Thought Flickrs

find dup()

2009-05-11T10:00:00.001-04:00

Sub FindDups()'' NOTE: You must select the first cell in the column and' make sure that the column is sorted before running this macro'ScreenUpdating = FalseFirstItem = ActiveCell.ValueSecondItem = ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).ValueOffsetcount = 1Do While ActiveCell <> ""If FirstItem = SecondItem ThenActiveCell.Offset(Offsetcount, 0).Interior.Color = RGB(255, 0, 0)Offsetcount = Offsetcount + 1SecondItem = ActiveCell.Offset(Offsetcount, 0).ValueElseActiveCell.Offset(Offsetcount, 0).SelectFirstItem = ActiveCell.ValueSecondItem = ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).ValueOffsetcount = 1End IfLoopScreenUpdating = TrueEnd Sub
/* remove trailing and leading white spaces */
Sub WhiteSpacer()Dim cel As Range, rg As RangeSet rg = SelectionIf rg.Cells.Count = 1 Then Set rg = ActiveSheet.UsedRangeSet rg = rg.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants)If rg Is Nothing Then Exit SubApplication.ScreenUpdating = TrueFor Each cel In rg.Cells 'Replace requires Excel 2000 or later. For Excel 97, use Application.Substitute instead cel = Trim(Replace(cel, Chr(160), Chr(32))) 'VBA Trim removes leading and trailing spaces only 'cel = Application.Trim(Replace(cel, Chr(160), Chr(32))) 'TRIM function removes leading and trailing spaces, and converts multiple spaces in succession into a single oneNextApplication.ScreenUpdating = TrueEnd Sub

Two Choices ONLY !!

2009-04-18T12:06:00.001-04:00

Two Choices

What would you do?....you make the choice. Don't look for a punch line, there isn't one. Read it anyway. My question is: Would you have made the same choice?

At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves children with learning disabilities, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question:

'When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does, is done with perfection.

Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do.

Where is the natural order of things in my son?'

The audience was stilled by the query.

The father continued. 'I believe that when a child like Shay, who was mentally and physically disabled comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people treat that child.'

Then he told the following story:

Shay and I had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, 'Do you think they'll let me play?' I knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but as a father I also understood that if my son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence to be accepted by others in spite of his handicaps.

I approached one of the boys on the field and asked (not expecting much) if Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance and said, 'We're losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him in to bat in the ninth inning.'

Shay struggled over to the team's bench and, with a broad smile, put on a team shirt. I watched with a small tear in my eye and warmth in my heart. The boys saw my joy at my son being accepted.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team scored a few runs but was still behind by three.

In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the right field. Even though no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field, grinning from ear to ear as I wav ed to him from the stands.

In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay's team scored again.

Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base and Shay was scheduled to be next at bat.

At this juncture, do they let Shay bat and give away their chance to win the game?

Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but impossible because Shay didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the ball.

However, as Shay stepped up to the

plate, the pitcher, recognizing that the other team was putting winning aside for this moment in Shay's life, moved in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least make contact.

The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed.

The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towards Shay.

As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right b ask to the pitcher.

The game would now be over.

The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could have easily thrown the ball to the first baseman.

Shay would have been out and that would have been the end of the game.

Instead, the pitcher threw the ball right over the first baseman's head, out of reach of all team mates.

Everyone from the stands and both teams started yelling, 'Shay, run to first!

Run to first!'

Never in his life had Shay ever run that far, but he made it to first base.

He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled.

Everyone yelled, 'Run to second, run to second!'

Catching his breath, Shay awkwardly ran towards second, gleaming and struggling to make it to the base.

B y the time Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielder had the ball .. the smallest guy on their team who now had his first chance to be the hero for his team.

He could have thrown the ball to the second-baseman for the tag, but he understood the pitcher's intentions so he, too, intentionally threw the ball high and far over the third-baseman's head.

Shay ran toward third base deliriously as the runners ahead of him circled the bases toward home.

All were screaming, 'Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way Shay'

Shay reached third base because the opposing shortstop ran to help him by turning him in the direction of third base, and shouted, 'Run to third!

Shay, run to third!'

As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams, and the spectators, were on their feet screaming, 'Shay, run home! Run home!'

Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the grand slam and won the game for his team

'That day', said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, 'the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity into this world'.

Shay didn't make it to another summer. He died that winter, having never forgotten being the hero and making me so happy, and coming home and seeing his Mother tearfully embrace her little hero of the day!

AND NOW A LITTLE FOOT NOTE TO THIS STORY:

We all send thousands of jokes through the e-mail without a second thought, but when it comes to sending messages about life choices, people hesitate.

The crude, vulgar, and often obscene pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion about decency is too often suppressed in our schools and workplaces.

We all have thousands of opportunities every single day to help realize the 'natural order of things.'

So many seemingly trivial interactions between two people present us with a choice:

Do we pass along a little spark of love and humanity or do we pass up those opportunities and leave the world a little bit colder in the process?

A wise man once said every society is judged by how it treats it's least fortunate amongst them.

You now have two choices:

1. Pass the Love around

2. Ignore it and keep doing what you do

.. and regardless either choice.. May your day, be a Shay Day.

Prophet and Loss

2009-04-17T15:33:00.001-04:00

Brooksley Born warned that unchecked trading in the credit market could lead to disaster, but power brokers in Washington ignored her. Now we're all paying the price.
[..]
As chairperson of the CFTC, Born advocated reining in the huge and growing market for financial derivatives. Derivatives get their name because the value is derived from fluctuations in, for example, interest rates or foreign exchange. They started out as ways for big corporations and banks to manage their risk across a range of investments. One type of derivative—known as a credit-default swap—has been a key contributor to the economy’s recent unraveling.

Link

A subprime Primer

2008-10-27T12:20:00.004-04:00

Heres a nice SubPrime Primer for all to understand the brokerage business.

Subprime Primer

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own.

Conversational Blindness—Answering the Wrong Question the Right Way

2008-10-21T10:29:00.001-04:00

When faced with unwanted queries, question-dodgers sometimes exploit conversational blindness—a phenomenon whereby listeners fail to notice when speakers respond to a different question than the one they are asked—by responding with answers that seem to address the question asked, but which in fact address an entirely different question. [..] A successful dodge occurs when a speaker's answer to the wrong question is so compelling that the listener both forgets the right one, and rates the dodger positively. In some cases, speakers end up better off by answering the wrong question well rather than the right question poorly.

This is an interesting paper to read. It reminds me of the mother asking the child -" have you done your homework ?" and where the child responds "mom , you know what I did in school today ? I wrote the whole equation on the black board , when nobody in the class knew how to solve the problem" !

Subject change - relevant to school , but not relevant to homework !

Whose Value Statement ?

2008-10-21T10:16:00.001-04:00

Does anyone know which org's value statement this is ?

We lead by example | We work together | We respect the individual | We seek the facts and provide insight
We are open and honest in our communication | We are committed to our communities
Above all, we act with integrity

Due Dilgence prepardness checklist

2008-10-20T13:56:00.001-04:00

Investor presentation prepared: Yes
OM/PPM prepared: No
Business plan prepared: Yes
Executive summary prepared: Yes
3 year projections prepared: Yes
3 year historical prepared: Yes
Financials externally reviewed: No
Financials externally audited: No
Financials prepared by: External CPA
Formal board in place: Yes
Willing to put in board if none: Yes
Option plan in place: No
Employee agreements: Yes
Board of directors agreements: No
Board of advisors agreements: No
Subscription agreements: No
Cap table shareholder list: No
Management directors: 2
Non-mgmt directors: 2
Non-mgmt non-shareholders: --

statements which make you go hmmmmmmmmmmm !!

2008-10-02T13:08:00.001-04:00

This is a classic statement by Shivanand Velmurugan

"When a government asks 99% of the population who own less than half of the country's wealth to bail out the 1% of the population who own 51% of the wealth the population has to decide whether it wants bankruptcy before revolution or revolution before bankruptcy. It really is that simple.""

FF beta comments boo boo

2008-08-28T22:09:00.001-04:00

Bill Gates is Right on Creative Capitalism

2008-08-25T10:47:00.000-04:00

"Bill Gates has it right. Business is the most powerful force for change in the world right now and gives the idea of creative capitalism real power"

[..]

The first is the issue of resources

A second force affecting the speed and direction of global capitalism comes from the demand side.

At the same time, the corporate form is changing very fast. New networks of companies and organizations are emerging, new ways of competing and collaborating are becoming more important. Old boundaries are withering.

A fourth catalyst is transparency. Leaders and organizations of all kinds are increasingly operating in glasshouses.

Finally, though less obviously, there is a palpable thirst among people around the world for leadership that is not for sale, for individuals and organizations that are not solely defined by the transactional rhythms and white-hot speed of the marketplace

source :HBS

The New Frontiers !!

2008-08-24T07:47:00.001-04:00

"Now exfiltrators are beginning to make use of streaming data technologies like voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). Disrupting or even detecting hidden transmissions inside real-time phone calls is the next hurdle for digital forensics companies" - Spy Vs Spy

This is an interesting article for a Sunday Morning Read. Earlier we had "Man in the middle" concept. Now we will begin seeing a 'mole' in real time data streams. This seems to be another brain child of Ravi Sundaram

Simple is Good !

2008-08-22T11:09:00.001-04:00

ASHLEY:

Keeping it simple in business is vital. In business, as in life, it
seems to be human nature to make things more complicated than they have to
be. In business this can have disastrous consequences because without
simplicity the function of the business can be severely hampered. I often
meet people who agree but it seems big corporations are unable to make the
necessary changes because there are too many people on the totem pole to get
the changes enacted

Via : simplictyblog

HR & Talent Managment

2008-08-21T12:40:00.001-04:00

McKinsey surveys show that business leaders around the world are deeply concerned about the intensifying competition for talent, few companies make it an integral part of a long-term business strategy.

To find out more about how companies can bolster the HR function and successfully recruit and manage employees, read "Making talent a strategic priority" (January 2008).

Researching the Value of Project Management,

2008-08-19T20:48:00.001-04:00

Researching the Value of Project Management, will be released soon. Smartly, PMI released a preview PDF (here) and a 90 minute presentation by the lead authors Janice Thomas and Mark Mullaly, PMP (embedded here).

Mary Adams over at Hybrid Vigor will be particularly interested in the attention paid to intangible benefits (Crossderry posts here, here, and here) in the study, which Kelley Hunsberger highlighted (here).

