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Posted on November 30th, 2008 by Scott Granneman
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Richard Stallman on why “intellectual property” is a misnomer
From Richard Stallman’s “Transcript of Richard Stallman at the 4th international GPLv3 conference; 23rd August 2006” (FSF Europe: 23 August 2006):
Anyway, the term “intellectual property” is a propaganda term which should never be used, because merely using it, no matter what you say about it, presumes it makes sense. It doesn’t really make sense, because [...]
Posted on November 28th, 2008 by Scott Granneman
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Usernames that botnets try
From Chapter 2: Botnets Overview of Craig A. Schiller’s Botnets: The Killer Web App (Syngress: 2007):
Default UserIDs Tried by RBot
Here is a list of default userids that RBot uses.
Administrator
Administrador
Administrateur
administrat
[...]
Posted on November 22nd, 2008 by Scott Granneman
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1 Henry VI: Astraea
From William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part 1 (I: 6):
CHARLES:
Divinest creature, Astraea’s daughter,
How shall I honour thee for this success?
Astraea: in Greek religion and mythology, goddess of justice; daughter of Zeus and Themis. Because of the wickedness of man, she withdrew from the earth at the end of the Golden Age and was placed among the [...]
Posted on January 13th, 2007 by Scott Granneman
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Weldon Kees, polymath
From The New Yorker’s “The Disappearing Poet” (4 July 2005):
[Weldon] Kees himself was toiling on a script, a spy thriller called “Gadabout” … Kees was introduced as “Mr. Weldon Kees, poet, painter, artist, etcetera, composer, critic, etcetera, etcetera, ad infinitum.”
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Posted on May 14th, 2006 by Scott Granneman
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A living story, tattooed on flesh
From The New York Times Magazine’s “Skin Literature“:
Most artists spend their careers trying to create something that will live forever. But the writer Shelley Jackson is creating a work of literature that is intentionally and indisputably mortal. Jackson is publishing her latest short story by recruiting 2,095 people, each of whom will have one word [...]
Posted on April 1st, 2006 by Scott Granneman
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Some anagrams of ‘Scott Granneman’
From Wordsmith.org search for ‘Scott Granneman’
Mrs. Gannet Canto
Mr. Tangent can so!
Ms. Canton Argent
Macon Tangstern
Marc Angstenton
Marcston Gannet
Marcson Gannett
Cramson Gannett
Grant Camsenton
Canton Garments
Torn Can Magnets
Cannet Angstrom
Scranton Magnet
Engram Constant
There are some pretty cool names in there!
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One of the benefits [...]
Posted on November 22nd, 2005 by Scott Granneman
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