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Interesting Graph on Religious adherence

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 21:18:52 GMT

clipped by: Djiezes

Tags: religion, graph, study, ethics, patriotism, country, muslim, islam, christian, christianity, us, france, usa, america, politics

Boy Scouts save toddler from river

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:03:19 GMT

clipped by: skwirlinator
clipper's remarks: We lost a 2 yr old cousin in a river that was devastating to our family-

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Boy Scouts save toddler from river

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- A troop of Boy Scouts on a camping trip saved an 18-month-old girl who had fallen in a river upstream from them and was floating face down, officials said.

The boys were swimming in the Platte River at Two Rivers State Recreation Area, about 20 miles west of Omaha, on Saturday when 11-year-old Christian Nanson spotted something floating in the water. It turned out to be a young girl.

Nanson and John Fitzgerald, 9, both member of an Omaha Scout troop, reached the girl and brought her to shore while others called for help on a cell phone, assistant scoutmaster Matt Fitzgerald told the Omaha World-Herald.

Douglas County Sheriff's Deputy David Brock said the little girl, Stephanie Pacheco, was treated for hypothermia and released from a hospital Monday. The child had slipped away from her mother upstream, said Duane Arp, a conservation officer with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.

Tags: boy scouts save toddler from river, heros, saviours, grateful parents

Old rare photo frozen Niagara Falls 1911

Sat, 26 Aug 2006 05:14:38 GMT

clipped by: rmowery
clipper's remarks: WOW! Never knew that....

Clip Source: photoshoptechniques.com

Old rare photo frozen Niagara Falls 1911

THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN WHEN NIAGARA FALLS WAS FROZEN IN THE YEAR 1911. A VERY RARE PHOTO. I Thought you all might appreciate seeing this old photo. I've read of this but never saw the photo before. Makes you wonder just HOW COLD and HOW LONG it was that cold!! Hope this is ok to post this here?
Enjoy!!

Tags: niagra falls, frozen, 1911, frozen niagra

why firefox counts down during extension install

Sat, 26 Aug 2006 04:40:43 GMT

clipped by: rmowery

Clip Source: www.squarefree.com

I discovered arbitrary code execution holes in Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Opera that involve human reaction time. One version of the attack works like this:

The page contains a captcha displaying the word "only" and asks you to type the word to verify that you are a human. As soon as you type 'n', the site attempts to install software, resulting in a security dialog. When you type 'y' at the end of the word, you trigger the 'Yes' button in the dialog. I made a demo of this attack for Firefox and Mozilla.

Another form of the attack involves convincing the user to double-click a certain spot on the screen. This spot happens to be the location where the 'Yes' button will appear. The first click triggers the dialog; the second click lands on the 'Yes' button. I made a demo of this attack for Firefox and Mozilla.

These types of attack work on any security dialog that can be triggered by untrusted content. The attack is most useful in a dialog where one of the buttons means "Yes, let this untrusted content run arbitrary code". Firefox has such a dialog in the form of the extension installation (XPI) dialog. Similarly, Internet Explorer has the ActiveX installation dialog and Opera has an "Open" button for downloaded executables. Programs other than browsers might also be vulnerable.

Tags: security, firefox, countdown, extensions

I Am Not A Terrorist T-shirt

Sat, 26 Aug 2006 05:09:28 GMT

clipped by: rmowery
clipper's remarks: "The real point of terrorism is not the act itself, but our reaction to the act. We are reacting badly."

Clip Source: itsnotallbad.com

I Am Not A Terrorist

After reading about blogger Raed Jarrar's experience at JFK (he was forced to take off a shirt with Arabic writing on it or miss his flight), I finally stopped being depressed about the war on terror and began being proactively pissed off. I made this shirt, which says "I am not a terrorist" in Arabic. I plan to wear it every time I go to the airport from now on.

We have already given away too many freedoms in the name of war on terror. Freedom of speech cannot be one of them.

Tags: anti-terror tshirt, freedom of speech, arabic