I want to live in a world where software does not suck - ESR
That was the slogan on the back of the t-shirt from the 1999 OLS.
That t-shirt was in view in a special report on the CBC last Night.
Unfortunatly I missed the first half of the program, but what I saw was a better than average attempt to explain internet security to non-geeks. The reporters did inteview at least a couple of well known (in)-security experts. As you might expect the term hacker was misused, but at least the term Microsoft was several times associated with insecurity.
Joe Public was told that they need to get patches for their software to keep themselves safe.
Of course, in the interest in sensationalism, the program did use visuals to try and associate folks with embeded jewlery and cracking computers. I tend to associate embeded jewlery with folks under 30, who may or may not have anything to do with computers.
OCLUG
I will not be able to get to the OCLUG meeting tonight Thurs. Dec. 7th, 19:00-21:00 Algonquin Rideau Campus Room A111. The Rideau Campus site is ideal for folks who live downtown and use OC Trans-slo but is hard to get to for those of us who live in the suburbs.
It is too bad because I won't be able to go, because from the announcement it looks like ajh is well on the way to making OCLug a formal organization. Way to Go Andrew!
The Mega-City of Ottawa
A day after Skud anounced she had arrived, the cold weather came. Actually, today was a bit colder than yesterday, but it was still not cold enough for gloves. However it is cold enough to plug the car in overnight.