Category Archives: computers

Revealed As Black Ops (Updated)

Posted on December 25, 2011 by ehurst

Updated at bottom… The amorphous hacker collective “Anonymous” can now be regarded as controlled opposition. When it was just a matter of information and cracking servers, that was simply part of the Internet. I’ve always said, if you digitize information, … Continue reading →

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Updated Post on the CIQ Controversy

Posted on December 2, 2011 by ehurst

I have a significant update for those of you who were interested in my original story on cell carriers and snooping by Carrier IQ. See for yourself.

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Windows 8, Linux and FUD

Posted on October 19, 2011 by ehurst

The debate between MS fans and Linux fans regarding the new secure boot and replacing the old BIOS on computer hardware is getting stupid. Since I’m a nobody, I don’t expect anybody to pay any attention, but I figure on … Continue reading →

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Silly Disputes over Jobs and Apple

Posted on October 10, 2011 by ehurst

Go ahead and use your favorite search engine. You’ll find many tributes to Steve Jobs, and a growing number of slams. Dig a little deeper, and you’ll see a somewhat finer division among the tributes. Most say he did big … Continue reading →

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Google Censorship

Posted on September 24, 2011 by ehurst

You can Google for censorship and get a lot of information, but you aren’t likely to find much about Google’s own censorship actions. No one should be surprised effective political dissent will get results, and those results aren’t the political … Continue reading →

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Not a Truther

Posted on September 10, 2011 by ehurst

I don’t quite fit the common meaning of the label “Truther” (with or without the capitalization) particularly in the case of 9/11. It’s not as if I’m going to espouse any part of the garbage offered by the official sources. … Continue reading →

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Laptop Oracles: Thick Skinned

Posted on August 24, 2011 by ehurst

A corollary to consistency is the power to resist attacks. Every civilization has predators within and barbarians without. What makes a civilization strong is many things, but among them is the ability to take and hold real estate against attacks. … Continue reading →

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Laptop Oracles: Copyright Is Dead

Posted on August 20, 2011 by ehurst

Thus saith the Lord: Withholding information is as the sin of murder. Placing a gateway, or any other impediment to information access, is an abomination to God. If you depend on selling such access, you are a thief at the … Continue reading →

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Laptop Oracles: Civilization

Posted on August 18, 2011 by ehurst

A new civilization is aborning. The West is dead, it’s carcass moldering in the street. Will someone please push it off into the sewer? What once was is past. We shall be forced to bear its foul odor a bit … Continue reading →

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Squeeze, FFMPEG and MP3 Conversions

Posted on August 17, 2011 by ehurst

Debian Squeeze: Things have changed and there seems to be poor notice from the developers. I still like to find my old favorite songs on YouTube and strip out the audio track to make an MP3. It’s gotten a little … Continue reading →

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