Inspired by Craig’s photo and haiku
Absence of song
In dawn’s early golden light
Robins back next Spring
Chinese Onion Loyalty Bracelet
The humor never stops at the Onion. Now owned by Chinese, America’s Finest News Source has posted a series of Hot New Consumer Products, such as the Loyalty Bracelet.
Yu Wan Mei Loyalty Bracelet: Show your loyalty to Yu Wan Mei and its line of products in a high-fashion way! The bracelet looks so nice for men or women—even the GPS chip inside is designed with an eye for style. Do not remove the Loyalty Bracelet.
Do not remove the GPS loyalty chip. Ha ha clever, but I am curious if they could have named it the LiveWong bracelet?
Olympic Sailing Security and Privacy
The cost to secure approximately 2,000 sailors and their coaches in Weymouth, England has grown from £21 million to £38 million pounds. This of course is causing a controversy
Supt David Griffith, Dorset Police’s security co-ordinator, said: “It’s very key for myself and my team to ensure that we allow as much business as usual to carry on as possible, remembering that this is the Olympic Games of sailing, not the Olympic Games of security.”
It is always said that the Olympics bring significant infrastructure investments, such as building out the new Osprey Quay with community facilities, employment areas, marine works and housing. Perhaps £38 million in surveillance cameras and license plate recognition is generating opposition for reasons beyond pure cost — concerns about privacy after the games are gone.
Tanning Bed Danger
The latest study of tanning beds suggests they are extremely dangerous
A new analysis of about 20 studies concludes the risk of skin cancer jumps by 75 percent when people start using tanning beds before age 30. Experts also found that all types of ultraviolet radiation caused worrying mutations in mice, proof the radiation is carcinogenic. Previously, only one type of ultraviolet radiation was thought to be lethal.
Ok, that sounds bad in a technical sense but how can we put this into terms more easily understood?
The new classification means tanning beds and other sources of ultraviolet radiation are definite causes of cancer, alongside tobacco, the hepatitis B virus and chimney sweeping.
Tanning…like sweeping chimneys or being infected with hep B. I wish I could use things like this when describing security. Running IDS without ever checking the console or enabling alerts…like being infected with viruses. Might have to work on it a little.