OK, last night’s lack of sleep is finally hitting me. Gorn.
@MegaManSec Cool. I’m much happier with the idea that I’m merely first to call it that, rather than first to think of it.

JP_Riseborough An Australian coal mine valued at A$860mln in a deal three years ago has sold for a dollar
bloomberg.com/news/articles/… pic.twitter.com/MusXMQrBWH
BlogsofWar Well said dead lion. Well said. - RT @LibyaLiberty: We’ve reached peak Cecil the Lion news. twitter.com/thei100/status…
Me at @zdnetaustralia earlier: “Should we let cyber espionage victims hack back?” zdnet.com/article/should…
@Taco_Lad Oh indeed. I’m not just annoyed that I fell for the recency illusion. Again.
@johnthelutheran I’m maybe one or two bets ahead of you, in sports anyway. I won a bet against @mpesce too, lost against @PaulFletcherMP.
@Taco_Lad Oh yeah. That. From the 1930s. Silly me, I’d heard of that too.
@MegaManSec This is what I would have thought, now that things like protein synthesis are automated.
@Taco_Lad Though I suspect that geneticists and software hackers just use different terminology for the idea.
@Taco_Lad Perhaps, but I’d imagined that someone else would have been there well before me.
Google Search returns zero results for “DNA fuzzing” or “gene fuzzing” or “… fuzzer”. I think I just invented a thing. A scary thing.
The World Bank really has grown up over the last decade. twitter.com/FPsych/status/…
“Fuzzing”, you ask? This definition is as good as any other. owasp.org/index.php/Fuzz…
If you thought that software fuzzing and other hacking techniques caused havoc, wait until they start fuzzing DNA. twitter.com/kcarruthers/st…
@johnthelutheran What were the odds at that time?

coreyspowell How’s that for a milestone: Pluto is now in Google Earth (er…Google Pluto?). gearthblog.com/blog/archives/… HT @skdh pic.twitter.com/qgxAC93RvW
“The 9pm I Can’t Believe It’s Not a Planet” is now also on SoundCloud. soundcloud.com/skankmedia/e00…

Meanwhile, “The 9pm Urgent Hardware Refresh” @Pozible just hit 50% of Target One. Thank you. pozible.com/edict2 pic.twitter.com/o20LMvBfIz

New podcast: “The 9pm I Can’t Believe It’s Not a Planet” stilgherrian.com/edict/00046/ Image pinched from @davpope pic.twitter.com/TpXxURed1Y
Uploading.
Rendering.
@AshKyd If only.
Mixing and post-processing.
Recording.
“Salil Tripathi: As Singapore turns 50, is it at the cusp becoming different?” indexoncensorship.org/2015/07/salil-…
@siggsau It’s true. The timing is a bit wobbly, because I’m re-recording a big chunk of it. But I’ll keep going tonight until it’s done.
swearyanthony bwahahaha twitter.com/Whitepages_au/…
charispalmer Interactive: All of Uber’s battles with Australian authorities smh.com.au/x/gionbq?stb=t… via @smh
5at5 number 206: Rogue cockatoos, cyber espionage, the end of Imperial Japan, an old American Communist, and more. tinyletter.com/5at5/letters/5…
Me at @zdnetaustralia today: “Should we let cyber espionage victims hack back?” zdnet.com/article/should…
Me at @zdnetaustralia Thursday: “ACSC publishes first [cyber] threat report, but… ho hum” zdnet.com/article/acsc-p…
Fri plan, remainder: Bring in some firewood; @5at5daily; finish “The 9pm Edict” podcast (definitely); wine; venison; more wine, probably.
Unedited vision of Adam Goodes’ press conference after That Incident back in 2013. youtube.com/watch?v=XyrbUi… @AndrewCatsaras via @mumbletwits

The @ACCAN_AU Conference debate looks like it’ll be fun. accan.org.au/accanevents/10… Conference is 1-2 Sep, Sydney. pic.twitter.com/oB9CiwuUyv
Bravo, @WellandTribune: “Dead deer discovered at dead Deere plant” wellandtribune.ca/2015/07/30/dea… HT @johnemcintyre
Maybe @AFL should have traditional indigenous routines before every game to help combat racism, says @FionaPattenMLC sbs.com.au/news/article/2…
@purserj What can I say? The birds love me.
Idiocy: “Australia’s most famous beef producer is about to lose his farm after neighbours complained about cockatoos” businessinsider.com.au/australias-mos…
“Study: People read more on sites with modern designs. They also remember more.” poynter.org/news/mediawire…
I like your thinking, @BlogsofWar… twitter.com/BlogsofWar/sta…
@BXGD @thelaughingsub They are, however, reliable sources of vision that can make a government loom forward-looking or the reverse.
“Uber ban causes AU$40m annual loss to Queensland economy: Report”, writes @thelaughingsub zdnet.com/article/uber-b…
@AnturveyLucy Pain’s down a bit, thanks, but ploughing through work is still a bit slow.
atduskgreg I finally figured out a more accurate name for the ‘sharing economy’: Servants As A Service.
Some 13 minutes of Malcolm Tucker grade invective, plus nearly 10 minutes rated “merely” explicit, @jeamland. That’ll be exhausting.

I’m guessing @jeamland will be pleased at how Malcolm Tucker this is all getting. pozible.com/edict2 pic.twitter.com/DtMHnUW3SK
@AbstractCode Heh. I’m actually under quota this month.
@aqualung Thanks very much. It looks likely we’ll hit Target One, so now I’m interesting in seeing how Target Two might go.
@jplonie Um, I’d assumed that the selection had been made.
Column filed for @zdnetaustralia. Yes, one published yesterday, and another one today.

