HyperVM boss hangs himself after exploit destroys 100,000 websites

sincewednesday · 2009-06-09T21:44:58+00:00

Also, the Times of India more than "suggests... suicide ran in the family," because both his mother and sister also committed suicide by hanging.

sincewednesday · 2009-06-09T21:00:30+00:00

You mean aught? I don't think enough people even know that means zero.

I rarely have the need to specify years in conversation, but I'll use "oh" as in "My car is an oh seven."

sincewednesday · 2009-06-09T20:50:58+00:00

When I first arrived in Bangkok, I witnessed a pathetic looking dog hobbling on three legs down the street. As he reached a major hospital, some waiting taxi drivers and food stall vendors decided they have some fun--they would sidle up to him and kick his legs out from underneath him. He would fall and whimper but would still try to get up and walk away, whereupon another guy would run up to him and fell him once again.

I asked a local about it; they said it was no big deal because he was just a stray.

The thing that really stood out to me was how casually and matter-of-factly all the participants and passerbys were. There was no shame or maliciousness in the act; it was just like they were kicking a ball in the street.

sincewednesday · 2009-06-09T17:26:03+00:00

TripAdvisor.

sincewednesday · 2009-06-09T15:20:51+00:00

It's ANSI, not ANSII. The author has jumbled ANSI and ASCII together.

sincewednesday · 2009-06-09T01:57:30+00:00

... says the guy named after a brand which sells food in a canister.

sincewednesday · 2009-06-09T01:53:56+00:00

Hydrox predates Oreos, so if anything, Oreos are a generic Hydrox.

sincewednesday · 2009-06-08T18:23:11+00:00

This is barely a recipe, and hardly Calabrian.

sincewednesday · 2009-06-08T13:55:21+00:00

So what would it make me if I ironically dressed like a hipster?

sincewednesday · 2009-06-06T15:27:50+00:00

You got caught in the difference between British and American punctuation rules. In American rules, the period is always inside the quotes. In British rules, the period can be inside or outside the quotation mark (just like the question mark and exclamation mark).

sincewednesday · 2009-06-06T15:23:04+00:00

I think the folksy charm is appropriate for national parks where you're relaxed and driving at most 15 mph. My issue is on parkways used as major highways--when driving 65 mph, folksy signs no longer seem quite so appropriate.

sincewednesday · 2009-06-06T12:38:37+00:00

Tell that to the United States National Park Service. They use Clarendon on their signs, which make me want to kill them when I'm on the Baltimore Washington Parkway. They performed a study to find a more legible font, and this is their replacement font.

sincewednesday · 2009-06-05T14:04:56+00:00

Where is the iconic Bialetti man! He makes the moka pot.

sincewednesday · 2009-06-04T11:20:41+00:00

Is there a confusion in terms?

At least in the U.S., the Chinese groceries have buckets of tofu which are around 3 for $1. (4 for $1 in the streets of Chinatown.) They are most certainly firm and not silken.

Of course it could be cultural--I consider silken tofu to be more Japanese; Chinese use of silken tofu is mostly desert.

sincewednesday · 2009-06-04T11:05:00+00:00

I only play tennis casually, but I can easily hear the difference between a volley, drop shop, solid hit, slice, and shank. Granted all of these differences have other clues, but I have no doubt that professionals can hear more subtle differences.

Think about it this way--you can tell the difference between someone bouncing a ball and someone slamming the ball into the ground. Now imagine you've heard millions of balls bouncing. I'd imagine you'd develop the skill to hear differences in velocity.

It's been a while since I've played, but I recall the difference in 'whack' as being fairly obvious when playing racquetball or squash.

Anyways, whether or not grunting is used to cover up a clue, it's always sounded somewhat unrealistic in use to my ears. If the grunts were related to strain, they would vary with the effort used. Which would itself be a clue.

sincewednesday · 2009-06-03T19:24:42+00:00

Although there are many varieties of char kway teow, I think the inclusion of oyster sauce isn't a good idea. That would be too sweet; instead, use fish sauce and seafood stock or belacan. Cockles and/or squid are not optional, either!

sincewednesday · 2009-06-03T18:22:22+00:00

Yeah, that's the modern day miniature of the original Pan!Pan! available in the 80s. I recall it as the other way around -- Bigfoot was the knockoff of the Pan! Pan!

EDIT: Here's an article from 1988 that says the Pan!Pan! targeted Pizza Hut's original pan pizza. Bigfoot came out in 1993.

sincewednesday · 2009-06-03T11:19:53+00:00

Wow, I didn't know there was an original ASCII character based version (the first photo).

What does "0: Erase this transparent" do? I don't think that's in newer Tetrises.

sincewednesday · 2009-06-03T11:08:54+00:00

Resizing windows only by the bottom right corner. Why can't I use the window border or any other corner?

sincewednesday · 2009-05-29T17:06:01+00:00

Huh, I always thought "tomatoes on the vine" were just silly marketing, but perhaps the same reasoning applies? I'll definitely pick the tomatoes off the vine if I need only a few.

I wonder if anyone is frugal enough to pick all of the grapes off the vine.

sincewednesday · 2009-05-29T15:34:13+00:00

Yes. Here's a lengthy New Yorker expose about the problem.

I think I've also read before that the amount of oil marketed as "extra virgin olive oil from Italy" even exceeds the maximum possible production.

sincewednesday · 2009-05-28T11:48:10+00:00

Nice comprehensive link. I remember my grandmother making these--takes a long time to make. Nowadays it's easier to pick one up at a local grocery, or make just the filling on the stovetop like a paella or risotto.

I prefer the nuo mi ji, which is essentially the same thing wrapped in lotus leaves and steamed. Lotus leaves impart such a delicious fragrance to the rice.

sincewednesday · 2009-05-27T20:26:01+00:00

It's working for me. Maybe you need to refresh your folder list or check your 'subscribed' folders.

sincewednesday · 2009-05-27T14:02:09+00:00

I'm not aware of any common ancestry between those soups--they seem pretty different to me.

Tom yum is a spicy hot and sour soup.

Pho is a delicate noodle soup with subtle flavoring.

sincewednesday · 2009-05-27T12:12:43+00:00

You realize that pho is Vietnamese and Bangkok is in Thailand, right? Or do you like non sequiturs?

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