Tag Archives: internet

Friday Randomness

Posted on July 12, 2013 by ehurst

Responded to a computer ministry service call today. The Win7 box was suffering from three types of advertising malware, one of which hijacked some function in the Google Toolbar and caused intermittent Net access problems. Do you know you can … Continue reading →

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Unworthy

Posted on June 19, 2013 by ehurst

Re: ACCM Dear readers, this is partly personal. The more I consider this task, the more I realize how ill-prepared I am for it. This thing is huge and daunting. Just because I am somewhere up the road ahead of … Continue reading →

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This War We Can Fight

Posted on May 27, 2013 by ehurst

The consequences of cyber warfare are wholly different from fighting in meat space. Yes, there can be knock-on consequences into meat space, but that would be true of any human activity. I am not against violence, per se; I’m against … Continue reading →

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Recapitulation

Posted on May 20, 2013 by ehurst

I’m a true radical, radical about the very most fundamental elements of our assumptions about reality. This blog assumes a huge difference between Western/Aristotelian epistemology and that of the Bible. I am wholly untroubled by apparent differences between human science, … Continue reading →

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Of Truth and Angels 6

Posted on May 16, 2013 by ehurst

They entered their hideaway and Preston took off his fanny pack, turned and dropped sideways across the hammock. Angie removed her pack and took his from the floor, moving to the desk to open them. “Darlin’, I really love sleeping … Continue reading →

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Of Images and Angels 3

Posted on April 9, 2013 by ehurst

Her name was Anja. Preston reflected a moment. “That’s rather like Angie in America.” “Yes,” she agreed. “You can call me Angie; I like that.” Angie it was. By the time they arrived back in Gouda, he realized she had … Continue reading →

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Mass Produced Creativity

Posted on April 5, 2013 by ehurst

Think about it. We are passing through a rare economic shift, says Charles Hugh Smith. He summarizes Peter Drucker’s Post-Capitalist Society. Taking his thesis, you suddenly realize that we no longer need mass capital to advance technology and production of … Continue reading →

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Cloud Bank

Posted on March 28, 2013 by ehurst

Can you weather the storm? Perhaps with the outrage in Cyprus with the banking situation, you now realize how tenuous is your control over whatever you have deposited with your bank. Without warning, the whole thing can be frozen and … Continue reading →

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Tool Shed 3

Posted on March 23, 2013 by ehurst

Systems administrators can be caught up in senseless prejudice, at least as bad as the rest of us. There was a time when hackers used Lynx and other text-only browsers as a major tool for cracking websites and servers. It’s … Continue reading →

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Innocent Bystanders of Hacking

Posted on March 14, 2013 by ehurst

Perhaps you are aware of the recent incident where hackers obtained the credit reports of some big names. Much entertainment; they even got His Majesty Bill Gates. Part of this is connected to revenge for the treatment of the Occupy … Continue reading →

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