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The September 1st issue of the New Yorker includes a fascinating article (not yet available online, but here's the abstract) by John Colapinto about the high-tech, mini-police departments being set up by department store chains to catch shoplifters. The article, which focuses in particular on Target, veers for a brief moment into one of my areas of interest--computer forensics. Target has hired a "senior computer investigator" named Brent Pack, a former Army computer crime investigator who helped analyze the Abu Ghraib photographs. Why does Target need a computer investigator? Mr. Pack
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If you are looking for a dog or know someone who is please consider Ann & Pete's:
Adoptable Dogs
Updated August 8, 2008
"You may not be looking for a dog, but there may be a dog out there looking for you." - P. Wilson
Roscoe
Roscoe
is a 2 year neutered male Bloodhound/Coonhound mix weighing about 55
lbs and resplendent in red speckled coat and drooping ears. This soft
spoken, mannerly southern gentleman with a comfortable and reassuring
presence is the epitome of the larger Hound's general good humour and
sweet nature. He is presently in foster care with a family of four
people, several dogs o...
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• This should make Yao Ming less terrified:"Far from offering further evidence that Artest is a madman, here we find Ron Ron just taking up a retro trend whose time has returned. Peep the cover of 3rd Bass's The Cactus Album for a historical point of reference; yes, dudes are white, but they had their finger on the pulse." Ha. Shoals. Gas face given.[The Sporting Blog]
• Carlos Zambrano is determined to give the Cubs' fans agita: He missed his MRI. Big League Stew has a list of possible reasons: "Believed MRI from June was 'good enough.'" [Big League Stew]
• The Curse Of Damian Easley: ...
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