Friend Feed - Pvt Room Usage

2008-08-17T11:35:00.000-04:00

I am cleaning up my main life stream on FF. I am getting too much noise and echo of the same stuff that I have already consumed one way or another. However, I will continue to participate on my main page. Here's a couple of my private rooms and its content ;

My-News Room is for collating all the stuff from Reuters: Top News, AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE), Google News, Yahoo! News: Most Popular , APnews's videos on livevideo , CNN.com , and a wire scrapper ;World News Host.

I get top line info from all these sites and am on the ball with whatver is happening around the globe. Just spending 5 minutes scanning the top line title header, gives me more then enough info to either dive deeper or not !

Technially I have the worlds News Corps working the news and the news comes to me as soon as the story is cut ! :)-

On that note, I then began leveraging off the wisdom of crowds. Why go searching for information, let it bubble up to the top and cull the meta set of pages. Content is variable and flavors of preference too, However, that interests me to. And, who has time to browse the net ? So I began crowd sourcing and leverage off the wisdom of others, I Created a Play Pen

Whatever hits Delicious hotlist ; Digg , Techmeme, reddit.com: what's new online ; BuzzFeed - Latest gets aggregated into this room. I maybe behind the curve while getting a good link. But remember, most of these items can only reach front page, only after many thousands of views and many votes etc. So if the main internet user base finds it interesting , then it will pop up here. So I guesstimate that about 1-2Million users actually use these sites and thereby I am 'feeding' off them like a parasite :)-

(if you have more suggestion to which sites I should add to this room, please let me know !)

After we had the S3 outage, I then figured out lets create a "cloud status board". I took all the Status board messages and plugged them into this room. What gives here? The Health of the Internet. I can see which services are down and when they went down or up. Think of it as a mini NOC Tool !! Heres a screen scrap.

As something that directly relates to my job and profession. Heres a monitoring room on CBSA and CBP.gov:, BSA Media Rather then keep this keep this in my outlook. I mirrored the same into a separate room

Why am I sharing this with you all ?

I want to know ;

1) Is anyone else doing the same with thing - using FF as one big aggregator ?

2) What other Feeds should I be including ?

3) What happens if FF breaks, I have no way to port in and out all my likes, preferences and shares ? Thereby , losing my knowledge thread repository .

Note: this is only a thin slice of what I got setup :)-

Another Round of deep chatter

2008-08-14T23:04:00.001-04:00

Many Moons ago, I wrote about the "tapeworm" and then I cut the chatter on current cybergames.

Its only today that I realize that the deep defense mechanisms of "Waychopee and Electric Skillet" is not in power with other governments.

The Coalition is losing the war on this front.

'nuff said !!

Why does a civil discourse become redundant ?

2008-08-12T23:30:00.003-04:00

It starts' with this thread..
where I note this comment ;

"Had it been a mainstream publication, the photographer would have acted like a professional photographer. - Cyndy"

So I ask ;

Cyndy, can you distingush between the two,please. How does a professional photographer act vs a non professional photographer ?? in so much as they are both people and have human reactions. take time to reflect before you give an answer. I have collateral available (on hand) as rebuttal. - You

and to which I get this response

Peter, show me where any photographer is supposed to BECOME a story instead of document one. We are discussing photography, not performance art, aren't we? Because if we are discussing photography AS performance art, then by all means, I'm sure you have collateral available. - Cyndy

to which I reply ;

Cynd.. yes he (kevin) become the story.. as a professional blogger/ professional photographer after he he cut the Devils Dogs 301 letter. So for telling the truth he become the story. <http://hotzone.yahoo.com/b/hot...> So lets see, what is the core traits that differentiate a professional photographer act vs a non professional photographer ? is it telling story the best way they can ? not telling the truth ? or what -- please quantify and 4get TH - You

and then I get this quoted back to me (as If I dont know the story in full !! )

We are reading the same story, right? "But I have never in my career been a "gotcha" reporter hoping for people to commit wrongdoings so that I can catch them." and "Anyone who has seen my reporting on television or read my dispatches is aware of the lengths to which I've gone to play it straight down the middle" are right in the first two paragraphs. He was documenting a story and was shocked in people calling him out. He didn't create the story. He didn't put himself in the story. And he was shocked. - Cyndy

but my root question still need to be answered ..its like wtf.. (please keep to the topic on hand and answer my question !!)

@cyndy, why are you side stepping my question ?? just tell me what is differentiator between a professional photographer act vs a non professional photographer act ? just keep it simple and in plain english. - You

And I am still awaiting an answer... Time well wasted ?? I dont think so, because I now have a more the a slight knowledge to what is fluff and what is wool !!

I'll be the first one to take mea culpa if I am wrong.. but what the heck just answer the question. Tell me a Pro will have the current lens, a non pro will not know the correct lightening needed. OR whatever is the differentiator and that what really perks my interest.

Bigger lesson- great people talk about ideas, good people talk about everyday things, the weather, the football games, golf etc. Mediocre people , just keeptalking about people !

FF- Fail (Session Socket)

2008-08-05T19:00:00.001-04:00

I think this is a session failure. ITS not an FF Bug, rather my box tends to switch WiFi hotspots. So when on spot fails, it just picks whatever is in range. However the kernal can't pass the new socket onto FF (thats what I think !!)

Wrike

2008-08-04T12:54:00.001-04:00

"What is Wrike? Wrike is an integrated online project management solution that helps you manage projects, teams and businesses. By turning email overload into well-organized plans on the Web, Wrike makes your organization more efficient, transparent and agile. Wrike is collaborative, web-based, easy to use and inexpensive, so you can roll it out company-wide."

Me is not seeing anything about work flow controls and Reports on Budgets, REsource Loading and all that fun stuff that is really needed for PM works

on Marriage !!

2008-07-27T17:09:00.001-04:00

Time to take it out !!

2008-07-25T22:07:00.001-04:00

# for num in $(seq -w 200); do ssh n$num free -tm | grep Mem | awk '{print $2}';
  done | sort | uniq

Just joshin..phun intended.. !

BEST READ Evah !! The cat[DNS] is indeed out of the bag [INTERNET]

2008-07-22T19:48:00.001-04:00

HERES how it Works..minor edits to make it readable.

NOTE : I REALLY DON'T KNOW THE AUTHOR OF THIS FAB READ. THAT THE WAY IT HAPPENS IN THIS ZONE ..SO FAR ALL I KNOW ITS --YES, Halvar Flake

Backgrounder

Pretend for the moment that you know only the basic function of DNS — that it translates WWW.VICTIM.COM into 1.2.3.4. The code that does this is called a resolver. Each time the resolver contacts the DNS to translate names to addresses, it creates a packet called a query. The exchange of packets is called a transaction. Since the number of packets flying about on the internet requires scientific notation to express, you can imagine there has to be some way of not mixing them up.

Bob goes to to a deli, to get a sandwich. Bob walks up to the counter, takes a pointy ticket from a round red dispenser. The
ticket has a number on it. This will be Bob's unique identifier for his sandwich acquisition transaction. Note that the number will
probably be used twice — once when he is called to the counter to place his order and again when he's called back to get his sandwich. If you're wondering, Bob likes ham on rye with no onions.

If you've got this, you have the concept of transaction IDs, which are numbers assigned to keep different transactions in order. Conveniently, the first sixteen bits of a DNS packet is just such a unique identifier. It's called a query id (QID). And with the efficiency of the deli, the QID is used for multiple transactions.

VEXT0R's and HEX's

Until very recently, there were two basic classes of DNS vulnerabilities. One of them involves mucking about with the QID in
DNS packets and the other requires you to know the Deep Magic. First, QIDs. Bob's a resolver and Alice is a content DNS server. Bob asks Alice for the address of WWW.VICTIM.COM. The answer is 1.2.3.4. Mallory would like the answer to be 6.6.6.0.

It is a (now not) secret shame of mine that for a great deal of my career, creating and sending packets was, to me, Deep Magic. Then it became part of my job, and I learned that it is surprisingly trivial. So put aside the idea that forging IP packets is the hard part of poisoning DNS. If I'm Mallory and I'm attacking Bob, how can he distinguish my packets from Alice's? Because I can't see the QID in his request, and the QID in my response won't match. The QID is the only thing protecting the DNS from Mallory (me).

QID attacks began in the olden days, when BIND simply incremented the QID with every query response. If you can remember 1995, here's a workable DNS attack. Think fast: 9372 + 1. Did you get 9372, or even miss and get 9373? You win, Alice loses. Mallory sends a constant stream of DNS responses for WWW.VICTIM.COM. All are quietly discarded —- until Mallory gets Bob to query for WWW.VICTIM.COM. If Mallory's response gets to your computer before the legitimate response arrives from your ISP's name server, you will be redirected where Mallory tells you you're going.

Obvious fix: you want the QID be randomly generated. Now Alice and Mallory are in a race. Alice sees Bob's request and knows the QID. Mallory has to guess it. The first one to land a packet with the correct QID wins. Randomized QIDs give Alice a big advantage in this race. But there's a bunch more problems here:

If you convince Bob to ask Alice the same question 1000 times all at once, and Bob uses a different QID for each packet, you madethe race 1000 times easier for Mallory to win.
If Bob uses a crappy random number generator, Mallory can get Bob to ask for names she controls, like WWW.EVIL.COM, and watch how the QIDs bounce around; eventually, she'll break the RNG and be able to predict its outputs.

16 bits just isn't big enough to provide real security at the traffic rates we deal with in 2008.

Your computer's resolver is probably a stub. Which means it won't really save the response. You don't want it to. The stub asks a real DNS server, probably run by your ISP. That server doesn't know everything. It can't, and shouldn't, because the whole idea of DNS is to compensate for the organic and shifting nature of internet naming and addressing. Frequently, that server has to go ask another, and so on. The cool kids call this "recursion".

Responses carry another value, too, called a time to live (TTL). This number tells your name server how long to cache the answer. Why? Because they deal with zillions of queries. Whoever wins the race between Alice and Mallory, their answer gets cached. All subsequent responses will be dropped. All future requests for that same data, within the TTL, come from that answer. This is good for whoever wins the race. If Alice wins, it means Mallory can't poison the cache for that name. If Mallory wins, the next 10,000 or so people that ask that cache where WWW.VICTIM.COM is go to 6.6.6.0.

