digital.goth.geek

It’s the Mary Celeste, not the Marie Celeste.

Mary. Em-ay-arr-why. MARY.

You fucking muppet.

When testing an internal document search engine, the last thing I expected to find was one entitled What do you know about vaginal discharge?

In fact, I wasn’t expecting it at all.

I’ve just finished reading Beyond Fear by Bruce Schneier and it’s fascinating, well written and not without humour.

Mind you, I do seem to be saying trade-off a lot more than previously. Perhaps that’s in itself a trade-off for knowing a little more about security. :-)

Definitely worth a read.

So sayeth a muppet on BBC News 24:

We hope this isn’t a pattern, but just another one-off event like two weeks ago.

Yes… quite.

I hope everyone’s ok (again).

Reading this CNN article about it, it seems to make a point (at the very end) that The White House said President George W. Bush has been informed of the incidents.

I wonder what child’s book he was pretending to be reading when he was told this.

Does anyone have any experience of Ruby? If so, and you know what the hell symbols are (and how they relate to the language as a whole), you couldn’t either drop a few hints or point me in the direction of somewhere where I can find out more, could you?

Apparently, they’re called “atoms” elsewhere, and the process is called “interning” but none of the however many languages I know use either of these terms, so I can’t think what an analogy might be.

Any help gratefully appreciated.

Blair says terror will not win. Yay!

Um, but your big eared sniffer dog says they already have:

…he believes ID cards would help rather than hinder the ability to deal with particular terrorist threats.

He also suggested that in future civil liberties might have to be curtailed.

Boo!

More over at The Register.

Chris Martin from Coldplay said: This is the greatest thing that’s ever been organised probably in the history of the world.

His opinions are like his music: bland, pointless and easily digested by people with IQs lower than 50.

So, with one of the myriad of marches progressing down the road next to work, I’ve had a few of questions answered about the Brave New World we will welcome with open arms.

1) There will be no showers, hairdressers or shampoo, all having been outlawed under penalty of a stern looking-down-at.
2) Flares will be de rigueur, and tye-dying will be a major artform.
3) There will be as much face paint as you can eat, so no-one will go to bed without a full stomach or a comedy disguise.
4) Shoe-wearing will be discouraged, although sandles are acceptable (in lieu of bare feet) for the sick.
5) The community leader will be the guy or gal wearing the largest fake head.

I’m glad to know where the world is headed, and I can now prepare for the glorious revolution.