Apparently the MiMail Worm is also targeting Disney Sites. Now I REALLY hope that guy falls off a cliff… or gets hit by a bus…. or gets hit by a bus at the bottom of a cliff … or maybe a really fast train. Whichever.
New Mimail Worm Targets Anti-Spam Sites
Anti-spam organizations have become the target of a new Internet worm that tries to knock their sites offline using denial-of-service attacks. The worm/virus comes as an attachment to an e-mail purporting to be from a woman named Wendy who details an erotic encounter and then offers naked photographs.
Clicking the attachment triggers the virus which then sends itself to other email addresses stored in the infected computer and then allows a massive amount of data to at a later time to the Anti-Spam site. The flood of useless data renders their services unavailable.
If there is one thing that I hate worse than regular spam, it’s email spam. And if there is one thing that I hate worse than email spam, it’s email spam that’s actually a worm / virus. I hope the guy that wrote this virus gets hit by a bus, or falls off a cliff – whichever I’m not picky.
Blogging in China a Dangerous Game
China released the “Stainless Steel Mouse” and two other Internet essayists who were detained a year ago for criticizing the government. Stainless Steel Mouse, (the moniker used by Liu Di) is a 23 year old college student in Beijing whose arrest on subversion charges had attracted international attention.
Although the Chinese authorities said she’d be charged with crimes relating to ‘illegal organizations’, no arrest documents were ever issued. Nor was she allowed visits from her family.
CNN Reports that at least a dozen other dissidents who have posted “anti-government” articles on the Web remain incarcerated.
After reading this it really makes me realize how we really do have it good in North America.
Ten More Days!
I’m heading down to Utah in aproximately 10 more days, then after some great fun and partying it’s off to California for more great fun and partying! I’m really excited.
Anna-Maria, it looks like, won’t be leaving for Utah until Sunday. I wish she were still here, but alas, such is life.
Pot Luck Christmas Gift Exchange
Apparently I broke 6 years of tradition tonight. Last year at the Horns Christmas Gift exchange I was “lucky” enough to have received a really ugly doll that has been passed along for years each Christmas. Tonight I missed the party because I had to work and therefore the doll never made it back into circulation. I guess there’s always next year.
Flexitarians Don’t Eat Much Meat But They Do Eat Meat
The other day I told my sister, Jackie, that I was an unofficial vegetarian. Basically I meant that while I don’t usually eat very much meat, I am not opposed to it completely. Today I discovered a new term to describe my situation. I am a flexitarian.
flexitarian (fleks.uh.TAYR.ee.un) n. A person who eats a mostly vegetarian diet, but who is also willing to eat meat or fish occasionally. —adj. (Flexible + vegetarian.)
The Plan as I Know It
Anna is going to be leaving for Utah soon. I actually don’t know how long she will stay in Lethbridge before she actually leaves. School is almost done for me – and frankly I should be getting my last assignments done right now instead of writing on this blog. Anyway assuming I can find someone to cover me at work I will be leaving on about the 9th or 10th of December. I’m driving down to Utah, hanging out with Anna and her family for a couple of days and then… it’s off to Disneyland. I’m so – SO excited. REALLY.
Anna bought us 5 day hopper passes which for those of you that don’t know, means that we can go to either of the 2 parks as much as we want for 5 great days. Disneyland is just so much fun.
My cousin JP said we could stay at his place, so we’ll likely be staying there for the duration. I am still wondering if we should take in the sites at Universal and perhaps spend a day or two at the beach. California is so fun.
Anna-Maria’s Triumphant Return!
Anna’s last play goes down at 1:45pm today and then she’s on the bus back to good ol’ Alberta. Because the greyhound doesn’t leave Medicine Hat for Lethbridge until early tomorrow morning, I’m heading back to the Hat to pick her up. I’m more than just a little excited.
Fire at the Lethbridge YMCA
Ok, it turned out that it wasn’t really a fire. On Friday night while I was lifeguarding at the Y, the other guard and I smelled smoke so we evacuated the pool. The whole building was evacuated but after the firemen checked it out, it turned out to be nothing more than the motor in one of the vents short circuited itself (or something like that). We reopened and everyone was happy – except me and Phil of course, because we thought we might get to go home early.
Newspaper Plants Fake Footman in Palace
Despite higher security with the arrival of Bush in London, or maybe because of it, reporter from the Daily Mirror yesterday revealed that using false credentials he got a job as a Palace Guard.
As conflicted as I feel about bringing attention to the Royal family (negative or positive) the details in this story are just too good to pass up.
On a semi-related note, George W. Bush just never ceases to amaze me. During his speech at the Banqueting House in Whitehall, Mr. Bush acknowledged that he is not a very popular visitor. “I’ve been here only a short time, but I’ve noticed the tradition of free speech, exercised with enthusiasm, is alive and well here in London. We have that at home, too.”
Need I say more?