YET ANOTHER VEXT0R !!

Then there's that other set of DNS vulnerabilities. These require you to pay attention in class. They haven't really been talked about since 1997. And they're hard to find, because you have to understand how DNS works. In other words, you have to be completely crazy. Lazlo Hollyfeld crazy. I'm speaking of course of RRset poisoning.

DNS has a complicated architecture. Not only that, but not all name servers run the same code. So not all of them implement DNS in exactly the same way. And not only that, but not all name servers are configured properly.

I just described a QID attack that poisons the name server's cache. This attack requires speed, agility and luck, because if the "real" answer happens to arrive before your spoofed one, you're locked out. Fortunately for those of you that have a time machine, some versions of DNS provide you with another way to poison the name server's cache anyway. To explain it, I will have to explain more about the format of a DNS packet.

DNS packets are variable in length and consist of a header, some flags and resource records (RRs). RRs are where the goods ride around. There are up to three sets of RRs in a DNS packet, along with the original query. These are:

Answer RR's, which contain the answer to whatever question you asked (such as the A record that says WWW.VICTIM.COM is 1.2.3.4)

Authority RR's, which tell resolvers which name servers to refer to to get the complete answer for a question
Additional RR's, sometimes called "glue", which contain any additional information needed to make the response effective.

A word about the Additional RR's. Think about an NS record, like the one that COM's name server uses to tell us that, to find out where WWW.VICTIM.COM is, you have to ask NS1.VICTIM.COM. That's good to know, but it's not going to help you unless you know where to find NS1.VICTIM.COM. Names are not addresses. This is a chicken and egg problem. The answer is, you provide both the NS record pointing VICTIM.COM to NS1.VICTIM.COM, and the A record pointing NS1.VICTIM.COM to 1.2.3.1.

Now, let's party like it's 1995.

Download the source code for a DNS implementation and hack it up such that every time it sends out a response, it also sends out a little bit of evil — an extra Additional RR with bad information. Then let's set up an evil server with it, and register it as EVIL.COM. Now get a bunch of web pages up with IMG tags pointing to names hosted at that server.

Bob innocently loads up a page with the malicious tags which coerces his browser resolve that name. Bob asks Alice to resolve that name. Here comes recursion: eventually the query arrives at our evil server. Which sends back a response with an unexpected (evil) Additional RR.

If Alice's cache honors the unexpected record, it's 1995 —- buy CSCO! —- and you just poisoned their cache. Worse, it will replace the "real" data already in the cache with the fake data. You asked where WWW.EVIL.COM was (or rather, the image tags did). But Alice also "found out" where WWW.VICTIM.COM was: 6.6.6.0. Every resolver that points to that name server will now gladly forward you to the website of the beast.

FIXES and PATCHES TILL @008 .

It's not 1995. It's 2008. There are fixes for the attacks I have described.

Fix 1: The QID race is fixed with random IDs, and by using a strong random number generator and being careful with the state you keep for queries. 16 bit query IDs are still too short, which fills us with dread. There are hacks to get around this. For instance, DJBDNS randomizes the source port on requests as well, and thus won't honor responses unless they come from someone who guesses the ~16bit source port. This brings us close to 32 bits, which is much harder to guess.

Fix 2: The RR set poisoning attack is fixed by bailiwick checking, which is a quirky way of saying that resolvers simply remember that if they're asking where WWW.VICTIM.COM is, they're not interested in caching a new address for WWW.GOOGLE.COM in the same transaction.

Remember how these fixes work. They're very important.

PRESENT DAY.

Let's try again to convince Bob that WWW.VICTIM.COM is 6.6.6.0.

This time though, instead of getting Bob to look up WWW.VICTIM.COM and then beating Alice in the race, or getting Bob to look up WWW.EVIL.COM and slipping strychnine into his ham sandwich, we'regoing to be clever (sneaky).

Get Bob to look up AAAAA.VICTIM.COM. Race Alice. Alice's answer is NXDOMAIN, because there's no such name as AAAAA.VICTIM.COM. Mallory has an answer. We'll come back to it. Alice has an advantage in the race, and so she likely beats Mallory. NXDOMAIN for AAAAA.VICTIM.COM.

Alice's advantage is not insurmountable. Mallory repeats with AAAAB.VICTIM.COM. Then AAAAC.VICTIM.COM. And so on. Sometime, perhaps around CXOPQ.VICTIM.COM, Mallory wins! Bob believes CXOPQ.VICTIM.COM is 6.6.6.0!

Poisoning CXOPQ.VICTIM.COM is not super valuable to Mallory. But Mallory has another trick up her sleeve. Because her response didn't just say CXOPQ.VICTIM.COM was 6.6.6.0. It also contained Additional RRs pointing WWW.VICTIM.COM to 6.6.6.0. Those records are in-bailiwick: Bob is in fact interested in VICTIM.COM for this query. Mallory has combined attack #1 with attack #2, defeating fix #1 and fix #2. Mallory can conduct this attack in less than 10 seconds on a fast Internet link.

Xbox vs Apple TV.

2008-07-19T06:22:00.001-04:00

Had to capture this. Why ? the simplicty of the question and the answers open a whole dimension of thoughts , pros & cons etc. It goes like this..

"why does it take like an hour to get a rental on xbox live while apple tv can get it already right away?" - MG Siegler
One is an Apple product, one is a Microsoft product. Any questions? - Louis Gray

Yahoo Agrees to SELL -at $33

2008-07-17T19:27:00.001-04:00

"Just got the alert via Marc Hustvedt, co-founder of Tubefilter, on Twitter linking to a Search Engine Journal story reporting that Jerry Yang sent an e-mail out to shareholders that Yahoo is willing to sell to Microsoft at the price of $33 per share"

Source

Congratulations to our Millionth Terrorist!

2008-07-16T09:04:00.001-04:00

Good Catch by Schnier ...

The U.S terrorist watch list has hit one million names. I sure hope we're giving our millionth terrorist a prize of some sort.

Who knew that a million people are terrorists. Why, there are only twice as many burglars in the U.S. And fifteen times more terrorists than arsonists.

Is this idiotic, or what?

hi there! - We love u !!

2008-07-12T11:33:00.002-04:00

Berry Berry Cute !!

All the way from Holland , my Cousins daughter "Little Hobbit" and sends me a pic of her & little brother.

"I was babysitting and we (kees and I) had nothing to do... ;)"

Luv u back ..Cousins :)-

Trust me, I won't be around always, so sharing this today !!

2008-07-07T21:18:00.001-04:00

Trust me, I wont be around always, so this is the best time to share this !!

Hope you enjoy.. its awwsssssssssome !

| View | Upload your own

EXTREME DATA SET !! => Fwd: [Full-disclosure] Mrfetch Paul Carnes YouTube

2008-07-05T21:22:00.002-04:00

Not sure what this is !!

Brief : Its quite a data set for profile Analysis. Renderation needs to be confirmed.
Point: Perp has taken time to white out SSN = >"Social Security Number: 369-94-XXXX"
MyTake: Legit data set

/pd

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sock Puppet <socketpuppetsftw@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 7:19 PM
Subject: [Full-disclosure] Mrfetch Paul Carnes YouTube
To: full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk

Mrfetch (Paul Carnes) is a homosexual that believes the internet is his personal army. In a video online, MrFetch attempts to rally the "you-tubers" together and fight the Anonymous Internet. While completely impossible, Mr Fetch vlogs as if everything on the internets were "serious business". Even while stating the phrase "stand down" eleven times and claiming anon is burning down trailers, he still persisting that he is "just getting started, baby." He is spreading lies about anon, as flattering as they are, this can not continue to happen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa_lfg1DhDc

Paul A. Carnes
Self-Declared Leader of "Anonymous"
screen name " Mrfetch "
Cell: (334) 663-4656
ADDRESS:
927 Honeysuckle Rd
Dothan Alabama 36305

Relatives:

Jo Ann Carnes
927 Honeysuckle Rd
Dothan, AL 36305-1916
334-673-4656

Gayle Carnes

104 CONCORD CIR
DOTHAN, AL 36301
(334) 702-2041

Robert M Carnes

900 OVERLOOK DR
DOTHAN, AL 36303
(334) 793-1330

Susan Carnes

115 MONTROSE CT
DOTHAN, AL 36305
(334) 702-8867

Name: KARNES, PAUL A Also Known As: CARNES, PAUL Social Security Number: 369-94-XXXX Address: 927 HONEYSUCKLE RD DOTHAN, AL 36305-1916 Address Updated: 11/15/2004 Previous Addresses: 517 COVEY CIR DOTHAN, AL 36305-7171 Address Updated: 10/1/2000 Telephone: (334) 663-4656 On File Since: 10/1/2000

ALABAMA MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION Owner Name: NATIONWIDE - COMPANY Owner Mailing Address: 4100 COLONNADE PKWY STE 150 BIRMINGHAM, AL 35243-3372 County: JEFFERSON Registrant: CARNES, PAUL A. - INDIVIDUAL Registrant Mailing Address: 12458 PAUL DUNCAN RD COTTONDALE, AL 35453-3512 County: TUSCALOOSA Co-Owner 1: SADISCO OF BIRMINGHAM - COMPANY PO BOX 101055 BIRMINGHAM, AL 35210-6055 County: JEFFERSON

TITLE INFORMATION ******

Original Title Date: 9/4/1997 Title Transfer Date: 9/4/1997

REGISTRATION INFORMATION ******

Original Registration Date: 3/17/1997 Registration Date: 3/17/1997 Expiration Date: 2/28/1998

PLATE INFORMATION ****

Plate Number: 63BY204 Plate State: ALABAMA Plate Type: PRIVATE Vehicle's Previous Plate Number: 63APS45 Vehicle's Previous Plate State: ALABAMA

VEHICLE INFORMATION ***

Vehicle Class Description: PASSENGER CAR/LIGHT TRUCK VIN: 1FAPP959XKW179630 Model Year: 1989 Manufacturer: FORD Model: ESCORT 4D Vehicle Series: LX Color: UNKNOWN Vehicle Weight: 2371 LBS. Search Results: 4 records found in our database

Other Information:

Status: Single Orientation: Gay Age: 23 Zodiac Sign: Aries (Mar 21 - Apr 19) Ethnicity: Latino / White Hispanic Religion: Christian Baptist - other Children: Someday Education: In college Occupation: HaterAlert.com

paulcarnes.com has address 64.202.189.170 paulfetch.com has address 68.178.232.100 hateralert.com has address 68.178.232.100

Emails: mrpaulcarnes@yahoo.com mrpaulcarnes@aol.com playboikid85@yahoo.com

History:
Chipola College Theater
Wedding Planner
Scientology Enthusiast
Baptist
Gay Homosexual Male

Resources:

http://www.youtube.com/user/mrfetch
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=PaulFetch
http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Mrfetch
http://partyvan.info/index.php/Paul_Fetch
http://www.rbcdothan.org/ Ridgecrest Baptist Church
http://www.chipola.edu/ Chipola College
http://www.mh.alabama.gov/

I'm an addict - need support !!

