Secure Redaction

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Secure Redaction: So you thought you deleted that sensitive or possibly embarrassing information from your documents (WORD and PDFs)?  But, the NSA says you may not have.  You may have left traces of the sensitive information in your 'redacted document'.  Yes, they wrote a brief manual on a suggested procedure.  You can link to it here: http://wikileaks.org/w/images/7/75/NSA-redact.pdf

Please note: We found this interesting document while searching for the 'uncrackable insurance file' on Wikileaks.  This appears to be the link to the mysterious insurance file.


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yPad or WhyPad

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yPad or WhyPad: Facetious suggested nickname for the first version of the Apple iPad - socalled due to the WiFi connection issues for some of the new owners.  Also with reference to the apparent near total lack of physical connectors.  Indeed, if you can't connect this device one way or the other - why buy one???

FOM: Connection Issues Still Vex iPad Users and Official Site

Please Note: Not that we could ever be bribed should Apple ever give us an iPad then this definition might disap...



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BIXe or 54BI

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BIXe or 54BI: Suggested names for novel new (and apparently successful) treatment of brain-injury (especially at birth) prevention via the use of the noble gas Xenon (Element 54).

FOM: First Baby Given Xenon Gas to Prevent Brain Injury - BBC NEWS (Riley Joyce)



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Inagural or Inaugural 2013

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Inagural or Inaugural 2013: Unfortunate conflation of Inauguration and the epithet "Nag".  The predicted misspelling (See our posting: What Was Really Written On Sarah's Hand?) or "respelling" of Inaugural in the event of a Palin win...God help us...

FOM: Palin Hand Crib Notes Attract Scrutiny , Palin Fails to Bring Ideas , The Sound of Palin's Hand Clapping (both from MSNBC Countdown), Sarah Palin's 'helping hand' of crib notes for speech (BBC NEWS) ,Gidget Goes Rogue, Phlegmodium and The Fantastic Ms/Mrs Fox

Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/bkXabG



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Twidiot

Twidiot: The unfortunate portmanteau of Twitter and idiot. To paraphrase Forrest Gump (the novel, by Winston Groom...not the film...)..."Life is like a box of tweets, you never know what you're gonna get".

Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/9uTVh7





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Irukandji

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Irukandji: Deadly poisonous jellyfish from Downunder. That chap with 'best job in the world' managed to get stung by one on his last week on the job. Ouch! Not the best way to close that job... You still with us, Ben???


Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/6cvqW1


FOM: 'World's best job' man is stung









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Instant Battery

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Instant Battery: Well, not quite, first you've got to have the nanotubes, nanowires, the ink that they go into, and so on.

Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/4MTQP7

FOM: Paper, Nanotube Ink, Wires: Instant Battery and Stanford University (2009, December 8). Dip ordinary paper into ink infused with nanotubes and nanowires to create an instant battery. ScienceDaily. Retrieved December 8, 2009, from http://www.sciencedaily.com­ /releases/2009/12/091207165035.htm

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Wrap Rage

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Wrap Rage: Not a term of our making, but beware this holiday season. There are scientific reasons to be concerned about potential injuries incurred while (un)wrapping one's presents!

Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/8HHhUo

FOM: Wrap Rage: A Holiday Injury Waiting to Happen

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DIY Birthing

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DIY Birthing: More women are giving birth without doctors, nurses, midwives...awww...c'mon!


Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/4rVhAI


Mary: Yes, just wait until the kid finds out.





FOM: More women choose do-it-yourself births









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Phthelmo or Illmo

Phthelmo / Illmo: The unfortunate portmanteaus of phthalate plasticizers, illegal and Elmo. Regarding the findings and warnings of illegal levels of chemicals and other hazards in children's toys.

Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/5MEX1K

FOM: Group Reveals "Trouble in Toyland", View the U.S. PIRG's list of unsafe toys, US PIRG, Read the complete report and 21 CFR Part 178.3740 .






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POV-Ray 3.6 or Decloaker

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POV-Ray 3.6 or Decloaker: First term belongs to the folks cited in the article below. Second term is our suggestion for the new software designed to "see" the invisibility cloaked surface. (Why a cloaking device really doesn't work...).


Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/1clKYe


FOM: Invisibility Visualized: New Software for Rendering Cloaked Objects and
J.C. Halimeh, T. Ergin, J. Mueller, N. Stenger, and M. Wegener. Photorealistic images of carpet cloaks. Optics Express, 2009; 17 (22): 19328 DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.019328









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Inevriation

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Inevriation: (1) The unfortunate conceptual collision of aviation and inebriation. Is your pilot and flight crew intoxicated? Are you sure? Did you bring a breathalyzer with you?...

