Monday, August 02, 2004

Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites  J-Walk post : Anti-Spyware Tools Here's a list of anti-spyware software that you might want to avoid: Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites. Some of the products listed on this page simply do not provide proven, reliable anti-spyware protection. Others may use unfair, deceptive, high pressure sales tactics and false positives to scare up sales from gullible, confused users. A very few of these products are either associated with known distributors of spyware/adware or have been known to install spyware/adware themselves.   via J-Walk Blog I just UNinstalled "NoAdware" because of this. VERY useful info, with recommendations for GOOD anti-spy software and other measures. permanent link #     ^ TOP ^  what is this place?

American Samizdat Just discovered - American Samizdat, one great progressive blog itself and a great portal to more. permanent link #     ^ TOP ^  what is this place?

sauceruney -> Vortex Egg -> Mitochondria: the Sleeper Cell Within The blogger at sauceruney is a regular visitor here, has left a few comments, and has a link to here. The posts over there are more like this was before I got so political. Go, enjoy. sauceruney posted:  Vortex Egg More of you need to be reading Vortex Egg. I need to be reading more of Vortex Egg.   So, over at Vortex Egg, very cool site, there's a post, Mitochondria: the Sleeper Cell Within:    Mitochondria organelles are found in cells of multicellular organisms. They have been called the "powerhouse of the human body." They are responsible for getting the energy out of glucose in respiration by breaking it down into ATP. They exist in each cell of the human body and are responsible for the synthesis of proteins from amino-acids and the replicaiton of DNA. [Mitochondria] In short, these cells are necessary for the most basic physical aspects of life and reproduction of organisms on a cellular level. But mitochondria are not part of our bodies. They have their own DNA. They are another species living in our bodies that needs us for shelter while we need them for energy. [snip] In study, it appears that mitochondria are also drivers of information processing in neurons, that is there is some link between neural activity and the mitochondria energy production cycle. I can only surmise there is some link between our thought patterns, our bio-survival urges, and the reproductive necessities of the mitochondria we house. Whose DNA are we competing for the successful evolution of anyway?   via [sauceruney] Some good science links in that post. I've heard of this before, and cannot pretend to understand even the surface of it. Nonetheless, can you say "alien"? permanent link #     ^ TOP ^  what is this place?