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Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
I no longer trust Yahoo! mail
This morning, I signed into Yahoo! mail. On a whim, I checked the contents of my "Important" folder.
I found no messages inside.
This is not the first time that I have caught mail messages disappearing from my Yahoo! account. Furthermore, this is the second time that the same message has disappeared.
Last time it happened, I asked my roommate to re-forward the message from his GMail account. On a whim, I created a separate folder, "Important," intended to contain that particular message.
And indeed, the message has disappeared -- again. This cannot be coincidence, I think to myself. Time for me to download all my messages through the POP service and figure out where to go from here.
What scares me, in particular, is that the message contains information that I would never send through plaintext email. In other words, the email message could have value to an unscrupulous third party.
I pay Yahoo $20 per year for their service. As it is a paid service, I have higher expectations for security and privacy; however, I have lost all confidence that my information is private, secure, and won't be lost. I think it's time for me to be a lot more careful about my own personal data.
Database errors? Hackers? Sleepwalking baitisj browsing email and clicking the 'delete' button? Or simply paranoia?
Goodbye, Yahoo. You were convenient; I should have left you as soon as you turned over someone's personal information to the Chinese government.
I found no messages inside.
This is not the first time that I have caught mail messages disappearing from my Yahoo! account. Furthermore, this is the second time that the same message has disappeared.
Last time it happened, I asked my roommate to re-forward the message from his GMail account. On a whim, I created a separate folder, "Important," intended to contain that particular message.
And indeed, the message has disappeared -- again. This cannot be coincidence, I think to myself. Time for me to download all my messages through the POP service and figure out where to go from here.
What scares me, in particular, is that the message contains information that I would never send through plaintext email. In other words, the email message could have value to an unscrupulous third party.
I pay Yahoo $20 per year for their service. As it is a paid service, I have higher expectations for security and privacy; however, I have lost all confidence that my information is private, secure, and won't be lost. I think it's time for me to be a lot more careful about my own personal data.
Database errors? Hackers? Sleepwalking baitisj browsing email and clicking the 'delete' button? Or simply paranoia?
Goodbye, Yahoo. You were convenient; I should have left you as soon as you turned over someone's personal information to the Chinese government.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
I booted Bart today...
Quick specs:
850 MHz Celeron Coppermine
Intel motherboard w/100MHz FSB
BIOS circa 2001
Purchase price: $1 in 2005
Booted him up, and LILO booted "Linux-Homer...."
It came up. Checked the version of ESP (Evolution software platform). Last modification date: December 13, 2001
Wow.
I looked a little bit at some of the code that I wrote over seven years ago.
This robot STILL has a frickin' laser beam, after all of these years. I really need to connect it up.
For a quick speed comparison, Tom's Hardware shows the following "render times in seconds" for a Dragon_Character_rig (Rendering 1024x768 Single).
Prescott,3800/200,925X,DDR2-533
Coppermine,800/133,815EP,SDR100
I think I'm going to hard wire the laser beam so that it turns on when the computer's powered up.
850 MHz Celeron Coppermine
Intel motherboard w/100MHz FSB
BIOS circa 2001
Purchase price: $1 in 2005
Booted him up, and LILO booted "Linux-Homer...."
It came up. Checked the version of ESP (Evolution software platform). Last modification date: December 13, 2001
Wow.
I looked a little bit at some of the code that I wrote over seven years ago.
...
/// from ir_laser.cpp
ISwitchDevice *frickin_laser_beam; // ...frickin' laser beams? Is that too much to ask?
unsigned count;
test.check(ir_laser.obtain_interface (0,
"Evolution.ISwitchDevice",
(IResource**)&frickin_laser_beam, count) == RESULT_SUCCESS);
This robot STILL has a frickin' laser beam, after all of these years. I really need to connect it up.
For a quick speed comparison, Tom's Hardware shows the following "render times in seconds" for a Dragon_Character_rig (Rendering 1024x768 Single).
Prescott,3800/200,925X,DDR2-533
85
Thunderbird,1000/100,KT133A,SDR133 279
Coppermine,800/133,815EP,SDR100
434
I think I'm going to hard wire the laser beam so that it turns on when the computer's powered up.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
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