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schestowitz[22:55] <qu1j0t3> schestowitz: skim the comment thread. pure class. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk_8gXIpOMoJan 03 00:17
TechrightsSocialTitle: A10 saves the day - YouTube .::. Size~: 202.24 KBJan 03 00:17
schestowitzeh, well...Jan 03 00:17
schestowitznot much new thereJan 03 00:17
schestowitzat least no napalmJan 03 00:17
schestowitzit's like soem FPS gameJan 03 00:17
schestowitzhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=5pBfrt_anf0&feature=fvwpJan 03 00:19
TechrightsSocialTitle: A-10 Lighting up the side of a mountain in Afghanistan - YouTube .::. Size~: 209.95 KBJan 03 00:19
schestowitzhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=5pBfrt_anf0&feature=fvwpJan 03 00:20
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schestowitzis that Enriched Uranium or something?Jan 03 00:20
schestowitzanti-task..Jan 03 00:20
schestowitzsome of it looks clusteredJan 03 00:21
schestowitzi.e. against geneva conventionJan 03 00:21
schestowitzbut it's more like those plattered bombsJan 03 00:21
schestowitzsome hellfireJan 03 00:21
schestowitz"Perhaps we shouldn’t be shocked that a publication owned by Rupert Murdoch would be inclined to make light of concerns about illegal wiretapping, but surely it’s not that mysterious why someone might be more comfortable with a duly authorized surveillance statute that preserves a role for the courts, however anemic and symbolic, than with a president’s unilateral decision to simply ignore federal law and bypass the Jan 03 00:31
schestowitzcourts entirely.  Still, they do have a point: Substantively the FISA Amendments Act is at least arguably more problematic than the Bush program, because the surveillance programs it authorizes are potentially much more sweeping than Bush’s was, at least on the basis of public reporting. And it really is telling that many people who expressed outrage over the Bush program seem totally uninterested in scrutinizing the track Jan 03 00:31
schestowitzrecord of its successor now that we have a Democrat in the White House."Jan 03 00:31
schestowitz> Sorry for the delay in replying been busy/on holiday. We have had someJan 03 00:35
schestowitz> bandwidth issues recently that might account for it. We are going to upgradeJan 03 00:35
schestowitz> bandwidth in the near future. Is it better now? I notice the machine isJan 03 00:35
schestowitz> routinely under some load. I wish I knew more about optimizing PHP/Wordpress.Jan 03 00:35
schestowitzThanks. I think much of the load is caused by bots. The logs suggest so. I have the same issue in some other sites, where bots account for more hits than visitors'. The CMS is already optimised in the caching sense.Jan 03 00:35
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schestowitz> On Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 04:35:33PM PST, Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:Jan 03 00:45
schestowitz>> Thanks. I think much of the load is caused by bots. The logs suggest so.Jan 03 00:45
schestowitz>> I have the same issue in some other sites, where bots account for moreJan 03 00:45
schestowitz>> hits than visitors'. The CMS is already optimised in the caching sense.Jan 03 00:45
schestowitz> Jan 03 00:45
schestowitz> Are these good bots or bad bots?Jan 03 00:45
schestowitzWhen I last looked it was a lot of MSNBot, which can be good or bad depending on one's view on Microsoft. :-)Jan 03 00:45
schestowitz> I can configure fail2ban to look at the logsJan 03 00:45
schestowitz> and block anyone who connects too frequently or causes too many 404's or 302'sJan 03 00:46
schestowitz> etc. if that would help.Jan 03 00:46
schestowitzIt's rare or atypical for the server to exceed average load of 2. When apache failed repeatedly (I woke up from bed every hour to wake it up if needed) it wasn't load-induced.Jan 03 00:46
qu1j0t3schestowitz: yes, DU. "The A10 Thunderbolt was responsible for the majority of depleted uranium contamination in Iraq, and almost all the contamination in the Balkans"Jan 03 01:18
qu1j0t3  " A number of privately owned sites previously involved in the manufacture of uranium weapons have failed to be decontaminated by their owners leaving the considerable cost of decontamination to the US taxpayer"Jan 03 01:21
qu1j0t3and on and on it goesJan 03 01:21
qu1j0t3  "The A-10 in particular, was responsible for 232 tonnes of the uranium fired in the 1991 Gulf War"Jan 03 01:23
qu1j0t3232 TONNESJan 03 01:23
qu1j0t3most of it now dustJan 03 01:23
qu1j0t3try cleaning that upJan 03 01:23
qu1j0t3UK soldiers were contaminated in 2003 iraqJan 03 01:23
XFaCEqu1j0t3: http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestoryamericas/2013/01/20131282718188634.htmlJan 03 01:46
