] Once upon a time, there was a SPC Schwarz stationed with
] the Army in the Balkans. SPC Schwarz was either very
] clever or very bored; but probably both, since he managed
] to attempt or be warned about 213 things he wasn't
] allowed to do. He collected those things into a
] hillarious list and posted them to the web. The site
] hadn't been updated in a couple of years and has since
] gone away; but the list is classic, so I saved it.

There are some great ones in here..

87. If the thought of something makes me giggle for longer than 15 seconds, I am to assume that I am not allowed to do it.

I live by that rule.. :) [ Its more like 30 seconds. -ed ]

213 things you can't do in the Army

Home shopping follies. The mix of rednecks and swords.

[ hahahahhahahaha! What a fricking moron! Also, what quality in those "katanas"... awesome. one of the funniest things i've seen in weeks. -k]

This was so worth trying to get Quicktime to work in Linux

Ten Mint Ten

] This article presents a new security system, termed port
] knocking, in which trusted users manipulate firewall
] rules by transmitting information across closed ports.

[ i'm nothing like a security professional, but i seem to recall that there are a few people on this site who are ;) Thoughts? Is this a useful extra layer of security or does the complexity it adds to your firewall negate that?
it seems pretty damn smart to me, insofar as one more level of effort required to crack something is one level more than some people will be able to put forth. but then, again, i don't make a living either securing or cracking networks or systems, so... -k]

Port Knocking

tee hee.....stupidity *is* painful afterall

Damn...that had to hurt

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While everyone is freaking out about their Tivos, Jeremy mentioned a much more serious issue. The fact is that TV only shows you popular culture. There are limited circumstances where surveillance of TV watching habits would really be problematic politically. TV is the soma. The Internet, on the other hand, makes your local library look tame. Google knows everything that you've thought about seriously in past 5 years. And what Google knows, the police know.

If they don't need permission or notification to pull your records from the library, how long before they can do the same with your Google records?

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