TheAgitator.com: More on Chicago PD: Comments

Normally I wouldn’t  double link a single blog in a subsequent post but Balko’s news feeds are serving him well. I believe police are generally accountable at a higher degree of ethics in terms of the power they wield. However when police and cities decide to use the Scarlet Letter method of shaming the accused (not necessarily found guilty in a court of law), why is it that police are suddenly above the law? Any public officer accountable to the larger population should carry the burden of having the bulk of their work records available to the general public at any time.

TheAgitator.com: Childhood Now a Sex Crime: Comments

Radley has a link to a story whereby a couple of juvenile males were arrested for a sex crime for patting girls on the ass in the hallway. It sounds like football coaches are safe for the time being.

One line cracks me up

Security experts claim first successful iPhone hack - Times Online
… or if they connected to the internet via a rogue wi-fi access point controlled by hackers.

Again - links in email are notorious pain points in computer security.  But just how and why a hacker would set up a rogue wi-fi hotspot is beyond me. While it may be useful for some purposes, sitting around waiting for iPhone users is a bit, um, unlikely. If we were to talk probabilities here, the chance of that happening is extremely remote. But essentially it will all come down to a level of trust. If an iPhone user has options in terms who to connect to over wi-fi, then the logical choice would be with a known provider.

She finally arrived. Like a hot honey with a decent body and a bit of a fucked up grill, it ain’t nothing that can’t be fixed up. It’s a 1972 International Harvester Pickup - 345 V8. She leaks fluids but I’m told that most IH’s have a self-lubricating chassis. This one seems to be no different.

The good: Solid body, good lines, little rust, excellent interior for the age, has AC, also surprised to see that it has torsion bars for the age of the truck. Runs strong, wants to run as soon as it drops into drive.

The bad: surprise! power steering is out related to an issue with the smog pump (smog/air pump is tension for belt for power steering), exhaust is banged up a bit and the pimp is a bit crimped in a couple areas. Leaking fluids, it looked like oil but could have been any other dark liquid. Ball joints need replaced, tranny fluid needs flushed, cooling system needs flushed, sounds like it has a stuck lifter but could be just some carbon. Breaks may need to be done, hopefully I can see more after a couple cans of break cleaner.

I bought it off of eBay and I’m not the most mechanically inclined so she’s sitting at the mechanic’s getting a good twice-over to give me a rough idea on how much work is needed. From there I will start posting more photos. You can check it out by going to http://somewhat-hypothesis.com/photo/