I had never seen or heard that these signs exist and so it was quite a laugh when I read about them this week.

Trying to find more information on these is not easy because you end up with pages from funny signs web sites ;-)

From what I see they exist in Romania, Thailand, South Africa. 

This was funny 'Officials of 'Pecica', a village located in the country's west about 13 miles from the Hungarian border, have had enough of drivers running over drunken citizens minding their own business late at night in the middle of the street, struggling to cross or simply having a well justified nap. So 10 bright red signs reading "Drunk Citizens" have been ordered and manufactured in an attempt to save some lives.' 

http://www.visiting-romania.com/tips-articles/

Original Article: http://www.taalblad.be 

 

This is something that I did not know!

In the states there exists web-based vehicle-immobilization systems "used to get the attention of consumers delinquent in their auto payments." 

And as we read here, these things can get hacked! From Wired:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/03/hacker-bricks-cars/

 

By Kevin Poulsen  
Threat Level
Wired.com
March 17, 2010

More than 100 drivers in Austin, Texas found their cars disabled or the horns honking out of control, after an intruder ran amok in a web-based vehicle-immobilization system normally used to get the attention of consumers delinquent in their auto payments.

Police with Austin's High Tech Crime Unit on Wednesday arrested 20-year-old Omar Ramos-Lopez, a former Texas Auto Center employee who was laid off last month, and allegedly sought revenge by bricking the cars sold from the dealership.s four Austin-area lots.

Read the whole article here: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/03/hacker-bricks-cars/

Originally from: InfoSec News <alerts@infosecnews.org>isn-request@infosecnews.org

 

 

I found this funny. But how can it be that people didn't think of these things before naming their children ?

http://www.thebabywebsite.com/article.1792.Silly_Names.htm

The incredibly unfortunate names emerged in our study of the most bizarre names in Britain today. Other unlucky punters are also trying to lead normal lives despite being named Stan Still, Mary Christmas, Paige Turner, Chris Cross and Barry Cade. It might also be worth thanking your lucky stars you're not called Sonny Day, Rose Bush, Pearl Button or Hazel Nutt, who also make the list of 'The Most Unfortunate Names in Britain'.

http://www.thebabywebsite.com/article.1792.Silly_Names.htm

Originally seen at http://www.taalblad.be/

If you've wanted to follow The Dukan Diet by Dr. Pierre Dukan and you have but your French is not the best and the current resource in English was not enough to get you going, well this could all change soon.

The Dukan Diet has a site in English http://www.thedukandiet.co.uk/

And a book in English is coming - The Dukan Diet by Dr Pierre Dukan, The diet that has taken Europe by storm

Good luck!!!!

Here is something I didn't know! Kangaroo meat is healthy. Australians probably do not like to eat their national emblem or even Skippy but here in Belgium where Kangaroo meat is available in the local supermarkets, it is worth trying to replace some of your red meat consumption by kangaroo meat!

Actually I had never tasted kangaroo mean when I lived in Australia but here we do eat it from time to time.

What struck me is that kangaroo meat contains Omega-3's which I thought was only found in fish.

From: http://www.kangaroomeat.net.au/

Kangaroo meat is extremely healthy, fat levels are typically 1 - 2% and it is totally free of antibiotics and other chemicals common in meat from domestic animals.

It's the ultimate free range meat, organic and produces no methane gas. This leanness makes Kangaroo meat very healthy but also means that the meat must be cooked with care to avoid overcooking.

http://www.macromeats.com/ has all the details and comparisons with other lean meats.
http://www.independent.co.uk/ a story from the UK.
Some percentage of fat comparisons from http://www.jerky.com.au/
And kangaroo meat contains 5 times more CLA than lamb from http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/

And for those of you who enjoy a stone grill cooked meal from time to time, kangaroo meat is excellent. Otherwise take heed, This leanness makes Kangaroo meat very healthy but also means that the meat must be cooked with care to avoid overcooking.

Cooking Tips

The low fat content makes this meat excellent for the Dukan diet which we're following!

Yum Yum!!

 

If you're following Dr. Dukan's Diet I have found these videos (in French)

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/dukan/

If you understand French and you want to see and hear Dr. Dukan answer questions and give hints about his diet, check out this Dailymotion link!

by RAMESH NATARAJAN on JANUARY 4, 2010

From http://www.thegeekstuff.com/

Thanks to Denis for the tip on top ;-)

This article on top 15 Practicle Linux Top Examples has a few options that I didn't know about and perhaps you as well!

Note that not all of these work on all UNIX system for example Mac OS X will be slightly different!

This article is part of the on-going 15 example series where 15 examples will be provided for a specific command or functionality. In this series, earlier we discussed about find command, crontab examples, grep command, history command, ping command, and wget examples.

In this article, let us review 15 examples for Linux top command that will be helpful for both newbies and experts.

Joyeux Noel et Bonne Année.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar.
Geseënde Kersfees en 'n gelukkige nuwe jaar.
Felices Pasquas Y felices ano Nuevo.
Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo.
Vesela Koleda i chestita nova godina.
Vesele Vanoce.
Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou.
Glædelig Jul og godt nytår.
Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo.
Felican Kristnaskon kaj Bonan Novjaron.
Haeid joulupuehi ja head uut aastat.
Maligayang Pasko.
Hauskaa Joulua ja onnellista uutta vuotta.

 

Thanks to Denis for this one!

Best of Linux Cheat Sheets

Links to Unix Quick Reference and Cheatsheets

I like to see the links all on one page and particularly like the tcpdump, wireshark and Netcat sheets.

Perl is missing, but I'll rectify that!

http://johnbokma.com/perl/perl-quick-reference-card.pdf

And Regular Expressions:

http://www.night-ray.com/regex.pdf

In the mean time, there's quite a few to read here!

What else is missing ?

This is the second episode of "Quel est le régime qu'il vous faut?" from France 2 Toute Une Histoire.

An interesting look into 4 different diets, 3 of which I've followed in the past and know very well.

4 people desperately needing to lose weight are followed by 4 nutritionists 3 of which are well known to me!

Continuing in French!

France 2 http://toute-une-histoire.france2.fr/

Dailymotion http://www.dailymotion.com/

Episode 2 Jeudi 17 décembre dans Toute Une Histoire, à 13h55 su France 2, retrouvez Nathalie, Geneviève, Yazid et Mireille dans leur lutte contre les kilos ! Chacun de nos invités a été pris en main par un grand spécialiste : le Dr Pierre Dukan et Alain Delabos, nutritionnistes, Jérôme Blum, coach sportif, et Sybille Montignac, diététicienne. Après un mois d'efforts, où en sont-ils ? La réponse très bientôt dans l'épisode 2 de notre série spéciale "Quel est le régime qu'il vous faut?".

France 2 First show http://toute-une-histoire.france2.fr/?page=emission&emission=228