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Virtualizing Security Will NOT Save You Money; It Will Cost You More [Rational Survivability]
via Security Bloggers Network by beaker on May 06, 2008
... issues related to security have just faded into the background and been thought of as having been absorbed or abstracted away. I suppose that might point to why many simply think that security ought to be nothing more than a drop-down menu and checkbox because in most virtualization platforms, it is!When thinking about this, I rationalized the experience and data points against my concern ...
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State Department Loses Hundreds of Laptops
via Schneier on Security by schneier on May 05, 2008
Oops:As many as 400 of the unaccounted for laptops belong to the department’s Anti-Terrorism Assistance Program, according to officials familiar with the findings.Bet you anything those laptops weren't encrypted.
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Dual-Use Technologies and the Equities Issue
via Schneier on Security by schneier on May 05, 2008
On April 27, 2007, Estonia was attacked in cyberspace. Following a diplomatic incident with Russia about the relocation of a Soviet World War II memorial, the networks of many Estonian organizations, including the Estonian parliament, banks, ministries, newspapers and broadcasters, were attacked and -- in many cases -- shut down. Estonia was quick to blame Russia, which was equally quick to...
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London's Cameras Don't Reduce Crime
via Schneier on Security by schneier on May 06, 2008
News here and here:Massive investment in CCTV cameras to prevent crime in the UK has failed to have a significant impact, despite billions of pounds spent on the new technology, a senior police officer piloting a new database has warned. Only 3% of street robberies in London were solved using CCTV images, despite the fact that Britain has more security cameras than any other country in...
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Why downloading Firefox is like getting into college
via Seth's Blog by Seth Godin on April 07, 2008
... at other things. Firefox is similar. Example: 25% of the visitors we track at Squidoo use Firefox, which is not surprising. But 50% of the people who actually build pages on the site are Firefox users. Twice as many. This is true of bloggers, of Twitter users, of Flickr users... everywhere you look, if someone is using Firefox, they're way more likely to be using other power tools ...
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Who answers the phone?
via Seth's Blog by Seth Godin on April 08, 2008
The new rules mean that the most valuable marketing event is almost always an inbound phone call.An inbound phone call is the ultimate in short-term permission. The customer or prospect is taking the time to call you. She's focused, interested, paying attention and willing to trust you.Think for a minute about how much you spend (and how high up in the organization the discussions go) when...
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Books: Shelf Help for Mother's Day
via The Riff by Laura McClure on May 06, 2008
If their "Mother's Day Shopping Guide" is any indication, Barnes and Noble takes a rather dim view of maternal reading habits. Categories that warrant 40 percent off before Sunday include: "Biographies and Memoirs," "Food and Wine," "Homes and Hobbies," "New Fiction," and "Self-Improvement, Inspiration, and Humor.'But the pink ghetto in Borders may win this week's catfight. A quick...
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Here Come Da McCain Judges!
via Reason Magazine - All Reason Articles from the Past Year: Page 1 by gillespie@reason.com (Nick Gillespie) on May 06, 2008
GOP Prez Candidate Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) vows to appoint good conservative judges if elected:John McCain made a play to the GOP's right wing yesterday, vowing to appoint conservative judges like Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. and Justice Samuel Alito and blasting Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton for voting against them.In a speech his campaign billed as a major...
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The Audacity of Agnosticism
via Reason Magazine - All Reason Articles from the Past Year: Page 1 by gillespie@reason.com (Nick Gillespie) on May 06, 2008
Over at The American Spectator, Sean Higgins argues that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is an agnostic. He notes that in his memoir, Obama pointedly says he did not have a religious epiphany at the moment he became a member of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's congregation; additionally, Obama was raised to view religion as a cultural thing, rather than a source revealed truth. Higgins closes with...
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How does cooking affect vitamin K content?
via The ND Blog: Notes from the Nutritionista by Monica Reinagel, L.D.N., C.N.S. by Monica Reinagel on May 06, 2008
Q. For foods that act as natural blood thinners (such as broccoli, cabbage, etc.), does it make a difference whether the foods are eaten raw or cooked? My mom, who takes prescription blood thinners, has been told that she should avoid all these foods. But these foods are also good for you and I would like to be able to find a balance. It seems to me that you would need to consume a great deal of...
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