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• Adobe Has "Critical" Vulnerability in both Flash and Reader/Acrobat

  A critical vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player 10.0.45.2 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris operating systems, and the authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX operating systems. This vulnerability (CVE-2010-1297) could cause a crash and potentially allow an [...]

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• MDPLS Library Search Plugin is Broken

  The librarysearch.org plugin for the Miami-Dade Public Library System no longer works, as a result of the MDPLS's (somewhat imperfect) upgrade of its library catalog.

  I've put in a request for an upgrade. Here's hoping someone is paying attention.

  Previous relevant item: [...]

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• A Daring Plan

  

  Not sure how I feel about this latest plan to stop the leak:
  

  (via Scott Adams in the WSJ)

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• Thought for the Day

  

  (From Mark Goetz, My new wallpaper)

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• Independent Candidate Joins FL Governor's Race

  Chiles to run for Fla. governor. That's Lawton Chiles III, son of the legendary walkin' governor. And he's running as an independent, making it a three-way race.

  Lawton Chiles III announced Thursday he would run for governor of Florida [...]

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• Flordia Oil Spill Info Aggregator

  

  Progress Florida has launched SpillBabySpill, a website dedicated to BP's man-made environmental catastrophe and especially its effects on Florida.

  Admirable work, but depressing to read.

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• Full Text RSS Feed Available

  You may want to know that a full-text RSS feed of discourse.net is available.

  I mention this because I've noticed that despite the full-text always having been available, the majority of subscribers to my RSS feed use the abbreviated posts version for some reason.

  I wonder if that's [...]

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• International Law and the Gaza Blockdade

  Kevin Jon Heller has an interesting post trying to work out whether Israel's blockade of Gaza is legal.

  One key question is whether the dispute between Israel and Hamas is of an international character.

  If the conflict [...]

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• Sunscreen Confusion

  WebMD recites Best Sunscreens: A Consumer Reports Ranking and lists the top four choices by what it considers effectiveness and price.

  Unfortunately, all three of the ones for which I've been able to find online lists of ingredients (Target doesn't seem to post them) appear to [...]

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• Sign You Live in a Wealthy Society

  

  Sony makes Tweeting device for cats.

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