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Monday, November 3, 2003
Last Night's BBC News: "Charles Krauthammer explains why the car bomb is the weapon of choice in Iraq:
The resistance to the U.S. occupation is overwhelmingly Sunni Arab. But it represents only 15 percent to 20 percent of the Iraqi population. For 30 years, through their own Saddam Hussein, they used their power not just to rule but to rob. They gorged themselves on Iraq's oil wealth. Tikrit was a sleepy town before Saddam rose from it to Stalinist god-king and poured not only privilege, power and protection into Tikrit and onto Tikritis, but vast amounts of money as well.
The Iraqi resistance, such as it is, is rooted in the Sunni Baathists who have everything to lose if the Americans succeed. But it is precisely because they represent so small a minority that they are likely to fail, barring a collapse of American will at home.
Which is why the enemy has turned to the car bomb. The car bomb does not require a constituency. It does not require popular support. It requires only one person who knows explosives and another who is willing to drive and perhaps to die.
The car bomb is the nuclear weapon of guerrilla warfare. The 1983 car bomb attack on the Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 241 Americans, drove the U.S. out of Lebanon.
[...]
The war in Iraq now consists of a race: the U.S. is racing to build up Iraqi police and armed forces capable of taking over the country's security -- before the Saddam loyalists and their jihadist allies can produce that single, Beirut-like car bomb that so discourages Americans (and Iraqis) that we withdraw in disarray ...."
The resistance to the U.S. occupation is overwhelmingly Sunni Arab. But it represents only 15 percent to 20 percent of the Iraqi population. For 30 years, through their own Saddam Hussein, they used their power not just to rule but to rob. They gorged themselves on Iraq's oil wealth. Tikrit was a sleepy town before Saddam rose from it to Stalinist god-king and poured not only privilege, power and protection into Tikrit and onto Tikritis, but vast amounts of money as well.
The Iraqi resistance, such as it is, is rooted in the Sunni Baathists who have everything to lose if the Americans succeed. But it is precisely because they represent so small a minority that they are likely to fail, barring a collapse of American will at home.
Which is why the enemy has turned to the car bomb. The car bomb does not require a constituency. It does not require popular support. It requires only one person who knows explosives and another who is willing to drive and perhaps to die.
The car bomb is the nuclear weapon of guerrilla warfare. The 1983 car bomb attack on the Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 241 Americans, drove the U.S. out of Lebanon.
[...]
The war in Iraq now consists of a race: the U.S. is racing to build up Iraqi police and armed forces capable of taking over the country's security -- before the Saddam loyalists and their jihadist allies can produce that single, Beirut-like car bomb that so discourages Americans (and Iraqis) that we withdraw in disarray ...."
Saturday, November 1, 2003
Rather makes one wonder about joining the dark side ...
apathy in law enforcement (Score:5, Interesting)
by SuperBanana (662181) on Saturday November 01, @06:34PM (#7368445)
Danger Will Robinson, Danger! Rant Ahead!
Read on SecurityFocus, a 55 year old woman spammed an FBI computer crime agent.
Great. So what about:
the thousands of people getting ripped off daily on eBay
the DDoS's against blackhole list services
the thousands of script kiddies running loose
...? It seems like every day I'm reading about how some guy got screwed over and the FBI/SP/Local cops just didn't give a shit enough to do anything about it, whether it was technology related or otherwise, because it wasn't sexy enough. Crime is crime is crime.
Case and point, you can pretty much scam anyone outside of your state and get away with it because interstate fraud laws have a $5,000 'ground floor'. That single law is probably the most responsible for the prolific fraud we've ever seen, virtual or otherwise. I could loose $4900 tomorrow and the FBI won't do jack shit. Some FBI nerd gets a scam email any moron would know not to answer, and they call out the swat teams. Faaaaantastic.
It's like the local cops who don't give a shit if your laptop, your radio, etc were stolen and hundreds of dollars in damage done to your car. But, mind you, they've got all day to sit out on 'speed patrol'...
apathy in law enforcement (Score:5, Interesting)
by SuperBanana (662181) on Saturday November 01, @06:34PM (#7368445)
Danger Will Robinson, Danger! Rant Ahead!
