Poor Cindy

Sometimes PIttsburgh is Nice

Once in awhile they get things right. Add Pittsburgh to the list of communities that think the Patriot Act is not a good thing.

Follow the Leader

“I’ll get to scanning the rest of them at some point.”

  1. Go into your blog/journal’s archives.
  2. Find your 23rd post.
  3. Find the fifth sentence (or closest to).
  4. Post the text of the sentence in your blog along with these instructions.

Flaunting Power Over the Weak

Watch this video. Now read these two articles from the Hague and the Geneva Conventions.

Hague Regulations 1907 Section II Article 23(g): “[it is especially forbidden] to destroy or seize the enemy’s property, unless such destruction or seizure be imperatively demanded by the necessities of war…”
FOURTH GENEVA CONVENTION Article 53: “Any destruction by the Occupying Power of real or personal property belonging individually or collectively to private persons, or to the State, or to other public authorities, or to social or cooperative organizations, is prohibited, except where such destruction is deemed absolutely necessary by military operations.”

Windows == Virii?

Found this in a slashdot post: ‘If popularity breeds vulnerability, Apache should have far more vulnerabilities than IIS. It doesn’t.’