I think Palin already has some pretty significant Youtube problems
That video is edited in a fairly biased fashion, but the full quote doesn't actually present her in a much better light:
As for that VP talk all the time, I’ll tell you, I still can’t answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the VP does every day? I’m used to being very productive and working real hard in an administration. We want to make sure that that VP slot would be a fruitful type of position, especially for Alaskans and for the things that we’re trying to accomplish up here for the rest of the U.S., before I can even start addressing that question.
Evan (and others),
The problem is that, because of a more or less recently discovered security flaw in Gmail, encrypting the login transaction doesn't actually provide any protection if the rest of the session isn't also encrypted.
The concern here isn't just that the emails are sent in plaintext. They're sent along with an unprotected cookie that anyone can duplicate, and use to masquerade as you for as long as you're logged in. Once they've done that, they can do anything to your account that you could, including changing your password to something that they know. This isn't quite as bad as silently discovering your existing password, but it's not good at all.
If your password is worth protecting at the time you log in, you probably out to be protecting it every time it's made vulnerable. And the way things work now, that means every time your browser interacts with a Google server.
A upgradeable-firmware version of the WRT is definitely available, but seems a little bit expensive if all you're looking for are standard router features. OTOH, if you're trying to set up something slightly unusual, or just like knowing that you can if you need to, nothing beats running a general purpose computer with lots of network ports. By those standards the WRT is CHEAP
For anyone who's interested in a third-party firmware package, I'd suggest looking at X-wrt, a fairly simple, and really flexible, web interface that can be installed with or run on top of the OpenWRT Linux setup. Even if you're very comfortable with configuring Linux networks from the command line, the web forms can probably do it for you faster.
For all of us who got yesterday's heads-up too late, there's still some hope for tonight and tomorrow. I just got a fresh alert from the IPS email list at 10:30 Eastern this morning, so while activity's apparently declining it won't be back to normal any time soon. Better yet, spacewaether.com is reporting "An X1-flare from sunspot 930 on Dec. 14th probably hurled a new cloud in our direction. (Confirmation from SOHO is pending.) If so, it would arrive on Dec. 16th and re-energize geomagnetic activity. Stay tuned!"
Ugh. Just cast my vote in the bluest part of Randy 'shotgun' Khul's soon-to-be-former NY-29 Congressional district. And what to my wondering eyes should appear but a stranger in my poling place, armed with a stack of papers including the word "challenge" in the title. I didn't get a close look, but it seems clear that the shenanigans are already well underway. Please, whoever you'll vote for, get out and vote. Anything else is a gesture of support for the kind of people who think that their world would run better with a little less input from the rest of us.
You know what? I think I need to apologize for my previous comment in this thread. I was trying too hard to be fair-minded. I was wrong. I don't care how many plausible-sounding press releases they put out. It's simply not possible that they honestly performed the procedure they claim and still managed to rank the fergodsake National Capitol as one of the twelve least threatened targets out of this list
And how did they defend their decision? "Homeland Security officials said the District had far fewer potential targets than the larger jurisdictions" Not less consequential. Not less threatened, or better defended. Just fewer. Add one to the list for the Pentagon, one for Doctors Memorial Hospital. Of course Florida needs more assistance by that standard.
Someone's taught them to talk a good game, but these results just can't come out of the process HomeSec claims to have used. Unless someone can come up with extraordinary proof to the contrary, there's no reason to believe that this form is anything other than what it looks like; the least useful, least honest possible answer for the question they were asked. I shouldn't have allowed myself to think for a instant that they were capable of anything else.
I should take this open thread opportunity to thank Mr. Macdonald for his series of medical entries. During a recent bit of trouble, reading September’s Affairs of the Heart and its comments helped me get past “I’m sure it’s nothing,” to “Maybe I ought to check” and bring to light a problem that more normally stays hidden ‘til it kills. I owe quite a debt to him and to everyone who participated in that conversation.
I hope it’s appropriate to add a bit of my own recent learning to the knowledge that came out there. Apparently, exercising your heart muscle is not quite the same as exercising your lats or your quads. It seems that soreness and aches are not an expected part of making it stronger, and if you feel them in your chest during or after a workout it could be wise to check with a doctor and confirm that all is well. I’m certainly thankful that I did.
I wish in return I could give some assistance to those here who are facing medical challenges. I don’t seem to have much to contribute beyond prayers and best wishes, but those, of course, I offer in abundance.
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