"Dr. Who and my ex-fiancee's mom want me to buy V1agra" or "The joys of random spam generators."
I was just perusing the spam folder on one of my GMail accounts. I do that from time to time, just to double check that nothing "real" has inadvertently been filtered. I don't auto-delete spam because I'm just a bit mistrusting of filters, having been in the position of actually writing them at one point in my career. I find spam to be a bit amusing as well, when they're well crafted.
I usually don't really care for the spastic random nonsense that ends up in the Subject: field of an e-mail, especially after receiving the 100th e-mail in a row stating that "A message has been received from Alexandra K." I don't know who the hell Alexandra K. is, but she must be terribly lonely, unemployed and bored to send me all the e-mail that she does. read more »
Beware the danger of exploding chewing gum
Just yesterday, I learned a very valuable lesson from a young man in the Ukraine:
It's really important, when you are chewing gum in your lab, to be sure you do NOT chew the explosive chewing gum. As the story at USAToday's site points out, doing so can result in Very Bad Things™ happening to you.
My friends and I tried [linux|drugs|anal sex] in college and I know it's illegal!
It's so sad that people who teach children can be so ignorant. And even more so that they take it as far as Karen, a teacher with the AISD (which Google says is the Austin Independent School District, YMMV) who discovered, to her horror, one of her students demonstrating Linux to his classmates and handing out disks of HeliOS.
Ever the quick one, Karen confiscated all those illegal Linux disks and gave the student detention. It could have stopped there, but she went even further by sending an almost laughably vacuous letter full of insanity and stupidity to Ken Starks who runs the HeliOS project which, by the way, uses Free and Open Source Software to bring technology to kids who otherwise would not have the advantages that other kids have in the world. The project gives them a chance to compete now in the academic space, and in the future when they go to seek employment and is quite a noble project. read more »
Plaxico Burress on handgun safety for kids
Plaxico Burress, of all people, knows the tragedy that can result from the incorrect and unsafe handling of firearms. The NY Giants player was recently injured in a fine example of what NOT to do when carrying a weapon, and he has come forth to present this Public Service Announcement to warn kids about the dangers of guns. He uses his own personal experience in a heartfelt plea to keep kids safe from evil, possessed weapons. Check it out for yourself!
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