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  <title>Free Will: The Necessary Delusion</title>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <dc:creator>Daniel Miessler</dc:creator>
  <category>philosophy</category>
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  <description>Why free will is a delusion that we must keep subscribing to.
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  <title>It's Time to Drop the "www"</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <dc:creator>Daniel Miessler</dc:creator>
  <category>internet</category>
  <category>standards</category>
  <category>protocols</category>
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  <description>Why it's time we stopped using "www" when referring to websites.
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  <title>How I Became an Atheist (Continued)</title>
  <link>http://feeds.danielmiessler.com/~r/danielmiessler_writing/~3/kpzmACoCXjM/</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <dc:creator>Daniel Miessler</dc:creator>
  <category>religion</category>
  <category>atheism</category>
  <category>philosophy</category>
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  <description>Some additional thoughts on becoming an atheist and a discussion of non-religion-based morality.
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  <title>How I Became an Atheist</title>
  <link>http://feeds.danielmiessler.com/~r/danielmiessler_writing/~3/n80zoJOGF6Y/</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <dc:creator>Daniel Miessler</dc:creator>
  <category>religion</category>
  <category>atheism</category>
  <category>philosophy</category>
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  <description>How I became an atheist after a trip to the Holy Land.
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      <title>The Bimbo and the Caveman: Relationships vs. Nature</title>
      <link>http://feeds.danielmiessler.com/~r/danielmiessler_writing/~3/r8LVTF-rIvs/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Daniel Miessler</dc:creator>
      <category>sex</category>
      <category>women</category>
      <category>relationships</category>
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      <description>How men and women must learn to slide effortlessly along a scale of primal/logical extremes in order to capture maximum happiness.
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      <title>The Nice Guy Paradox [Solved]</title>
      <link>http://feeds.danielmiessler.com/~r/danielmiessler_writing/~3/WXLpGTCP8Ic/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Daniel Miessler</dc:creator>
      <category>sex</category>
      <category>women</category>
      <category>relationships</category>
	  <category>psychology</category>
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      <description>The reason women claim to want nice guys while the men who attempt to give them what they want end up suffering.
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      <title>Information Security Certifications</title>
      <link>http://feeds.danielmiessler.com/~r/danielmiessler_writing/~3/VSQXr7NCyBQ/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2005 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Daniel Miessler</dc:creator>
      <category>security</category>
      <category>certification</category>
      <category>career</category>
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      <description>A comparison of the major information security certifications based on a number of factors, including difficulty, industry respect, etc.
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      <title>Housekeeping with Nmap</title>
      <link>http://feeds.danielmiessler.com/~r/danielmiessler_writing/~3/O0b9aBAp7hs/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Daniel Miessler</dc:creator>
      <category>security</category>
      <category>nmap</category>
      <category>networking</category>
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      <description>Keeping up with network services using Nmap.
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      <title>There Is Such a Thing as Wrong</title>
      <link>http://feeds.danielmiessler.com/~r/danielmiessler_writing/~3/x_zP3sxTZRM/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2005 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Daniel Miessler</dc:creator>
      <category>culture</category>
      <category>society</category>
      <category>philosophy</category>
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      <description>How openness to certain cultures can cause more harm than good.
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      <title>Network Intrusion Prevention Systems: When They're Valuable and When They Aren't</title>
      <link>http://feeds.danielmiessler.com/~r/danielmiessler_writing/~3/QNXYWR-f5mI/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2005 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Daniel Miessler</dc:creator>
      <category>security</category>
      <category>ips</category>
      <category>ids</category>
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      <description>A short discussion of when companies can most benefit from Network Intrusion Prevention.
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      <title>Jousting From Unicycles: Addressing Design Rather Than Adding Armor</title>
      <link>http://feeds.danielmiessler.com/~r/danielmiessler_writing/~3/rj9mwxxMSMM/4283.php</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2005 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Daniel Miessler</dc:creator>
      <category>security</category>
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      <category>hacking</category>
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      <description>A paper on why so many security weaknesses still exist, and what must be done to change things for the better.
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      <title>SSH Authentication: A Basic Overview</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2003 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Daniel Miessler</dc:creator>
      <category>security</category>
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      <category>networking</category>
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      <title>Building Yourself a DMZ...</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Daniel Miessler</dc:creator>
      <category>security</category>
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      <description>What DMZs are in network security, and how to build a basic one.
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