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“Swatting”

From an article in ComputerWorld:
In June, four people were charged in Texas with operating a chat line where they taught people how to make false 911 calls, sending emergency response teams to targeted victims, a practice known as “swatting.” In a June 12 swatting incident, a swatter called the Cleburne, Texas, 911 dispatch using a […]

Amazon’s “Recommended for You”

Does this actually work for anyone? It keeps pitching somewhat random suggestions to me, even after I’ve taken the time to rate my favourite books, and with three years of purchasing history plugged into it. Either my tastes are too eclectic, or there’s something b0rken in its algorithms.
Oh, and if Amazon’s “Today’s Deals” would […]

Interpol Notices

Interpol notices are divided into six different classes, and colour-coded accordingly; there’s an explanation of what each means here:
Interpol Notices

I was thinking of changing my name…

…by deed poll, but - damnit! - it’s already been taken.

Nokia Open C

Nokia have kindly sent me an invite to their “Open C” conference. Open C seems to be a C port to Symbian; code written in standard C should be pretty easy to port to Symbian. I’d link to the invite page, but it borks if I remove my unique ID.
The interesting part is that the […]