I am a hacker and you are afraid and that makes you more dangerous than I ever could be.
10 Most Amazing Ghost Towns
Topic: Miscellaneous
11:36 am EDT, Jul 24, 2008
The Kowloon Walled City was located just outside Hong Kong, China during British rule. A former watchpost to protect the area against pirates, it was occupied by Japan during World War II and subsequently taken over by squatters after Japan’s surrender. Neither Britain nor China wanted responsibility for it, so it became its own lawless city.
Its population flourished for decades, with residents building labyrinthine corridors above the street level, which was clogged with trash. The buildings grew so tall that sunlight couldn’t reach the bottom levels and the entire city had to be illuminated with fluorescent lights. It was a place where brothels, casinos, opium dens, cocaine parlors, food courts serving dog meat and secret factories ran unmolested by authorities. It was finally torn down in 1993 after a mutual decision was made by British and Chinese authorities, who had finally grown wary of the unsanitary, anarchic city and its out-of-control population. null
Wow, Kowloon looks like something out of Blade Runner. Kind of like the alleys of of Shinjuku if you turned the power off!
In 1998, traffic accidents caused 46 percent of all accidental deaths of infants and children aged 1 to 14 (National Center for Health Statistics, 2000). One study (Johnston et al. 1994) showed that the single strongest risk factor for injury in a traffic accident is the improper use of child-safety seats. Another study (Kahane 1986) showed that, when correctly used, child safety seats reduce the risk of fatal injury by 71 percent and hospitalization by 67 percent.
To be effective, however, the seats must be installed correctly. Other studies, showed that 79 to 94 percent of car seats are used improperly (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1996, Decina and Knoebel 1997, Lane et al. 2000). Public-health specialists Dr. Mark Wegner and Deborah Girasek (2003) suspected that poor comprehension of the installation instructions might contribute to this problem. They looked into the readability of the instructions and published their findings in the medical journal Pediatrics. The story was covered widely in the media.
The authors referred to the National Adult Literacy Study (National Center for Educational Statistics, 1993), which states the average adult in the U.S. reads at the 7th grade level. They also cited experts in health literacy who recommend that materials for the public be written at the fifth or sixth-grade reading level (Doak et al., 1996; Weiss and Coyne, 1997). Their study found that the average reading level of the 107 instructions they examined was the 10th grade, too difficult for 80 percent adult readers in the U.S.
Read world implications for readability computations is sexy.
Well do you find you like to fall in love with people that you're never gonna meet? It's easier then breaking up and crying in the street Do you curse the happy couple? Do you cringe at wedding bells? Do you drink up all the punch while you wish 'em all to hell
Love Love, Kiss Kiss.... Blah blah blah You're making me sick I wish you'd just stop showing off For the rest of us that no one wants to love. It's hard enough trying to drink another winter all alone Love Love, Kiss Kiss.... Blah blah blah
Alkaline Trio has a new album. I've mentioned them before and while there sounds has changed with recent albums like Crimson from there more punk sound of songs like Private Eye, and Radio, I'm enjoying this new album so far.
In principio creavit Deus 2 bytes. Servers would also accept an answer if it had the correct 2 bytes even if it came in on a different port. You could win that race. So when this was discovered back then the solution was to increase entropy by modifying the servers so the source port had to match. Thats 2 more bytes of entropy right? Problem solved.
[psst] Source port numbers are assigned from a pool. You don't have 4 bytes of entropy anymore. And the race is still winnable.
And this is why Dan is, still very much the man. Its just annoying that co-workers keep telling me what was discovered is a mystery.
The problem with TiVo is that you never see commercials. So I almost missed that the The Venture Bros. returned for a 3rd season.
If you aren't watching this show you are a fool.
From last night's episode:
Dean: She's the Wereodile! Dr Venture: I almost f@$&ed a wereodile? Dean: Don't worry dad [grab chair]... [smacks Dr Quymn] The power of Christ compels you!
and of course:
Henchman 24: Come on! They have one female servicing a large group of males. That implies a species that lays eggs. Henchman 21: Oh my God, you're crazy! They're so obviously mammals! Henchman 24: Please! She'd be in estrus 24/7 if she didn't lay eggs. Henchman 21: Smurfs don't lay eggs! I won't tell you this again! Papa Smurf has a fucking beard! They're mammals!
