2001-08-16»
Fri Aug 17 03:44:00 2001»Now, you see, now I know people are reading this, I’ve grown all shy.
Now, you see, now I know people are reading this, I’ve grown all shy.
Why do I only find the best writing at 3am? –
Mob Software: The Erotic Life of Code
An Essay in First Person by
Richard P. Gabriel & Ron Goldman
New jargon: The Warhol Worm
The following is an analysis of a worst case virulence for a computer worm, using existing mechanisms and a modified infection strategy. Such a “Warhol Worm” could infect every vulnerable machine in a 15 minute time period, outpacing human defense. It is important to understand the possible threat, in order to develop better defenses.
“In the future, everybody will have 15 minutes of fame”
-Andy Warhol
When a teenager decides to build a nuclear reactor in his potting shed.
Bloody hell, but this weblogging requires requires some discipline.
Today was mostly working on getting a co-loc up and running in London, helping move the Oregon co-loc to a new machine, attending the Sklyarov bail hearing, and finally getting a goddamn backup system running on my home machine.
Wow. Imagine owning a book for a whole semester. What a privilege to be paying for such temporary bounty!
The Steve Ballmer dancing movie we published last Friday has proven to be a bit too popular. Especially, it seems to Mr. 212.110.233.20 , a Russian who is using FlashGet to try and access it five times a second since about 23:50 +0100 last night. It looks like FlashGet completely sucks at understanding 301: Moved Permanently errors.
Hiking in Henry Cowell Redwood State Park with Jonathan, Q and Cait. Jonathan’s managed to get his Mobile Mesh routing network going between his house and his neighbours. He definitely has to do a presentation for BAWUG; I threatened to plug the Debian package he’s patched up on Tracking for added motivation.
Vim 6 went beta over the weekend! Now it’s definitely Tracking.