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Comment on Captain X-Ploit: Another Crack in the Wall by Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 May 2013 17:33:15 +0000

Yesterday, while I was at work, my sister stole my iPad
and tested to see if it can survive a thirty foot drop,
just so she can be a youtube sensation. My apple ipad is now destroyed
and she has 83 views. I know this is completely off topic but I had to share it with someone!

Comment on My Christmas Vacation from Hell, a Cautionary Tale. by Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 02:45:52 +0000

Keeping up with the Jones Act Actually, there are two laws that affect cruise passengers — the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (commonly known as the Jones Act) and another law called the Passenger Vessel Services Act (PVSA). In 1886, the U.S. government enacted the PVSA law that prohibits a foreign or non US-built vessel from picking up passengers in one US port and disembarking them in another US port. However, the PVSA does allow ships to pick up and return passengers to the same US port providing they call at a foreign port in the course of the voyage. It may also pick up passengers at a US port and disembark them at another US port providing it calls at a port deemed to be distant by the government. The Jones Act law was designed to protect and regulate the American shipbuilding industry as it has cabotage provisions that restrict the carriage of goods or passengers between Unites States ports to U.S. built and flagged vessels.

Comment on My Christmas Vacation from Hell, a Cautionary Tale. by Idebenone

Idebenone — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 06:56:18 +0000

Has any progress been made toward repealing the PSA [popularly known as the Jones Act]? I understand it is the reason cruise ships are unable to sail between US ports without stopping at a foreign port en route. This protectionist legislation has resulted in roundabout routes – LA to Hawaii by way of Ensenada, e.g. – and silly expenditures – cruise lines having to buy deserted sand bars in the Caribbean to serve as “foreign ports”. The reason I ask is closer to home. I’d really like to see ships stationed in San Francisco to provide more Pacific coast cruising opportunities. The few vessels that stop there now are obliged to make long Canadian or Mexican detours to satisfy the requirements of this arcane law.

Comment on Captain X-Ploit vs. The Bills by Security For All is fours years old (and then some) | Security For All

Security For All is fours years old (and then some) | Security For All — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 02:20:55 +0000

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Comment on Whatever Happened to Security For All? by Security For All is fours years old (and then some) | Security For All

Security For All is fours years old (and then some) | Security For All — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 02:20:53 +0000

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Comment on Thanks for all the phishing in 2012 by Security For All is fours years old (and then some) | Security For All

Security For All is fours years old (and then some) | Security For All — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 02:20:50 +0000

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Comment on Welcome to Security For All by Security For All is fours years old (and then some) | Security For All

Security For All is fours years old (and then some) | Security For All — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 02:20:48 +0000

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Comment on Thanks for all the phishing by Thanks for all the phishing in 2012 « Security For All

Thanks for all the phishing in 2012 « Security For All — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 05:07:04 +0000

[...] 2009, the first year of this blog, in honor of Thanksgiving here in the USA I posted an entry about some things I would have been thankful for in 2009. If they were even remotely true. I’m a collector and, dare I say connoisseur, of Nigerian 419 style phishing messages. Since then [...]

Comment on Why are you still at Facebook? by Joseph Webster

Joseph Webster — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 18:36:39 +0000

Actually the “API bug” that Facebook describes thusly:

“… the glitch was due to a bug in [the] application-programming interface, [that] makes the last added email address be pulled and added to the user’s phone Contacts.”

As a software architect, that sounds to me like a design feature rather than a logic flaw. The “bug” was that FB (once again) designed something with total disregard for their users and didn’t consider (or care) what the side effects might be.

Comment on Why are you still at Facebook? by Continued reading | Living forum

Continued reading | Living forum — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 16:05:33 +0000

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