tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37079442009-11-06T12:29:49.694-08:00Disturbing TrendsNicholasart@sfsw.netBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707944.post-91627842408018050442008-07-10T00:46:00.001-07:002008-07-10T00:46:17.010-07:00

Security researchers are criticizing hacker Dan Kaminsky for keeping quiet about technical details of a critical DNS flaw. Yes, but if he did publish and most of the world's DNS suppliers were unable to work out what was wrong, the way DNS works, would mean damage in the trillions of dollars. Some toleration of the occasional fraud of publicity seeking sensationalists is a small price to pay

Nicholasart@sfsw.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707944.post-78094539601286711402007-09-03T18:11:00.001-07:002007-09-03T18:11:25.969-07:00

Is terrorism causing more, or less death than motor accidents? During the Iraq war, over 3,000 American deaths have been reported, plus many many thousands of Iraqi deaths. During the same 2-1/2 year period, it is estimated that 100,000 Americans died on the roads. Ironic that America went to war to secure oil access.read more | digg story

Nicholasart@sfsw.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707944.post-49302505088976462132007-05-16T20:58:00.001-07:002007-05-16T20:58:28.852-07:00

"In last night's presidential debate, Rudolph Giuliani sharply criticized Ron Paul's argument that the united states was attacked due to its historical intervention in the middle east, implying that it was "an absurd explanation for September 11th". He Then proceeded to ask Paul to retract his statement." - article on digg.comSearch for Ron Paul Republican on YouTube to see various copies of him

Nicholasart@sfsw.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707944.post-834283302006-11-05T05:55:00.000-08:002006-11-16T19:14:08.120-08:00

Visitors to http://disturbingtrendz.blogspot.com I have resurrected an antique archive version of Disturbing Trends - back from in those strange days between 9/11 and the war on Iraq. You will now find the main weblog at this new addresswww.dTrends.org

Nicholasart@sfsw.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707944.post-824100112002-10-02T03:37:00.000-07:002002-10-02T03:37:21.206-07:00

It is not all that suprising that the US should not continue to maintain its level of threat. Conversly, it is suprising that the US should want to invade Iraq. It was a surprise that the US should be motivated to invade Afganistan. In twenty years, will Vietnam recover its civilization any better than Afganistan? Who knows. It may all be America by then. If that is not the intention of

Nicholasart@sfsw.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707944.post-814268332002-09-10T16:32:00.000-07:002002-09-10T16:32:52.463-07:00

This link much hit this day shows what the Iraqi threat consists of. The Left seems to have responded to the Bush battlecry that Inspections are The Answer. But what is the question? If Bush had asked for Inspectors, the Left would be demanding aid. That is the way of politics. That Iraq has WMD is one thing, but let us just remind ourselves that many other countries already are in

Nicholasart@sfsw.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707944.post-814113772002-09-10T10:01:00.000-07:002002-09-10T16:34:37.000-07:00

Biotech Story If Osama and his den of thieves were to "win" our world would grind to a halt. That, not being at all likely, gives us new nightmares which are starting to sound more alarming like the spate of truly silly spider films that seek to reprogram our thinking about these sweet, well intentioned creatures. If, by some wild chance mixed with good old science were to generate

Nicholasart@sfsw.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707944.post-813401532002-09-08T20:31:00.000-07:002002-09-08T20:32:55.000-07:00

Noam Chomsky Although the pure poetry of the writing of the great linguist would be happier to live under Chaos Matters , it is more predictably found here. This article was published in The Guardian . This is the British newspaper that said 100 planes when mr bush meant 25 planes. Why can't they get it right?

Nicholasart@sfsw.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707944.post-813239972002-09-08T13:05:00.000-07:002002-09-08T13:05:39.466-07:00

Each day we wake a few minutes earlier, in order to pull back the atomic clock or at least enjoy the dawn while it still exists. The Disaster Calendar may be a better metaphor, with just a few safe-ish days not stroked in red marker. Disturbing. One day has perhaps an asteroid the size a small mountain brushing our atmosphere within the next million or two years, or an unmanagable plague

Nicholasart@sfsw.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707944.post-812899362002-09-07T14:17:00.000-07:002002-09-07T14:28:34.000-07:00

Every so often the blogger should take you to one side and whisper in your ear: this is the way things are done around here. This is one of those entries. Blogging is perhaps an art and gives us all a chance to rave, and a few of us are serious readers, if not writers, trying to create a record of our times. Some of us are military sorts, some are dreamers some are jelly-spined liberals

Nicholasart@sfsw.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707944.post-812355262002-09-06T06:59:00.000-07:002002-09-06T07:09:39.000-07:00

From NZ Herald "You have a low-grade headache about the war on Iraq, but the real pain in your stomach is the economy," said Jon Brorson, director of equities at Northern Trust Co. and from another article in the NZ Herald we can see what The rest of the World wants America to think about may cause headaches not always stomachable. Weapons inspectors with an armed guard, 50,000 troups is

Nicholasart@sfsw.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707944.post-811578282002-09-04T14:42:00.000-07:002002-09-04T14:42:34.653-07:00

NZ Herald Native rights Our wonderful PM teetering after a sure fire election nightmare, has become the lone voice to speak out against injustices to the farmers of Zimbabwe. That Mugabe attempts to protect his homeland rights for "his people" by acts of violence or force against the rule of law is the naked actions of dictatorship, and need we point out his policies are racist? Indeed,

