Category Archives: Computers

Canning spam ^ 2

Posted on 11/16/2008 by Soccerdad

A tale of two meanings. This spam is canned. Immediately after McColo was unplugged, security companies charted a precipitous drop in spam volumes worldwide. E-mail security firm IronPort said spam levels fell by roughly 66 percent as of Tuesday evening. … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, Miscellaneous, Pop Culture | Tagged | 4 Comments

Tech request

Posted on 07/15/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Thunderbird seems to have deleted my inbox. I’m following the intstructions from Mozilla, and, well, they’re not working. I only seem to have the emails sent after 9:00 this morning. Any tips on how to rebuild my inbox? I’ve been … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers | 9 Comments

Hamas pwned by Israeli hackers

Posted on 06/26/2008 by Meryl Yourish

A group of Israeli teenagers pwned a few terrorist websites. Izzadin Kassam’s site displayed a blank white screen and Hebrew text notifying of a technical error. The websites of Arab Israeli political party Balad, and left-wing activist groups ‘Hagada Hasmolanit’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, Hamas, Israel, Terrorism | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Tech question follow-up

Posted on 05/10/2008 by Meryl Yourish

And now it’s working. I did nothing. The wrappers are back on Hot Air, and since I didn’t get around to recreating my Firefox profiles, well, I did nothing. It wasn’t working yesterday. It’s working now. Go figure. Score another … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers | 5 Comments

Tech question

Posted on 05/08/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Anyone out there using Firefox and NoScript? I installed it earlier this week, then got really tired of having to pick and choose what sites I would let show scripts, so I uninstalled it. Now it doesn’t show the proper … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers | 8 Comments

Calling all computer geeks

Posted on 04/28/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Folks, I dropped my WD portable hard drive. It’s not spinning properly. Best Buy’s Geek Squad thinks it’s pretty much done unless I want to spend over $1500. I can pretty much recover the data I need for work, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers | 13 Comments

Leet Islamic haxxor d00dz take down Zionist websites

Posted on 03/30/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Roee Nahmias is hereby officially pronounced an Apprentice of Juvenile Scorn™ for this story about the PIJ haxxor d00dz incredible hacking skillz. Islamic Jihad operatives have been able to hack into several Israeli websites, the London-based Arabic-language newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, Juvenile Scorn | 2 Comments

RoboSoldier is near

Posted on 03/24/2008 by Meryl Yourish

The IDF will be deploying robotic machine guns to guard the Gaza border. My forecast: Expect a lot more reports about 65-year-old men killed while tending their farms, no matter how many terrorists get killed. First report: A new system … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, Gaza, Israel | 5 Comments

Admiral Grace Hopper

Posted on 03/19/2008 by Soccerdad

In honor of Women’s History Month at work, we were given a talk on women in computing. Part of the presentation was playing this YouTube video of the late Rear Admiral Grace Hopper on Late Night with David Letterman. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, Girl Talk, Humor | Comments Off

The DKos visit count non-issue: Ruffini’s wrong

Posted on 10/03/2007 by Meryl Yourish

There is no controversy regarding the Daily Kos visit count. Patrick Ruffini is misunderstanding the difference between what SiteMeter shows you on a summary page, and what is counted as a visit or a hit. SiteMeter is not inflating DKos’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloggers, Computers | 22 Comments