http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Meet_the_Kung_Fu_Squirrels&in_article_id=440501&in_page_id=34

Interesting read from the Discovery Channel.
Girls carry more bacteria…

Asked if guys should worry about holding hands with girls, Knight said: “I guess it depends on which girl.”

What do you think? Do you care?
Is everyone just reading the RSS feed anyway?
Does it matter to you in the slightest?
As evidenced by the stats, at least *some* people are reading…
What do you think?

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.
– Dr. Seuss

To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worthwhile. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter.
– Aleister Crowley

Maybe they could use some DNS help… Sorry, guys, I noticed that the whois of apple.com is *much* cleaner, as is openbsd.org, redhat.com, etc… (obscenities, obvious ads and commercial entity references conveniently censored for your viewing pleasure.)

$ whois microsoft.com

Whois Server Version 2.0

Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.

MICROSOFT.COM.ZZZ.IS.0WNED.AND.HAX0RED.BY.*****.NET
MICROSOFT.COM.WILL.LIVE.FOREVER.BECOUSE.UNIXSUCKS.COM
MICROSOFT.COM.WILL.BE.SLAPPED.IN.THE.FACE.BY.MY.BLUE.VEINED.SPANNER.NET
MICROSOFT.COM.WILL.BE.BEATEN.WITH.MY.SPANNER.NET
MICROSOFT.COM.WAREZ.AT.TOPLIST.*****.COM
MICROSOFT.COM.SMELLS.*****.COM
MICROSOFT.COM.SHOULD.GIVE.UP.BECAUSE.LINUXISGOD.COM
MICROSOFT.COM.RAWKZ.MUH.WERLD.*****.CA
MICROSOFT.COM.OHMYGODITBURNS.COM
MICROSOFT.COM.LIVES.AT.****.COM
MICROSOFT.COM.IS.POWERED.BY.*******.COM
MICROSOFT.COM.IS.NOT.*****.ORG
MICROSOFT.COM.IS.NOT.HOSTED.BY.**********.NET
MICROSOFT.COM.IS.NOT.AS.COOL.AS.*******.COM
MICROSOFT.COM.IS.IN.BED.WITH.***.COM
MICROSOFT.COM.IS.GOD.BECOUSE.UNIXSUCKS.COM
MICROSOFT.COM.IS.A.STEAMING.HEAP.OF.F**KING-BULLS**T.NET
MICROSOFT.COM.IS.A.MESS.****.CO.UK
MICROSOFT.COM.HAS.ITS.OWN.CRACKLAB.COM
MICROSOFT.COM.HAS.A.PRESENT.COMING.FROM.****.COM
MICROSOFT.COM.FILLS.ME.WITH.BELLIGERENCE.NET
MICROSOFT.COM.CAN.GO.F**K.ITSELF.AT.*****.COM
MICROSOFT.COM.ARE.GODD**N.PIGF**KERS.NET.NS-NOT-IN-SERVICE.COM
MICROSOFT.COM.AND.MINDSUCK.BOTH.SUCK.HUGE.ONES.AT.****.NET
MICROSOFT.COM
To single out one record, look it up with “xxx”, where xxx is one of the
of the records displayed above. If the records are the same, look them up
with “=xxx” to receive a full display for each record.

>>> Last update of whois database: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:28:32 EDT <<<

Crackers (*not hackers, people… Crackers.) have penetrated(?) the *un-encrypted* customer information database of a large security software company.
US Government agency credit card and personnel info may be at risk.
Read the Washington Post article here.

Taken directly from the OpenBSD FAQ

The standard OpenBSD kernel configuration (GENERIC) is designed to be suitable for most people. More people have broken their system by trying to tweak their kernel than have improved system operation. There are some people that believe that you must customize your kernel and system for optimum performance, but this is not true for OpenBSD. Only the most advanced and knowledgeable users with the most demanding applications need to worry about a customized kernel or system.

Some reasons you might want or need to build a custom kernel:

Nice bit of writing, guys. Keep up the good work! (and thanks for the help)

5.11.3 – My IPv6-less system doesn’t work!

Yes.
Please do not make modifications to the base system that you don’t
understand the implications of.
One “little” change in the kernel can have very large impact to the
entire rest of the system.
Please re-read this.