Today,

1) I realize that I have two new UGs under my wing. Now I have no idea what to tell them to do.
2) Trip to dentist= Ouch. Pain. Swelling.

Chilli

o_O

http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2007/5/24/imposterCaught

http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2007/5/25/imposterIiFourYearsInVarian

Just so that I don't forget the songs again,

LFO: Summer Girls

LEN: Steal My Sunshine

Summer 1999: AA the whole time. fun. art fair. thermodynamics. linear algebra. tech comms. intro to world politics. dsp (funny, even I forgot about this. this should be top off the list). DC for 1 week.

It is 8 years ago! Holy cow

On the torture show

A: C wanted to know if he can see D's oral exam
B: huh. What??
B: like an audience????
A: yeah
B: so D is a dolphin?
A: lol

-__-

It is not right to piggyback, but people who don't take measures to secure their wifi networks should not be using it. They should be pinned to the wall via their LAN cables.

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A wireless felony

Updated: May 22, 2007 11:54 AM

By PATRICK CENTER

SPARTA -- It's a lunch hour ritual at the Re-Union Street Café. Customers regularly log onto the internet using the café's wireless network to check their e-mail and surf the web while they enjoy the coffee and ambience.

Sam Peterson II did the same thing. "I knew that the Union Street had WiFi," he told 24 Hour News 8. "I just went down and checked my e-mail and didn't see a problem with that."

But Peterson did it everyday, and from his car. He drove up, parked, and piggybacked onto the Union Street network.

Piggybacking - using someone else's WiFi without their permission - isn't legal. Sparta Police Chief Andrew Milanowski was suspicious of what Peterson was doing in his car every day and talked with him.

He didn't issue a ticket, but he did hit the books. "I had a feeling a law was being broken," the chief said, "but I didn't know exactly what." He found a relatively new and rarely used law. "Unauthorized use of computer access," he said.

Michigan lawmakers put it on the books in 1979 to protect the public from computer hackers. It was revised in 2000 to include the protection of WiFi systems. Under Michigan law, access a computer system without authorization and you're committing a crime.

A warrant was sworn for Peterson's arrest on a "five year felony, $10,000 fine," he said. "I would have never guessed."

Milanowski doesn't believe Peterson knew he was breaking the law. "In my opinion, probably not. Most people probably don't."

Neither did the coffee shop owner Donna May. "I didn't know it was really illegal, either," she told 24 Hour News 8. "If he would have come in (to the coffee shop) it would have been fine."

Kent County Assistant Prosecutor Lynn Hopkins said, "This is the first time that we've actually charged it," and it could be the only case of its kind in the state. "Oh, we'd been hoping to dodge this bullet for a while. We had not been looking for this," she said. "We knew it would come up eventually and we'd have to make a decision as to how to deal with it."

24 Hour News 8 investigated the number of prosecutions - and found only a handful of WiFi freeloaders prosecuted worldwide.

But it was inevitable with all the hotspots and businesses providing WiFi access. In the US alone, an estimated 16 million homes are now equipped.

The only way to catch a piggybacker is to catch someone, like Peterson, in the act "because 90 percent of the time we wouldn't know, frankly, that it's going on," Hopkins said.

New York's Westchester County is trying a different tack. Their local government said it's up to WiFi subscribers to protect themselves against piggybackers. Businesses were told to secure their networks or pay a fine.

Hopkins doesn't agree with that tactic. "It's the same attitude of somehow the victim's responsible for preventing the crime, and that's not the approach that our justice system takes."

Increasing security awareness isn't a bad idea, though. Some argue WiFi is a broadcast and the airwaves are open to the public.

In a February 2007 Target 8 Investigation, a drive through city streets exposed vulnerable WiFi hookups, available to anyone looking to surf the web or check their e-mail.

As a first-time offender without a prior record, the Kent County prosecutor's office decided not to charge Peterson with a felony. Instead, he'll be enrolled in the county's diversion program.

He'll pay a $400 fine and do 40 hours of community service, but it will not go on his record.

The prosecutor's offices said not everyone who gets caught breaking the law will be given this option. Offenders will be judged on a case-by-case basis.

The next time you're tempted, though, think of Sam Peterson. "People need to know that this isn't legal and if you get caught there are some pretty serious consequences."

Godfather

A: The Boss asked, when are you planning to do proposal? i said maybe what-what
B: and ?
A: then I said, I been thinking.. but then B also dunno yet.. it is strange if B dunno and I say I know
A: heee :p
B: DID YOU ACTUALLY SAY THAT
A: yes I did
B: DIDNT HE ><>
A: he laughed and said so B is the godfather?
B: man now im the godfather
B: R is the don
A: yeah
A: brandon marlo
B: marlon brando
B: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go tortoise!

Erm?

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/05/15/high.tech.visas.ap/index.html

"Under federal law, 65,000 H-1B visas are available each year for workers in specialty fields such as computer programmers, engineers, architects, accountants, doctors, college professors and fashion models."

I didn't know the geeky look is the latest fashion fad.

The Ben has Landed!

His second attempt to fly. The first attempt didn't materialize, as he was late going to the airport.

Now, I can hear him whining in the car. Whine whine.

PS: Bibji says, he got to eat chicken liver. @_@

Air Cargo

Fake DisneyLand In China

Philly Cheese Steak

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheesesteak
"In the 2004 presidential campaign, candidate John Kerry, on a visit to Pat's Steaks in South Philadelphia, committed the faux pas of ordering a cheesesteak with Swiss cheese. According to the Philadelphia Daily News, "reporters snickered," because "in Philadelphia, ordering Swiss on a cheesesteak is like rooting for Dallas at an Eagles game. It isn't just politically incorrect; it could get you a poke in the nose.<sup>"

Oops.</sup>

On the concept of food

A: did u read the article about duck penises
A: hee hee
B: no, where
A: nyt
B: where got duck penises
B: where where
A:http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/01/science/01duck.html?ex=1335931200&amp;en=85332ad7a98f7709&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
B: oh. it is under Science? I checked under Dining & Wine
B: heeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. HEEHEEHEHEH
A: -_-
A: WHAT IS WRONG WITH U

You know your life is pathetic when..

the only good news of the day is,

"IEEE PDF eXpress: File has passed PDF Check"