Tag Archives: internet

Don’t Panic

Posted on July 17, 2011 by ehurst

The famous tagline from the Douglas Adams’ fiction series is good advice. I felt it coming on Friday evening, those old sinus allergy symptoms. Not enough to kill normal activities, but enough to make me marginally miserable. The last tomato … Continue reading →

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Return of the Geek Jedi

Posted on July 16, 2011 by ehurst

There is an attempt to revive the early Internet hacker culture with all its reliance on virtual virtuosity. For some time it has been obvious the corporate-government (read “fascist”) alliance has been trying to tame the Net. The corporations are … Continue reading →

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No Secrets Published

Posted on July 10, 2011 by ehurst

Just a quick note to improve our understanding of so-called leaking of secrets. Nothing Too Threatening to Publish is well worth your time if you can follow the dense verbiage. John Young warns nothing important is ever leaked because leakers … Continue reading →

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Tribulation Church: Isolation Is Our Lot

Posted on July 8, 2011 by ehurst

I joined a House Church forum this week: Radical Christian Cafe. Not a lot of traffic; not too many members and they don’t do too much airhead chatter. Granted, even here I will be an oddball. I don’t have to … Continue reading →

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Firefox: Anti-Business?

Posted on June 24, 2011 by ehurst

It appears Mozilla leadership is telling corporate partners to get lost. I realize Ed Bott is a devoted worshiper of Microsoft. But that doesn’t mean he’s ignorant, nor especially dishonest, just biased. When he says Mozilla to enterprise customers: “Drop … Continue reading →

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Newspeak Continues

Posted on June 23, 2011 by ehurst

Caution: Adult topic, not for the squeamish. Orwell’s Newspeak was just the beginning. It’s not enough to control the language itself, but TPTB want to invade your very mind, and change your wiring. Granted, the freedom to speak the truth … Continue reading →

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Net Win

Posted on June 14, 2011 by ehurst

The Internet will win the coming battle. Have you read Bill Clinton’s drivel about regulating the Net? He proposes some office to keep a check on whether someone is posting lies on their blogs, an office which will enforce some … Continue reading →

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Cyberwar and False Flags

Posted on June 13, 2011 by ehurst

So LulzSec takes down the SPARC server for the US Senate website, and appears to have snagged, or is capable of snagging, all the emails. I’m suspicious. I’ve already said I’m pretty sure Anonymous has been infiltrated, if it isn’t … Continue reading →

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On My Own?

Posted on June 11, 2011 by ehurst

Watching the traffic stats on this blog is so amusing. For a guy who writes so much about religion, most of my traffic is apparently not specifically Christian. In fact, most of it is folks who come looking for computer … Continue reading →

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Virtual Civilization

Posted on June 9, 2011 by ehurst

Inherent in the Covenant of Noah is the requirement to build a civilization, but with a great deal of flexibility. To be civilized is to embrace the rules necessary to live peacefully in close quarters with other humans. A civilization … Continue reading →

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