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Dec. 17th, 2008 09:36 am
Dec. 17th, 2008
A question about the world.
Dec. 17th, 2008 02:01 pmDrew Peterson is engaged, again.
To a blonde woman half his age, again.
He proposed while still married to his previous wife, again.
Previous wife is missing and presumed dead, again.
All four of his previous wives were blonde, half his age, called the cops repeatedly to report that he beat them, and three were either murdered or have disappeared under suspicious circumstances. Oh, and he's the prime suspect in all of them.
The question: Why do people keep marrying him? I mean, the guy isn't even *pretending* to not have a serial-killer pattern any more.
To a blonde woman half his age, again.
He proposed while still married to his previous wife, again.
Previous wife is missing and presumed dead, again.
All four of his previous wives were blonde, half his age, called the cops repeatedly to report that he beat them, and three were either murdered or have disappeared under suspicious circumstances. Oh, and he's the prime suspect in all of them.
The question: Why do people keep marrying him? I mean, the guy isn't even *pretending* to not have a serial-killer pattern any more.
Guess the State!
Dec. 17th, 2008 02:06 pmJudge orders new trial for murder suspect because, in his opinion, the defense was absolutely terrible.
For bonus points:Family of the victim agrees with him. Whoops, I was conflating her comments with the juror below her's comments.
For bonus points:
Another technical tip
Dec. 17th, 2008 02:20 pmAdsdaq, an internet spam "advertising" company, have been serving trojan horses, worms, virii, and exploits all day long. And they're a big company, and a lot of sites (coughkeenspotcough) mistakenly considered spammers trustworthy and served their ads, including today's, which contained 0-day exploits for Adobe Reader's web plugins and Internet Explorer.
So:
If you're still using Adobe Reader, you shouldn't be. Foxit is smaller, faster, and equally functional. And Adobe are assholes. Switch.
If you're still using IE, you shouldn't be. Firefox is smaller, faster, more customisable, and more secure. And while MS are not nearly as assholish as Adobe or Apple, they're a massive target and IE has fundamental architectural flaws that *cannot* be fixed without a complete from-the-ground-up no-backwards-compatibility rewrite.
If you're using any browser other than Firefox, you are seeing web spam and running scripts. You are a victim, you are perpetuating the problem by rewarding spammers, and you are vulnerable.
If you're using Firefox but not using Adblock Plus, a list subscription, and NoScript, you're doing it wrong and leaving yourself wide open for malware vendors and web spammers.
Firefox. Adblock Plus + Easylist. NoScript. It is the only safe, spamless way to surf.
So:
If you're still using Adobe Reader, you shouldn't be. Foxit is smaller, faster, and equally functional. And Adobe are assholes. Switch.
If you're still using IE, you shouldn't be. Firefox is smaller, faster, more customisable, and more secure. And while MS are not nearly as assholish as Adobe or Apple, they're a massive target and IE has fundamental architectural flaws that *cannot* be fixed without a complete from-the-ground-up no-backwards-compatibility rewrite.
If you're using any browser other than Firefox, you are seeing web spam and running scripts. You are a victim, you are perpetuating the problem by rewarding spammers, and you are vulnerable.
If you're using Firefox but not using Adblock Plus, a list subscription, and NoScript, you're doing it wrong and leaving yourself wide open for malware vendors and web spammers.
Firefox. Adblock Plus + Easylist. NoScript. It is the only safe, spamless way to surf.