The SquizLogKeith Pitty takes a squiz at the world. |
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The SquizLogKeith Pitty takes a squiz at the world. |
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The web is broken. Oh well, time to change what I do for a living...
Seriously though, I'm in Brisbane at OSDC and have just had the privilege of listening to Rasmus Lerdorf, creator of PHP, give his keynote address about Exploring the Broken Web. In an entertaining style he showed how easy it is for hackers to use Javascript to exploit XSS and XSRF holes. As he said, all we have to do to use the web in a secure way is to take care in the way we use it. For example, never click on a link. Never use the same computer to use the web externally and internally.
So the web is broken and will not be fixed any time soon. I guess it's not a perfect world.
What motivates a cricket team to achieve the second greatest comeback in history?
At the close of the second day's play Victoria had lost two second innings wickets and still needed 155 runs to force Queensland to bat a second time. When assistant coach Darren Berry pledged to shout the whole squad dinner if they could win from that position he probably thought his money was safe. Or maybe it was a masterful touch of motivation.
In any event, Victoria won this remarkable cricket match in a canter.
Four weeks of the official Australian federal election campaign gone, two to go. The recent sixth rise in official interest rates since the last election was an untimely reminder of John Howard's dishonest campaign on interest rates in 2004.
Untimely for Howard that is. As Ross Gittins recently pointed out in the Sydney Morning Herald, the federal treasurer merely pretends to play a significant role in economic policy. The reality is quite different.
And the political reality on the evening of 24th November could well be very interesting. Will we, as seems very likely, see a change of government? And will we, for the second time in Australian history, see the Prime Minister lose his seat?