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bobbo3··on I asked the NSA for its file on me, and here's what I got back
Secret spy agency keeps secrets secret.

What's the story here?

bobbo3··on Probably the worst URL scheme ever
Here's a NOT SAFE FOR WORK url.

    http://www.adultwork.com/ViewProfile.asp?UserID=1945109&Keywords=&KeySearch=1&TargetURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eadultwork%2Ecom%2FSearch%2Easp%3FRefreshVar%3D02%252F05%252F2013%2B17%253A11%253A24%26cboCountryID%3D158%26cboCountyID%3D146%26cboAPID%3D0%26rdoRatings%3D0%26cboLastUpdated%3D01%252F01%252F2003%26intAgeFrom%3D25%26intAgeTo%3D33%26DF%3D1%26cboLastLoginSince%3DX%26strSelPostCode%3D%26HotListSearch%3D0%26rdoKeySearch%3D1%26strPostCodeArea%3D%26SearchTab%3DProfile%26cboRegionID%3D11%26question_69%3D%26question_70%3D%26question_2%3D%26question_3%3D%26question_57%3D%26question_27%3D%26question_42%3D%26strKeywords%3D%26intHalfHourRateFrom%3D%26intHalfHourRateTo%3D%26dteAvailableAnotherDay%3D%26hdteToday%3D02%252F05%252F2013%26cbxSelIsEscort%3DON%26strTown%3D%26dteMeetDate%3D%26intMiles%3D%26intMilesUSA%3D%26rdoOrderBy%3D7%26intMeetDuration%3D%26cbxGenderID%3D2%26cboSCID%3D0%26cbxPreferenceID%3D55%26intHourlyRateFrom%3D%26intHourlyRateTo%3D%26intHotListID%3D0%26PageNo%3D1%26SS%3D0%26strSelUsername%3D%26dteMeetTime%3DX%26intMeetPrice%3D%26cboBookingCurrencyID%3D28%26intOvernightRateFrom%3D%26intOvernightRateTo%3D%26strSelZipCode%3D%26CommandID%3D1&NavUserIDs=1768061x1983764x1816348x1873822x1896482x1964251x548903x1052569x1188136x1431008x1780228x1788349x1801647x1475155x1635012x1964725x1995120x1985169x1657721x1678563x1620768x591995x1551539x1579011x1996472x1694586x1198128x1916266x1945109x883257x1097958x273262x1891436x1578047x1797390x1415157x1825574x1935666x1119043x929033x1935510x1957223x1468772x1873269x1494092x1120357x1282956x1284275x1107421x639826
bobbo3··on Reddit is currently experiencing a malicious DDoS attack
People sometimes make mistakes. If those people create and distribute consumer level routers those mistakes can be severe.

(http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~plonka/netgear-sntp/)

bobbo3··on Transcript of meeting between Julian Assange and Google CEO Eric Schmidt
Tor is 'Tor' and not 'TOR'.

(https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#WhyCalledTor)

> In fact, we can usually spot people who haven't read any of our website (and have instead learned everything they know about Tor from news articles) by the fact that they spell it wrong.

Accuracy is important when you're complaining about the failures of other people.

bobbo3··on Oneko: The cat chasing the mouse (cursor)
It's pretty old and should have been on Linux a long time ago. Or is this just a flashback memory and inspiration about the availability not being just Win?

(ftp://ftp.connect.org.uk/hpux/X11/Demos/xneko-2.00/xneko-2.00.man.html)

bobbo3··on Oneko: The cat chasing the mouse (cursor)
All I see (latest Chrome on Vista) is a man page on an Ubuntu website for the oneko software.

Should there be anything else?

bobbo3··on What happens when you wring out a washcloth in space [video]
That was amazing.

On a side note, and not complaining about this at all, how much did it cost to get that water to the space station? I guess that bag had maybe 300 ml?

bobbo3··on Shots fired at MIT - report of an active shooter near Bldg. 32 (Stata)
Yes.

There is a serious problem with HN when stories like this get so many up-votes. This story is against the site guidelines. There isn't anything deeply interesting in the comments.

bobbo3··on What just happened to VC valuations?
Be careful. Many articles submitted to HN are just fucking awful articles, and we actually want contrarian viewpoints to counter the bollocks pumped out.

Banning Techcrunch, ExtremeTech (such a terrible website full of dreadful garbage), MotherJones and so many other shitty websites would do more to help HN than any karma modifications.

bobbo3··on 5 Million Farmers Sue Monsanto for $7.7 Billion
Pesticide is a leading cause of suicide.

(http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2006/np24/en/index...)

Farming is, in some countries, a high risk occupation for suicide.

(http://cebmh.warne.ox.ac.uk/csr/resfarmers.html)

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers_suicides_in_India)

I agree that the hyperbole of the article is weird.

bobbo3··on Testing 3 million hyperlinks, lessons learned
Why would your users post the addresses of your honeypots and tarpits to a 3rd party website?