What a timely week for @AICriminology to release this new report! aic.gov.au/publications/c… pic.twitter.com/wE4V5ZBFPY
@dfg77 So you have. Thank you very much.
@Steve_Lockstep Not really. I don’t care if they’ve heard it or not.
If anyone’s seen audio of last night’s Rabbit speech, do please let me know.
I can guess the age of the Rabbit’s audience last night, but “a generation ago” is… so distant in memory… namely 1990.
“It’s hard to imagine; but much that’s ridiculed today seemed self-evident a generation ago…” No, Tony, that’s quite easy to imagine.
“Riveting, as well as interesting,” eh Tony? Also, “It’s hard to imagine …” is a statement about your own ability, not about the world.
Can someone please tell the Prime Minister that “foremost intellectual” and “tedious pedant” are different things?
“… one of our country’s foremost political intellectuals …” [Fills own pockets with rocks, leaps into canal.]
umairh It’s because ads suck. And now people don’t have to suffer their torturous validity. Pretty simple. twitter.com/mashable/statu…
“3D brain map reveals connections between cells in nano-scale” theguardian.com/science/2015/j…
“Dying Lion Sure Doesn’t Feel As Though He’s Completing Some Great Cosmic Circle” theonion.com/article/dying-…
Mildly amused by “The 9pm Urgent Hardware Refresh” being EXACTLY 40% to Target One. pozible.com/edict2 Thanks, folks. Keep ‘em coming.
@GiovanniTorre The first six words of your tweet kinda answer themselves.
@penbo Well put, Penbo.
I thought @charliepick’s take on the Adam Goodes story was rather good. youtube.com/watch?v=vydY1U…
Me at @zdnetaustralia Thursday: “ACSC publishes first threat report, but… ho hum” zdnet.com/article/acsc-p… #cyber #disappoint
Fri plan: Research & write for @zdnetaustralia (in progress); administrivia; @5at5daily; finish “The 9pm Edict” podcast; 2043 Full Moon.
penbo Andrew Bolt says Goodes is starting a race war. Coming from him it’s not a criticism, it’s a demarcation dispute m.adelaidenow.com.au/rendezview/goo…
@stufromoz My life continues.
@stufromoz I have the following line in /etc/hosts, and won’t be removing it any time soon: “0.0.0.0 vine.co”
New @FBI video “The Company Man: Protecting America’s Secrets” (36 mins) youtube.com/watch?v=Gy_6Hw… Apparently depicts China as economic spies.
Every current and former lawyer for the US military and intelligence community I’ve ever encountered has a gloriously black sense of humour.
“We [the US] didn’t ask the international community whether we should execute the Rosenbergs. We just did it.” (2/2)
So @stewartbaker is no fan of “international norms”… (1/2)
“Everybody knew the first-class seats on Air France were bugged,” so French intel could steal secrets, says @stewartbaker. #ACCyber
“[The US is] the country that invented the 140-character limit! We CAN innovate,” says @stewartbaker. Indeed. #ACCyber
I say, @AtlanticCouncil/@CSMPasscode “Cyber Risk Wednesday: Rethinking Commercial Espionage” is utterly fascinating. csmonitor.com/World/Passcode…
SalmanRushdie Tweet of the day.Everyone knows the edelweiss is Australia’s national flower & von Trapp is an old Sydneysider name. twitter.com/GroverNorquist…
Me at @zdnetaustralia Thursday: “ACSC publishes first threat report, but… ho hum” zdnet.com/article/acsc-p… #cyber #disappoint

taosecurity Some emphasize CN hacker theft of J-35 data, but I prefer the JAST/J-20 comparison of Bill Sweetman @AviationWeek pic.twitter.com/Tptpdso7rc

taosecurity I wonder @warisboring @rbeckhusen how China could build such great aircraft so quickly? “Based on existing designs?” pic.twitter.com/EgVonSrZRN
Watching @AtlanticCouncil’s “Cyber Risk Wednesday: Rethinking Commercial Espionage” for today’s column. youtube.com/watch?v=H8gFMA…
Fri plan, draft: Research & write @zdnetaustralia column; administrivia; @5at5daily; finish and post “The 9pm Edict” podcast; Full Moon.
Friday. It is a world of pain. Your world. Of pain. A world of pain. Just shut the fuck up and buy something. Friday.
@MSMWatchdog2013 @elronxenu It can, yes, though there’s none here and none available within, oh, maybe 40km.
@Knieriemen I imagine it’s people who can’t get over the hump to a new way, either technically or financially. DVD players are $10.
@MSMWatchdog2013 @elronxenu I am a big fan of the scroll bar. ;)
@elronxenu There was a good 45 minutes between when it hit tonight and when I was in any state to find my phone, trust me.
@elronxenu That sounds familiar. There seems to be a lot of this about, it’s just not spoken of.
@interrogativus I know what you mean. It’s only the second time this has hit this bad, but Mistress Insomnia is an old friend.
@kipkniskern That’s the one, yes, thank you. I can perhaps amuse myself by looking up its origins.
@AnturveyLucy Thanks. This certainly won’t kill me, but it’s not much fun.
Either way, I recognise this. It will end when it ends, and not before. Meanwhile, sleep will have to be abandoned.
Severe muscle spasm in the calf. I recognise this. I believe that Americans call it a Charley Leg or some such thing.
Well this is rather exquisite pain and two o’clock in the morning all at the same time.