Virus spreaders are funny
By funny, I mean they way that special ed class is. This came to my attention today because I open one of my email boxes today and I find this:
From: rob rob@coffeewars.org
To: tommEE@evilgenius.net
Subject: A special powful tool

First off, I never sent email to Rob. So why would we spontaneously ssend me something. Second indication, I have heard of Rob from possibly Defcon but why would he mispell the subject? Lastly even if the first two didn't apply, what about someone I don't know that sends me a "Powerful Tool". Wouldn't you be suspect of something that was sent to you like this? No one sends programs unless it is spyware, virus, or a backdoor. That is why they started shareware, nothing comes for free, don't expect to open mail and find free money there. How do you keep your self secure. Turn off attachments in Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express. Also turn on read mail as plain text, instead of html. HTML can lead you to a web site that executes code that can take over your computer.

Now I want my landlord to let me put up a dish
San Diego wireless net installs 72-mile, 2.4-GHz link. San Diego County High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network (HPWREN), plans and develops wireless circuits that routinely span miles, including HPWREN's current distance-record holder, a 72-mile-hop installed last month from San Diego to San Clemente Island. Although the raw data rate for the 802.11b gear Werner-Braun uses -- Orinoco routers and bridges from Proxim Corp. -- for the San Clemente Island shot is 11M bit/sec., the extreme distance cuts the throughput on that link to 1M bit/sec. But since there are no other communications alternatives, that's still a good data rate for an installation whose fixed cost ran about $3,000, according to estimates by Robert Ma, a product manager at Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Proxim. More on this here

Thi s is not new, but it is a good distance. Just for props, if you want to find a wireless ISP near Disneyland, check out exo.com

Comdex trade show sinking?
Yep, Fortune Mangazine has been reporting that the computer technology trade show has been hurting for attendees. With the downturn in technology, the hordes diminished. While last year Comdex still attracted 125,000 attendees, that's down from the 200,000 or so it regularly got until 2000. From the Fortune article: "If Comdex is crippled or disappears it won't be just Rosen who loses out. And it's true that many companies--even major ones--don't support Comdex in any material way but come to town to draw its crowds to their own private events. " I say, ha ha ha... viva the cons for knowledge. Article here