(2) The unfortunate (and dangerous...) expansion of this definition to include possibly the 200 or so NASA personnel and others with access to the Space Shuttle hangar(s). Unfortunate as NASA has recently made a report that a baggie with traces of cocaine in it was found in the hangar. Brings new meaning to phrases like; "Spaced/Space", "High Flight" ,"Rocket Man" and "Space Truckin'". Foolish, foolish...

Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/GpAAt

FOM: Brits arrest U.S. pilot on alcohol charges, Cocaine, Cocaine found in shuttle work area, NASA says - MSNBC and NASA Launch Party? Cocaine Found in Shuttle Hangar - CBSNEWS

Revised/Updated: Monday, January 18, 2010

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Impossible Tweets

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Impossible Tweets: We've recently been experimenting with a number of 'impossible' or self-referential tweets. For example "This is not a tweet." and then post them on Twitter. For more, see: This is Not a Posting - Impossible Tweets.

Self-Referential Bit.ly link: http://bit.ly/1IjIck







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Anticapicitant

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Anticapicitant: The unfortunate redefinition of the misuse and/or abuse of incapicitant measures and other chemistries resulting in unintended casualties and fatalities. Travelling? You might want to take the hint from the attached image and pack a gas mask...

Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/3vSz5k

FOM: Dangers Of Incapacitating Chemical Weapons And Widespread Misuse Of Riot Control Agents

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ikee (iPhone virus)

ikee: The self-referential name of the new iPhone virus (hailing from Downunder) producing a "Rickroll" background as a replacement default background. Not yet referenced in Wikipedia.

Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/oPzw4

FOM: Worm attack bites at Apple iPhone , Hacker behind iPhone worm lands job creating apps...for iPhones and Bergwurm/Tweewurm.

Updated: Friday, November 27, 2009.






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iCry and iFear

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iCry / iFear: New iPhone app to translate baby's crying... and one to help with your fears of flying, and so on...


Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/fRNUj


FOM: iPhone App Translates Baby's Crying , Mental Workout and Biloop Technologic









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Homo inclinefis

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Homo inclinefis: The next generation in human evolution (?). Inclinefis: the compounding of (the Latin) words for turn (inclino) and wrong (nefas). In other words, Human 'turned wrongly', based on the ancient idea that 'to turn pear-shaped' was to go bad (see: OED Online Definition 3). Also, based on the attraction (or repulsion) to a shortened, generally pear-shaped body form by some people. Sorry!

Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/3FyBTX


FOM: Humans Are Still Evolving, Analysis Finds, Byars, S., D. Ewbank, et al. Natural selection in a contemporary human population. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(42) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0906199106 and Pear-shaped.









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Bossiot

Bossiot: The unfortunate portmanteau of boss and idiot. Do you believe that your bullying boss is really an idiot? You're right...

Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/2Gu36r

FOM: It's official: Your bullying boss really is an idiot and YOU'RE FIRED: Why Is Your Boss Such a Bully?

Updated: Wednesday, October 21, 2009.






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Instant Peace Prize or 10-Day Prize

Instant Peace Prize / 10-Day Prize: The slightly unfortunate portmanteau of Instant coffee and Nobel Peace Prize. With reference to President Obama's unprecedented winning of the prize even though only in-office (officially...) for ten days prior to the deadline for nomination. As we have publicly stated, would Mr. Obama be seen as 'courageous' (and generous) if he offered to share the prize with other champions of peace? Do these events in the timeline diminish the prestige of the prize?

Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/CejqV

FOM: Obama wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, The Audacity of the Nobel Committee, Nobel Peace Prize Shocks Bloggers: "This is Insane" , CBSNews Nobel Committee says President Obama given Nobel Peace Prize to reward and "enhance" his diplomatic efforts: http://bit.ly/1mjuYa and georgek1029 @markknoller "It's an unprecedented honor for a new U.S. president less than 9 months in the job".

Please note: This posting appears simultaneously on our sister publication 'Meditation's On Life's Meaning' and parts on our Twitter page @georgek1029.






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Illusory Peace

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Illusory Peace: With reference to the current and ongoing unfortunate state of affairs in the Holy Land and the recent comments made by the controversial and much-maligned current Deputy Minister of Israel and Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs. Is the Holy Land Peace possible with such persons making impossible statements and withholding the olive branches?

Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/8mZyq


FOM: Peace an illusion, says Israel FM and Avigdor Lieberman. To see more of Papalars's stunning images on flickr click this link.









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