As I mentioned yesterday here on billso.com, there was a Manoa Geeks meeting last night at the HMSA building. It was a big turnout - they ran out of seats and pizza!
PodCamp Hawaii was mentioned several times. I’ll be at that event on 24 and 25 October 2008, mostly in the WordCamp track.
Here’s a video interview that Burt Lum shot with his mobile phone and uploaded immediately afterwards to the Web. He’s talking with Jamie Hatch, and I pop up a bit later in the video.
Does anyone need a reminder about lightning and electronic equipment? It’s a bad idea to do the following while lightning is in the vicinity, especially if you are outside and near tall trees;
Listen to a radio
Listen to an iPod
Use a personal computer
Operate a video recorder
The woman who shot this video was hit by lightning - and it’s all on tape, including her scream. She lived:
From what i understand, it went through my left hand holding the camera, crossed my back and exited out of my right hand holding onto the metal railing. No entry or exit wounds, as i was not directly struck, i got just a really good zap from one of the “finger arcs” that happen when lightning hits.
Bruce Schneier published an article in Wired called I’ve Seen the Future, and It Has a Kill Switch. I agree with his basic premise - it’s a dangerous idea to include a kill switch in a networked device. It’s difficult to keep a determined cracker out of a well-defended network. It’s ludicrous to design a device that can disabled by remote control.
OnStar call representatives can bring a stolen vehicle to a slow and gentle halt by remotely disabling the car’s fuel system. Information Week article called Stop Thief!.
So how long will it take before someone tries to shut down an OnStar vehicle, just to show they can do it?
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