2008-06-30T13:42:00.001-04:00

I am an addicting and trying to quit. I am micro blogging my de-tox experience on Friend Feed.

Kindly drop by and support my recovery :)-

The animal in me- will always LUV U !!

2008-06-28T08:52:00.005-04:00

This is an awesome clip. I remember my old dog did the same thing, when I visited her after 2 years. Check it out.

True love begets true love !

you can order the documentary on amazon

Rocket Boom Sold !!

2008-06-26T23:47:00.001-04:00

This is news, in it's most precise, concise and in pristine condition :)-

"Printed, signed, notarized, scanned, emailed, countersigned, received, printed, filed." - Andrew Baron

Thread

Who am I and what I do ?

2008-06-26T01:17:00.001-04:00

Funny, this statement of Hugh's seriously caught me off balance.

" @peterdawson I've ben seeing you around for about 4 years. Besides obsessing about A-Listers, I'm not sure what it is you actualy do."

First response..just google me. But, on second thought its totally like me. My life is a partially opened book. Additional info of me can be garnished from [ My Blog | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin | MyWiki ] Oh yes don't forget to Google me (PeterDawson) for more information !! . :)-

Methinks, if you really wanted to something about what I do or who I am, you would have at least done some due diligence research on your part too.

What I actually do, is nobodies business and mine alone. If I wanted to share something in the social web it would be out there. Just because we chat on Twitter, friendfeed and other media, does not mean that I need to open my professional and personal stuff to the world and to you.

Respect and Trust is earned and not freely given. Thats a philosophy of mine. So there, what's the next question ?

A Shel vs Loren classic !

2008-06-25T21:24:00.001-04:00

This comes from this thread. It pretty much puts the whole kruffle in order !

"remember high school when the bully started mocking one of the academic team and the guy on the academic team decided to not ignore it, but kept bringing it up, so the bully kept on going? Same diff. Just keep walking down the hall and pretend you see nothing. - Cyndy

A Shel vs Loren classic !

2008-06-25T21:18:00.001-04:00

Time well wasted - I cuss Hugh Macleod

2008-06-25T16:59:00.001-04:00

I Don't believe this, I did it again !!

Ok somewhere in 2004/05 Hugh Macleod posted his "HOW TO BE CREATIVE" manifestio on Changethis.com. I had downloaded, printed a copy and read it in one sitting. Thereafter, I must have kept this copy and during my last move had placed it into a box for storage. This afternoon, while cleaning up, I found this buried within a box of my hard copies amongst the Tom Peters (TIB series), Seth Godin copies and a bunch of other hard copies.

Trust me, in the middle of packing, cleaning the last thing on my mind is reading his Manifesto. But guess what, "Its ok to be a sheep , as long as you are a cool sheep" cartoon catches my eye. Oh well, darn Hugh, I get hooked once over again. I spent like an hour once browsing thru the book again !!

Now me calls this TIME WELL WASTED by Hugh Macleod. Refreshing read. Can't wait for his new book !!

Ok back to the grind :)-

11 things kids will not learn in school

2008-06-21T10:52:00.001-04:00

Oh this is good wisdom that Steve , (a Black Ops' man for MSFT) posts on Bill Gates and things that kids will never learn in school

Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!

Rule 2 : The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.

Rule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault; so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time..

Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

I still remember reading his book about and very few people realize that he finally got awarded his Harvard degree in 2007. Thats a long way off from the fall of 1973. Here's an infonuggut - While Microsoft was growing, in the first five years, he personally reviewed every line of code the company shipped, and often rewrote parts of it as he saw fit. :)-

Failing is inevitable !!

2008-06-07T08:30:00.001-04:00

I got this classic pointer from Niniane post.

"You might never fail on the scale I did, but some failure in life is inevitable. It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case, you fail by default." .

Take time to read J K Rowling commencement speech: "The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination," at the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association.

Medical Humor - US vs Rest of World !!

2008-06-06T07:15:00.001-04:00

With this sort of medical breakthroughs I wonder how long our human race can survive!!!!!

An Israeli doctor says "Medicine in my country is so advanced that we can take a kidney out of one man, put it in another, and have him looking for work in six weeks."

A German doctor says "That is nothing, we can take a lung out of one person, put it in another, and have him looking for work in four weeks.

A Russian doctor says "In my country, medicine is so advanced that we can take half a heart out of one person, put it in another,and have them both looking for work in two weeks."

The Texas doctor, not to be outdone, says "You guys are way behind, we recently took a man with no brains out of Texas, put him in the White House for eight years, and now half the country is looking for work."

black swan effect -mortgage crisis !

2008-06-05T21:22:00.001-04:00

Francine has a wonderful post about her friend. Scott Coles was one of the largest private lender in the Arizona mortgage market space.

Due to the pressure of the the mortgage crisis , he apparently committed suicide yesterday. May he rest in Peace. My heart goes out to his wife and three children.

As he was a a high profile CEO, this gets a lot of news and traction in the blogs. This made me think- how many other's out there are doing the same thing, but just because they are a common person, it may go unreported and will not have this amount of exposure. Think of about it, 10-15% of the American Population is going thru this crisis.

The Amercian dream has become nightmare. We are just seeing the tip of the iceberg.

top 10 technolgiees

2008-05-31T11:27:00.001-04:00

via the Business of IT

"The good folks over at the Gartner Group have revealed the top 10 technologies that they believe will change the world over the next four years:"

Multicore and hybrid processors
Virtualization and fabric computing
Social networks and social software
Cloud computing and cloud/Web platforms
Web mashups
User Interface
Ubiquitous computing
Contextual computing
Augmented reality
Semantics

I think that Fabric computing is still in infancy and will suddenly gain traction - Fast !

--
Peter Dawson

"This message is printed on Recycled Electrons."
Thought Flickr's the Home of Peter Dawson
http://peterdawson.blogspot.com

Ph: 905 270 0574
Email : slash.pd@gmail.com
Skype: Slash.pd

Tribute to my Grandma !!

2008-05-29T21:07:00.002-04:00

This is a tribute to my Grandma who was from Burma. She was born on June 5th 1889. She died shortly after giving birth to my Dad. She was a brave woman. This is the first time I am sharing our story in public and my thoughts about my Grandma

I can't even imagine a Lady in those day (let alone today !), who could travel from Burma to Toronto and complete a PhD. Yep, those days is circa 1908 !! Think of Traveling from Rangoon to Toronto by ship and then down the St.Lawrence river by boat ? (remember that the Titanic sunk in 1912 , therefore her trip was 4 year's before that event !) But just think of it , How long would that journey take - Rangoon to Toronto ?

After landing in Toronto entering McMaster's, she completed a double PhD in Divinity and English Language. (not sure if it was double Phd -- but even a single doctorate is pretty tough !! )

I wonder what type of hardships she would have faced in her days. She must have been a pretty smart and brave Woman to have done all all that and endured it here in Canada. Remember in 1908, according to my calculations, my grandma would have only been 19 years old.Over and above all that she was Burmese, of a colored ethnic background, away from home, change of tropical weather to northern (Canadian) weather, food and cultures changes etc. It must have been pretty tough and she must have had heck'a strong focus and willpower.

With all this changes and hardship she managed to complete her studies and go back and teach in the University of Rangoon !!

At times, I feel that I am truly an unworthy grandson. Need to better myself. Anyway, my Granma B'day was coming up and I thought I'll share this story and thoughts with my readers. Oh BTW, I am wearing a Burmese Lungi and writing this post :)-

Below is an email thread from a long ago when I did some Genealogical research of my Grand'ma !!

=======================================================================
-----Original Message-----
From: Canadian Baptist Archives [mailto xxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 5:14 PM
To: Dawson, Peter D
Subject: RE: search for Alumni Photos/Info

Glad to have a happy customer.

-----Original Message-----
From: Dawson, Peter D [mailto:xxxxxx ]
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 4:47 PM
To: 'Canadian Baptist Archives'
Subject: RE: search for Alumni Photos/Info

Dear Dr. Steinacher,

I was utterly astonished when your reply popped into my inbox !! Words fail me, when I try to express my sincere thanks for the heartwarming information that you have given me. Your kind assistance, in my genealogical endeavors is really appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to research and cull all these details for me.

Yes, I understand that I will need to contact Mr. Phil Pearson for further research on this subject. With the details, you have so kindly given me, makes it possible for me to continue research on this subject.

