Happy Mother's Day.

[silveradept]

Be sure to apologize to your mother for giving her as much trouble as you did while she was raising you. We'll be doing plenty of that tomorrow.

Got to play through the introduction to Kingdom Hearts II today (rather long, that is), and I'm intrigued. I think I need to go back, however, and play the middle chapter, so that later on, if I should play more, things make more sense. As things are, I'm getting ready to start my working self. This should be a welcome change, really, although it does mean that I'll have zero time for gaming for a while.

The Jackson Anime and Manga Society had a meeting today, and we watched a little of Five Star Stories... shoulder pads will save the world there, apparently. As well as an extremely bishie boy.

You ever wonder what's on the magnetic stripes of your various cards? Well, you can build, rather cheaply, a portable magnetic stripe reader. Which probably means, as well, that anyone who wants to see what's on your stripes can build one, too. Hrm. Well, now you'll know.

A little while after having some of the NSA's laundry exposed to the air, the Bush Administration is already trying to discourage prying eyes. The government invoked "state-secrets" status on the NSA's program, which, according to the past, renders it invulnerable to court lawsuits and other such bothersome things. Nothing like pulling rank to try and make sure you don't actually have to fess up and have consequences for it.

Yeah, so I'm going to bed now. Tomorrow's another day.

Comments

[annaonthemoon.livejournal.com]

Magnetic stripes are pretty scary. My PSU ID was my ID Card, My key into my building, my key into another building, my key into my "office", my meal plan card, my library card, my ATM card, my calling card, my copy machine card, my "look-my-schedule-up-at-the-bookstore card....rather scary, really. Also they could use it in the health centre to look up med records, but I assume the card only read your SSN, and the data wasn't actually on the card.

[silveradept]

Yep. One number to find them, one number to rule them all and in the darkness bind them.

[annaonthemoon.livejournal.com]

your prescious?

:-P