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May 2008 - Posts

The counterfeit hackware ain't your major problem

Posted Monday, May 12, 2008 10:19 PM by will
Imagethief was interested to see an article discussing the security problems of Chinese counterfeits of networking equipment on the breathlessly named "Law and Justice" section of the ABC television network's website. What I found interesting was not Read More...
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Was the torch relay a success or failure?

Posted Sunday, May 11, 2008 8:03 PM by will
That's a good question, and it was posed in an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal by Geoffrey Fowler. As the article notes, the answer is "yes", depending on who you ask: Was China's Olympic-torch relay around the world a miserable failure Read More...
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Some changes to Imagethief

Posted Saturday, May 10, 2008 7:52 AM by will
First of all, a quick apology. My posts this month have been about zilch as a result of work and parenting demands. There are some things I'd like to write, as always, and with any luck in the next week or so I'll get one or two things up. Also, I've Read More...
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Imagethief drinks the Twitter Kool-Aid

Posted Tuesday, May 06, 2008 7:03 AM by will
Facebook communication has been in something of a precipitous decline over the past couple of months. This hasn't bothered me much, since it cut down on the number of invitations to naff applications. Barring those from the occasional late adopter, stumbling Read More...
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"Politics is one thing but the people have to eat..."

Posted Thursday, May 01, 2008 9:54 AM by will
Nationalist outrage succumbs to low, low prices. And lowering of the control rods by the government. From the New York Times : On Thursday, the first day of a planned boycott against Carrefour, a French department store chain here, there were a few low-key Read More...
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