Phaedrus

It's quite a lot more than a proxy - in particular, proxies are just one intermediate machine that may well keep logs and probably has no encryption, whereas TOR uses multiple hops with multiple layers of encryption and keeps no logs at all. Which still isn't to say that you couldn't be tracked though TOR - but it'd be a lot harder than just getting the logs from a proxy.

Absolutely. Although I'm sure the research has its compensations :) I generally give them a call and ask if the MA I'd particularly like to see is available, and when, and then make an appointment (which may well be "in fifteen minutes" or something like that). +1 on recommending Gina - must go back to see her again now she's returned.

Wow! Most impressive! Congratulations!

Happy birthday!

That's probably because the once-a-week folks haven't seen it yet :) I'm on some days, depending on what else I'm doing (or procrastinating about, as the case may be) - and usually only once on any given day. And I check the Ottawa and more general forums for interesting-looking threads, but I don't read absolutely everything...

TOR is definitely worth looking at. Now, if only they'd get the TorButton app fixed up so it officially works with FF4...

Killing Joke - Eighties

...this book looks awesome. More pages here, which are even better. The only problem is it won't be published until October! [update - publication now seems to have come forward to mid-June :)]

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday! Have fun!

I think quite a lot of the point is to demonstrate that sharks aren't the utterly ruthless killing machines that people sometimes believe them to be. You probably weren't the only one :) But I fear that movie was the worst thing that ever happened for sharks. He's a she :) Although I concede it's tricky to tell under the full chainmail suit... Those are Caribbean reef sharks (I think), which are generally OK without a cage. But yes, you'd probably want a cage for some other sorts. Wear gloves if you touch one - apparently their skin is quite rough, and if you scrape your fingers and start bleeding... well, just don't!

...at the end. There is, of course, no point to this - just thought it was pretty cool :)

More here.

More here, or if that pic didn't work out.

The Darkness - I Believe in a Thing Called Love High-grade silliness :)

Speed it all up! And you could dub over the top :) Bonus points for everyone who knows where I plagiarized this idea from...

Find Risky Intercourse Seriously Kinky APPLE

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13362927 A new vaccine can protect macaques against the monkey equivalent of HIV and could provide a fresh approach to an HIV vaccine, a study suggests. US researchers say the vaccine offered protection to 13 of 24 rhesus macaques treated in the experiment. In 12 of the monkeys, the vaccine was still effective 12 months later. They claim the work, published in the journal Nature, could "significantly contribute" to the development of an effective HIV/Aids vaccine. The researchers gave 24 healthy rhesus macaques a vaccine containing a genetically modified form of the virus, rhesus cytomegalovirus (CMV). In 13 of the monkeys, the vaccine appeared to offer protection against simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), the monkey equivalent of HIV. Of these 13, 12 monkeys were still protected one year on. The researchers say the vaccine works by stimulating the production of a particular type of blood cell, called "effector memory T-cells", which can remain vigilant in the body long after an infection has abated. Lead author Professor Louis J Picker, of the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute in Oregon, compares these cells to armed soldiers at the ready. "There are soldiers that are back at the base with their rifles in the shed, and then you have the guys out in the field," he told the BBC. There was also evidence, he said, that the vaccine all but eradicated traces of SIV in the monkeys, something which he said was "unprecedented" in HIV vaccine research. Safety concerns Researchers in the field welcomed the study, but said safety issues would need to be addressed before similar approaches could be tried in humans. "I'm excited by the science because it really does demonstrate that it may be possible to eradicate the HIV virus by a strong immune response," said Professor Sir Andrew McMichael of Oxford University. "But at the same time I'm scratching my head how to take this approach into humans." An artist's impression of the HIV virus, which is thought to have originated from a similar virus in chimpanzees Professor McMichael said HIV arose from a type of SIV found in chimpanzees, so the animal model used in the study was a good one. The problem, he said, was the potential safety and regulatory issues with introducing CMV into humans, even though many of us already carry the virus. "CMV is not totally benign, it does cause a number of diseases. If you're giving people something you're not going to be able to get rid of should it cause problems, then that's quite a difficult risk to manage." Professor Robin Shattock of Imperial College, London, agreed safety would be key. "The breakthrough here is in using a viral-delivered vaccine that persists - essentially using an engineered virus to thwart a pathogenic virus. The tricky part will be showing it is safe and effective in humans." Professor Picker responded by saying such issues would be addressed in forthcoming work, pointing out that early forms of the smallpox vaccine also carried health risks to humans. "On one level 99% of people in sub-Saharan Africa are CMV-positive and half the people in the developed world are, so we know at lot about it and it's mostly non-pathogenic, except in vulnerable populations like pregnant women," he said. "We're fully aware to make it available to humans, then the next step is to make a virus which retains or has an enhanced ability to make effector memory cells, but no longer has the capacity to infect vulnerable parts of the population." Vaccine failure Developing an HIV vaccine has so far proved a deeply challenging task, but there have been some promising results. In 2009, researchers in Thailand published in the Lancet the results of an experimental HIV vaccine, which they said reduced by nearly a third the risk of contracting HIV. Then last year, a study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggested a drug used to treat HIV-positive patients may offer gay and bisexual men some protection against contracting the virus. Trials of the combination drug Truvada among nearly 2,500 men suggested it could reduce the chances of male-to-male HIV infection by 44%. But major breakthroughs remain hard to come by. Indeed, the new Nature study comes as a separate paper in The Lancet Infectious Diseases reports on the failure of an HIV vaccine trial in South Africa. The MRKAd5 HIV-1 vaccine was trialled in a study involving 801 patients, and no evidence was found that the vaccine was effective. However, the report authors concede that the study's conclusions may have been compromised by a premature end to the trial.

This is indeed unfortunate. A question/suggestion - can you put your own post at the start of the thread (as you did in the duos thread) to work around this? Or does that not work?

I'm not optimistic that they ever will. But I do like to torment them occasionally by quoting Matthew 24:36 and/or Mark 13:32 - "But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father." - and then let them explain how their own 'knowledge' squares with that.

I'll be going. There's one or two bands I'd really like to see, quite a few that I'd be interested to check out - and, of course, the splendid serendipity of stumbling in on some band you've never heard of who turn out to be completely awesome. Happens every year :) I honestly don't give a damn about the 'less and less blues every year' thing - I'm quite happy with variety!

Yep. And just wait until they roll out the "This bill is aimed at catching criminals. If you oppose this, it must be because you support terrorists and pedophiles" line.

"In this day and age?" says our corrupted genie. "LMFAO! Granted! You do realize that your bank has no cash reserves at all, don't you?" I wish I had an infinite supply of beer :)

You say that like it's a bad thing! The RHAG crew will be around shortly to teach you the error of your ways :)