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No porn for Texas

6/13/2004scaredpoet

Welp, looks like some major porn shops in several Texas towns, including my home town, are closing down.

The closings are a result of a tax evasion case. I guess though, part of is that adult video is such a shady topic that it’s easy for anyone to say you’ve broken the law somehow. And it’s clear that in this case, the fact that the owner of these shops was dealing in smut made him a target.

Oh well.. guess the porn addicts in Texas must order their stuff on the web now. Oh wait, if the credit card companies have their way, that may not be around for long either.

Livejournal vulnerability making the rounds

6/12/2004scaredpoet

Apparently a scripting vulnerability of some sort has been found that causes things like LJ posts to be deleted if the script is run. Supposedly the hack is “harmless” as it only does certain things related to deleting posts, but it does reinforce the idea of why I’d rather have full control of my own blog. At least here I can back up my own server and restore if something goes wrong.

UPDATE: apparently this hack does a lot more than just delete a post or two. This vulnerability apparently also has the capability to lock people out of their accounts, changing the account password and compromising security. You will also have a good idea of who’s infected because the lj username of compromised accounts show up in the “sausage”.

For now, my suggestion to LJ users is to avoid clicking on any LJ links that read “This is interesting” or refer to the “sausage.” Russian posts should be avoided too. And if you have added yourself to the “sausage,” you should change your password and log out and back in to your LJ account immediately.

Yeah! Paddle the brat!

6/12/2004scaredpoet

A teacher has been suspended for washing a foul mouthed kid’s mouth with soap .

I don’t get the big deal over this. It’s soap! And the kid was asking for it.

Aw well, at least it’s paid leave.

404’s Revisited

6/11/2004scaredpoet

http://www.seanism.com/errors/404.php

Now THAT is an awesome way of saying someone messed up. 🙂

RIAA – A little behind the curve…

6/11/2004scaredpoet

The RIAA is now ready to move in on Internet Radio, claiming that soon, “dishonest” users might be able to record songs and build a library they otherwise would have bought “legally.”

GASP! Oh, the horror!

Gee, it’s a good thing we can’t do this right now. Otherwise, the RIAA and those poor recording artists – who we know get oh so much from record sales – would be in such big trouble. 🙂