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Author Archives: stuff writer
Not your regular bot driven UDP flood
After weeks of battling Joomla/JCE sites that insist on running evil code and spewing denial of service traffic, we had a machine today sending UDP floods. This, it turns out, is not a hacked machine sending spews of botnet traffic … Continue reading
Compiling Netgear Firmware
Having ranted about Netgear’s terrible support for their old stuff, I have finally managed after many moons to recompile the software they provide, so that I can brick my router. The trick is to do the compiling as root on … Continue reading
The butler did it
The South African Police Service (SAPS) hold as common knowledge that by far the majority of murders are committed by family members and occasionally by known associates. When Ani Dewani was murdered in Cape Town, the police immediately suspected her … Continue reading
When the indicator does not flash, the vehicle may be turning
I spoke to a man driving a nice big white 15-seater bus and trailer for Ilios travel – http://www.ilios.co.za/ this morning in the traffic, to let him know that the lights on his trailer don’t work. That was cool. I … Continue reading
Collapse of the justice system in South Africa
On 20 February 2013, Johan Kriegler on Classic Business on Classic FM radio, discussing the legal practice bill, said the following words: A case is only as good as the argument that is presented. Just after this, he said the … Continue reading
Those Literal Cleaners
Saw this in “The Star” this morning. A wife is taking her husband to the cleaners – literally: The amazing thing about this report is that the rest of the report has very little to say about this trip to … Continue reading
We are not alone
We are not alone. We are being watched. We are being watched by aliens. We have certain proof of it. They are not locals – they crumple up econet sim cards on the pavement. That’s how we know they’re aliens. … Continue reading
The Universe’s Real Time Clock
In Einstein’s general theory of relativity, a lot of attention is given to the concept of clocks that measure time (not to actual clocks made by people who have families, hopes, fears and dreams mind you, mainly the concept). A … Continue reading
The Mayan Grinch
There’s a small stormy teacup about the Mayan calendar coming to an end – a civilisation that used rope to keep track of time and came to an end themselves before they ran out of rope. It seems that the … Continue reading
Hidden treasure in a field
The wise and all knowing government of the republic of South Africa has given themselves sole and unassailable custodianship of the mineral rights of the country, including the salt on the sea shore. They have gone too far. The President, … Continue reading
