From lyger at attrition.org  Fri Apr  6 14:41:14 2007
From: lyger at attrition.org (lyger)
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 14:41:14 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [attrition] review: Book: City Come A-Walkin'
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0704061439070.22939@forced.attrition.org>


http://attrition.org/~jericho/works/review/book_review.city_come_awalkin.html

City Come A-Walkin'
Author: John Shirley
Jericho

Depending on who you ask, the history of Cyberpunk literature starts 
around 1980, but is heavily influenced by different people. According to 
cyberpunk.ru:

     William Gibson, one of the five writers associated with the cyberpunk 
genre, is credited by critics and peers for typifying the cyberpunk 
writing form in his popular novel Neuromancer. Bruce Sterling, Rudy 
Rucker, John Shirley and Lewis Shiner, the other four writers who helped 
launch the movement, agree that Gibson's Neuromancer influenced the 
categorization of the new science fiction as cyberpunk. Therefore, 
Gibson's novel can be used as a reliable source for defining the cyberpunk 
genre.

This sentiment is prevalent among many people and Gibson's name is 
certainly the most often said as the most influential founder of the 
Cyberpunk genre. As you see above, the four other authors who "helped 
launch the movement" agree that Neuromancer influenced etc etc. Yet others 
say that Sterling "became the movement's chief ideologue [of the Cyberpunk 
genre]."

With that in mind, imagine my surprise when I heard of a book that was 
highly praised by William Gibson and had a foreword written by him as 
well. This was my first introduction to John Shirley and I picked up City 
Come A-Walkin' which sat on my shelf for well over a year before I found 
time to read it. Now, let me see if I can imagine your surprise when you 
read the following quotes, written by William Gibson, about John Shirley 
and his book.

[...]

From lyger at attrition.org  Sat Apr 14 04:29:07 2007
From: lyger at attrition.org (lyger)
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 04:29:07 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [attrition] postal: at least our readers win
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0704140428200.8295@forced.attrition.org>



http://attrition.org/postal/p0014.html


pleased to meet you. won't you guess my name?

a private conversation

wild wild net

one track mind

YAAAAYYYY

strangers in the night

how can i should know

more sound advice

tit for tat

me love you long time

From jericho at attrition.org  Sun Apr 15 04:39:31 2007
From: jericho at attrition.org (security curmudgeon)
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 04:39:31 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [attrition] [Dataloss] Darwin Professional Underwriters -
	Tech-404.com (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0704150439130.32585@forced.attrition.org>


Sorry for the x-post if you are on both lists.

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From: lyger <lyger at attrition.org>
To: dataloss at attrition.org
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 04:35:54 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Dataloss] Darwin Professional Underwriters - Tech-404.com



For anyone interested, we came across a curious situation in the last week.

It seems that a company by the name of Darwin Professional Underwriters took it
upon themselves to "borrow" attrition.org's RSS feed and incorporate it into
one of their own pages, found here:

http://www.tech-404.com/rss/data_loss.aspx

Darwin is a provider of commercial services for "liability insurance". Press
releases have been issued, media attention has been gained, and Darwin has
gathered quite a bit of press and attention regarding their "data loss
calculator" in the last week.  However, it should be noted that Darwin IN NO
WAY contacted attrition.org about using our RSS feed for their page.  In NO WAY
did Darwin responnd to email contact about this situation.  They are using OUR
resources that we spent our own time developing and making available to the
public... for their own commercial gain.  They're ripping off attrition.org,
and we will not let this stand.

Darwin representatives, get a set of balls.  Our work.  Our time.  You owe us.
Take it down or we'll just clown you again.

