View 303 March 29 - April 4, 2004 (original) (raw)
Tuesday, March 30, 2004
I got this yesterday, and it's just clever enough that I have sent a warning to subscribers:
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From: staff@jerrypournelle.com [mailto:staff@jerrypournelle.com] Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 8:44 PM To: jerryp@jerrypournelle.com Subject: Email account utilization warning.
Dear user of e-mail server "Jerrypournelle.com",
Your e-mail account has been temporary disabled because of unauthorized access.
For details see the attached file.
For security reasons attached file is password protected. The password is "32058".
Best wishes, The Jerrypournelle.com team http://www.jerrypournelle.com
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Needless to say there is no "staff" at jerrypournlle.com, nor any Jerrypournelle.com "team", and there was a virus attached to install itself if I complied with the instructions. Jerrypournelle.com is run by the folks at Mazin and they would never send me a message like that. Note the social engineering in this attempt to get me to infect myself.
Do not open unexpected mail attachments. Do not open unexpected mail attachments. Do not open unexpected mail attachments. What I tell you three times is true.
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Still working on X Program definitions.
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And I wrote more than I intendedabout the election in answer to some mail.
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A few pictures and explanations:
Sable and friend at Chaos Manor. This is her teddy bear mood.
And on a night walk. She's a bit more of a wolf at night.
My daily witch's brew. Actually this is the morning concoction. I don't know if it helps or it's just expensive, but I am still productive and reasonably healthy, and I'll keep it up for a while...
As to what they are: upper right, 4 Personal Radical Shield. Right to left, Radical Shield, CoQ10, Lecithin, Gamme E Tocopherol, Saw Palmetto, PS 100, Cognitex, next row right to left TMG, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, B-12, B-100, a time lapse general anti-oxident, "Joint support", SAMe (the two round yellow things), and another "joint support" formula.
I wash it down with no-sugar Citrucel for fiber. It's probably more than one needs, but as I said, it seems to be working. So far. Note I am not advocating any of this, and I am not advising anyone on what to do.
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If you run out of things to read, here are a few:
A reasonable piece about Kerry and the Commission:
http://www.techcentralstation.com/033004B.html
Iran and The Bomb:
http://www.techcentralstation.com/032904F.html
And a homily on hubris:
http://www.techcentralstation.com/032904A.html
And there will be a discussion in Mail.