…aka Friends Who are Being Stalked By Bing and Facebook So You Can Ask Them About Things They Posted Pictures Of. Creepy. Oh, So Creepy. Now, there’s a method of retrieving data called Random Access. (It’s the ‘RA’ in RAM). … Continue reading
From CBC : Federal Transport Minister John Baird is probing whether airlines are following the rules requiring staff to see the faces of all passengers, including those wearing veils. By now, news stories of police seeing this or that on … Continue reading
It’s time to learn why you can’t trust anything on the internet. Today we’re going to dive into the world of statistics and have a look at Selection Bias. And because we’re talking about the internet, we’re going to demonstrate … Continue reading
I didn’t know people were doing this stuff. I should have guessed. To me, these stories illustrate something about the internet. At work are basic, understandable human forces and fundamental human problems. Kids like to party. On the one hand, … Continue reading
There’s nothing magic about the internet. It’s nothing more than a reflection of the people on it. Where there is a demand for something, someone will supply it. Minority focused search engines? Pornography? The Bible?The Manga Bible?Mexican Hitmen? Look at … Continue reading
I consider little knowledge in computing to be mandatory. Usually the price of ignorance is bourne by the one who is uniformed. Botnets are a different kettle of fish. In this case, the price of ignorance is bourne by the … Continue reading
I say this only because I don’t understand, and because I am (in some respects) a technical person. All people seem to want to use the internet for is to play stupid little coffee break games. It doesn’t make any … Continue reading
Today I wrote a piece of evil code. Now, I’ve been known to write shoddy code, buggy code, broken code and naive code, but this was none of these. It was thought out, tested, worked as advertised and was reasonably … Continue reading
…because of this. It certainly sounds like a movie plot: hiring an Mexican hit-man over the internet. But there’s a dark and sinister truth at play here… If you die at the hands an internet Mexican hit-man, you die for … Continue reading