Read on SecurityFocus, a 55 year old woman spammed an FBI computer crime agent.
Great. So what about:
the thousands of people getting ripped off daily on eBay
the DDoS's against blackhole list services
the thousands of script kiddies running loose
...? It seems like every day I'm reading about how some guy got screwed over and the FBI/SP/Local cops just didn't give a shit enough to do anything about it, whether it was technology related or otherwise, because it wasn't sexy enough. Crime is crime is crime.
Case and point, you can pretty much scam anyone outside of your state and get away with it because interstate fraud laws have a $5,000 'ground floor'. That single law is probably the most responsible for the prolific fraud we've ever seen, virtual or otherwise. I could loose $4900 tomorrow and the FBI won't do jack shit. Some FBI nerd gets a scam email any moron would know not to answer, and they call out the swat teams. Faaaaantastic.
It's like the local cops who don't give a shit if your laptop, your radio, etc were stolen and hundreds of dollars in damage done to your car. But, mind you, they've got all day to sit out on 'speed patrol'...
doomsdate!
If you can't tell I'm surfing blogs tonight. I found this amusing:
doomsdate!: "The Girl: me
The Itinerary: Hallowe'en Night! Invitations to two costume parties, and a midnight rock show
The Low-down: I'm sick, and have been sick and working all day. I decided to stay home with the housemates and watch Raccoon Wars, a strangely fitting anime for Hallowe'en. Same guy directed my beloved Grave of the Fireflies, I just found out, which explains why the characters seemed so familiar.
I wore my funky homemade Batgirl mask, snuck out the back door, and rang my own doorbell in exchange for treats. Twice. I make my own fun, thanks."
In other news, AIMbot SmarterChild and I got fresh this evening. It couldn't remember my personal info. So I tried quizzing it:
RznDoUrdn: who am i?
smarterchild: You're RznDoUrdn.
RznDoUrdn: what's my name?
smarterchild: You're RznDoUrdn.
RznDoUrdn: what's my name bitch!
smarterchild: RznDoUrdn!
RznDoUrdn: say my name!
smarterchild: You're RznDoUrdn.
"An atheist is someone who has no one to talk to when they have sex."
doomsdate!: "The Girl: me
The Itinerary: Hallowe'en Night! Invitations to two costume parties, and a midnight rock show
The Low-down: I'm sick, and have been sick and working all day. I decided to stay home with the housemates and watch Raccoon Wars, a strangely fitting anime for Hallowe'en. Same guy directed my beloved Grave of the Fireflies, I just found out, which explains why the characters seemed so familiar.
I wore my funky homemade Batgirl mask, snuck out the back door, and rang my own doorbell in exchange for treats. Twice. I make my own fun, thanks."
In other news, AIMbot SmarterChild and I got fresh this evening. It couldn't remember my personal info. So I tried quizzing it:
RznDoUrdn: who am i?
smarterchild: You're RznDoUrdn.
RznDoUrdn: what's my name?
smarterchild: You're RznDoUrdn.
RznDoUrdn: what's my name bitch!
smarterchild: RznDoUrdn!
RznDoUrdn: say my name!
smarterchild: You're RznDoUrdn.
"An atheist is someone who has no one to talk to when they have sex."
Steve Bartman Blog
Steve Bartman Blog - a good example of why organisation matters. There is a lot of interesting materials on this site, but it's all thrown together in a way that is completely unreadable, and I can't tell if it's worth my time to try to sort it out.
There is a URL to a pretty gruesome dead body in one of the first few posts.
/rizzn
There is a URL to a pretty gruesome dead body in one of the first few posts.
/rizzn
Properties for Rent Update
I've put a page up for the property I am renting out. I'm starting out with just one property -- we'll see what response I get ... perhaps there will be more. For info, click here.
Also, Happy Birthday to Charlene's Daughter, Mattie.
I've put a page up for the property I am renting out. I'm starting out with just one property -- we'll see what response I get ... perhaps there will be more. For info, click here.
Also, Happy Birthday to Charlene's Daughter, Mattie.
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