Archive for the 'Misc' Category

Rant: Christian Untermenschen

Monday, February 21st, 2011

It’s not a new word for me, but you don’t hear it very often unless you’re talking about the Nazis: untermensch. So here I was in a nice friendly discussion on a web forum, and unfortunately the original discussion had something to do with religion. Well, it’s not really unfortunate until someone decides they need […]

Facebook address/phone visible to apps now?

Monday, January 17th, 2011

If you’re actually dumb enough to put your home address and phone number into Fbook in the first place, you probably want to be careful which apps you run, because address and phone are now available to apps. Just another uncomfortable reminder that advertisers are the real customers; Facebook users are the product.

Stochastic Terrorism

Friday, January 14th, 2011

Stochastic terrorism: the use of mass communications to stir up random lone wolves to carry out violent or terrorist acts that are statistically predictable but individually unpredictable.