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RISKS-LIST: Risks-Forum Digest Tuesday 26 June 2007 Volume 24 : Issue 71
ACM FORUM ON RISKS TO THE PUBLIC IN COMPUTERS AND RELATED SYSTEMS (comp.risks)
Peter G. Neumann, moderator, chmn ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy

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A movie torpedoes the concept of electronic voting? (Ferdinand J. Reinke)

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I’m not an egg head, nor a ACM-er, nor diligent security researcher. BUT, I do get a charge out of getting into the elite company of getting a post in RISKS.

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FROM LinkedIn Bloggers forum

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>Re: WordPress account has been suspended!
>Posted by: “Kathie M. Thomas”
>Fri Jun 15, 2007 5:29 am (PST)
>It wasn’t me it happened to Martin
>If you use WordPress.com you can’t do adverts.

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I’m a hobby blogger, a mono logger, whiner, free rider, or whatever you want to call it. The free, and unequaled, wordpressdotcom was a great start. And, I’m not ungrateful. Only a few times did the restrictions chaff.

But, now the unexplained and silent account suspension has made me concerned.

I never wanted the hassles of being off on my own. BUT, if it could happen to her, it could happen to any of us.

I’ve been getting “smarter” so I have my own domain and can move. I have my old posts backed up in various forms.

Argh!

Hate the thought of all the work.

So, I think, and I’m asking for opinions, it might be smart to pick a service provider that others use. Has anyone moved from free to hosted?

(Is there a service provider that will do the migration? That’s worth paying for!)

Anyone published a check list?

If not, maybe we can use my experience as a “guinea pig” and develop one.

Open for suggestions, as I am looking at what appears to be a very big and very dirty stable. :-(

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http://tinyurl.com/2wrxb2

“Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of the Road”

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In any case, with the request for motorists to exercise virtue, we have drawn up a special ?decalogue? for them, in analogy with the Lord?s Ten Commandments. These are stated here below, as indications, considering that they may also be formulated differently.

I. You shall not kill.

II. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.

III. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.

IV. Be charitable and help your neighbour in need, especially victims of accidents.

V. Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination, and an occasion of sin.

VI. Charitably convince the young and not so young not to drive when they are not in a fitting condition to do so.

VII. Support the families of accident victims.

VIII. Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.

IX. On the road, protect the more vulnerable party.

X. Feel responsible towards others.

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Sigh!

The secular progressive media is so busy laughing that can NOT even take time to report what they were. Even on the internet, sites were too busy laughing or deriding it to post the text.

It took a few minutes to find a posting of them.

Driving on the roads, I can see why the Papacy might be concerned.

When one gets direction from a good source (i.e., the learned, the wise, the holy), then only a fool laughs imho.

Being a driver with a heavy foot, I’ll take the admonition to heart for what it is. An inexpensive way for me to be a better person. Note, one doesn’t do this for the Pope, the neighbor, the society in general. No, one does it for oneself. To be the best you that you can be.

And, that’s no joke!

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PULLING MONEY CAN BREAK IRAN
By DICK MORRIS
Published on TheHill.com on June 13, 2007.

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United Nations sanctions are important, but these state pension decisions directly impact the 485 companies that Gaffney’s group, www.disinvestterror.org, has found to invest in the four terror-sponsoring nations identified in the Missouri disinvestment program.

Iran’s key vulnerability is its economy, which is totally dependent on energy revenues. Eighty-five percent of government revenues come from the energy sector, and these revenues are expected to drop from $55 billion in 2006 to only $44 billion this year due to a rise in domestic demand for energy and decreasing energy production. By 2014, it is estimated Iran will export no oil at all unless foreign investment comes to the rescue and helps generate additional production. Iranian oil reserves are the second largest in the world, but are of no use to the ayatollahs unless they can get at them. By cutting off foreign investment in the energy sector, these state government s have gone a long way toward destabilizing the Iranian regime.

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I’m no Dick Morris fan. (I suspect any fellow with “interesting” tastes.) But, I like when he exposes the politician’s “clay feet” and he does have a knack for great ideas. Now, we should NOT have gooferment pensions. And, we should MYOB. But, having said that, this idea seems to be like the concept of Marque and Reprisal. We should get the gooferment out of the energy biz and we’ll have cheap energy from a variety of sources. And, the two bit dictators sitting on oil will be back to square one, wondering where the good life went.

It’s the same principle as legalizing drugs. Don’t get me wrong drug addiction is terrible. But the collateral damage from our phony and immoral so-called “war” on drugs is the equivalent of shooting ourselves in the foot. Eliminate the gooferment from drugs, and we will have the Columbian drug lords wondering where the good life went as WalMart takes the price of drugs to 4$ for a thirty day supply. Oh, and don’t worry about an explosion in addiction, because, at the same time, you will have stripped the “koolness” of drugs being “illegal, dangerous, and hip”.

MYOB, put the gooferment back in it’s Constitutional box, and let the people decide where their money should be invested. If the people see an enemy, then they can decide where to invest their money.

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UPDATE: Some how this horse got out of the barn and on the blog missing one key word and most of the last paragraph. Saw it when it echoed back to me this morning. So I fixed it. Hmmm?

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-herbert13jun13,0,7656221.story

Don Herbert, 89; TV’s ‘Mr. Wizard’ taught science to young baby boomers
By Dennis McLellan, Times Staff Writer
June 13, 2007

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Don Herbert, who explained the wonderful world of science to millions of young baby boomers on television in the 1950s and ’60s as “Mr. Wizard” and did the same for another generation of youngsters on the Nickelodeon cable TV channel in the 1980s, died Tuesday. He was 89.

