MetaFilter posts tagged with cracker

Is this it? Yes, it is. But it's plenty.

jbickers — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:24:11 -0800

A squirrel enjoys a nice cracker, to the tune of "If This Is It" by Huey Lewis. Strangely satisfying. You may also be interested to know that squirrels are blamed for at least one power outage every day in New York City. There are quite a lot of squirrel photos here. And did you know that squirrels can safely dine on mushrooms that are poisonous to humans, partly because of their short digestive tract? Fascinating! They are excellent problem-solvers. But they don't actually fly.

Yachatz!

serazin — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:04:38 -0800

Nationwide matzo shortage! Competing theories offer possible explanations. If you get desperate, make your own. (Gratuitous youtube matzo themed video.)

interrobang — Fri, 19 Jul 2002 09:47:58 -0800

Camper Van Beethoven are playing at the Knitting Factory in New York City tonight. After they broke up, they div ided into sucky and non-sucky parts. Some members have been putting out pretty consistently good music by themselves over the years. Here's what they've been up to.

skallas — Sat, 12 Aug 2000 23:21:52 -0800

Crackers hack a webserver just to decry attrition.org who archives web page defacements. Wow, a defacement with a message other than "You suck" or so-and-so rules.

mathowie — Mon, 24 Jan 2000 11:47:24 -0800

Last night Kevin Mitnick was on 60 minutes (the gist of the interview is quoted here), and I have to say he came off as an utterly harmless geek. He was an information junkie that enjoyed the challenge of cracking firewalls. He never profited from his activities and the affected companies made up their monetary losses. It's a shame he was forced to waste away in prison instead of offer his security expertise to the affected companies.

mathowie — Fri, 21 Jan 2000 10:22:00 -0800

Kevin Mittnick is finally being released from prison today, but I wouldn't call what he's getting as being "free". Prohibiting Kevin from touching a computer for 3 years? This isn't like giving a toddler to a ex-con child molester, it's a computer. A person can do a lot of things besides hack into company servers. How does anyone expect Kevin to make the $125 restitution he owes each month, if he can't use a computer or get a job that requires a computer? Now that I think about it, what percentage of decent jobs are completely free of computers?