498 terror attacks were carried out across Europe in 2006. One, which failed, was by an Islamist organization. But Islamist terror is still a major issue. Islamist groups aim at high civilian fatalities, whereas most of the cases listed here were nonlethal.
Recently I have been inundated with scam-spam offering me millions of dollars if only I help someone unlikely steal an even larger amount of money for themselves.
I read an interesting piece by Bruce Schneier in Wired in which he talks about the ways in which governments and the media are doing terrorists’ jobs for them.
Amazon have recently begun a service in the United States “selling” downloadable movies. It has been drawing criticism from several sources, including Cory Doctorow.
For over a week now Tim O’Reilly has been writing and talking about the desirability of a Blogger’s Code of Conduct – a proposal that arose out of an attack on Kathy Sierra. I felt from the outset that this was a worse-than-bad idea.
OJ Simpson writes an unusual kind of book. Read it and weep. Etc.
Yesterday Rupert Murdoch reacted to the growing public anger about these festive OJ Christmas specials, by personally intervening and cancelling both. Judith Regan then issued a long (2,000 words and more) statement in which she defended herself and her decision to create the book and tv show.
It has been a long time since I have had time to delve into the area of online conspiracies. Today, as part of the final research for my Memi thesis, though, I looked at some of the articles at Hidden Mysteries.
People who happen to be in the right place at the right time and thus find themselves carrying out a burdensome task that will prove to be bafflingly rewarding.
Giving out your email address and work details as part of an attempt to solicit sex from a stranger is not necessarily a good idea.
This morning Reidar Wasenius is back on Facebook. The management has apparently become convinced that it is better with him in than out.
Ryanair fail to take things as seriously as the current political climate demands. Humour ensues.
I had a conversation as a result of the post I made last week. I was asked if I was subscribing to knee-jerk conspiracy theories.
Earlier this morning I added an opening screen to this site, and in order to do this I needed to find out the date on which I died.
Mojo arrives a month late in Finland, which means that the edition labelled August actually arrives at the beginning of August. That is why I have only just found our about a certain Cold War music paranoia web site.
watches the unexpected workmen doing the unexpected work
wishes he was here (and then realises that he is)
This was on YouTube, and represents a fake attack warning delivered to a fake religion. The only question I have: what does Garner Ted Armstrong think of all of this?