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I will never forget seeing him collapse a gas can demonstrating air pressure. I just sat there and said “No way”. So I went and did it. From that I concluded there was a lot I didn’t know. (Earth shaking to supposedly bright kid; everyone said so. Just coasting along.) I became fascinate with physics. And, an injineer was born.

Thanks, Mr. Wizard.

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http://freelanceswitch.com/freelancing-essentials/10-essential-marketing-skills-for-freelancers/

10 Essential Marketing Skills for Freelancers
By Leo on New Leads
By Leo Babauta

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Blog. It’s been said many times before, but the blog is the new resume. If you don’t have a blog, learn how to start one up. And don’t just rant about politics and talk about your cat. Make your blog look professional, write about things that would look good to potential clients, and offer your services to others (with contact info, of course). If you are a designer, be sure that the design is clean and creative. If you are a photographer, the photos should knock them out. If you’re a writer, have only your best writing on your blog. In all cases, have a simple, clean layout with well-written words. If you’re not good at this yet, constantly learn and refine. Look at other professional blogs for inspiration, then tweak. Then edit some more.

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I’ve seen people do blogs as a branding exercise. I’ve even seen one seeker try a wiki. I’ve seen job sites put questions for seekers to “show more about themselves”.

I’m not sure I agree. But what do I know?

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/us/09hilton.html?ei=5065&a
mp;en=a52757ff70cf18b5&ex=1181966400&partner=MYWAY&a
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http://tinyurl.com/36hwae

June 9, 2007
Celebrity Justice Cuts Both Ways for Paris Hilton
By SHARON WAXMAN

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LOS ANGELES, June 8 — The national obsession with celebrity collided head-on with the more serious issue of the equal application of justice on Friday, as a judge sent the socialite Paris Hilton back to jail some 36 hours after she was released for an unspecified medical problem.

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Ms. Hilton … screamed, “Mom, this isn’t right,”

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I care not a whit for politicians and celebrities.

In this case, I agree with her!

Dueling gooferment bureaucrats — judge, prosecutor, and sheriff — all trying to puff out their chests and say “Me2. I’m in charge.

“barbara streisand”

I don’t know the facts, but yoyo justice ain’t justice.

Sorry, Ms. Hilton. Now you know how the rest of feel when some self-anointed oaf — with props — robe, lawbook, or badge — steps on us. No one should have to feel the boot of tyranny.

Make no mistake about it. That’s what we are seeing in this little farce.

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http://www.downsizedc.org/read_the_laws.shtml

Help us pass the “Read the Bills Act” (RTBA)

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There’s a basic principle at stake here. America was founded on the slogan, “No taxation without representation.” A similar slogan applies to this situation:

“No LEGISLATION without representation.”

We hold this truth to be self-evident, that those in Congress who vote on legislation they have not read, have not represented their constituents. They have misrepresented them.

And since Congress has repeatedly committed “legislation without representation,” strong measures to prohibit these Congressional misrepresentations are both justified and required.

To this end we have created the “Read the Bills Act (RTBA).” RTBA requires that . . .

* Each bill, and every amendment, must be read in its entirety before a quorum in both the House and Senate.

* Every member of the House and Senate must sign a sworn affidavit, under penalty of perjury, that he or she has attentively either personally read, or heard read, the complete bill to be voted on.

* Every old law coming up for renewal under the sunset provisions must also be read according to the same rules that apply to new bills.

* Every bill to be voted on must be published on the Internet at least 7 days before a vote, and Congress must give public notice of the date when a vote will be held on that bill.

* Passage of a bill that does not abide by these provisions will render the measure null and void, and establish grounds for the law to be challenged in court.

* Congress cannot waive these requirements.

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Hey, if we have to “obey” them, then they should have to read them.

If they read them, maybe, just maybe, they’d realize how stupid some of these are?

In the immigration bill, where does an immigrant get 5k$?

H.R. 634 requires the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States. Why?

H.R. 1495 Water Resources Development Act provides for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States. Isn’t the Army for killing people and breaking things?

Make them read this trash!

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/06/us/06gilliard.html

Steven Gilliard Jr., 42, Dies; Founder of Liberal Political Blog
By NOAM COHEN
Published: June 6, 2007

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Steven Gilliard Jr., a political journalist who found his calling as a combative and influential blogger on the left, died on Saturday in Manhattan. He was 42.

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In what is a now-familiar story among Internet collaborators, many of the thousands who posted online reactions to Mr. Gilliard’s death wrote that they had known little about him, even the fact that he was black. Others, though, mourned the loss of an African-American voice in the liberal blogging world. Those closest to him offline similarly knew next to nothing about his life as blogger.

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“On the the net, no one knows you are a dog”

Interesting the separation between his lives as a person and as a blogger.

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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Battle+of+Normandy

D-Day: The Allies Land on Normandy Beaches (1944)

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The Battle of Normandy during WWII was fought between the German forces occupying Western Europe and invading Allied forces. It remains the largest seaborne invasion in history, with almost 3,000,000 troops crossing the English Channel. The battle continued for more than 2 months and concluded with the liberation of Paris.

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No one seems to think about the ~400,000 casualties from both “sides” that were taken that fateful day.

Who knows how history could have been changed?

It seems a general consensus that, without American involvement in WW1, everything would have been drastically different.

Remind you of today?

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