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	<title>Blackmoor Vituperative</title>
	<link>http://www.blackgate.net/blog</link>
	<description>the hate in my eyes always gives me away</description>
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		<title>A Closer Look at the PCI Compliance and Encryption Requirements of Nevada&#8217;s Security of Personal Information Law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this blog post on infolawgroup.com, David Navetta takes a closer look at the PCI and encryption requirements of Nevada’s Security of Personal Information law, including the interplay between the PCI and encryption requirements, the scope of the obligations, potential problems/ambiguities in the law, and the applicability of a &#8220;safe harbor&#8221; for security breaches.
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		<link>http://www.blackgate.net/blog/a-closer-look-at-the-pci-compliance-and-encryption-requirements-of-nevadas-security-of-personal-information-law/</link>
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		<title>Digital Rights Mafia condemns open source</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Never content to twist US law into pretzels, the media robber barons also attempt to use their power to make other nation&#8217;s laws as bad as those we have here&#8230;.
In accordance with US trade law, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) is required to conduct an annual review of the status of foreign [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blackgate.net/blog/digital-rights-mafia-condemns-open-source/</link>
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		<title>Invasion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I picked up the TV series &#8220;Invasion&#8221; on DVD at Kroger, from a bargain bin. I am up to episode 5 or 6. This is a weird show.
There is clearly an alien invasion going on, but it&#8217;s not clear that the aliens are even aware that they are aliens. I had always assumed that pod [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blackgate.net/blog/invasion/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t take it too seriously</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have said it before, but I will say it again: don&#8217;t take anything posted in this blog too seriously. It&#8217;s mainly a place for me to grumble harmlessly about things that are beyond my control, so that I can get it out of my system and go on with my life as the generally [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blackgate.net/blog/dont-take-it-too-seriously/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Tis better to be alone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for &#8217;tis better to be alone than in bad company.
(From George Washington&#8217;s Rules of Civility)
George Washington&#8217;s Rules of Civility is pretty cool, in a Victorian sort of way.
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		<title>Just say &#8220;no&#8221; to invasion of privacy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s 06:00 Sunday morning. I have been laying awake for an hour.
I had a job interview Friday at one of the more prestigious companies in Richmond. It doesn&#8217;t matter which one. Toward the end of the interview, they mentioned the section on my resume toward the end, where I state:
I will consent to pre- or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blackgate.net/blog/just-say-no-to-invasion-of-privacy/</link>
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		<title>Digital Rights Mafia successfully bullies BBC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It appears that the Digital Rights Mafia and the media robber barons have successfully done in Britain what they failed to do in the USA in 2003 &#8212; bullied the broadcasters into allowing the robber barons to control not only the content, but the devices used to play that content.
In my latest Guardian column, &#8220;Why [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blackgate.net/blog/digital-rights-mafia-successfully-bullies-bbc/</link>
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		<title>America is not a Christian nation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Religious conservatives argue the Founding Fathers intended the United States to be a Judeo-Christian country. But President Obama is right when he says it isn&#8217;t. 
(From America is not a Christian nation, Salon)
I am no great fan of President Obama (nor was I of President Bush). But when someone is right, they are right.
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		<link>http://www.blackgate.net/blog/america-is-not-a-christian-nation/</link>
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		<title>OpenOffice.org 3.2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OpenOffice.org 3.2 is now available, with a handful of new features and improved ODF compatibility.
If you haven&#8217;t migrated from MS Office to OpenOffice&#8230; what are you waiting for? Hello? It&#8217;s 2010!
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		<link>http://www.blackgate.net/blog/openoffice-org-3-2/</link>
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		<title>Six easy steps to a more secure Linux server</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The actual title of the article is &#8220;Six easy steps to make a super secure Linux server&#8221;, but I think that&#8217;s hyperbole. Even so, these are some basic steps that should be followed, and they do help make a server more secure.

Install latest security updates.
Disable root login via SSH
Disable or filter extra services
Remove active guest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blackgate.net/blog/six-easy-steps-to-a-more-secure-linux-server/</link>
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