Archive for January 16th, 2012

Declaration of policy.

Monday, January 16th, 2012

This does not apply to most of you. However, this blog has a new policy:

We will no longer put ourselves in a position to lose more than $5 to Lawrence on any single bet.

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DEFCON 19 update.

Monday, January 16th, 2012

I have not been able to watch it yet (Vimeo is blocked at work) but video of Deviant Ollam’s “Safe to Armed in Seconds: A Study of Epic Fails of Popular Gun Safes” presentation from DEFCON 19 is up.

You can find the video (along with comments from various folks, including Ollam) at the Everyday, No Days Off blog.

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Quote(s) of the day.

Monday, January 16th, 2012

I find it hard to choose between these two:

Off-topic random thought: “Iranian nuclear scientist who moonlights in Broadway Spider-Man cast” must be world’s most uninsurable job description.

from Walter Olson on the always amazing Overlawyered site, and:

We are not laying an ambush for Charlie at the Battle of Gha Dang in the Weeschlong Delta, here; the world is not a free-fire zone.

from Tam over at her place.

My inability to decide is your gain!

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There’s people out there turning free throws into gold…

Monday, January 16th, 2012

The HouChron has an article about former Houston Rocket Dikembe Mutombo and his involvement in what might charitably be described as a questionable scheme to sell half a ton of gold from mines in the eastern Congo.

There were, however, no profits to be had. In truth, the deal was an elaborate scam that ended at an airport in Goma with the seizure of the Gulfstream V jet and the arrest of St. Mary and several CAMAC employees, all suddenly facing accusations of money laundering and attempted smuggling.

Much of the article sounds like the Nigerian 419 scams we all periodically get in our mailboxes. (“In late December, Lawal reluctantly turned over almost $4 million in cash, but only after getting a certificate of ownership and having the gold placed in a secure customs warehouse in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. A week later, Malonga — and the gold — disappeared. The purported customs facility was a sham.“) I’m more than a little amazed that anyone fell for this stuff.

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