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I have received the following email 6 times, edited to remove referral code and Bitcoin address:

"Dear Sir or Madam,

A few hours ago the Bitcoin trading website Mt Gox has been hacked. Malicious individuals have been able to obtain a database containing usernames, email address and encrypted passwords. This information has been posted publicly on the internet.

As a Bitcoin supporter I'm now sending a message to every email address contained in the hacked database. This is to warn you that your username, email address and password have been leaked. I therefore strongly advice you to change your passwords. If you have used the same password on different websites it's highly recommended to change your password on all of your accounts!

For a more secure alternative to Mt Gox, the community appears to be moving to TradeHill. So this is no reason to lose faith in Bitcoin itself. It must be seen as a warning that not every website can be trusted with your data however! Their link is http://www.tradehill.com/?r=XXXXXXX (Note: You can remove the Referral Code when registering if you want!) This is certainly not the only website where you can exchange Bitcoins, also check out http://www.thebitcoinlist.com/dp_bitcoin/bitcoin-exchange/

Sincerely,

A Bitcoin supporter 1XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX7"

If the sender is reading this, your script works (too well), and the warning was received 2 1/2 hours after the one from Mt. Gox, so you probably should have saved yourself the trouble.

The From headers shows the email is sent from [email protected]. However, digging into the headers it is actually coming from [email protected] (trying to give the guy some privacy, since he's trying to be helpful, but this way others who get the message can correlate it).


How is that helpful?

a) Every user of MtGox already received a message from MtGox directly telling them about the breach. His message did not add any new information at all.

b) He advertises for two direct competitor to MtGox, in once ase using what I assume is a referral link where he earns a comission for each trade.

c) He solicits donations for himself.

d) He does not give out his name and uses an invalid return address to hide his motifs.

e) He sent the message 6 times.


I'm on AT&T and it's not loading for me, right now.


Maybe we were too quick to place blame on Comcast/Xfinity? Then again they could have a peering agreement with at&t? Chicago nap is run by ameritech, MAE east no idea, NY nap is sprint, SF nap pac bell, but who runs MAE west? Curiouser and curiouser.

Still working on Speakeasy and a local open wi-fi that seems to be on Verizon on my end.


I'm on AT&T as well and I can confirm it's not loading...


I wouldn't get it, but it shouldn't actually affect the reading experience:

"When you buy Kindle with Special Offers, you are getting the same bestselling Kindle for $25 less—only $114. Special offers and sponsored screensavers display on the Kindle screensaver and on the bottom of the home screen—they don't interrupt reading."


In California a2z (subsidiary of AMZN) is hiring: http://www.a2z.com/jobs/


For those unfamiliar with the a2z name, they're the group that's been building some of the new Android apps like Amazon MP3 and the Amazon Appstore.


I wonder if this means that the percentage of Android phones that can't sideload direct from the carrier is going to go up. From what I understand, T-mobile doesn't block that, but AT&T does.


AT&T also blocks installation of non-market software on their Android phones, so if you wanted to install a recent build of ConnectBot or whatever, you were SOL. That is, unless your phone can be rooted/reimaged.


I thought a bit bias was when a coin predictably landed on heads more than tails.


It gives you first crack at a limited supply.


A newline takes up just as many bytes as a semicolon.


But if you have a newline you generally have an indent. Furthermore, there are places in JS where semicolons are absent and newlines are not (after braces).


It's moot, anyway. Format your code for readability, and let a minifier handle making it smaller. Then let gzip finish the job.


Unless you're using CR+LF as your newline delimiter.


Just so you know, not rejecting them is allowing them to follow you on their news feed. It will only show them public data, but it will be published to them instead of them having to seek it out.

http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/20/facebook-not-now-follow/


Not all homeless people are hobos. Many of them probably have roots in the cities where they live.


True. I was talking to a homeless guy in Boston and asked him about moving down south. He said his aging parents were in Boston as well as his therapist.


I expect the same reasons apply to people who live comfortably (or at least have a roof over their heads) and choose/refuse to take that high-earning job on the other side of the country.


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