Link Spasm

I haven’t done one of these in awhile. Each link interesting, but I don’t want to make a separate post about each.
The Futurist – “A Future Timeline for Economics“
“NASA Turns 50 — Now What?“
“Sound Bites of the 1908 Presidential Candidates“
Music: “Funeral March by Beruit” via Stephen Pampinella
Information Security-ish – “Why Risk Management Doesn’t Work“
“New Killer [...]

Weekend Links – 18 May 2008

These may or may not be of interest to you:
Pricings For Underground Markets In Computer Crime

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7358868.stm :
Ancient humans started down the path of evolving into two separate species before merging back into a single population, a genetic study suggests. The genetic split in Africa resulted in distinct populations that lived in isolation for as much [...]

New Year’s Eve Links [Updated]

BTW, I am listening to The Pipettes while I type this.

Top 10 Businesspundit Posts of 2006
TDAXP describes the differences between Shia and Sunni Islam; [update] Catholicgauze has the maps to go with it.
5GW: “Exploring what comes next is cooler than what’s maturing now“
In “The empires of the future are the empires of the mind” EnigmaFoundry [...]

Weekend Information Security Links, Part 1

So many links, so little time.

Sunday Links

Incentives for breeding? “Babies Are Kew-el”
How about a 5GW campaign against birth control quality?
Personally, I am a bit hesitant around small children (they seem fragile and I don’t want them to break around me. Once they turn three-ish and can talk. Then they become interesting (amusing + programmable).
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Hot Air outtakes! Note to freaks: It [...]

Sunday Information Security Links

Jeff Hayes has Lock Picking Analogy:
In the world of locks, the same premise holds true. Some locks are designed and tested much better than others. The lock picking hobbyist — the lock hackers — do us all, including the manufacturers, a service in assessing the security of these products. If the manufacturer demonstrates a weak [...]

Weekend Information Security Links

(ht Dark Reading) Anti-Phishing.org has an excellent PDF –> The Crimeware Landscape: Malware, Phishing, Identity Theft and Beyond:
“Crimeware” is software that performs illegal actions unanticipated by a user running the software, which are intended to yield financial benefits to the distributor of the software.
SecuritTeam: Money Mule Recruitment Over IM:
Today was the first time we observed [...]

Sunday Information Security Links

Prevent Identity Theft (ht Network Security Blog):
So what are the best ways to prevent identity theft? Firstly, you must understand what personal information of yours should be kept private. While some personal information is inevitably going to be made public, there are some items with high sensitivity that should never be made public…
Dark Reading: Cross-Site [...]

Saturday Night Links

Superman is a Dick
REDDIT link to Soviet Space Shuttle current photos
An Coca-Cola print add that must be seen to be believed
Dolphins: tricky or sinister?
Come on, Does this look sinister?

Meme/Trend tracking from Google
War Insurance
Neat Breakdancing Video (Yes, A break dancing video)
USS Clueless (redux) Sighting
Nanotechnology Run Amok: Grey Goo melting online world Second Life
The Letter L: [...]

Sunday Night Linkspasm

Hell in a Handbasket is back.
FDNF on Dafur: Here and here
DIY Credit Reports
Eurabia Rising – Future 4GW – 7 Examples: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 …
…and examples of CAIR’s 4GW/5GW against the US: here and here
Science at Home: Finding the Speed of Light with Marshmallows and a Microwave Oven
Ann Althouse’s photo of [...]

Sunday Information Security Linkspasm

Spot the Security Problems
The importance of Egress Filtering on Routers and Firewalls
Pretexting
Virus Reporting (compare against multiple vendors)
Records Retention
Phishing Resources: Here, here, and here.
WatchYourEnd: USBDumper Endpoint Security Hack Video Demonstration and more USB security stuff
IDS/IPS
Security Education
Closing The Barn Door
Security Ethics Survey (the results are not good)
ZERT & Third Party Patches (I think this is a [...]

Rainy Saturday Links

The Importance of Birth Order Debunked at Econlog
The Shana Hiatt Blooper Reel
Althouse: A fantasy scenario of trying Bin Laden A bullet to the head by the capturing American Infantryman works for me.
Is the Thai Coup…a prelude to Islamization of Thailand?
IEEE Spectrum Special Report: Unlocking the Terrorist Mind
Peace Through Commerce at the FlowProject
Muslim Brotherhood controls [...]

Wednesday Night Links

Shining City has: Fetal Shark Attacks
Arnold Kling’s Suggested Ed Reform
TV Squad investigators are all over the Lost video clues
ISC Incident Handler on Information Security Standards
Islam Is The Problem?
Alt-History links
On the War: Reasons for Optimism (5 part series) by guest Owen Johnson at Swinkwrapped. I have read them; FuturePurpleSlog needs to write a post on [...]

Sunday Afternoon LinkSpasm

These are interesting things you might like to read. It is a long post though…

Information Security Links

ISC: PHP Security Hints
ISC: File System Mounting Security Tips
Network Security Blog: Who send plain text passwords?
SANS Malware Detectives (here and here)
SANS Tip for Better Monitoring
Encryption Types Usage Stats

Via SecurIT: KevinMitnick.com and MitnickSecurity.com hacked
I should not grin…but I don’t know what to make of this guy. Everybody has a write to make an honest living, [...]

Tuesday Night Link Spasm

Zenpundit: Proactive Natural Resources Warfare, in a good way
LGF: Ben Stein Article – Will as a 4GW Component
LGF: Inside Islam Undercover
Tick Tock
LGF: Eurabia Watch – Fifth Column in Waiting
Moon Landing Tapes Missing: Hopefully they will show up on YouTube by user BuzzShouldHaveGoneFirst42.
Libertarians and Science Fiction
Winds of Change: A Hollow IDF?
TDAXP’s [...]

More Monday Night Links

I am a bit behind on blogging…
From WatchYourEnd: More ways for Sensitive Info to Leak Out: USB Jewelry
Web Video Charts
From vivekshah: How Rumors start in the Office (funny pix)
From: Gates Of Vienna: Doctrinal Similarities between Communism and Islam/Islamofascism
Catchup Visually to TDAXP and Phatic Communion: Drawing Tools for The Web
HomeLand Security Watch: Book review: [...]

Saturday Night Linkspasm 2

The PurpleSister has returned from summer vacation
New Socialist Utopian Philosophy Disguised as Economics. Hasn’t humanity suffered enough from “Utopians”?
…apparently not
60’s Retro Picture
Maybe The US Navy’a Dolphin program should be expanded?
Green Helmet Guy Identified
The Original 5GW post
Tattoos Of Liberty
More Tattoos from flickr, because I am a guy: here and here
Modern Humans vs. Neanderthals
New meme/Word Mashup [...]

Saturday Night Linkspasm 1

Does Lind sort of call for Military Coup by US Generals? I think so. Read all the way to the end. Is Pro-Monarchy Lind on the verge of outing himself as a Nutjob? I hope not, since that will discredit the xGW framework big time (rightly or wrongly).
ZenPundit: COIN roundup
Spammers Harvesting from social Networks?
Richard Clarke [...]