Happy Australia Day
The anniversary of the landing of the First Fleet under Captain Arthur Phillip at Port Jackson in New South Wales on January 26th, 1788.
Here’s the official site, and more information at Wikipedia.
January 25, 2014 6 Comments
Compare And Contrast
Via Corrente, a long Edward Snowden question and answer session that involved anyone who saw the notice and posted their question.
It gives you a good feel for who he is and why he did what he did.
Then Digby has the wisdom of the former Director of NSA, and then the CIA, General Michael Hayden.
General Hayden believes that the biggest threat to networked computing is not governments or criminals, but hackers, who he characterizes as dwelling in their mothers’ basements, and who are anarchists.
After reading the two posts consider this question: who would you trust with the power of NSA – Snowden or Hayden?
Aside: just once I would like real confirmation that someone, somewhere actually does something while wearing their pajamas and using a computer in their mother’s basement. Extra points if Cheetos are included.
January 25, 2014 8 Comments
Burns Night
This is the anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns in Ayr, Scotland. The Burns Night celebrations conducted by Scots all over the world with haggis, whisky¹, and poetry.
Wikipedia has a description of the standard celebration, but easy on the malt or you may end up with a William McGonagall morning.
In honor of the occasion a bit of Robby Burns for the Democratic “leadership”:
The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men
Gang aft agley
An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain
For promis’d joy!To a Mouse
1. This is the correct spelling when referring to Scotland’s “water of life”.
January 25, 2014 10 Comments