Once again, thank you !!!
Sincerely and best regards,

.pd
->-----Original Message-----
->From: Canadian Baptist Archives [mailto:xxxxxx ]
->Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 1:10 PM
->To: Dawson, Peter D
->Subject: RE: search for Alumni Photos/Info
->
->
->Dear Peter,
->
-> Thank you for you for genealogical inquiry. The Canadian Baptist
->Archives is a ministry maintained by the Baptist Convention of Ontario
->and Quebec, the Baptist Union of Western Canada and McMaster Divinity
->College. The Archives' primary mandate is to serve these
->constituencies.
->
-> Our resources are limited, so we are not able to pursue genealogical
->inquiries, even on a fee-for-service basis. Normally we do not even
->begin to search, but the information you provided made possible a very
->quick search. There is an "Enrollment Book" for McMaster University,
->which contains information about all incoming students while the
->University was still in Toronto (i.e. until the fall of 1929). Number
->996 is a "Sarah Margaret Isaac"[sic], who entered on 28 September
->1908. She had been born in Rangoon on 5 June 1889. Her father, A.C.
->Isaac of 43 Phayre St., Rangoon, Burma, is listed as "pensioned"; both
->she and her parents' religion is listed as "Episcopalian". Upon
->entrance, she held a first class matriculation certificate from the
->College of Preceptors, London (presumably England), having studied at
->"Convent, Rangoon" and "Morris College", also of Rangoon.
->
-> If you would like to hire a researcher to conduct further inquiries
->for you (there is not a strong likelihood of finding out a great deal
->more), I am happy to provide you with the name of someone approved by
->the Archives, Mr.
->Phil Pearson. He is a former student at the Divinity College and is
->thoroughly familiar with our collection. He is allowed access to our
->stacks, something not normally extended to anyone except our direct
->employees. He is an independent contractor and you will have to
->negotiate rates directly with him. Should you wish to avail yourself
->of his services, he may be contacted at:
-> Phil Pearson

[...snipped Phil's email ]

->
->
->Yours sincerely,
->
->
->Dr. C. Mark Steinacher
->Acting Director
->Canadian Baptist Archives
->
->-----Original Message-----
->From: Dawson, Peter D [mailto:xxxxxx ]
->Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 1:30 PM
->To: 'xxxxxx
->Subject: search for Alumni Photos/Info
->Importance: High
->
->
->Hello,
->
->This email address and was given to me for a prospective contact point
->at the McMasters, College of Divinity, Archives Dept.
->
->Could you please let me know if it is possible to find more
->information regarding my Grandmother. All we know is that during the
->period (circa
->1912-18)
->or somewhere there about's, our Grandmom,travelled from a country
->called as Burma (now Myanmar) and studied at McMasters'. We believe
->that she Graduated in Literature and Philopsy. (AS the family 'dinner
->table'
->stories go). She
->was the first Lady (fr a Foreign County) who graduated from McMasters
->and she was the only lady in her class.
->
->Anyway, most of the family documents were lost during the
->WW11 so whatever
->I am saying is just from gray matter. Grandma's name was Sarah
->Margaret Dawson (nee Isaacs) I dunna if she was registered as Sarah
->Margaret or Margaret Sarah or with Isaacs/Dawson.. its pretty fuzzy
->information that I am working on.
->
->Kindly let me know what you find and if I am not addressing this to
->the correct contact point, please do let me know whom I can contact.
->
->Looking forward to hearing from you.
->Thanking you in advance,
->Sincerely
->
->.pd
->
->Peter Dawson

"Message from Earth to Mar's" - Has my name one it !!!

2008-05-26T17:50:00.001-04:00

A Long Long time ago (circa 2006), I got a tidbit to NASA and Project Phoneix. Being an early adopter and fast mover, I registered myself. The outcome of that effort was blogged here and here

So yesterday, was a small milestone of only 250, 000 people, whose name was on the small DVD of Project Phoneix. Here's an except of the notification email :)-

[..]

Don't forget that you are a part of this adventure…part of the story of space exploration!

As part of The Planetary Society's Messages from Earth program, your name — along with a quarter million others from around the world — is now on the surface of Mars. Landing with you on the disk is Visions of Mars, a treasure trove of literature and art — from classic works by Arthur C. Clarke and Ray Bradbury to Orson Welles' radio retelling of "The War of the Worlds" to a special audio recording of Carl Sagan delivering a message to the future.

The story of space exploration is being written everyday.

Fifty years ago we couldn't have told this story, but 50 years from now our names and thoughts...those Messages from Earth that we have sent...will be part of the story — part of the permanent record of space exploration.

[..]

its great to be part of the 'permanent record of space exploration" Thanks to Susan for turning me on :)-

The Internet FAQ from 2085

2008-05-21T19:24:00.001-04:00

Its been a long time sine I had a good laugh. Philipp's post had me in splits. In short , this is how the internet will look in 2085 . Heres a couple of my fav's

What were world web sites?

A so-called world web site consisted of an address of its owner to locate their physical business location, as well as other miscellaneous transmitting of human information that was considered important at the time. The protocol used to decode the information was called hypertext, and as its standards changed quickly over the years, it is impossible to decode most of the information contained within.

What alternative information transfer technologies accompanied the internet?

The internet was only one of many transfer technologies. Equally popular at the time were the Ipod, also called Phone, a device to record and emit copies of the human voice, as well as the so-called Pongmachine which showed an animated bright shape on a dark background.

I am interested to find out more about humans, where can I see them?

You can find representative entities of the human species in most local zoos. Visitors of model version 4.55 and lower receive special discounts; while the brain of humans is likely incapable of experiencing pain, please do not feed or break them.

Take time to read the full post !!

Pointless Post

2008-05-20T22:50:00.001-04:00

On FD List this come's to me

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Enjoy reading that on your f*cking blackberry (another pretentious device that is out of control).

Change- Des Moines, Iowa !!

2008-05-20T22:48:00.001-04:00

Watched the speech and realized that Obama has given one of his greatest speeches. Not his best, but differently up there. High up there !

Change ?? yep its happened- Security Detail has changed for him. This is the highest watermark given to a candidate on this campaign trail.
...... and this simply implies that across ALL internal bureaucracies, he has been slated as being the nominee. Common Consensus. PERIOD.

He's has become one of America's next top "Asset's" I wish him the best. We certainly need CHANGE

herds are moving where the grass is greener and they can feed !

2008-05-20T17:35:00.001-04:00

While Twitter was down the conversation moved here

There some real interesting thread's that suddenly sprang up between the early adopters. I view this as akin to0, herds moving where the grass is greener and they can feed- analogy.This is the simple survival rule of any species. As for the human ones that thieve in the information matrix, Twitter is a watering hole and FriendFeed is THE Feeding grounds of info exchange.

Today is the 2/3rd time that twitter has gone thru some massive downtime and the conversation has dynamically moved onto FriendFeed.

Here are some links to some interesting conversations

"Who needs Twitter when you have FriendFeed? This works just as well."
This Twitter downtime should really help FriendFeed. Everyone please submit feedback to them on features you'd like to see."
"Twitter is down...the converastion is moving here. This is a real threat if they don't scale."
Twitter: Something Is Technically Wrong

I have quickly culled threads that were opened within the last 1 hr, since twitter has gone down. As one can see the early adopter's are fast becoming zissed off with twitter services. This only means that FriendFeed will go mainstream even much faster. A couple of new features and that will certainly swing the early adopters onto FriendFeed property - full time !!

Time will tell if FriendFeed can scale too :)-

Bird vs Cat

2008-05-15T16:44:00.001-04:00

Ms.Socks gets really worked up when the birds sit on the balcony

My Fav Twits for April

2008-05-07T18:56:00.001-04:00

Heres my picks for this Months Fav' son Twitter !!

Sarahintampa i linked to techcrunch...this feels so wrong! 04:58 PM April 04, 2008
mattdelves Going offline for the time being. Spending the next day seeking God through Prayer and Fasting. God bless you all. 07:51 PM April 05, 2008
robertbrook "we always get what we fear, until we stop fearing it" 09:57 AM April 05, 2008
gapingvoid NASCAR on the bar TV. Lots of Viva Viagra ads. What does that tell you? ... 12:08 PM April 05, 2008
Scandalous "Change is inevitable... except from vending machines.." 09:01 AM April 07, 2008
rhh Documentary on WWII: 97 out of 100 russian soldiers taken prisoner by Germany in Barbarossa did not return home alive. Unimaginable. 07:46 PM April 08, 2008
skemsley "constructive vandalism" = the act of entering incomplete/incorrect info on a wiki to goad someone into writing the correct content 07:47 PM April 08, 2008
zeldman 1 project, 3 proposals, 1 dog bath, 1 toddler to preschool, 1 exit strategy, 2 conference presentations, 2 unforeseen challenges. Wednesday. 08:59 AM April 09, 2008
mukund User Interface plays such an important part in user acceptance. Good UI, bad app= Good product, Bad UI, Great app = Awful. 01:34 PM April 11, 2008
anniemal u know what i like most about my office? watching some1 skateboard past my glass office to theirs, holding a memo fm the printer 06:21 PM April 11, 2008
saleemkhan @peterdawson 1404EDT Individuals, maybe; institutions, no. We (journalists) must blame ourselves for poor choices & creating fakexperts 02:07 PM April 13, 2008
pkedrosky @mathewi @howardlindzon to make the stocktwit project work you need a widespread financial twhirl that has embedded ticker hashing 11:42 AM April 14, 2008
mathewi @pkedrosky: i dare you to repeat that exact sentence to someone who doesn't spend most of their life online and see what they say 02:43 PM April 14, 2008
monkchips oh yeah in case you're wondering why the bot just went insane. it skipped lunch, then accessed a banana, some plain chocolate biscuits, tea. 04:01 PM April 18, 2008
saleemkhan @tamera 1229EDT I do not pimp. I collect information, assess, synthesize, make a determination and, if needed, recommendation. That is all. 12:29 PM April 21, 2008
gapingvoid via @Obstructionist: "I've always measured how full of shit someone was by the number of times they use 'synergy' in an email." 11:28 AM April 23, 2008
ryancoleman judging by the way he drives, today's bus driver is clearly a binary kind of guy - his pedals seem to be either on or off... 04:41 PM April 23, 2008
timoreilly Wikipedia: estimate 100 million hours of cognitive activity to build. Television: US alone spends 200 billion hours/year. 05:21 PM April 23, 2008

--
Peter Dawson

"This message is printed on Recycled Electrons."
Thought Flickr's the Home of Peter Dawson
http://peterdawson.blogspot.com

Ph: 905 270 0574
Email : slash.pd@gmail.com
Skype: Slash.pd

Google Apps Hacking

2008-05-02T12:59:00.001-04:00

This post is done via hack#109 . (pg 265) . Its my normal way of offline quick Blogging !!

Wondering why ack114 got into the book. Its all about going beyond Google. Some quick Pics that were taken attached. Will need to browse thru more for some interesting hacks :)-

Smart Grid Enginnering

2008-05-02T12:39:00.001-04:00

While doing some reasearch I come across this new Term - SMART GRID ENGINNEERING"

WTF is that ??

"A Smart Grid combines advanced sensing technology, two-way high-speed communications, 24/7 monitoring and enterprise analysis software and related services to provide location-specific, real-time action-able data to all departments in a utility services"

Ok that answered my question :)-

Random Pic's

2008-04-24T11:40:00.000-04:00

Jus some random pics , while testing out a something

THE CHANGING LABOUR CLIMATE

2008-04-22T19:14:00.001-04:00

#CBSA

For the second year in a row, the most sought-after workers are people in skilled manual trades, Manpower Canada found in its survey of 1,742 employers in the country. Nearly a third of them say positions are getting harder to fill….

