I was in downtown San Francisco the other day. While I was standing
at a crosswalk waiting for the pedestrian light to change, I noticed
on the pavement, just beyond the curb, a stenciled likeness of GW
Bush, in yellow on the black pavement, above the text "One term
President".

Now, it seems to me that this is an extremely effective placement of
the message. When people step off of a curb, they naturally look down
and pay attention.

Fyodor of nmap fame came to speak at SFOBUG last month. I believe we had more people than ever before. 20!!!

We need more speakers, so if anyone has ideas, let me know!

SFOBUG - Fyodor Article

] Delegates said that Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil
] exporter, wanted promises of aid if Kyoto spurs a shift
] to renewable energies like tidal, solar or wind energy at
] the expense of fossil fuels.

Let them eat cake, I say.

CNN.com - OPEC wants aid if world shifts to renewable energies - Dec. 12, 2003

] Scientists anywhere in the world, including developing
] nations, should have free access to the scientific tools
] of modern biology and genetics, says an Australian
] geneticist.
]

Here's an interesting sourceforge project:
http://open2dgel.sourceforge.net/

News in Science - Push to free up biotech tools for all - 01/12/2003

] The discovery of the holes was not reported directly to
] Microsoft but was announced on public mailing lists, a
] move the Microsoft spokesman criticized.

That chinese dude is one cold piece of work.

Chinese Hacker Finds New Holes in Explorer

] The cryptographer David Chaum, through discussion with
] top cryptographers such as Ron Rivest, has designed a secure and
] verifiable voting system.

This is an excellent paper. I think it pretty obvious that the
secure virtual receipt has applications far beyond voting systems.

A Secure and Verifiable Voting System

] The details of the patent itself are being kept a closely
] guarded secret, pending completion of the legal
] formalities. This is in case some naughty person goes out
] and tries to establish prior usage, or other
] jiggery-pokery. However the integer is generally believed
] to be in the so-called high 64-bit range, from
] 4,294,967,296 to 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 inclusive

Patent your very 0wn integer

This is rather like friendster, but I like the site design better. It's faster but that's probably because few people use it yet.

I believe it has possibilities.

Tribe.net: HomeTribe.net: Home

Ok. This is the CNN home page on Sat Jul 12 18:57:11 PDT 2003. Click on the interactive 'nuclear club' link under the N. Korea headline. This is absolutely laughable.

CNN.com

] Homeland Security Chokers made of Plexiglas and Sterling
] Silver - Now, you can finally express your own Personal
] Level of Security...

Buy it now!!!

Amazon.com -zShops: Homeland Security Choker Set (For US Customers)