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Wednesday, January 09, 2008

System administrator convicted of logic bomb

"Medco sys admin gets 30 months for planting logic bomb” see story at http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9056284&intsrc=hm_list

Obviously there are several things going on here…

1) The dude was stupid and not a good programmer
2) While the media called the trick “sophisticated” it obviously wasn’t.
3) Medco doesn’t have a good system to monitor changes to their systems.  If nothing else, it should have caught the cron or at job the sys admin used to schedule the job
4) He got 30 months and then 2 years probation and not allowed to touch a computer while in jail - seems like a small punishment to me.

A related story (http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=cybercrime_and_hacking&articleId=9038218) is about his conviction.  The first story is his sentencing.  He was convicted in September and not sentenced until Jan 8th.  So much for timeliness in the judicial system!

Monday, September 03, 2007

end of the second week

What has the end of the second week on my first class of my master’s taught me.

1) I’m anal about this work.  Part of the reason for this is because I don’t want anything to stop me from a 4.0.  Unfortunately, a portion of that is out of my hands with the group projects, so I feel I must lead by example; and, perhaps, if need be, to push.
2) People are happy to let others lead.
3) I have a distaste for APA style so far.  Perhaps it will become sweeter as I consume it, but for now, it is vinegar to me.
4) Next week I won’t have an “extra” day off and will have other distractions - thus, getting things done early will be even more important.
5) I don’t have time to do my creative writing.  I am hoping to work in a little, but it won’t be nearly what I had planned before I started the degree.  I am not complaining here as this is an active choice and one that will benefit me much more than the creative writing will.

Friday, May 18, 2007

The Hands of God

A year ago April I wrote a story on my blog about my experience with a man named C. R. Hager.

Today, this man of God went to go be with God, and he took his incredible hands with him. (see http://www.asbury.edu/press/hager07 for a press announcement from Asbury)

The world can easily be divided into two groups - those who have shaken hands with this man, and those who have not. Obviously, I fall into the first category. If you too fall into this first category, then you already know what I am talking about. However, for those of you that do not, let me try to explain.

These hands were like blocks of wood. Or, perhaps, a better description would be to think of the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz and imagine his hands. They are smooth, yet hard. However, when I think of the Tin Man, I think of cold metal. His hands were warm. His hands were solid. His hands were always outstretched toward someone with either a wave (and the accompanying grin) or outstretched to be shaken.

I have shaken thousands of hands in my (almost) 40 years. His stand out. His were, like the man behind them, solid.

I miss you my friend. I will miss you in the future. I will miss your smile. I will miss your hands. I will miss your heart. I will miss your stories. I will miss your compassion. I will miss your demeanor. I will miss your love.

I look forward to the day when I get to shake those hands again, when I get to see that smile, when I get to hear more stories, and share with him what is going on with my life once more. 

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

so, what’s the weather like for pascha around here

Our new Priest, God bless his soul, asked our Warden, “So, whats the weather like for Pascha around here?” To which the Warden replied, “Oh, anywhere between 80 and snowing.” Well, the poor Priest didn’t believe our good Warden as our new Priest was from Florida, and “Surely, it doesn’t snow in April!”.

Well, As you can see from the attached two pictures… yeah, it does.... Welcome to Holy Saturday!

You might not be able to see the speckles of snow which is a little more clear on the left picture (buy me a better camera, i’ll give you better pictures) ... but if you look off in the distance… that is not fog. 

That is snow…

Snow!  The thing about Kentucky is… if you don’t like the weather, wait around a few hours, it will change!

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

History Is Important

I’m thinking I might start a couple different “blogs” or at least catetgories for blogs.  I have found that having a “diary” of sorts for my wife’s Dermatomyositis would have been helpful.  Also, I have found the the extremely sparse entries I have made about my health, about events, etc. have been good for me to go back to.  Thus, I may start that.

You have any thoughts on that?