Thursday May 11, 2006

Seriously, die already!

• Posted by Rob (#1) on May 11, 2006 13:46 CEST

The situation is getting annoying. Maybe it's because of the recent Europe Day, but apparently the EU is on a renewed mission to push matters forward (read: down our throats). Barely having been able to fully enjoy new Frankenstein-style live support from Barosso, the EU undemocracy gets another boost because Angela Merkel wants the constitution back from the dead as well:

"We need to think about how we make the constitution a success. I want the constitution, the German government wants the constitution."

The EU is divided between countries which regard the existing text of the constitutional treaty as the best possible compromise and others, which would prefer to declare it dead.

We need to think about making democracy work in Europe. We do not want the constitution. And it can not be ratified without us, those were the rules. So seriously, give up on it already. It's so dead, it was in the first place.

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Gay marriage in the family

• Posted by Rob (#1) on May 11, 2006 13:58 CEST

Tomorrow is the big day: my father's wedding. Taken into consideration that he's a 57-year-old, I think it's safe to say it's the first gay marriage in the family (British use of the word gay).

I will be at the pub tonight, just to make sure I won't be sober when I have to hang with the (equally gay) rest of my family all day tomorrow.

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Bluetooth as authentication

• Posted by Rob (#1) on May 11, 2006 15:29 CEST

Anyone can fake a Bluetooth device ID, so technically my laptop is very insecure at the moment: it locks the screen when I'm away and unlocks it when I'm present, based on the Bluetooth signal of my mobile phone.

May 11 14:58:05 jadzia logger: Phone disappeared, locking KDE.
May 11 15:22:46 jadzia logger: Discovered phone, unlocking KDE.

Not entirely insecure actually: nobody at the office or home is likely to be interested or capable of faking my phone's signal and anyone else would still need keys to gain physical presence (a scenario where an unlocked desktop would be the least of my worries).

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