As I’ve been Digged about 5 times now…and somehow got Slashdotted (whilst I was sleeping) until my server crashed and my host started crying..and my bandwidth went out. I can give a reasonable comparison between Slashdot and Digg traffic. From what I’ve seen Digg traffic is between 4,000 and 20,000 hits depending what time it […]
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P*rn Database Hacked – Buyers Exposed!
Haha, well serves them right, get out and get laid guys. Online payment company iBill on Thursday said a massive cache of stolen consumer data uncovered by security experts did not come from its database. “I’m the first person that would have taken this to the FBI and the first person to have gone on […]
Jacking Wifi is ‘OK’ say Ethics Expert
Honestly, I always thought it’s ok.. Why not, if someone puts a seat in the middle of a public walkway I can sit on it right? I don’t need to ask permissions, nor fear I am doing something wrong. Likewise if someone broadcasts an open wireless network into my house or office or a public […]
US Investigates Snort Sale as a Security Risk
[ad] Basically the Americans are saying a lot of their sensitive govermental organisations are using Snort and they don’t want the software to be controlled by an Israeli company, they see it as a threat. The same Bush administration review panel that approved a ports deal involving the United Arab Emirates has notified a leading […]
My SQL2005 Diary – Part1
[ad] At the place I pretend to work, the time has come that most developers equally fear and love, upgrade time. We’ve been using MSSQL2000 for 90% of our work for about 4 years now, and it’s served us well, but when a change as big as 2005 server comes along, you have to make […]