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Journal Journal: Blog replaced journal

Journal by literate on Friday April 15, 2016 @10:48PM

I'm older now..but not much wiser. More talkative but not as smart. Better connected but less secure.

Journal Journal: Quote

Journal by literate on Wednesday August 24, 2011 @09:27PM

We're all just hobos on the life-train

Journal Journal: Less is More?

Journal by literate on Friday February 25, 2011 @08:49AM

Roni and I had been talking about the experience of inventing, developing and marketing FileSafe...one aspect of my education had been simplifying the message for easier digestion by prospects and resellers. I still don't think it's simple enough. So this is what I said:

Less is more.

BUT: When you think that less is less, it's not less enough.

No matter how simple the message is, it's not simple enough. ;(

The First Photograph of a Human 138

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 27, 2010 @07:58PM from the fist-cheese dept.

wiredog writes "The Atlantic has a brief piece on what is likely to be the first photograph (a daguerreotype) showing a human. From the article: 'In September, Krulwich posted a set of daguerreotypes taken by Charles Fontayne and William Porter in Cincinnati 162 years ago, on September 24, 1848. Krulwich was celebrating the work of the George Eastman House in association with the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. Using visible-light microscopy, the George Eastman House scanned several plates depicting the Cincinnati Waterfront so that scholars could zoom in and study the never-before-seen details.'"

Prince Says Internet Is Over 450

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday July 06, 2010 @10:18AM from the it-was-fun-while-it-lasted dept.

the_arrow writes "According to the artist currently known as Prince, 'The internet's completely over.' At least that what he says in an interview with the British newspaper Mirror. Quoting Prince: 'The internet's like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you.'"

Journal Journal: Karma or despair

Journal by literate on Wednesday November 25, 2009 @08:22AM

Tabor Law's FE had a HD failure 11/23/09. Not normally a bad thing, but their drive had been reporting SMART failures for a month, and, worse, the HD array had been configured as RAID0 so the single drive failure was a catastrophe. Three of their backups last week were crap due to open files. Apparently TAR ditches if it discovers a problem during backup creation like open files.

Best Western Loses Details On 8 Million Customers 180

Posted by timothy on Sunday August 24, 2008 @07:42AM from the another-reason-to-hostel dept.

Albanach writes "Scotland's Sunday Herald newspaper has an exclusive report that the Best Western hotel chain has lost the personal details of each and every guest who has stayed at any of its 1300 hotels in the past 12 months. This amounts to details on 8 million customers and includes information such as name, address, credit card details and employment details. The data even includes future booking details, causing speculation that homes could be targeted for burglary when it's anticipated they will be unoccupied. A Best Western spokesperson is quoted as saying 'Best Western took immediate action to disable the compromised log-in account in question. We are currently in the process of working with our credit card partners to ensure that all relevant procedural standards are met, and that the interests of our guests are protected.'"

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