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From: Gordon Levi <gordon@address.invalid>
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Subject: Re: the Olson Timezone Database
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:27:39 +1100
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Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Tuesday, February 14, 2012 6:28:55 PM UTC-8, Roedy Green wrote:
>> The Olson timezone database is no more.  An astrology company,
>> Astrolabe,  sued him, and he did not have the resources to fight back.
>> 
>> So for now, nobody is keeping track of timezone changes. Java uses
>> that database.
>> 
>> A hope Anonymous soon gets round to putting these unprintables out of
>> business.
>
>Oh, so you support those criminal schmucks? Anonymous are tools. Idiots. 
>Vandals. Scum. Script kiddies. F**k Anonymous.

The first rule of computer security which you have just broken is to
avoid setting yourself up as a target. You probably already know the
HBGary story <http://tinyurl.com/4k6gzr9> and you must agree that the
vandalism was not carried out by "script kiddies".