldn't you be willing to work for them?

Israel is considering giving its combat pilots Viagra to improve their performance in the air. A study by Israeli doctors of mountain climbers in Africa found a correlation between erectile dysfunction drugs and improved performance in high altitudes. It looks like this already tough job is about to get a lot harder.

If your spouse bothers you don't expect time to make it better. In fact, if the findings of Kira Birditt, a research fellow at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research are correct, it's only going to get worse. The study did not show the same trend in annoying friends or ill mannered children. So the next time you roll over, look at your spouse sleeping and think, "I hate you a little more everyday!" rest assured that it's normal and they think the same about you.

Mr.Intel writes "My relationship with my Significant Other is like...

(A) Chess

(B) Monopoly

(C) Chutes and Ladders

(D) Candyland

(E) Battleship

(F) Sorry!

(G) Solitaire, you Insensitive Clod!"

Frustrated at the FTC's blessing of the Google/Doubleclick merger, Microsoft is complaining to the EU. Its latest filings detail how the merger would give Google a stranglehold on the advertising industry. While these complaints aren't new, the diagram [PDF] Microsoft created gives you an interesting look at the sort of competition Microsoft fears from Google.
http://googlewatch.eweek.com/content/google_vs_microsoft/meet_google_search_giant_monopolist_extraordinaire.html

mrscotty99 writes "distrowatch down all weekend... attacked? technical problems? M$ FUD?"