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By Dave, May 7, 2005 8:50 pm

Bio-Motors : Gizmodo

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By Dave, May 7, 2005 8:49 pm

PhysOrg: Global warming plus natural bacteria could release vast carbon deposits currently stored in Arctic soil

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By Dave, May 7, 2005 12:57 am

Keep getting the damn things. The latest is from SouthTrust Bank. It goes as follows:

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During our regular update and verification of the Internet Banking Accounts , we could not verify your current information. Either your information has been changed or incomplete, as a results your access to use our service has been limited. Please update your information.

Click on the link below to update your account information.

https://www.southtrust.com/st/OnlineBanking/update/

Copyright 2004, SouthTrust. All Rights Reserved
Copyright & Proprietary Information
Terms and Conditions
SouthTrust Bank, Member FDIC

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That looks okay but when you go to the source (Luke) of the offending line then it looks a bit different:

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The indication that it’s not leget is instead of southtrust.com in the url link it has a group of numbers: 200.199.203.235

So we copy that, switch to the Terminal and do a WhoIs Search as follows:

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Last login: Wed May 4 12:13:48 on console
Welcome to Darwin!
Daves-iBook:~ dave$ whois 200.199.203.235

OrgName: Latin American and Caribbean IP address Regional Registry
OrgID: LACNIC
Address: Potosi 1517
City: Montevideo
StateProv:
PostalCode: 11500
Country: UY

ReferralServer: whois://whois.lacnic.net

NetRange: 200.0.0.0 – 200.255.255.255
CIDR: 200.0.0.0/8
NetName: LACNIC-200
NetHandle: NET-200-0-0-0-1
Parent:
NetType: Allocated to LACNIC
NameServer: NS.LACNIC.NET
NameServer: TINNIE.ARIN.NET
NameServer: NS-SEC.RIPE.NET
NameServer: SEC3.APNIC.NET
NameServer: NS2.DNS.BR
Comment: This IP address range is under LACNIC responsibility for further
Comment: allocations to users in LACNIC region.
Comment: Please see http://www.lacnic.net/ for further details, or check the
Comment: WHOIS server located at whois.lacnic.net
RegDate: 2002-07-27
Updated: 2005-03-29

OrgTechHandle: LACNIC-ARIN
OrgTechName: LACNIC Whois Info
OrgTechPhone: (+55) 11 5509-3522
OrgTechEmail: whois-contact@lacnic.net

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2005-05-05 19:10
# Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN’s WHOIS database.

% Copyright LACNIC lacnic.net
% The data below is provided for information purposes
% and to assist persons in obtaining information about or
% related to AS and IP numbers registrations
% By submitting a whois query, you agree to use this data
% only for lawful purposes.
% 2005-05-06 15:40:37 (BRT -03:00)

inetnum: 200.128/9
status: allocated
owner: Comite Gestor da Internet no Brasil
ownerid: BR-CGIN-LACNIC
responsible: Frederico A C Neves
address: Av. das Na??es Unidas, 11541, 7? andar
address: 04578-000 – S?o Paulo – SP
country: BR
phone: +55 11 9119-0304 []
owner-c: CGB
tech-c: CGB
inetrev: 200.128/9
nserver: A.DNS.BR
nsstat: 20050504 AA
nslastaa: 20050504
nserver: B.DNS.BR
nsstat: 20050504 AA
nslastaa: 20050504
nserver: C.DNS.BR
nsstat: 20050504 AA
nslastaa: 20050504
nserver: D.DNS.BR
nsstat: 20050504 AA
nslastaa: 20050504
nserver: E.DNS.BR
nsstat: 20050504 AA
nslastaa: 20050504
remarks: These addresses have been further assigned to Brazilian users.
remarks: Contact information can be found at the WHOIS server located
remarks: at whois.registro.br or at http://whois.registro.br
created: 19950104
changed: 20020902

nic-hdl: CGB
person: Comite Gestor da Internet no Brasil
e-mail: blkadm@NIC.BR
address: Av. das Na??es Unidas, 11541, 7? andar
address: 04578-000 – S?o Paulo – SP
country: BR
phone: +55 19 9119-0304 []
created: 20020902
changed: 20020902

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So this one comes to us courtisy of Brazil. Most of the ones I have gotten lately have been registered to Taiwan.

