Introduction Many years ago when I was living in France and during a prolonged period of French atomic weapon testing on the Moruroa atoll, the Greenpeace ship, Rainbow Warrior, was blown up in a New Zealand harbour. Initially, it was thought to be an accident. Now, as soon as this happened, I thought “who has [...]
The Face of Evil Bishop Richard Williamson says No Gas Cambers existed.. As time passes and memories of mass slaughter diminish, many people start to doubt that people could do such ghastly things to others. They think, ‘can it really be true? Surely not?’. And so it is with the nutty Bishop. Don’t let his bumbling aristocratic ramblings fool [...] |
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Domainrenewalgroup dot con ArtistsYay! I got an interesting letter through the letterbox in today’s post. It’s from Domainrenewalgroup.com They have an interesting way of making money. It appears that they trawl around looking for domains that will expire in a few months, and then send off an “invitation” that look like an invoice under the assumption that the [...] |
Captcha Broken says Matt, I agree!….That’s what I’ve determined empirically recently. Matt’s (WordPress prime mover) post here and this article in the Guardian mention the various failings of CAPTCHA. It’s the kind of thing that’s dawned on me progressively and is the reason I don’t use Captcha any more. I’ve tested it and in the WordPress plugins that use it, [...] |
False Invoice E-Mail SpamFurther to my earlier post, http://strangelyperfect.tv/718/email-spam-trojans-hiding-on-websites-as-msnbc-breaking-news-items/ the ESET blog has pointed out some “False Invoice Spam” that I’ve also had, but not investigated. See here: http://www.eset.com/threat-center/blog/?p=141 This works by social manipulation and actually finishes off with the spammer making money from the victim! ESET describe it much better so here’s the link again: http://www.eset.com/threat-center/blog/?p=141 |
