Wednesday, June 24, 2009

VA Medical System in Shambles, Veterans Groups Say - Political News - FOXNews.com

VA Medical System in Shambles, Veterans Groups Say - Political News - FOXNews.com: "With Veterans Affairs hospitals giving botched radiation treatments to nearly 100 vets and exposing 10,000 to HIV and hepatitis viruses, veterans advocates and lawmakers say the VA health system is in dire need of proper oversight and funding."

That is another example of how government isn't good a doing things outside of its domain.

Security Tip: Change color scheme

Websites sometimes cause pop-ups that are made to look like they come from Windows to convince you to trust them. But they always use the default color scheme so if you change your color scheme it will be obvious which pop-ups are caused by Windows and which are caused by a website.

The eternal optimism of the Clear mind - Joel on Software

The eternal optimism of the Clear mind - Joel on Software: "Now, the TSA doesn’t even trust pilots, who go through the same screening as the rest of us to make sure they’re not bringing something extraordinarily dangerous onto a plane like a 3.5 oz bottle of shampoo. Because, of course, with a little bottle of shampoo, they could make a bomb, which they could use to fly the plane they are piloting into a building, something that is impossible for mere pilots sitting at the controls of the jet."