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qu1j0t3XFaCE: optimistic: http://www.pej.org/html/index.php/html/print.php?sid=9652Jan 03 02:07
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XFaCEYAYAYAYAYAJan 03 02:07
qu1j0t3:)Jan 03 02:08
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schestowitzqu1j0t3: http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4400Jan 03 17:08
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qu1j0t3schestowitz: awesome!!Jan 03 17:21
schestowitzhttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/rendition-gets-ongoing-embrace-from-obama-administration-8434963.htmlJan 03 17:43
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qu1j0t3:|Jan 03 17:47
qu1j0t3tweetedJan 03 17:51
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/2243792Jan 03 17:53
TechrightsSocial@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: RT @AmberLyon Dear Pres. Obama, You say #NDAA 'violates the constitution', so why .... did you just sign it into law? https://www.box.com/shared/ehft70mggntrbpvx6q5sJan 03 17:54
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schestowitzqu1j0t3: guardian promotes the anti-WL line again http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/03/bradley-manning-wikileaks-suspect-adrian-lamoJan 03 18:09
TechrightsSocialTitle: Bradley Manning and me: why I cannot regret turning in the WikiLeaks suspect | Adrian Lamo | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk .::. Size~: 126.79 KBJan 03 18:09
qu1j0t3XFaCE: where do they find... http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1309979--laurel-broten-to-impose-contracts-on-ontario-public-school-teachersJan 03 18:10
TechrightsSocialTitle: Laurel Broten imposes contracts on Ontario public school teachers  - thestar.com .::. Size~: 98.65 KBJan 03 18:10
schestowitzhttp://www.china.org.cn/video/2013-01/03/content_27571112.htmJan 03 18:28
TechrightsSocialTitle: Iran claims two more US drones captured - China.org.cn .::. Size~: 14.05 KBJan 03 18:28
qu1j0t3schestowitz:    eikonos | The govt of Turkey created a fraudulent CA, then issued fake certs for *.google.com ->                                      Jan 03 18:45
qu1j0t3           | http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2013/01/03/security-advisory-2798897-released-certificate-trust-lJan 03 18:45
TechrightsSocialTitle: Sign in to your Microsoft account .::. Size~: 10.46 KBJan 03 18:45
qu1j0t3guh.Jan 03 18:45
qu1j0t3http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2013/01/03/security-advisory-2798897-released-certificate-trust-list-updated.aspxJan 03 18:46
TechrightsSocialTitle: Security Advisory 2798897 released, Certificate Trust List updated - MSRC - Site Home - TechNet Blogs .::. Size~: 34.77 KBJan 03 18:46
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/2243792Jan 03 18:57
TechrightsSocial@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: RT @AmberLyon Dear Pres. Obama, You say #NDAA 'violates the constitution', so why .... did you just sign it into law? https://www.box.com/shared/ehft70mggntrbpvx6q5sJan 03 18:57
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schestowitz"Jan 03 18:57
schestowitzWhat's that saying about giving up freedom for security?Jan 03 18:57
schestowitzbtw, I can't find this statement on whitehouse.gov. Is there another source?Jan 03 18:57
schestowitz"Jan 03 18:57
schestowitz"I guess you posted another link about this from the Huffington Post. That article has a link to the .pdf from lawfareblog.com and the trail seems to stop there."Jan 03 18:58
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/2239669Jan 03 18:58
TechrightsSocial@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Zuckerberg not a "dumb f*ck" on #privacy because he hid his wedding photos. #zuckerberg #wedding #hyporcite #dumbfuck http://gawker.com/5636765/facebook-ceo-admits-to-calling-users-dumb-fucksJan 03 18:58
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schestowitz"He's a dumb fuck twice. Once for wanting to hide that and the second time by publishing them on Facebook. When you share, do it right. ;-} http://173.21.69.124/photoalbum/chron/1997/19970809wedding_photos/ "Jan 03 18:59
schestowitzqu1j0t3: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/judge-newark-release-facebook-grant-emails-18028470Jan 03 23:05
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qu1j0t3schestowitz: tweeted yesterdayJan 03 23:05
schestowitzhttp://identi.ca/notice/98810179Jan 03 23:07
TechrightsSocial@Satipera (satipera)'s status on Thursday, 03-Jan-13 22:45:09 UTC - Identi.ca: @Schestowitz Most of us are semi slaves but most of us do not realise it.Jan 03 23:07
qu1j0t3our quality of life is compromisedJan 03 23:10
qu1j0t3there is a lot of propaganda out there insisting that this is normalJan 03 23:11
schestowitzyeahJan 03 23:38

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