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Monthly Archives: February 2005
Sleep Mode
Last night before going to bed, I went to turn off my cellphone, and I noticed when I picked it up that it was in “Sleep Mode”. This means, of course, that the phone is “asleep” – display dimmed, waiting … Continue reading
Hackers and Crackers, Phreakers and Jackers
Whenever a computer exploit, or a suspected exploit (say, a windows-based virus) appears, the media and the general public refer to the peretrators as “Hackers”. But within the techno-anarcho-engineering circles, 2600 and the like, the whine comes back “They’re not … Continue reading
Open Minded
The other day one one of the many e-mail lists I’m on, someone accused the group of not being open-minded. As you can imagine, this is a pretty damned open-minded group. Here was my response. Open minded means whatever someone … Continue reading
Albatross!
I returned last night from the (13th Annual!) Boulder City, NV Albatross fly-in. What a great trip. Drove out from here, because the plane I was supposed to fly, N26132, had a 100-hour inspection that went long. Would have taken … Continue reading