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Comment by Ben Ward on January 21, 2010 at 11:29am

Let's cancel tonight and try some other time.

Thanks,
Ben

Comment by Doug Nelson on January 21, 2010 at 10:40am

Ben,

I'd also really enjoy a regular get-together. Unfortunately tonight isn't going to work for me or Susan.

Best,
Doug

Comment by Lee Altenberg on January 20, 2010 at 11:04am

It would be great to have a regular Flatbread gathering. Tues. or Wed. are better nights for me.

Comment by Ben Ward on January 18, 2010 at 2:16pm

Anyone up for another dinner at Flatbread in Paia?
It would be great to get a monthly/bi-monthly groove going.
How about this Thursday at 7PM?

Thanks,
Ben

Comment by Les Vogel on January 5, 2010 at 2:24pm

I've created a Maui Google Technical Users Group for those working with Google Technologies like Android, GWT, Hosted Apps, App Engine, etc.

They've asked that I create a GoogleGroup or I'd just do the announcement here. To Join, please visit http://groups.google.com/group/maui-gtug

Comment by Ben Ward on January 5, 2010 at 1:23pm

In regards to our conversation about the Netflix prizes,
I give you the Analytics X Prize.

Current Contest - 2010 - Predicting Homicides in Philadelphia
http://www.analyticsx.com
http://mat.tepper.cmu.edu/blog/?p=1024

Comment by Ben Ward on December 29, 2009 at 3:55pm

I regret that I missed the High Tech Maui Holiday Career Fair yesterday.
I am posting it here in the hopes that I will remember next year.

http://www.hightechmaui.com/htmnews/newsitem.cfm?article=200912091

Comment by Les Vogel on December 27, 2009 at 11:05pm

Downloaded http://code.google.com/p/namebench/ this evening and found that RoadRunner is the fastest DNS server for me. (It must be here in Hawaii).

Les

Comment by Les Vogel on December 27, 2009 at 12:51pm

TOR was created by the Office of Naval Research. Lots of folks trust TOR way too much. A number of researchers have gotten user names / passwords to many foreign government websites, as well as identifying info on reporters, dissidents, etc.

There exists private TOR networks that you can purchase access to that provide much better performance.

I've given up on privacy. For the time being, if you want privacy, turn off your cell phone and walk or take a bus to meet someone, make sure they do the same.

Once the NSA's new storage facility comes online in Utah, I doubt we'll ever get rid of our electronic foot prints. The best we can hope for is legislation that spells out privacy rights, data retention and annual disclosure from all entities that keep records on you. Then that legislation must become an international treaty. That's going to take a lot of work and time.

Comment by Ben Ward on December 27, 2009 at 11:58am

yeah. It gets tricky. You can only be so paranoid now.

I tried using TOR.
Using TOR for general surfing is painfully slow.
And anyone can set up a TOR node, business, government or worse.

I don't buy the excuse that "I don't do anything wrong, so why should I worry."
But I don't see any good alternatives.

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