The moral to this rather long post is to NEVER trust links in emails. Even ones from someone you know. Always either show source and copy and paste or right click (control-click on mac and copy the link and paste it into a new browser window url bar and check that what has pasted is the correct link before pressing Enter (Return for Mac).

HTH

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By Dave, May 6, 2005 11:13 pm

Time Travelers to Meet in Not Too Distant Future – New York Times
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Wish I could be there…

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By Dave, May 6, 2005 10:48 pm

Boing Boing: V-TV DAY: WE WON THE BROADCAST FLAG FIGHT!

Fantastic! At least not all of the judges have their heads up their nether regions. 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

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By Dave, May 6, 2005 10:37 pm

PhysOrg: Research team recreates ancient underwater concrete technology

This is way cool! I thought that there was more to concrete than lime sand and agrigrate. Got a book from 1920 something on farm concrete that I need to check and see what it says. Seems like they use portland in it though. Wonder if the seawater has something to do with the process?

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By Dave, May 6, 2005 10:15 pm

PhysOrg: Researchers make bendable concrete

Fantastic! Wonder what the components in that make it bendable are? And when it will be available here?

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By Dave, May 6, 2005 7:51 pm

WWMT – Digital Channel 3
Benton Harbor lifts ban on band performing ‘Louie Louie’
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So yesterday they couldn’t perform it but after it hit not only the local paper but the internet the Superintendent decides that after hearing from “parents” that they can play it again. For some reason I suspect the additional world wide publicity of her petty small minded micromanagement in local school business may have had something to do with this sudden change… But I could be wrong.

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By Dave, May 6, 2005 7:45 pm

News from The Associated Press
Cops: Driver Defends Skills With Sword
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And he had a broadsword with a blade over 3 feet long in his car for what purpose?

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By Dave, May 6, 2005 10:53 am

Not Their Cup of Tea – Newsweek Business – MSNBC.com
Starbucks has backed away from plans to sell Bruce Springsteen’s latest album because of its graphic lyrics.

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By Dave, May 6, 2005 10:22 am

San Francisco Bay Guardian News

“Spying on the government
A UC Berkeley geographer maps the secret military bases of the American West – where billions of dollars disappear into creepy clandestine projects.”

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By Dave, May 6, 2005 10:15 am

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) G3 BeerServer

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By Dave, May 6, 2005 10:14 am

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) Laurie gets a Dell

I had heard about the price differences before but didn’t realize that they were that much between home and small biz.

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By Dave, May 6, 2005 10:08 am

Ring Thing Bottle Opener : Gizmodo

Clever little product.

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By Dave, May 6, 2005 10:01 am

LancasterOnline.com: Man Allegedly Steals $70,000 in Antlers

Something tells me there is a little more to this story than has met the net yet…

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By Dave, May 6, 2005 9:54 am

The Oklahoma Daily Online Edition – Be part of No Pants Day

Gonna have to think on this one.

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By Dave, May 6, 2005 9:54 am

LJWorld.com : Shot in the head from the ground, pilot lands safely

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By Dave, May 6, 2005 9:50 am

Boing Boing: Pain transmitter to be used for riot control

A non-harmful way to control the sheeple.

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By Dave, May 6, 2005 8:33 am

Home Page – VersaLaser

“VersaLaserâ„¢ can transform images or drawings on your computer screen into real items made out of an amazing variety of materials… wood, plastic, fabric, paper, glass, leather, stone, ceramic, rubber… and it’s as easy to use as your printer.”

This looks interesting. Very interesting.

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By Dave, May 6, 2005 8:31 am

Boing Boing: Bullying Search Engine Optimization, Inc uses legal threats to silence critics

So lets add another pointer showing them for what they are.