More about botnets...

Wow, GG feels like she's been under a rock for a few years. I guess I have been too busy trying to use the power of Grid for good not evil.

These botnet thingys are a. pretty prevalent and b. pretty powerful. McAfee says that a botnet took down the infrastructure of a Central American country... I'm sure some of you have some good comebacks for that, but, still, it shows that these botnets are not to be ignored. I think I'm going to spend a little time learning about these. Watch out CIOs worldwide, you could have your Windoze systems on a grid regardless of whether you gave permission or not!

The McAfee Paper
Basic Facts about Botnets

A girl can't catch a break, can she?

Ok, so how is this fair?

"A man who gets angry at work may well be admired for it but a woman who shows anger in the workplace is liable to be seen as "out of control" and incompetent, according to a new study presented on Friday."

See: Angry men get ahead; angry women penalized: study

botnets?

Is your system part of a botnet? How would you know? One more reason I love my Macintosh.

Guardian article on Botnets