Well. Crap.. I just lost an entry because ecto doesn't save files locally and refused to save it online so I'll have to write this all out again.
I was online when MyDoom -b started its DOS attack and I wasn't online much longer, my ISP was jammed up for a full 5 minutes. My computer wasn't taking part in the attach as MyDoom couldn't hope to execute outside of a Win32 API environment, let along propagate and redistribute itself in the manner it does on Windows boxes.
For the same reason the attacks simply couldn't have come from, or indeed been coded on a Linux box.
So what better to do after a damning report into their editorial inefficiencies for the Beeb to decide to publish insinuation, fabrications and general idiocy in the form of an article linking Linux users with the MyDoom virus.
I don't even have the time of day to debunk this, however Slashdotters do
*sigh* I fear I may never be able to listen to World Service again at this rate.
I went to my orthodontist appointment today. My regular orthodontist was off sick so her husband was filling in (he was a trained Orthodontist too of course, not just a case of "well the missus is under the weather so I thought I'd have a go" ;) ).
He glanced at the Xray of my teeth as they were before treatment started and then asked me.
"So how long have you worn these for?"
"4 years," I replied. It had been 4 uncomfortable years since they were first put in.
"Well.. I think you're finished, it ends today."
And in just 15 minutes my teeth were free! It still feels exceptionally odd.
Not having a collection of metal to lacerate my cheeks and tongue each time I move is an unorthodox state for my mouth to be in and it was several hours before I had stopped swishing my tongue around them like some Toothpaste model.
The best thing about not having braces is that now I can brush my teeth to a standard above 'average'. I never could get a hang on brushing with braces so not having them in the way is an exquisite luxury - I'm going to go for that dazzling whiteness effect that Americans seem so keen on achieving.
When I went home I spent a full 6 hours with my family and no one noticed that I didn't have braces anymore, until after dinner I gave my biggest smile and asked if I had anything in my teeth. Even then it took my mother 4 minutes of looking before she suddenly realized.
And they complain when I don't comment on their new haircuts!
Later
John
Posted by John Swaine at February 5, 2004 11:23 PM | TrackBack