Surfing The Web So You Don't Have To
So Chris registers a new domain, what were the first hits on his logs?
Exploit: Host: 217.148.32.42 Url: /scripts/nsiislog.dll”
Google: Host: 64.68.82.25 Url: / Agent: Googlebot/2.1 (Who told them?)
Spammer crawler?: Host: 209.69.207.2 Url: / Agent: libwww-perl/5.65
Nimda?: Host: 12.103.229.120 Url: /scripts/..%255c%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir”
Scary how Google and others know about the domain when nobody else does.
I’m a big fan of good satire, especially geek satire, which is why I’m a fan of BBspot, but I’ve found another geek satire site: SlashNOT. Just some headlines from the site:Hormel opposes anti-spam legislation, IBM creating world’s most powerful computer (not a funny headline, but funny story), and Google arrested while dumping body. It’s a great /. parody.
iSky, one of those outsourced call-center outfits, has an office here in Bend. They’ve been advertising pretty heavily in print, radio, and on local TV about how they have seasonal jobs opening up for the holiday season. Barney just tipped me off that he saw an ad on TV for them that stated its criteria were “Excellent spelling and grammer” [sic] . Barney was nice enough to call them and point that out to them.
African or European? The science behind the age-old question.
Joke sent via e-mail:
One day a teacher had a taste test with her students.
She picked a little boy to do the first test.
She blindfolded him, put a Hershey kiss in his mouth and asked, “Do you know what it is?”
“No, I don’t,” said the little boy.
“Okay, I’ll give you a clue. It’s the thing your daddy wants from your Mom before he goes to work.”
Suddenly, a little girl at the back of the room yelled, “Spit it out! It’s a piece of ass!! ”
Of the many options cited in this column, you could always panic, turn on a TV, go outside, or, heaven-forbid, talk to your spouse. Thanks to Neil for the link
Lowe’s, one of those big ol’ home improvement warehouse stores that (rumor has it) is going to built next to the other big ol’ home improvement warehouse store here in Bend, fell victim to one poor IT management. Granted, the guy who broke into their WiFi network did the wrongdoing, but Lowes needs to keep on top of a mission-critical system like that just a wee-bit better — they left it wide open for him to screen for credit card numbers, and do the damage he did.
Please don’t drink and drive this holiday season. Bad things happen.
Bad things happen when mom finds out about the blog. Thanks to Jack for the link.