Nicholasart@sfsw.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707944.post-809235572002-08-30T10:02:00.000-07:002002-08-30T10:02:10.176-07:00

Rail weight Auckland, New Zealand has one of the worst rail systems in the world. Or is it a fortunate thiing for this car happy city with one slender artery over its harbour connecting the two largest sectors of local industry. The queues of industrial trucks in the central city are a great concern as are the majority of buses being empty and a self styled self made millionaire Mayor John

Nicholasart@sfsw.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707944.post-808017232002-08-27T18:14:00.000-07:002002-08-27T18:27:38.000-07:00

USA Slave Reparations Naked Writing kuro5hin We focus upon the facinating criteria of liability by unpremedidated association. What was being suggested just before Sept 11th kind of interrupted the discussion seemed to be an economic reparation for lost wages due to slaves as they were forcefully hired. This has been achieved by political means in Aotearoa (New Zealand), Maori lands

Nicholasart@sfsw.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707944.post-807557632002-08-26T19:01:00.000-07:002002-08-26T19:17:00.000-07:00

Real Imagined Enemies ABC News "What we must not do is in the face of a mortal threat is to give in to wishful thinking or willful blindness. We will not simply look away, hope for the best and leave the matter for some future administration to resolve." Yes. Mr Cheney. The only mortal threat I see here is the one you are making rattling your sabre. The world will not be able to look away

Nicholasart@sfsw.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707944.post-807350962002-08-26T10:11:00.000-07:002002-08-26T14:23:38.000-07:00

We care, do we? The Independent John Turner, the head of the American delegation, stressed his country's opposition to the whole idea of timetables. "I think it's important that we realise that those targets are no more than lofty aspirations, which sit somewhere in the rafters of the UN or somewhere else," he said. Have the Americans devised a new method of managing change events other than

Nicholasart@sfsw.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707944.post-806658102002-08-24T14:24:00.000-07:002002-08-26T14:25:02.000-07:00

This Plague of Tragic Proportions Nearly the entire adult population of some villages was infected almost simultaneously in the 1990's as poor farmers flocked en masse to blood collection stations whose unsterile practices introduced hefty doses of H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS, directly into their veins. Now, the victims ? including many married couples ? are falling ill and dying almost

Nicholasart@sfsw.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707944.post-806641912002-08-24T13:27:00.000-07:002002-08-26T19:45:34.000-07:00

Pornography in the Office? Separately released statistics state that 70 percent of Internet pornography traffic occurs during the 9-5 workday. If that is true, then you would simply encounter it in the office everyday as 70% is the majority. But it adds whole new dimensions to letters signed "Yours faithfully". Research from IDC claims that 30-40 percent of all Internet surfing is

Nicholasart@sfsw.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707944.post-805550062002-08-21T21:54:00.000-07:002002-08-24T18:39:52.000-07:00

Why Bush won't go I guess that this explains a lot.

Nicholasart@sfsw.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707944.post-805539412002-08-21T21:22:00.000-07:002002-08-21T21:27:06.000-07:00

Ok back to the world, with the Earth Summit being presented with a dystopian future , we are encouraged to grow more it seems in a related article. "If we are going to conquer poverty we have to have growth, and at a serious rate," said Nick Stern, the bank's chief economist. "If that is sustained over the next 50 years and environmental issues are not addressed, growth will be derailed."

Nicholasart@sfsw.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707944.post-805002742002-08-20T18:10:00.000-07:002002-08-20T18:10:12.520-07:00

I am fondly disturbed by my propensity to open far too many windows when I am uploading a website and everything gradually bleeds into existence, and then my stupid laptop crashes, probably overheating. My efforts to put on an external fan work effectively, but I don't want to buy a soldering iron. Has anybody thought of conductive blue tack yet?

Nicholasart@sfsw.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707944.post-804569342002-08-19T19:44:00.000-07:002002-08-19T19:44:59.660-07:00

Blog is behaving badly. Tut tut. What next...

Nicholasart@sfsw.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707944.post-804559762002-08-19T19:19:00.000-07:002002-08-19T19:40:35.000-07:00

The Guardian Abu Nidal found dead - or shouldn't they say, Abu Nidal assasinated? But, if he commited suicide, once can hardly doubt the logic. He was horrid. How could he be a happy man, having to live with himself committing acts of genocide? We all have to die sometime... Perhaps the CIA has studied the methods of the Quaeda mob and realized to assasinate someone it is better to go do

Nicholasart@sfsw.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707944.post-804553742002-08-19T19:02:00.000-07:002002-08-19T19:20:31.000-07:00

Guardian Article Right Wing think tanks are a necessary balance to Left Wing think tanks, but the trouble with the American political system is that one side seems to want to shut the other down, when the Republicans go into power, they post all the right Judges on the Supreme Court - it is their way of evolving a better and more efficient way of governing the massive resource that is America.

Nicholasart@sfsw.nettag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707944.post-804279112002-08-19T06:52:00.000-07:002002-08-19T18:53:48.000-07:00

Guardian article If Mr Bush decides to threaten Iraq with military intervention, well, they are hardly going to want weapons inspections just before a war. They are hardly going to want their enemy (and Mr Bush does seem to fill those boots so readily) to know how they may defend their country. If, for example, Canada was suddenly planning to invade America, Mr Bush would hardly let the

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