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The Nerd Test

Mon, 1 Dec 2008 15:31:47 +1100

Time for an obvious yet predictable test, with a result that was expected.

Found the test at: DazzlinDonna

Leonard Nimoy (Spock) Star Trek XI Trailer

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:48:15 +1100

There is another Star Trek XI trailer, and while it looks very much like the other Star Trek XI Trailer, it has a different ending peace featuring our old friend Leonard Nimoy.

How To Get A Girlfriend If You're A Hopeless Nerd

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:00:44 +1100

LoL, these guys are so funny. Not to mention the me being a hopeless nerd.

Dating Humor : How To Get A Girlfriend If You're A Hopeless Nerd

Star Trek XI Trailer

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:48:43 +1100

Best part about this trailer is that it's not just a teaser.

Update 19/11/2008

Looks like Paramount are morons, and don't like free publicity.

Lest see if this one gets taken down

Star Trek XI: Trailer 2

Apple trailer site also has this and the old one as well.

McColo Corp Goes Down, So Does Spam Rate

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:47:56 +1100

A nasty little company, McColo Corp, was knocked off-line this week and an emidiate result has been a sharp drop in the amount of spam being sent world wide.

Spam for the Week of 14th November 200 <img src="http://www.webwhitenoise.com/nucleus/plugins/emoticons/default/icon_cool.gif" alt="cool" />
Graph from Spamcop, IronPort Systems, Inc.

As we can all see this is a big hit and a big win.

Firefox 3.0.4

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:57:05 +1100

New version of Firefox is out an available, it fixes the following problems:

MFSA 2008-58 Parsing error in E4X default namespace
MFSA 2008-57 -moz-binding property bypasses security checks on codebase principals
MFSA 2008-56 nsXMLHttpRequest::NotifyEventListeners() same-origin violation
MFSA 2008-55 Crash and remote code execution in nsFrameManager
MFSA 2008-54 Buffer overflow in http-index-format parser
MFSA 2008-53 XSS and JavaScript privilege escalation via session restore
MFSA 2008-52 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.9.0.4/1.8.1.18)
MFSA 2008-51 file: URIs inherit chrome privileges when opened from chrome
MFSA 2008-47 Information stealing via local shortcut files

Security Advisories for Firefox 3.0.4

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for November 2008

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:10:53 +1100

As usual evil empire update day is upon us with the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for November 2008:

MS08-068: Vulnerability in SMB could allow remote code execution (957097)
MS08-069: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft XML Core Services could allow remote code execution (955218)

SANS - November Black Tuesday Overview

Awkward Rap

Sun, 2 Nov 2008 19:59:01 +1100

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Can You Take a Velociraptor With a Crowbar

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:26:37 +1100

56%
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Stephen Conroy The Bully

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:16:51 +1100

First I must say Senator Stephen Conroy shame on you, you need to learn about bullying, and the consequences of it. We have seen in the last few years an active push to stop bullying in schools (http://www.bullyingnoway.com.au/), but that seams to have slipped past the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.

So what am I harping on about, well there has been some debate on implementing a national internet filter in Australia. Well ok maybe that's not really true, it's more an argument about what to block, as it appears the decision has already been made and now it's up to the special interest groups to get as much stuff blocked as possible.Here is the part that really pisses me off, Conroy tried to shut this information down. When Mark Newton from Internode raised these concerns and criticisms, minister Conroys department (Belinda Dennett) fired off a letter to the Internet Industry Association (IIA) board member Carolyn Dalton in an attempt to pressure Newton into reining in his dissent.

"In your capacity as a board member of the IIA I would like to express my serious concern that a IIA member would be sending out this sort of message. I have also advised [IIA chief executive] Peter Coroneos of my disappointment in this sort of irresponsible behaviour"

The worst part of this is that a phone call demanding that the message be passed on to senior Internode management was made. What?! Sound like they were trying to get Mark fired to me.

Any way I'll leave it for you to decide, bellow you will find links to coverage on it but most importantly an interview with Mark conducted by NetQOS' s Performance daily.

Coverage:

Interview with Bullied Network Engineer on Australian Govt Net Filters - Network performance Daily (NetQoS Inc)
Filtering out the fury: how government tried to gag web censor critics - The Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax Digital)
Labors web gag 'worse than Iran' - Brisbane Times
Cheap tricks not the right response on internet filtering - Crikey.com.au (Private Media Pty Ltd)
Australia's Internet filter: Could legal content be banned, too? - ARS Technica (CondéNet In.)
Australian censorship minister tries to censor critic: time to go Conroy - The Inquisitr
SAGE-AU defends right to criticise content filtering - iTNews (Haymarket Media)
The Great Firewall of Australia - ABC Radio National

Oh yes I've also set up a redirect on my site that grabs people coming from gov.au internet addresses and gives them a wonderful message that you are all free to view.

The code in the htaccess file is as follows:

RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} .gov.au$ [NC]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/conroy_403.html [NC]

RewriteRule .* http://www.webwhitenoise.com/conroy_403.html [R=302,L]

Yes, not perfect but the aim is to annoy, anyway it's inspired by the "the gov.au blockade" back in 1999.