Sunday, September 08, 2002

On a thread in the e-com-sec discussion group, I asked what are we supposed to do when we get spam from known criminals such as the Nigerian Scam.  We have a moral obligation to report criminals to the government, but police seem to be ill equipped to deal with individual internet solicitations of criminal activity.  The tip lines are so overwhelmed as it is with more serious issues, that GOV has a serious need for a software magnet to find the key needle clues in their information haystack. I was basically told that we should treat any spam as spam, forget about trying to deal with criminals the same way as is done in the real world outside of the Internet, and given an interesting link to a back issue of Sysmod's Praxis, which I have previously mentioned on my weblog.  It included the following stimulating topics: Europe's anti-spam legislation. Microsoft IE patch The person in personal decisions about the computer you think you own, and stuff stored on it, is not you but Microsoft. Google Features Cyber Squatting Euro Glitches Euro Zone Nigeria Scam Clones Worst Web site (warning: protect your eyes) Longest domain name 2:06:48 PM

I am a book-a-holic and recently chatted with another blogger who also is a book-a-holic.  Suggestion: We each create a category that has reviews of the books we have loved, and we subscribe to each other's categories.  We might only post something once a month, or once a week, depending on how prolific we are.  I would have a story like Radio Doc Sources except it would be a directory of books I have enjoyed on a particular theme or genre of literature.  In time we might split our book category into several sub-categories, and there would be SF fans subscribing to what other people have written about their favorite SF books, plus history book enthusiasts, plus other specialities. Saturday Topics: I mainly updated some of my categories. e-Radio Ideas is my input to dws.Radio.FAQ, where I shared dreams for future enhancements to Radio, explained some stuff I have figured out, shared great links with places that do plug-in tools for Radio, etc. History of Science and Technology, where I am interested in seeing strange ideas from invention to fruition, and the stumbling blocks along the way, with people figuring out what the new stuff can be used for, and controversies developing.  Most of it is based on Physics and Computers, but I have a little Biology and the Humanities. My Friends and Family = somewhat personal insights, worries and interests. Science Fiction ... so far I have done weird stuff around my SF interests, not dead on, plus I recently been having intermittent Upstreaming problems here. 12:00:01 AM

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