I finished reading Digital Fortress last night. On the positive side it is a "good read", as long as you are not expecting to enrich your intellect by reading it. You could probably describe it as a good thriller, with a number of interesting twists to the plot. The story unfolds in two locations, the NSA in the US and Seville, Spain. As is to be expected in this genre of … [Read more...] about Dan Brown’s Digital Fortress – racist undertones?
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Email Signatures from hell
A few months ago I mentioned email disclaimers, more specifically the rather silly and amusing ones. Over the last few weeks some people's usage of disclaimers AND signatures has been getting on my nerves. Do I really want to read 10 lines of links and spurious junk AND a long corporate disclaimer? An email signature should contain the necessary contact information ie. company … [Read more...] about Email Signatures from hell
laser chip and pin. Revolutionary? Hardly!
Chip and PIN is a revolutionary new payment system that introduces a more secure way for over 1.1 million Laser cardholders in Ireland. Why are we so far behind other countries? France had a "chip and pin" system at least 13 years ago, possibly longer, and yet both laser and the CC processors are hailing the introduction of the system as "revolutionary". I wouldn't care what … [Read more...] about laser chip and pin. Revolutionary? Hardly!
gpg signing emails with outlook?
Does anybody know of a "sane" way of doing this with Outlook 2003? I've been scouring the web for the last couple of weeks trying to find a sane solution and have hit a brick wall. The plugins I have come across including this one simply won't work, as they expect me to generate a key based on an email address, which I don't want or need to do. Getting it to work with … [Read more...] about gpg signing emails with outlook?
Entertainment.ie revamped
Entertainment.ie have revamped their design. I'm not sure if there are any new functions but the new design is nice and fresh. Edit: There are new features, including a customisable view, however there is no verification of the email used for signup! NBIf you arrived here via Google or another search engine please note that this site has nothing to do with entertainment … [Read more...] about Entertainment.ie revamped