Archive for January, 2006
Fine, it’s a security hole. Get over it
WordPress 2.0 has a security hole that lets any user in the system post as any other user. This is obviously a security hole, and Liuigi obviously gets a kick out of posting as me. Congrats to Liugi the penetration tester. In other news, I just realized a subtle reason why I don’t like Solaris. [...]
Liu’s Reviews: AIM Clients (AIM)
In previous Liu’s Reviews, we started to review instant messenger programs. While it used to be that your best choice was probably AIM with an add-on program, there are a lot of alternatives nowadays, and we’ll be looking at the major clients for Windows. In our last article, we reviewed Miranda. Today we will be [...]
Academic plagiarism?
I’ve been noticing a phenomenom more and more in recent months. I shouldn’t go so far as to call it plagiarism, but it is something in a questionably shady realm of ethics. The phenomenom I’ve been noticing is academic plagiarism. When I say this, I’m not talking about the kind where you copy your friends [...]
US Copyright law
I was perusing the U.S. Copyright Office FAQ and came across this paragraph: How do I protect my sighting of Elvis? Copyright law does not protect sightings. However, copyright law will protect your photo (or other depiction) of your sighting of Elvis. Just send it to us with a Form VA application and the $30 [...]