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Kryptos

nospam@example.com (TML) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:28:42 -0700

Wikipedia brings us an entry on Kryptos, a sculpture that stands outside the CIA headquarters in Langley, VA which contains 4 puzzles – three have been solved, the 4th continues to stymie everyone who attempts to solve it.

A Sad, but Funny, Tale

nospam@example.com (TML) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:28:17 -0600

This Mozilla bug has to be simultaneously one of the funnier and sadder things I’ve seen on the internet recently.

“This privacy flaw [in Firefox] has caused my fiancé and I to break-up after having dated for 5 years,” the woman says. “The privacy flaw is this: when he went to log-in under his dating sites (jdate.com, swinglifestyle.com, adultfriendfinder.com, etc.), Mozilla promptly asks whether or not he’d like Firefox to save the passwords for him. He chose never, obviously…[later] I went into the Password Manager to change the saved password option from Never to Always and that’s when I saw all these other sites that had been selected as “Never Save Password.” Of course, those were sites I had never visited or could ever dream of visiting.”

Funny because she chose to reveal all of this incredibly personal information in a public bug reporting tool, and because of the ensuing conversations. Sad because she’s upset that “[Firefox caused them] to break-up after having dated for 5 years,” instead of being grateful that Firefox prevented her from entering into what clearly was a relationship destined for a horrible, horrible future.

Hitler Rap

nospam@example.com (TML) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:06:49 -0600

OK, say maybe Mel Brooks did it first, but the comedy troupe “The Whitest Kids U Know” have produced a new Hitler Rap that I think is much funnier.

Mildly NSFW (one clear swear word, one oblique reference), so here’s one of my favorite parts, in case you’re just not sure you want to watch it:

Everybody Hitler-hatin’ when they speak my name
But it’s the new millenium and the Fuhrer has changed
And what I bet ya’ll didn’t know is now I’m down with the jews!
The gypsies, homosexuals and retards too!
Cause I stopped burnin’ people, started burnin’ CD’s
Stopped battlin’ the world, started battlin’ MC’s
Just started bustin’ rhymes, finally found my groove
And now the ‘S.S’ on my jacket stands for ‘Super Smooth’