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AOL is going to raffle a Porsche Boxster S that is acquired through taking a spamer to court. Hopefully this sort of action will start to mark the decline in spam, but hey who knows why they do it. Spammer's Porsche up for grabs Source BBC News via Boing Boing

logged by Anthony at 1:23:17 PM Link

I came across this article on ZNet about Mini DDoS attack. I must admit, any person concerned about security would check their system against the Shield up Service, You just need to make sure all your ports are set to stealth.

From my personal viewpoint I can happily say I have up Smoothwall on my firewall. I dropped the idea of install a CD-ROM and instead setup a personal web server on my LAN and had Smoothwall download the install from the web server. It was quicker downloading the install using the web server than it was copying it from the CD-ROM to the HDD for the server. I thoroughly recommend Smoothwall to any one considering setting up a dedicated firewall.

logged by Anthony at 10:04:01 AM Link

I found these two articles on ZNet and together they make an interesting observation of market forces.

Aust IT salaries poised to rise talks about future increase in IT salaries in Australia. However the main thrust appears to be in IT staff wanting an increase in job security, not just looking for the next big pay increase.

While Will India price itself out of offshore markets? talks about increases in salaries for IT people in India. The increase in outsourcing has produced double digit salary increases.

I guess the simply fact is that market forces will eventually bring Indian IT salaries up to comparable levels with developed nations now that information service industries can operate from anywhere in the world for the cost of a telephone call.

logged by Anthony at 9:53:48 AM Link

1. My husband and I divorced over religious differences. He thought he was God and I didn't!
2. I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
3. I Work Hard Because Millions On Welfare Depend on Me!
4. Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them.
5. I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.
6. Don't take life too seriously, you won't get out alive.
7. You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.
8. Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
9. Earth is the insane asylum for the universe.
10. Quoting one is plagiarism; Quoting many is research.
11. I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing.
12. Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.
13. I want to die in my sleep like my grandmother... not screaming and yelling like the passengers in her car.
14. God must love stupid people, he made so many.
15. The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
16. It IS as BAD as you think. And they ARE out to get you.
17. I took an IQ test, and the results were negative.
18. Consciousness: that annoying time between naps.
19. Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?

logged by Anthony at 9:25:22 AM Link