Ever since CAT.NET was released I have not been able to successfully use it for a typical solution/project.  It actually causes Visual Studio to crash after running for a while and taking all of the available memory with it…

This artist’s work is MASSIVE in size and in message.  I find this to be a simple yet powerful way to spread a message.  I have often wondered what it would look like to see all of the thrown-away batteries, plastic silverware, plastic bags, etc. piled all together.  Now you can in artistic ways.

“… a $250 device can clone RFID passports and Driver’s licenses at a distance”

I watch The McLaughlin Group religiously.  I find the panel tends to lean right in general, but for the most part enjoy the varied opinions and the cross-section sampling of views from the right.

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One annoyance is that, by default, the Bluesoleil driver does not work as a Limited user account.  Since I run exclusively as a limited user on windows XP, that was annoying.  Fortunately, there is a solution:  run it at startup as a higher-priv user.  There are negative security implications to this, especially in light of my blog posting about software/driver rot because OEMs don’t get to maintain the latest driver versions, but the risk may be worth the reward.

Ahh, doesn’t it save so much money to outsource?  Ever wonder why it is cheaper (there _are_ reasons)?  Well, in this case it seems that the company running ATMs at 7-11s that Citibank allowed to put its brand on had a massive security breach.  Does not look like they were very security savvy.  Funny, there’s one of these ATMs at the 7-11 right near my house.  And I thought I had to be scared of the tiny, off-brand ones in convenience stores!

You would think that there might be some compelling reason to upgrade from Office 2003 to 2007, or perhaps to consider paying for office instead of the wonderful Openoffice.org 3.0 that is totally free.  You would have thought wrong as far as this instance goes.

This is a fascinating video.  Abortion protesters are asked what should be done to the women who would have illegal abortions.  None of them had an answer and none of them had ever thought about it.  It was hilarious to see them come up with arguments as to why women should actually _not_ be punished if they were to have an illegal abortion.  They are quick to make an analogy to abortion and killing a child, but they are very reticent to make the penalties the same.  One even said something to the effect that “it would depend on the situation” and the woman’s mental state of mind.  Wowzers.