Apr
29
2009
by Mike Phenow
Here is the previous post, as updated and submitted to the Osseo / Maple Grove Press for publication:
In my water bill from the City of Osseo, I found an insert containing the following text, accompanied by the city’s logo:
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Apr
14
2009
by Mike Phenow
In my water bill from the City of Osseo, I found an insert containing the following text, accompanied by the city’s logo:
Thinking Home Improvement?
Siding - Windows - Roof - Kitchen - Baths - Garage - Driveway - and more!
4% or 5% Loans up to $25,000
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Apr
13
2009
by Mike Phenow
The Photoshop Action Pack Ironclad License
Agreement (PAPILA)
You can use these actions for anything you like, and you can give them to your friends and co-workers (or even your enemies, if your experience of the actions leads you to believe that that’s where the real worth of this software lies). However, if you give them to someone else, you must include the whole package - the installer, documentation, sample workflows - and a kiss on the cheek. You must then stand on one foot and cluck like a chicken. (Man, I can see why people want to be lawyers. Once you’ve got someone under your licensing power, you can make them do anything. But I digress…)
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Apr
5
2009
by Mike Phenow
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Bill-Grants-President-Unprecedented-Cyber-Security-Powers-504520/
Every person in this country with half a brain should be charging the capital and throwing batteries at these scum.
“…the president would have broad authority to designate various private networks as a “critical infrastructure system or network” and, with no other review, “may declare a cyber-security emergency and order the limitation or shutdown of Internet traffic to and from” the designated the private-sector system or network.”
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