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The Tree of Liberty
Popular political quotes often turn out to be fabricated, misattributed, or at very least taken out of context. But the people quoting Thomas Jefferson's famous "tree of liberty" seem to have his words and intent entirely correct. Thomas Jefferson's famous quote, originally written to William Stevens Smith on 13 November 1787, seems to be even ( Read more... ) -
Libertarians are usually about 80% correct
I like the theory of libertarian/Randian/objectivist politics. They're straightforward, logical, reasonable, and axiomatic. They generally start with "first principles" and derive the rest of their philosophy from those principles through Reason. "You own yourself" is one such axiom. David Boaz of the Cato Institute offers his own explanation:"The ( Read more... ) -
Baby Drugs
I've heard a lot of parents say "once you have children, once you hold your new baby in your hands, you'll understand…", as if there was some sort of concept or mental thought process that could only be engaged in the presence of children. Harrumph, I say.
It turns out they're correct. According to a video by Prof Robert Sapolsky (1:03:50) males of ( Read more... ) -
Patent Medicine
A frequently repeated myth in alt-med circles goes something like this:
Q: If naturally-based alternative medicine __X__ is so cheap and so powerful, why isn't it dispensed or prescribed as medicine by doctors?
A: __X__ is a super-effective treatment for __Y__, but you can't patent it. Big Pharma won't spend funds for research or FDA approval that ( Read more... ) -
For the last time
Next (and my last!) quarter's schedule:
SEPTEMBER 2010IS417 Capstone Project Credit Hours: 4Section: E1M9/13/2010 - 12/5/2010 Main - TAMTHEORY 6Monday6:00 PM to 10:30 PMIS415 System Foresnsics Investigation and Response Credit Hours: 4Section: E1T9/13/2010 - 12/5/2010 Main - TAMLAB 10Tuesday6:00 PM to 10:30 PMEG452 Economics and Change ( Read more... ) -
Advice to employees on the proper use of the System Administrator's valuable time
(In following examples, we will substitute the name "Brandon" as the System Administrator)- Make sure to save all your MP3 files on your network drive. No sense in wasting valuable space on your local drive! Plus, Brandon loves browsing through 100+ GB of music files while he backs up the servers.
- Play with all the wires you can find. If you can't ( Read more... )
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Twitter Convo
This convo is too hilarious not to repost for prosperity! Thanks to @Beaker for initiating it!I think we should have to show up to security conferences wearing sashes/vests like girl scouts with our certification/award patches on em
RT @andrewsmhay: @Beaker alright...but I'm not selling cookies. < You really shouldn't give me straightlines like ( Read more... ) -
Update Bio
After two years I've updated my bio. It is as follows:This is a blog. That fact means nothing. It is not a peer-reviewed journal, a final archive of my writing, a sponsored publication, or the product of gatekeeping and editing. That does mean something... it means that while the ideas and thoughts are often vital and the product of a long ( Read more... ) -
16 Credit Units, yet again
If you thought Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri was bad, check out this:
Monday6:00 PM - 9:30 PMEG468Ethics
Tuesday6:00 PM - 10:30 PMIS411Security Policies and Implementation Issues
Wednesday6:00 PM - 10:30 PMIS317Hacking Techniques, Tools and Incident Handling
Saturday9:00 AM - 1:30 PMIS416Securing Windows Platforms and Applications
Really? A Saturday class ( Read more... )