Oh, wait...

we already did.

http://www.tech-404.com/rss/data_loss.aspx

Lyger (attrition.org staff, damn proud of it, and screw you, Darwin)

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From lyger at attrition.org  Tue Apr 17 01:52:09 2007
From: lyger at attrition.org (lyger)
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:52:09 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [attrition] news: "World of Warcrack"... for a reason
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0704170151140.28326@forced.attrition.org>


http://attrition.org/~zodiac/WoW/intro.html

Mon Apr 16 21:13:05 EDT 2007
Mr. Zodiac


Audience:

This article may have a broad range of appeal, from folks who play or are 
interested in Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs), 
computer security geeks, social science academics, to the bored. I've 
tried to allow the focus of this article to appeal to complete outsiders 
looking to understand what the whole phenomenon is about without slogging 
through too much minutia that would disinterest the already informed. It 
would be silly to think the entire article would hold the attention for 
all these groups, so I.ve broken it into sections for readers who are just 
looking for what they may be interested in. Those who are familiar with 
the nomenclature of MMORPGs can safely skip the terminology section, while 
others may want to give it a skim before diving in.
Bona Fides:

This is a fairly specific topic and as it.s difficult to objectively judge 
the credibility of anyone on the internet, so a brief introduction on who 
I am is appropriate. I was a WoW player for approximately one and a half 
years. I clocked in over a month /played on my main character and over two 
on all characters across my account. I was a member of a ~300 member guild 
with a broad focus, from raiding, PvP, gimmick goof off events, to alt 
progression. I was also a member of a meta guild which had easily over a 
thousand members spread out across smaller guilds on the server.
Focus:

A lot has been written on MMORPGs since their inception, and an enormous 
amount has been written specifically on World of Warcraft. Academic 
literature [1] and social anecdote provide some interesting ideas about 
why MMORPGs are so popular. Most anecdotal accounts are either fairly 
limited in scope or not presented in such a way that is easily understood 
by most. I.m hoping this article fits in the niche of being representative 
and easy to understand. What follows is mostly my experience from playing 
the game. The experiences of others, where appropriate, are included to 
more thoroughly cover a topic.

[...]

From lyger at attrition.org  Tue Apr 17 01:56:52 2007
From: lyger at attrition.org (lyger)
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:56:52 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [attrition] review: Movie: Casshern
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0704170156050.6159@forced.attrition.org>


http://attrition.org/movies/casshern.html

2004
Martums

If you're able to get your hands on this DVD, waste no time. Casshern has 
not yet been released in the U.S. with an English-dubbed audio track, 
which would be criminal if it were. Listening to the original cast deliver 
their performances, with subtitles, makes the experience even richer.

>From IMDB:

     In a world with an alternate history, a great war finally comes to an 
end leaving the earth diseased and polluted. The geneticist Dr. Azuma vies 
for support from the government for his neo-cell treatment that he claims 
can rejuvenate the body and regenerate humankind. The government leaders, 
guarding their own deeply entrenched powers, turn down the professor. 
Driven to complete his work, Dr. Azuma accepts a secret offer from a 
sinister faction of the powerful military. After an incident occurs in Dr. 
Azuma's lab, a race of mutant humans known as the Shinzo Ningen are 
unleashed upon the world. Now only the warrior known as Casshern, 
reincarnated with an invincible body, stands between the Shinzo Ningen and 
a world on the brink of annihilation.

Casshern could not be further from the standard Hollywood cookie-cutter 
nonsense, so often void of substance and passion. I went looking for a 
visually-stunning action flick, and got so much more. Kazuaki Kiriya's 
film struck emotional chords I would never have predicted. This film is 
nothing short of spectacular.

[...]

From lyger at attrition.org  Sun Apr 29 03:18:41 2007
From: lyger at attrition.org (lyger)
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 03:18:41 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [attrition] Folder: cluebag Message 1 of 1,
 686 (so much retardation in one folder)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0704290317550.19798@forced.attrition.org>


http://attrition.org/postal/p0014.html

too good to be true

they probably still have AOL

assless leather chaps

most. annoying. postal. ever.

blast from the past

a tribute to josh (#3 in a series)

osvdb, your new yahoo support team

karnak he isn't

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battle for the ages