China denied accusations by two U.S. lawmakers that it hacked into congressional computers, saying Thursday that as a developing country it wasn't capable of sophisticated cybercrime.

[Southpark] So Small [/Southpark]

China denies hacking into US computers - Yahoo! News

CypherGhost wrote:

RE: 9RFmdzLCr9k7b8lfx2psnb9L_500.jpg (JPEG Image, 353x500 pixels)

The porron wine pitcher is a festive way to serve wine or sangria. Just pick up the porrón and tilt it so that a thin stream of wine pours directly into your mouth! It takes some skill, but it is fun at a party to see how well you and your friends master the technique. It is also a great way to share sangria with friends. Each porron holds 1 liter, well over a bottle of wine.

Ahhhh yeah!

LaTienda.com - Glass Porron Wine Pitcher

Google's new Favicon pisses me off. I'm not sure why. I know this is irrational, but that doesn't make me dislike that lowercase "g" any less.

Faked, but still funny.

Fake, but funny: Cell phones cook popcorn

So .NET MD5 Crypto providers are *not* thread safe.

... [sigh] 20 minutes of my life that I will not get back.

.NET MD5 Crypto providers are *not* thread safe

I went diving into my email archive today looking for something and located this gem quite by happenstance.

From: "Billy Hoffman" [billy.hoffman@spidynamics.com]
To: ****
Cc: ****
Sent: 8/7/2006 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: ****

I want to take all these no talent, tech trendy ass clowns and drown them in the ocean.

The reason we have insecure programmers is these "evangelists" are spending too much time hyping things up to get people to buy into their shitty technology and are spending no time teaching those very people how to properly use it. They then turn around and say “no problem here, this is caused by novices” all while ignoring that their hip and witty blogosphere bullshit is what brought the “novices” into the field in the first place.

This is like leading a horse to water, forgetting about him, yelling at everyone how stupid the horse is for not drinking, and then publicly shooting the horse.

Now, unless you really want me to say all that to these fellows, I suggest someone else kindly point these guys to our whitepaper.

Billy

Left Hand: Hi, I'm the left hand. We've never met before, but I'm going to do things that make no sense whatsoever and that will undermine all the hard work of the right hand! Yeah team!

Right Hand: Wait, what did you just say? [shit lands on right hand]

Such is my life at times.

In this image made available Thursday May 29, 2008, from Survival International, 'uncontacted Indians' of the Envira, who have never before had any contact with the outside world, are seen during an overflight in May 2008, as they camp in the Terra Indigena Kampa e Isolados do Envira, Acre state, Brazil, close to the border with Peru. 'We did the overflight to show their houses, to show they are there, to show they exist,' said uncontacted tribes expert Jon

I think this started kind of like this:

Jones: Steve! Steve! listen to me! I'm got a killer idea! Lets go take a giant gleaming helicopter, and fly it over a bunch of people who have never seen technology before!

Steve: Brilliant!

...

At least they didn't land and proclaim themselves gods. Because that went really well last time.

Scaring the crap out of unvisited tribes!

We're in the final week before Summercon 2008! Come out Friday night @ 7PM and meet at the Wyndham Hotel bar, a.k.a. "The Mojito Lounge". Don't be shy, just look for someone wearing a Summercon t-shirt and introduce yourself. They won't bite or fight... probably. We'll plan on hanging out at the hotel for a bit and then herd everyone to another fine drinking establishment. Friday night is an ice-breaker, so come out and get to know your friendly neighborhood hacker. Don't sleep in much past noon on Saturday, presentations start at 12:30PM.

Operation Summercon 2k8 in Da House | summercon 2008