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Quick Note: Geek or Surrender

We are reaching a saturation point of sorts in computer technology again. Don’t worry; it’s cyclical. What it means is that we are on the verge of a sudden jump that, in popular vernacular, is termed “a paradigm shift.” The … Continue reading

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Weapons of Our Warfare

We pursue inhuman objectives. For though walking about in flesh, we do not war according to flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds, pulling down imaginations and … Continue reading

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Sunday Morning Chatter, August 2015

God morning! Come on in and have a cup of your favorite liquid stimulant while we chat. It’s hot outside these days, but we got a slight break in the temperatures. This allowed me to leave a little later in … Continue reading

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Refresh: I Recommend CentOS

On the one hand, I despise most of what passes for Linux advocacy. Most Linux advocates are computer geeks. The computer geek culture is not at all mainstream, and cannot ever be mainstream. Geeks are geeks because they don’t even … Continue reading

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Compsec: Proof of What We Suspected

Maybe I was a little slow, but at some point I realized that digital security never was, for the most part. We who work or play in the field of computer security (CompSec) have been trading stories of government intrusion … Continue reading

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Crack That Whip!

Ever read that part in the Gospels about Jesus Cleansing the Temple? Wikipedia editors show their ignorance by leaving out the background stuff found in even the cheapest Bible commentaries. There was some ambiguity in the minds of the Temple … Continue reading

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Open Source Software Hijacking

It’s one thing when the folks running an Open Source software project admit to crossing over to “the dark side” and wrapping their installer with advertising software — which most people call malware. Such a project would be FileZilla, the … Continue reading

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More Browser Wars: Slimjet

It appears that FlashPeak is making serious progress with their SlimJet browser. This is the first time I’ve seen it work this well on Linux. I’m running Debian 8 (amd64) and I’ve tried both SlimJet and SlimBoat in the past … Continue reading

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Online Privacy Site

Recently stumbled across this very aggressive online user privacy and security site: Better Web Browsing. It’s part of the RiseUp thing rooted in Seattle, generally leftist. While I’ve not done any detailed research on them, I’m sure you can find … Continue reading

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Actively Non-activist and CompSec

If you are an activist of any sort, I might be able to help you with security. Context: I am not an activist. I am utterly certain that, while we might gain some simulacrum of limited political goals, the system … Continue reading

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