WHAT'S HOT

1. Skilled manual trades

2. Sales representatives

3. Engineers

4. Accounting and finance

5. Labourers

6. Nurses

7. Teachers

8. Drivers

9. Machinists/Machine Operators

10. Secretaries, administrative assistants, office support…

Fix for Twitter Cache problem

2008-04-21T17:18:00.001-04:00

If you are having problems not seeing all your Friends updates in your Twitter page, then Follow someone you are not already following. And then un-follow them. Refresh your Twitter page and you're all set. Cache will be fixed.

Making coke in Colombia

2008-04-18T08:37:00.002-04:00

The process of making coke in the Colombian deep jungle. Although it's a pro-gerrilla documentary, it's very interesting.

#CBSA -Whats this stupid guy posting twitter ??

2008-04-15T18:05:00.001-04:00

I just got dm'ed on twitter and was asked what the heck was I posting on twitter with the #CBSA tag.

For them that dont know, CBSA stands for Canada Border Security Agency. Every evening I get an email with Dbriefs on certain talks points on whats happening. This is non sensitive information and I began using hashtags to shift thru the data and use twitter to distribute some infonuggets. I do this nearly everyday at between 4-5PM Mon- Fri.

I am the lone ranger (at least for now) that uses hashtags to keep track of these nuggets of info. Take a look at the cull of the hashTag #CBSA

twitter and ad's ?

2008-04-15T14:29:00.000-04:00

Oh yes, they have tried it !! So much for TC post not have a screen scarp !!:)-

between me and my Laptop !!

2008-04-14T11:18:00.001-04:00

huh ? She just plonks herself between me and my laptop.. Whats that supposed to mean eh ??

War of the Clones Babies

2008-04-13T22:42:00.001-04:00

This is actualy mondays newsbomb that is hitting me on sunday evening !!

"A new form of cloning has been developed that is easier to carry out than the technique used to create Dolly the sheep, raising fears that it may one day be used on human embryos to produce "designer" babies."

one more reason to Put her Down !!

2008-04-13T13:35:00.001-04:00

yeah difficult to work - as she want so perch and play with the string on my jacket !! Thank Gawd I Lv her- b'coz I don't eally always like her !!

After Pennsylvania

2008-04-13T10:29:00.001-04:00

nice Read from a Posting of all places in Scotland. (Of course theres a think tank on international poloicy there :)-

The ScotsMan projects that Carter and Gore will endorse Obama and while at it, they also do a mini take away of the 22nd course !

Possible outcomes of the crucial Democrat primary of April 22.

1. Clinton wins big

A win of 20 points or more over Obama in Pennsylvania would keep Clinton's campaign alive. She would also have to replicate this result in the nine states still to vote, narrowing the gap with her rival and convincing the all-important party superdelegates to choose her as nominee.

2. Clinton wins small

A victory in single digits, in a state where Clinton was once 20 points ahead, would make little difference to Obama's lead. Yet a win is a win, and she would be likely to try to stay in the race until June, unless superdelegates stepped in.

3. Obama wins small

A single figure victory on Clinton's 'home turf' would cement Obama's claim to the nomination. Superdelegates would be likely to declare him the nominee before June.

4. Convincing win for Obama

A double-digit Obama victory would be the shock of the primary contest. It would be followed by a stampede of superdelegates rushing to be front of the queue to embrace him.

beware of Parrot from the Ho house !!

2008-04-12T11:17:00.001-04:00

A woman went to a pet shop & immediately spotted a large, beautiful parrot..
There was a sign on the cage that said $50.00.

'Why so little,' she asked the pet store owner.

The owner looked at her and said, 'Look, I should tell you first that this bird used to
live in a house of Prostitution and sometimes it says some pretty vulgar stuff.'

The woman thought about this, but decided she had to have the bird any way.

She took it home and hung the bird's cage up in her living room and waited for it to say something.

The bird looked around the room, then at her, and said,

'New house, new madam.'

The woman was a bit shocked at the implication, but then thought 'that's really not so bad.'

When her 2 teenage daughters returned from school the bird saw and said,
'New house, new madam, new girls.'

The girls and the woman were a bit offended but then began to laugh about the situation
considering how and where the parrot had been raised.

Moments later, the woman's husband Keith came home from work.

The bird looked at him and said,
'Hi, Keith!'

Perchin on the chair !!

2008-04-12T10:59:00.001-04:00

yeah she always does this.. sits on the top of my chair, behind me , makes herself comfy and scans whatever I am doing while working !!

Its a little like have being monitored me thinks :)-

How we lived life !!! .

2008-04-04T13:25:00.001-04:00

How we Survived .

Sent in by my good friend Peter Blake . We are worlds apart, but still keep in touch , yep 43 yrs and counting :)-

ALERT - NEW credit card scam

2008-04-03T14:57:00.001-04:00

ALERT , ALERT, ALERT - NEW SCAM IN PROGRESS ACROSS CANADA

This is happening in southern Alberta right now and moving.
This one is pretty slick since they provide YOU with all the information,
except the one piece they want. Note, the callers do not ask for
your card number; they already have it.

This information is worth reading. By understanding how the VISA &
MasterCard telephone Credit Card Scam works, you'll be better prepared
to protect yourself. One of our employees was called on Wednesday from
"VISA", and I was called on Thursday from"MasterCard".

The scam works like this:

Person calling says, "This is (name), and I'm calling from the Security
and Fraud Department at VISA. My Badge number is 12460 , Your card has
been flagged for an unusual purchase pattern, and I'm calling to verify.
This would be on your VISA card which was issued by (name of bank). Did
you purchase an Anti-Telemarketing Device for $497.99 from a marketing
company based in Arizona ?" When you say "No", the caller

continues with, "Then we will be issuing a credit to your account.
This is a company we have been watching and the charges range from $297
to $497, just under the $500 purchase pattern that flags most cards. Before
your next statement, the credit will be sent to (gives you your address),
is that correct?"

You say "yes".

The caller continues - "I will be starting a Fraud Investigation.
If you have any questions, you should call the 1- 800 number listed on
the back of your card (1-800-VISA) and ask for Security. You will
need to refer to this Control Number. The caller then gives you a 6 digit
number. "Do you need me to read it again?"

Here's the IMPORTANT part on how the scam works:

The caller then says, "I need to verify you are in possession of your
card". He'll ask you to "turn your card over and look for some
numbers". There are 7 numbers; the first 4 are part of your card number,
the last 3 are the Security Numbers that verify you are t he possessor
of the card.

These are the numbers you sometimes use to make Internet purchases to prove
you have the card. The caller will ask you to read the last 3 number to
him. After you tell the caller the 3 numbers, he'll say, "That is
correct, I just needed to verify that the card has not been lost or stolen,
and that you still have your card. Do you have any other questions?"

After you say no, the caller then thanks you and states, "Don't hesitate
to call back if you do", and hangs up. You actually say very little,
and they never ask for or tell you the card number.

But after we were called on Wednesday, we called back. Within 20 minutes
to ask a question. Are we glad we did! The REAL VISA Security Department
told us it was a scam and in the last 15 minutes a new purchase of $497.99
was charged to our card.

We made a real fraud report and closed the VISA account. VISA is reissuing
us a new number. What the scammers want is the 3-digit PIN number on the
back of the card. Don't give it to them. Instead, tell them you'll call
VISA or Master Card directly for verification of their conversation.

The real VISA told us that they will never ask for anything on the card
as they already know the information since they issued the card! If you
give the scammers your 3 Digit PIN Number, you think you're receiving a
credit.

However, by the time you get your statement you'll see charges for purchases
you didn't make, and by then it's almost too late and/or more difficult
to actually file a fraud report.

What makes this more remarkable is that on Thursday, I got a call from
a "Jason Richardson of MasterCard" with a Word-for-word repeat
of the VISA Scam. This time I didn't let him finish. I hung up! We filed
a police report, as instructed by VISA. The police said they are taking
several of these reports daily! They also urged us to tell everybody we
know that this scam is happening. I dealt with a similar situation this
morn ing, with the caller telling me that $3,097 had been charged to my
account for plane tickets to Spain , and so on through the above routine.

It appears that this Is a very active scam, and evidently quite successful.

Pass this on to all your family and friends

Twit's that make you go hmmmmmmm..part#3

2008-04-01T19:58:00.001-04:00

This list of FAv's for this month (March). Jan's is here, Feb is here

Scandalous Passions make sacrifices not only worthwhile, but will make your world stop instantly if only for a moment
brycej I've worked for a MSFT partner for 9yrs. It is "amusing" when every once in a while I hear someone from MSFT say PARTNER but mean MINION :-)
anniemal some student just had the gall to ask me what all of ur doing on here when u should be working. I told him 2 call me 2 yrs into his 1st job.
ThinGuy Getting ready to coach the 5 year olds. No, it never does stop. From 5 AM until about 11 PM. Lather, rinse, repeat. For the next 20 yrs
mathewi @rhh: maybe she's the @jasoncalacanis of dogs -- trying to get the most friends :-)
Pistachio Smugness: "Arrogance without talent." -A.W.
shelisrael The magistrate looked puzzled: "Gandhi, surely you don't expect the British to just pick up & leave India?" "I surely do," Gandhi said.
vaspersthegrate Twitter is a good recording of how petty are the minds and how shallow are the lives of the A Listers you so greatly admire and emulate. LOL
MParekh Scary thought...any more time on Twitter, and I may start to dream in 140 characters
remarkk Sara D point: small content companies often build technology to solve a problem, but don't have a culture to create products; #ice08
stoweboyd I am officially giving up Del.icio.us. I am going to post 'bookmarks' in Twitter, as soon as I can work out how to get reblogging to my blog
missrogue I'm not as interested in defining what makes a Hero, but in what CREATES future heroes. That's why education is exciting to me to start
ShanZan The verse I like to live by: "Be joyful always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances...."
Johnmont At some point, software development devolves into "which solution will screw the customer less." Grr.
TheVerve I wonder if the same part of the brain that makes people believe in god also makes canadians believe that Tim Hortons makes good coffee?
lonesoph1st "Bargaining is a mask that blacks can wear in the American mainstream, one that enables them to put whites at their ease." What's that mean?
mattdelves Sometimes I think that I'm smart, wise and even knowledgable. Then the God who is active in this world shows me just how much of a fool I am
dannysullivan @techcrunch i have an awesome reader. he's called @rustybrick :)
Pistachio My Grandma rocks. Always will. 98 yrs, 3 children, 7 grands, 13 greatgrands and 3 great-greats. Life of service, love, travel. She's LIVED.
javajenn @lonesoph1st Interesting fact: The next time Easter will be this early (March 23) will be the year 2228 (220 years from now)
willpate Rats, we're out of beer. < stuartma @willpate Beer, we're out of rats >
TeteSagehen The value of your endorsement will be weighed based on your authority on topic areas, the authority of your network and their level of trust

Freedom of speech vs Terrorism ?

