Ramblings & ephemera
From Entertainment News, 21 March 2004:
“Zombies Push Jesus from Top of North American Box Office”
(About Dawn of the Dead and The Passion of the Christ)
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Posted on November 3rd, 2006 by Scott Granneman
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From Byron Acohido and Jon Swartz’s “Going price for network of zombie PCs: $2,000-$3,000” (USA TODAY: 8 September 2004):
In the calculus of Internet crime, two of the most sought-after commodities are zombie PCs and valid e-mail addresses.
One indication of the going rate for zombie PCs comes from a June 11 posting on SpecialHam.com, an electronic [...]
Posted on June 11th, 2006 by Scott Granneman
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From David Kirkpatrick’s “The Net’s not-so-secret economy of crime” (Fortune: 15 May 2006):
Raze Software offers a product called CC2Bank 1.3, available in freeware form - if you like it, please pay for it. …
But CC2Bank’s purpose is the management of stolen credit cards. Release 1.3 enables you to type in any credit card number and [...]
Posted on June 4th, 2006 by Scott Granneman
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From Spam Daily News’s “Spam zombies from outer space“:
Spammers could soon use zombie computers in a totally new way. Infected computers could run programs that spy into a person’s email, mine it for information, and generate realistic-looking replies.
John Aycock, an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Calgary, and his student Nathan [...]
Posted on May 12th, 2006 by Scott Granneman
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From Computerworld’s “Army of zombies invades China“:
China’s rapid Internet growth has brought with it a somewhat disturbing side effect: multiplying zombies up to no good.
Zombies, or Internet-connected computers infected by worms or viruses and under the control of a hacker, are used to launch denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, or send spam or phishing e-mails. An average [...]
Posted on April 1st, 2006 by Scott Granneman
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From “Mummified woman died naturally“:
A woman whose mummified body was dressed in a white gown and placed in front of a television for 2½ years died from heart disease. …
Officials never suspected abuse or foul play after finding Johannas Pope, 61, in her Madisonville home Jan. 4.
Pope told her caretaker, Kathy Painter, she didn’t want [...]
Posted on February 9th, 2006 by Scott Granneman
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From The New York Times‘ “An Army of Soulless 1’s and 0’s“:
Officials at the F.B.I. and the Justice Department say their inquiries on the zombie networks are exposing serious vulnerabilities in the Internet that could be exploited more widely by saboteurs to bring down Web sites or online messaging systems. One case under investigation, officials [...]
Posted on July 8th, 2005 by Scott Granneman
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Man, Jason Statham is a great action star, and The Transporter is a fantastic movie of its type.
Me: Let's see Transporter 3. Robin: I don't know, shouldn't I watch 1 & 2 first so I understand it? Me: Ahahahahahahahahahaha!
JavaScript would be more immediately useful, but it IS programming. XML would be more useful longterm, & would be a nice intro. Make sense?
I wish Mother Nature would decide if she wants to snow or rain or what.
Added a product to their wishlist:
Good God a'mighty but that big man positively.WAILS on the geetar!
The amazingly loud & good Tony Campanella is just starting. This guy rocked the house last year.
On my way with Robin to the annual Stevie Ray Vaughan tribute show at the Pageant. $15 for a kickass 3 hour + show. Awesomeness!
Daniel Craig = best James Bond ever. Good flick. Amazing fight scene among ropes & flying scaffolding!
About to see Quantum of Solace. I'm just expecting a popcorn movie, so I'm gonna be happy.
Just signed up for Mint to track my finances. http://www.mint.com. So far, it seems great. Really slick interface &easy to use. And free!