If this is the next political divide, I know which side I’m on.

Lileks has a bad case of it, and rejoices in it.

How many clueless people are going to respond to this email and install the trojan attached?

Dear Sir/Madam,

We kindly ask you to install this update to your PC as soon as possible.

In the libraries of OS Windows

Businessweek has a nice little history of Linux, and Linus Torvalds.

Businessweek has a nice little history of Linux, and Linus Torvalds.

Businessweek has a nice little history of Linux, and Linus Torvalds.

Could this explain all the DNS problems that I and others have been having?

One troublesome technique finding favor with spammers involves sending mass mailings in the middle of the night from a domain that has not yet been registered. After the mailings go out, the spammer registers the domain early the next morning.

By doing this, spammers hope to avoid stiff CAN-SPAM fines through minimal exposure and visibility with a given domain. The ruse, they hope, makes them more difficult to find and prosecute.

The scheme, however, has unintended consequences of its own. During the interval between mailing and registration, the SMTP servers on the recipients’ networks attempt Domain Name System look-ups on the nonexistent domain, causing delays and timeouts on the DNS servers and backups in SMTP message queues.

If so, it’s just one more reason to make spamming a capital offense.

This is a lot better than using cell phones to set off roadside bombs. It gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, “reach out and touch someone.” (Slightly work unsafe for both links.)

And if you’re the do-it-yourself type, here’s a site with a lot of tips for just using stuff around the house…

Check out the main site there too–not just the cell-phone pages. It’s just the place for pervs on a budget.

Will Saletan has a disquieting report on a recent biotech meeting.

I am largely in favor of the kinds of advances proposed here, but the community is indeed going to have to learn to respect the views of people who are concerned about it, and lighten up on the condescension, if they don’t want to see progress shut down out of ignorance.

Will Saletan has a disquieting report on a recent biotech meeting.

I am largely in favor of the kinds of advances proposed here, but the community is indeed going to have to learn to respect the views of people who are concerned about it, and lighten up on the condescension, if they don’t want to see progress shut down out of ignorance.