2008-03-28T17:20:00.001-04:00

When Fitna was released by liveLeaks.com , the Internet stood up and clapped. I just noted this msg from the liveleak team

"Following threats to our staff of a very serious nature, and some ill informed reports from certain corners of the British media that could directly lead to the harm of some of our staff, Liveleak.com has been left with no other choice but to remove Fitna from our servers.
This is a sad day for freedom of speech on the net but we have to place the safety and well being of our staff above all else. We would like to thank the thousands of people, from all backgrounds and religions, who gave us their support. They realised LiveLeak.com is a vehicle for many opinions and not just for the support of one.
Perhaps there is still hope that this situation may produce a discussion that could benefit and educate all of us as to how we can accept one anothers culture.
We stood for what we believe in, the ability to be heard, but in the end the price was too high."

I wonder how far people will go to protect religious ideologies ? What is the most extreme behavior ?

Fitna the movie

2008-03-27T16:30:00.001-04:00

I took some time (15 min) to watch the much debated movie Fitna on LiveLeak

Its the most incredible documentary that I have ever seen in my life. This movie is raging thru the internet and within hours many millions will be viewing this. Ye to verify the digg effect

Radical Islamic forces will now create a lot of tension in the EU's , is what I predicate. This will be another battle ground. This movie is an eye opener and at the same time is also a pot stirrer. Time will tell ..

The red string: The cultural history of a Jewish folk symbol

2008-03-25T19:02:00.001-04:00

Research paper on the 'Red String" . Via Avi
Sure beats anything put out by the Kabbalah Center - Madonna will be jealous :)

Whats OYSR ?

2008-03-18T16:45:00.001-04:00

"The OYSR is where I let Scoble mess around with all the new hype applications like Facebook and such and if he is still using the product after a year, I'll look at it." -

Herschel — March 18, 2008 @ 1:34 pm

Feather Painting Amazin !!

2008-03-17T13:02:00.001-04:00

This is just awsome !!

A Nonpartisan Joke

2008-03-09T09:32:00.001-04:00

A Nonpartisan Joke

FINALLY, A NONPARTISAN JOKE THAT CAN BE ENJOYED BY EVERYONE AND IT IS
POLITICALLY CORRECT!!

While walking down the street one day a US senator is tragically hit
by a truck and dies. His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St.
Peter at the pearly gates.

"Welcome to heaven," says St. Peter. "Before you settle in, it seems
there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these
parts, you see, so we're not sure what to do with you.

" "No problem, just let me in," says the man.

"Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from higher up. What we'll do
is > have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you can
choose where to spend eternity."

"Really, I've made up my mind. I want to be in heaven," says the senator.

"I'm sorry, but we have our rules."

And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down,
down, down to hell. The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of a
green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front
of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him.
Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him, shake
his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich
at the expense of the people. They play a friendly game of golf and then
dine on lobster, caviar and champagne.

Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly guy who has a
good time dancing and telling jokes. They are having such a good time
that before he realizes it, it is time to go. Everyone gives him a hearty
farewell and waves while the elevator rises...

The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens on heaven where St.
Peter is waiting for him. "Now it's time to visit heaven." So, 24 hours
pass with the senator joining a group of contented souls moving from cloud
to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have a good time and, before
he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter returns. "Well
then, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose your
eternity."

The senator reflects for a minute, then he answers: "Well, I would never
have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I
would be better off in hell."

So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to
hell. Now the doors of the elevator open and he's in the middle of a
barren land covered with waste and garbage. He sees all his friends,
dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as more
trash falls from above.

The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulder. "I
don't understand," stammers the senator. "Yesterday I was here and there
was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank
champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now there's just a wasteland
full of garbage and my friends look miserable. What happened?"

The devil looks at him, smiles and says, "Yesterday we were campaigning .
. . Today you voted."

The Erricsson Boat

2008-03-07T12:32:00.007-05:00

I just visited the Ericsson Office Canada. Very Impressive. (that's all I can say :)-hope I get the gig) , and here's my Mug Shot.

And Btw , a casual conversational factoid for my readers. At times, the Ericsson boat(s) are closer to a satellite then to the shore !!

tweets that make you hmmmmmmmm

2008-03-06T17:59:00.001-05:00

Some of my Fav's of Feb tweets, that caught my eye (comments inline for some). Jan's is here

ev Meeting over. No one showed up. :-) 06:29 PM February 15, 2008
Gidge U know your neighbors had a good party when there is a shirt covered in vomit next to their car. Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice. 10:37 AM February 17, 2008
factoryjoe The Internet is serious business. 03:11 AM February 18, 2008
randymorin On the weekend, my 4 yr old daughter told her mom when woke up in the morning that she need to check her email. 08:30 AM February 20, 2008
anildash english-only advocates also purport to believe in free markets, yet they don't think english can compete without legislation mandating it 05:49 PM February 21, 2008
ThomasHan K, so which one of you two's health care plans is gonna fix me of my cough. Now! 06:22 PM February 21, 2008
(during Live debate between Dem Candidates)
graywolf @jowyang you aren't naive enough to believe all of the people who say they are women online really are women are you? 04:02 PM February 22, 2008
vaspersthegrate In nature, no two things ever really touch each other. You don't sit "on" a chair. There's an electron layer of repulsion. Heard on CSpan. 01:39 PM February 23, 2008
shelisrael Snow falling pretty heavily. Quite beautiful, My Italian loafers are pretty much screwed. 04:50 AM February 26, 2008
ryancoleman ... @erinpcoleman - nope... can you grab me a beer while you're down there? 08:45 PM February 26, 2008
(He must be on 'puter, she must down in basement and they are communicating via twitter ?
thirtydaes 6 weeks without a murder qualifies Newark for the longest streak without a murder since 1961?? WTF? 12:03 PM February 27, 2008
joshk SriSri Ravi Shankar - "The first thing we do in life is breathe, then cry. The last thing we do in life is breathe, the others cry." 08:25 PM February 27, 2008
rhh Snow, sushi and Blue Rodeo. How very Canadian. 05:38 PM February 29, 2008

missrogue "Love is in us. It's deeply embedded in the brain. It is our challenge to understand one another." Fisher #TED 05:39 PM February 29, 2008
onepinktee "Love is in us, deeply embedded in the brain. Our challenge is to understand each other." Helen Fisher #TED 03:39 PM February 29, 2008
(the above two tweets meade me think of 'deju vu" and matrix movie - both twittering the exact (nearly) same thing, at the same moment , both using mobile devices and both inspired by the same input statement . How rare that is - think about it carefully- both physical brain and motor activities must have been near identical to produce near identical results at nearly the same time, check the UTC time stamp)

Personality Report !!

2008-03-06T12:41:00.002-05:00

Here's a NAKED PETER report results for a Kolbe -A index profiler. It's fun to see new methods and other paradigms on personality profiling.

The last time I scored as an INTJ on the Meyer Brigg's outline .

Hey , please take some time and browse thru, there's audio too.. so this makes it an interesting report !! ... and while it , please drop a comment on what you think !!

Thanks in advance !!

Newest family member - Kian Carl Müller

2008-03-06T12:20:00.000-05:00

Con'grats to Carl and Judith !!!

Now my cousin (Neela) has her hands full !!

IAM LEGEND -THE ALTERNATIVE ENDING

2008-03-06T07:20:00.002-05:00

Why did Warner actually release this ending ?? it would have have been a better story line !! [Thanks to Alex Billington ]

Raw Footage of Prez Bush

2008-03-05T19:04:00.003-05:00

Heres PRez Bush waiting for John McCain. A lot of Tap dancing. He does not say "pardon me" he sez "huh ?? thats so kinda unreal for a gentleman !!

2 years ahead of the curve !!

2008-03-05T17:57:00.001-05:00

I just got a comment on my old blog from James

Heres what he had to say :)-

" completely agree with you. I just got a blackberry Curve and I love how well the googletalk integrates with the rest of the phone and main inbox. Funny that you were way ahead of the curve a whole 2 years ago."

yep, thats the good old me....however that was old media.. and in todays time and space, its a whole new ball of wax

2000'th tiwit

2008-03-04T23:19:00.000-05:00

ShanZan,

wanted an alert for making her 2000'th twit, so here one for her :)-

2000 Twit

2008-03-04T23:18:00.000-05:00

ShanZan,

wanted an alert for making her 2000'th twit, so here one for her :)-

A-listers -Are they really ??

2008-03-03T20:06:00.001-05:00

I am on twitter more then blogging stuff. However, at times I see things that make me wonder are these so called A-listers really in the loop ? or do they just know ow to market themselves ?

Take a look at this thread of conversation that I picked up on twitter wrt to the A320

TechCrunch @jasoncalacanis - wow. i agree. http://tinyurl.com/26daw8 9 minutes ago from web in reply to JasonCalacanis
JasonCalacanis omg drop everything and watch this scary video of an A320 landing... very scary. : http://tinyurl.com/26daw8 19 minutes ago from Mahalo Follow
peterdawson to them that want liveleaks.. http://tinyurl.com/2dy73d about 2 hours ago from web

Now the time dates are in UTC /Zulu time for each of these twitters. At times, I think I am ahead of the curve on the news ..Jason has the all the MSM links.

In search of truth on Islam

2008-02-27T15:33:00.001-05:00

Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think, is a cutting survey made by Gallup.

Thanks to saleemkhan , I get a pointer to some interesting facts. This is a wake-up call to the west and to all the world.

