E-Dribble

Former FBI agent Patrick Dempsy feels that we have gone astray in the creation and adaptation of the internet and that perhaps we should create a second internet, since we can’t control the crime on the first one.

How handy would this be in real life? Decide not to install LoJack on your car and it gets stolen? Do-over! Walking through the park and get stabbed? Just do-over and walk around!

In honesty, the article was well written and thoughtful. Mr. Dempsy overlooked one small factoid, however. He wrote this grand diatribe letting us know how the internet should have been governed and protected based on information garnered in hindsight.

Criminals can look over their shoulders as well. They are not static entities that we can learn the habits of and protect ourselves using our newfound knowledge. All of those dandirific ideas you came up with would be circumvented by the time you had the system in place. You’re not supposed to start over. You’re supposed to adapt, improvise and overcome.

In short, there are no do-overs. Besides, the government(s) would fuck up the second chance at a viable e-society as quickly and as thoroughly as they did the first iteration.

It’s just what they do.

In rendering javascript.

Not earth shattering, but I’ll take what I can get.

I’m as much of a fanboy for Firefox as my psyche will allow me to be. I bought the t-shirt, literally. I grumble internally if I have to use another browser because of the plugins I’ve become dependent upon. Without Adblock Plus, a filter updater and noscript, I feel naked. We won’t mention the other few addons that I use to enrich my web travels.

Now if they can just get the browser to sub 60 second startups when bloated with half of the available addons installed.

Alexey Leonidovich Pazhitnov is the gent that developed Tetris. In the past, I pictured the creator of the game as a kindly soul, wanting to share his game with the world.

I was wrong.

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but I can’t get over the fact that he is wearing a monocle.

(img: Jim Merithew/Wired)

Meet Petri Purho, of Helsinki, Finland. Petri developed a game called Crayon Physics Deluxe.

It very well may be the coolest game on the face of the earth.

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Sometimes cause us to have to get new and unlisted phone numbers.

My father is a dirtbag.  He knows it.  I know it.  Further, I accept it.  I’ve not gone so far as to embrace it yet, but I think I’ve made great strides as it is.

I can remember from my childhood times in which the realization pushed against the fabric of the belief that my parents were not only omniscient, but also had souls as white as the newfallen snow.

Take my hand.  Come, walk with me down the path of the past.

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I don’t follow politics.  I can regurgitate the names of three of the people in the running this year because my brother follows it and has to vent any time we get together.

I accept politicians for what they are. I know that you can’t believe a solitary word that falls out of their mouth. What disgusts me about the whole business is the gullibility of Joe Citizen.

That being said, tonight I found an upside to this ridiculous parade that we have to sit through every four years, providing nobody gets shot:

The corporate and private entities that gave an assload of cash to the wrong pony loses big. I never stopped to think about this.  Imagine billions of dollars worth of pre-paid bribes just being tossed out the window. Do these people get IOU’s for future shady business deals in the event that the person is elected at a later date?

To: KBR

IOU One contract at 40 times the actual value for an indefinite period after my election*.

*If I am never elected, ticket holder is eligible for one(1) free hotdog at Joe’s House of Weiners. 

And here I thought that there wasn’t a single positive aspect to an election year.

From them:

NOTIFICATION CENTER <aon.912663788.bergaktiv@aon.at> wrote:

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
We happily announce to you that your email address emerged as the
winner of Prize Amount: 750,000.00GBP Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand
Great British Pound Sterlings(GBP) in our Uk National lottery
programme for this quarter of the year.
In other to claim, you are required to contact the claims officer via
the contact email address below
Mrs Celine Johnson
Email:- agentceline_uklottery_001@yahoo.com
OR   :- Agentceline_uklottery_002@yahoo.co.uk

You should provide the following information below for claims
verification;
1 ) Full Names:.....................
2 ) Sex:............................
3 ) Age:............................
4 ) Nationality.....................
5 ) Country of Residence:...........
6 ) Phone Numbers:..................
7 ) Occupation:.....................
8 ) Mode of Disbursement............
(a) Bank Transfer (b) Courier Delivery
Cheers on your winning.
Sincerely,
Sir.Mark Dulle
Co-ordinator(UK NATIONAL LOTTERY).

From me:

Man, this really couldn’t have come at a better time. I was just wondering when one of these lotteries that I never entered in countries in which I don’t reside were going to pay off big. I mean think about it, there must be a quarter million raffles, lotteries, sweepstakes and giveaways going on at any given moment. As of 2007, there were 6.65 billion people on the earth. That means that I should have a 1 in 26,600 chance of winning.

Those are pretty good fucking odds. I’ve seen lotteries for millions of dollars, givaways including homes in the Keys, raffles with used underwear of the stars. Unfortunately, I ended up winning a lottery with a pittance of a reward. I will however, take what I can get. Who am I to sneeze at 3/4 of a million in great British Sterling Pounds (your ridiculous dragging out of the GBP).

Let’s get down to business, shall we? The quicker I get this money, the quicker I can buy some friends and women.

1 ) Full Name: json.  I'm kind of like Prince or Madonna.  I don't need another name.
2 ) Sex: One time, I got to second base with a cousin.
3 ) Age: She was 12
4 ) Nationality American Asian African
5 ) Country of Residence: US
6 ) Phone Numbers: 828-555-1212.  Ask for json
7 ) Occupation: Lottery winner.
8 ) Mode of Disbursement: (c) Carrier Pigeon

Thanks very much for thinking of me. I’m looking very much forward to having so much money that I can wipe my ass with it*.

thanks,
json

Toader and Marianna Osan of Parma, Ohio love their son.

They say that love is blind.

Marianna and Toader’s love for their 13 year old son is so blind, they should be able to get a disabled tag for their car. And a striped cane.

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While researching something tonight, I found the following:  Pfizer’s server farm was compromised a few months ago, and their boxes were sending out spam for their “competitors”.

Wired reported on it in September of last year, stating that although Pfizer had been notified of the breech, at the time of the article, they had done nothing to regain control of their boxes.

How funny is it that Pfizer is footing the advertising bill for the illegal sale of knockoff versions of their drugs?

Pretty funny.

when I realize that we deserve all the junk mail we get.

I was doing a search online tonight looking for some nameserver references for keymachine.de, which has become the source for 90% of the bot registrations on one of my community sites, when I ran across this blog post, titled “simply-rx.com sucks!”.

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