Here’s an interesting article on cracking WPA. Bottom line, WEP is worthless for wireless security, and WPA is pretty good, if you use good passphrases and aren’t a high-value target.
“The Last Bastion Of Sanctioned Bigotry”
Stop attacking the evangelicals, writes Kirsten Powers.
Actually, while it is socially acceptable among leftists to be bigots against Christians (and southerners), Tea Party members are fair game, too.
The Neglect Of Communist Crimes
It should be just as socially unacceptable to wear a hammer and sickle, or Mao jacket, or Che tee shirt, as it is to wear a swastika.
[Update a few minutes later]
Yes, I know the piece is a couple years old. It’s worth reposting, though, given the proximity of the fiftieth anniversary of the Wall being erected.
Backslash
Some thoughts from Eugene Volokh. I didn’t know that people were confused on this issue. But it is irritating that Microsoft screwed things up with DOS (as they did many other things).
“What Is Dutch?”
Multiculturalism is on the wane in the Netherlands, as well it should be.
[Update a couple minutes later]
This may be related: do excess welfare payments cause riots? There certainly seems to be a correlation.
Going Galt In California
The Amazon tax isn’t working out the way the Theftocrats in Sacramento expected.
Unexpectedly!
Finally, A Real Debt Solution
What’s In A Name
Some thoughts on the nautical origins of the symbolism of the Space Shuttle. I agree with some commenters, though — a true space ship would never enter the atmosphere. And it’s where NASA’s focus should be, not on a giant rocket to nowhere.
Warren Buffett
…and his fiscal innumeracy. But he supports Barack Obama, so that’s OK.
[Update a while later]
The statistic I would like to see is the amount of tax paid relative to consumption. By that measure, it is possible that Buffett’s tax rate was more than 100 percent.
I do not care if he pays very little tax on saving. I would rather he pay zero tax on saving. His taxes are too high, not too low.
That doesn’t fit the narrative.
Good Shot By Romney
He’s calling the president’s latest campaign stunt the “Magical Misery Bus Tour.”