In the wake of the terrorist attacks on 9/11, U.S. public officials seemed to have no idea whether or not many Muslims supported the bombings. This troubled Gallup Chairman and CEO Jim Clifton, who felt that "no one in Washington had any idea what 1.3 billion Muslims were thinking, and yet we were working on intricate strategies that were going to change the world for all time." Clifton commissioned his company to undertake the enormous job. [ source ]

The result is Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think, based on six years of research and more than 50,000 interviews representing 1.3 billion Muslims who reside in more than 35 nations that are predominantly Muslim or have sizable Muslim populations. Representing more than 90% of the world's Muslim community, it makes this poll the largest, most comprehensive study of its kind.

What the data reveal and the authors illuminate may surprise you:

Muslims and Americans are equally likely to reject attacks on civilians as morally unjustifiable.

Large majorities of Muslims would guarantee free speech if it were up to them to write a new constitution AND they say religious leaders should have no direct role in drafting that constitution.

Muslims around the world say that what they LEAST admire about the West is its perceived moral decay and breakdown of traditional values -- the same answers that Americans themselves give when asked this question.

When asked about their dreams for the future, Muslims say they want better jobs and security, not conflict and violence.

Muslims say the most important thing Westerners can do to improve relations with their societies is to change their negative views toward Muslims and respect Islam.

What is amazing is that why are they doing this for Islam and religion in general ? Gallop could do better if they did the opposite , Polled all countries (193 in all) and asked them what they think of America now. Are the Americans predatory in nature , in terms of commerce, policy and such ?? I think the value prop there would be an another wake up call for the Americans themselves !!!

IMHO, address the root issue and the rest will sort itself out !!

Funny Aggregation

2008-02-24T12:25:00.003-05:00

I don't know how the verb "aggregation" got onto a menu item on the FF Browser !! Got to love computers :)-

Does anyone know who this could happen ? It would be kewl to be able to inject your own menu items when the FF rightmouse button is clicked..

I would like to see my own items digg this, twitter that ..oh well you get the idea :)-

Micro Formats+ Mirco Blogging=Super Tracking

2008-02-24T09:38:00.001-05:00

I really like this idea of aggregation of Twits during an event. If you use #aa08 in your twit, yeah thats a microformat, your twit entry gets piped into a wordpress blog

Now one can see real time chatter across a single specific social media app being aggregated. Regadless, if you follow the person or not !! I wish they had also grabbed flicker URL and post them too, based on Tags like "oscar08" or something like that.

More important, is the fact that "collective streams" are now becoming a big part of today's world. People watch the Oscars, interact with one another and a whole tapestry of online civilization is formed around an event.

Awsome !!

Rehash of the ClueTrain - circa 2004 !

2008-02-22T18:20:00.002-05:00

This is a rehash of my old post. Given the fact that there is a lot of traction of Social Media and stuff like that I though I'll jump back and report this.

The MSN Search Team, (hmmmm when was like in Nov 2004 ?) take recognition of my manifesto. At their weekly Roundup, they comment:

"Peter Dawson told us in the blog comments that we should jump on the cluetrain. We're trying!"

cluetrain Manifesto is based on the hypothesis that Markets are conversations. Here it

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The Texas Debate- Twitter Style

2008-02-21T21:45:00.001-05:00

I love watching the political debate's on CNN and at the same time I also like chat on twitter.. here's some nice comments as it happens style :)-

zik Wow! Take a look at the legislative records of Clinton and Obama. Get ready to be surprised. http://snurl.com/203hn
Leatrice @peterdawson EXACTLY. We can just vote him in right now. LOL
davewiner Also English is the language of business world-wide. Americans who don't speak English are at a disadvantage
anildash english-only advocates also purport to believe in free markets, yet they don't think english can compete without legislation mandating it
andy754 "there's no doubt, Barack, that you are a passionate, and qualified speaker..." and yet she has to accuse him of plagarism to try to win?
remarkk she's really good at taking her time and extending ad nauseum
rhh If this guy makes it into office, you yanks are going to need a *whole new media* - people who care about policy, and not personality
ThomasHan K, so which one of you two's health care plans is gonna fix me of my cough. Now!
Leatrice tactical victory following a strategic blunder..... I know that's right
remarkk speaking of overmedicated, what's with that slightly insane smile of Hillary's? It's unnerving.
davewiner For Hillary, it's got to be the moment she heard the name "Monica Lewinsky.
davewiner Oy she got a softball, and she turned it into a boring monologue.
Leatrice at least she didn't cry this time as she "found her vioce"

So its still a statically dead beat-- they are both still neck to neck in my opinion !!

On politics

2008-02-19T23:27:00.001-05:00

"If a man tonight falsely assures a woman of his undying love only to score with her, we rightly regard him as a sleazeball. But when politicians do essentially the same thing, save on a much larger scale, we call them "public servants" and treat them as our saviors. Very strange"

Thanks to Amit

Warning Global Financial catastrophic is happening !!

2008-02-19T23:01:00.001-05:00

I would tell audiences that we were facing not a bubble but a froth - lots of small, local bubbles that never grew to a scale that could threaten the health of the overall economy." Alan Greenspan, The Age of Turbulence. [ via FT ]

Heres the 12 warning indicators .

housing recession in US history , would wipe out between $4,000bn and $6,000bn in household wealth
further losses, beyond the $250bn-$300bn now estimated, for subprime mortgages.
big losses on unsecured consumer debt: credit cards, auto loans, student loans and so forth.
downgrading of the monoline insurers, which do not deserve the AAA rating on which their business depends.
meltdown of the commercial property market
bankruptcy of a large regional or national bank.
big losses on reckless leveraged buy-outs
wave of corporate defaults.
a meltdown in the "shadow financial system" (hedge funds etc)
further collapse in stock prices.
drying-up of liquidity in a range of financial markets, including interbank and money markets
vicious circle of losses, capital reduction, credit contraction, forced liquidation and fire sales of assets at below fundamental prices

Sounds like a SCARY MOVIE !!

Spam levels

2008-02-19T16:46:00.001-05:00

From an actual discussion forum !!

Joey : SPAM levels greatly decreased on my servers since Dude Van Doornail
kicked the bucket. Can anyone else confirm this on their equipment?

Simon : Thats because you've been writing less you moron !!

Like.com reminds me of Google !!

2008-02-19T10:30:00.001-05:00

I was one of the early adopters to Riya.com and for that matter of fact, still tracking the PolarRose initiative. Visual Search is the next step in search. PERIOD !!

Each time I see Munjal and his team leap froggin forward, I think of em to be a next google. Why does this remind me of google ?

"For instance, ideas at Google do not burst forth from the heads of geniuses and then find their way unimpeded to huge audiences of receptive users. Rather ideas emerge, are torn to shreds, reformulated, torn to shreds, prototyped, torn to shreds, launched to internal users, torn to shreds, rebuilt and relaunched, torn to shreds, refined some more, torn to shreds, put back together one last time, torn to shreds by SREs, tweaked again in a seemingly-endless frenzy of last minute work, and launched...whereupon they are torn to shreds by bloggers, journalists, and competitors."

When you consume content from like's Blog, and Munjal's blog you will certainly see the above happening in terms of product innovations. The are constantly building and rebuilding and refactoring. Team Like Rocks !! Btw.. they have the first color search that works !! (note : I have not tested, but think of it - a bot that distinguishes colors and tons of objects- exciting !!

I hope that they are on the track to fulfill and surpass revenue budgets for 2008. Mind you, what they are doing is mind blowing and surely, I won't be surprised if their exit strategy is via a acquisition. (maybe google ?) :)-

The Truth about 193 & Hydrazine

2008-02-18T20:58:00.001-05:00

I early this week, I posted and linked to the Military briefing on a decesion for an Aegis SM-3 to try to shoot down USA 193. Note my words "try'

Today I get another tip that the actual motive is to prove , yes prove to China that US also has the same capabilities. Jeffery's insight is very candid and he's on the same level as John Pike with regards to Intel.

[Source : NYT ] Jeffrey G. Lewis, an arms control specialist at the New America Foundation, warned that China would cite the intercept to justify its antisatellite test last year.

"The politics are terrible," Mr. Lewis said. "It will be used by the Chinese to excuse their hit-to-kill test. And it really strengthens the perceived link between antisatellite systems and missile defenses. We will be using a missile defense system to shoot down a satellite."

What is important is that currently there is no model available that relay the risk of a 'mis shot', debris estimates or Hydrazine effects.Whatever the probability that the hydrazine will survive and vent, it is less than 1. That probability must then be discounted by the probability that the tank will land near enough a person (let alone an immobile one) to cause human harm.

In January 2007, the Chinese fired an SC-19 missile at a target satellite orbiting 475 miles overhead. About 1,600 pieces of debris, its remnants, were detected soon after that test.

Diplomacy !!

2008-02-18T20:35:00.001-05:00

A True Story...

When Golda Meir held the office of Prime Minister, she tried to encourage Henry Kissinger to make Israel a top priority. He sent her a letter: "I would like to inform you that I'm first an American citizen, second Secretary of State and third a Jew." She responded: "In Israel we read from right to left"

need a mug like this

2008-02-18T09:18:00.001-05:00

this is cool. I must book mark for later on

Wus up ?

2008-02-17T18:37:00.001-05:00

QOD !!

2008-02-17T18:17:00.001-05:00

"The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we have of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us." - Quentin Crisp

aka Reputation marketing ?

Californian Ideology- Vault copy !!

2008-02-17T17:53:00.001-05:00

"a loose alliance of writers, hackers, capitalists and artists from the West Coast of the USA have succeeded in defining a heterogeneous orthodoxy for the coming information age: the Californian Ideology." [ via : Alumut ]

I kinda disagree that the Main stream IT innovations comes only from the Valley. I think that its widely distributed. There is MIT and off course some of the leading research centers in France too. This is high intensity read . Take time to consume, an mazing essay from the past -nearly 10 years ago. It's a vault copy !!

Personal Idea Incubator

2008-02-17T17:25:00.001-05:00

I will soon be setting up my personal Idea lab. Too many ideas are getting lost and at times I vagualy remember them. This post my juices going !!

Gmail Time Stamp issues

2008-02-17T17:05:00.001-05:00

Seems like Gmail is having problems with time zones and NOT displaying the email in the time zone of the user. As you can see my Timestamp is approx 4.39 at screen capture and yet the top email shows at 5.03PM and this post time stamp will be around 5.05 :)-

Twitter Office

2008-02-17T06:52:00.001-05:00

Twitter Office [Via :next Web]

Testing Scheduled blog post

2008-02-16T13:30:00.000-05:00

heres another test to see if this gets posted at 1.30PM EDT /16/08/2008