Those who don’t know him are probably curious to know who he actually is. His name is Devon Sawa. He’s an actor. He perfectly fits into his role and manages to create the atmosphere of Stan’s drama.
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Month: October 2004
Eminem beefs up Encore
NEW YORK (Billboard) – Although details remain tightly under wraps, Billboard has learned that Eminem’s upcoming album, “Encore,” will be available in a special collector’s edition:
Celeb watch
For those of you interested in celebrities, Matt Damon and George Clooney were apparently out last night in the pub across the road from where I am staying. I think they are out here filming something or other. Sure holy jaysus!
Hammer dissing Eminem?
Tues. Oct. 5, 2004
Rumsfeld weakens a pillar of war
Don Rumsfeld with something surprising today:
The actual words Mr Rumsfeld used in his comments on Monday to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York were: “To my knowledge, I have not seen any strong, hard evidence that links the two.”
He also said he had seen the intelligence “migrate in amazing ways”, without explaining what that meant.
His statement was in marked contrast to what he said in September 2002 when he described the evidence of a link as “bullet-proof.”
This comes at the same time as Paul Bremer saying that there were not enough troops on the ground after the invasion. Rummy seems to be getting tongue tied here, he was so certain 2 years ago, he stated as “fact”. His words. Now he is not sure. Does all this constitute a lie?
Iran 'increases missile range'
Iran says it has missiles with a range of some 2000km, bringing Israel into striking distance. The Israelis are clearly worried:
The Israelis say they are concerned, not simply about signs of Iran’s growing military potential, but about Iran’s belligerent manner.
The chief of Israeli military intelligence says Iran could be six months from being able to produce a nuclear weapon.
Six months, that means something serious is likely to happen before those 6 months are up.
How to make Irish politics more interesting
A new blog, Twenty Major, with a funny list of things that would make Irish politics more interesting, including:
2 – Money could be raised for charity if Irish people pledged donations for every minute that Brian Cowen spoke without spitting and drooling.
7 – Televise Dail Eireann but sell advertising space and make Jackie Healy-Rae do all the voice-overs.
Hehe.
Eminem moving to Hollywood?
Will Eminem actually move from Detroit to Hollywood?
Some recent rumors say so. A recent article from the Sun Magazine even gives full details about Marshall’s new Hollywood mansion:
Passport radio chips send too many signals
Bruce Schneier, a security technologist and author of “Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About
Security in an Uncertain World.”, writes in todays IHT. He discusses the future use of RFID technology in passports. I think he is right to be wary of technology that is not as secure as it should be. This is a very worrying article, it might be a matter of time before the Irish government adopts such technology, added to the embedded chips.
Unfortunately, RFID chips can be read by any reader, not just the ones at passport control. The upshot of this is that travelers carrying around RFID passports are broadcasting their identity.
Think about what that means for a minute. It means that passport holders are continuously broadcasting their name, nationality, age, address and whatever else is on the RFID chip. It means that anyone with a reader can learn that information, without the passport holder’s knowledge or consent. It means that pickpockets, kidnappers and terrorists can easily – and surreptitiously – pick Americans or nationals of other participating countries out of a crowd.
It is a clear threat to both privacy and personal safety, and quite simply, that is why it is bad idea. Proponents of the system claim that the chips can be read only from within a distance of a few centimeters, so there is no potential for abuse. This is a spectacularly naïve claim. All wireless protocols can work at much longer ranges than specified. In tests, RFID chips have been read by receivers 20 meters away. Improvements in technology are inevitable.
Security is always a trade-off. If the benefits of RFID outweighed the risks, then maybe it would be worth it. Certainly, there isn’t a significant benefit when people present their passport to a customs official. If that customs official is going to take the passport and bring it near a reader, why can’t he go those extra few centimeters that a contact chip – one the reader must actually touch – would require?
The Bush administration is deliberately choosing a less secure technology without justification. If there were a good offsetting reason to choose that technology over a contact chip, then the choice might make sense.
Unfortunately, there is only one possible reason: The administration wants surreptitious access themselves. It wants to be able to identify people in crowds. It wants to surreptitiously pick out the Americans, and pick out the foreigners. It wants to do the very thing that it insists, despite demonstrations to the contrary, can’t be done.
Normally I am very careful before I ascribe such sinister motives to a government agency. Incompetence is the norm, and malevolence is much rarer. But this seems like a clear case of the Bush administration putting its own interests above the security and privacy of its citizens, and then lying about it.
Somebody please help! Slim Shady has gone totally crazy.
Guess who’s back with a brand new video? Slim Shady is ready to piss you off again. His targets may not be the same, but Eminem’s new « Just Lose It » video is full of sarcasms. This video will make you laugh crazy from the beginning to the end and won’t probably leave you indifferent.
You can watch it here:
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