1. Wireless access is at  HFA-Guest  /  <password listed on the fridge>  .. no the password is not “password listed on the fridge” .. don’t bitch about the password, it’s free WiFi bro!
2. Don’t adjust the temperature!  If you’re cold, put on a sweater, toque (beanie if you’re south of the 49th parallel).  If you’re hot, have a drink with ice, and if that doesn’t help, then piss off.
3. Austin tunes over-ride. Period. Don’t care you want to listen to some wimpy East Coast, West Coast, Popular rock or Northerner crap.
4. If there is a NFL game on, then the game is ON .. don’t expect much else.
5. Don’t suck up *all* the bandwidth in pr0n, dude. Really? I know it’s you. Remember what I do for a living?? Yes there are “proxies” on friend’s free Internet connections. Duh.
6. GPS (aka TomTom or Garvin) HIGHLY recommended for out-of-town-ers.
7. GPS (aka TomTom or Garvin) HIGHLY recommended for in-towners.
8. Be energy conscious. Rinse your damn dishes (don’t be lazy) – that’s what the drying rack is for. Duh.
9. You consume the last bottle of _______, REPLACE it. Damn, there is a Tarjay (Target for our American friends), or H-E-B, or Randall’s within walking distance!
10. Do NOT put your drinks on my Red’s Porch tab. Food is negotiable.
11. You MUST have a valid reason to go to another joint than Red’s
12. Yes, it IS a shower curtain rod like Marriott’s.  No, I didn’t steal it. Nice, eh? That’s another 5.5″ of room in the shower!!
13. No you don’t have to come run with me in the morning at 5am.  Nor do I .. but sometimes I’d appreciate the encouragement out of bed.
14. Recycling bin is in the pantry.  Just cuz y’all are too lazy to actually walk outside and dump your junk in the recycle bucket out back. Just sayin’. By the way .. organics hit the bucket at the BACK .. if you give a cr@p about that stuff.
15. Yes, I do offer a taxi service at 5am to the AUS airport.  It’s $50,000 per one way.  Your choice, but it’s COB bud.
16. Don’t touch the Henkle knife (knives) .. I have to sacrifice  goat entrails to keep it sharp.  Pretty sure you don’t want any part of that. Just sayin’. You get the steak knives.
17. NEVER turn off the Cranberries. EVER. See rule #3.
18. Whoever gets to the music remote wins. Except when Rule #3 applies. That means Al wins. All the time. Damn dude don’t cry.

Ok, you get the point. Be responsible. Recycle. Use less energy. Don’t be lazy. Book your stay. (It’s only uncomfortable for those of you who don’t and wind up sleeping in the same guest bed .. y’all are NOT sleeping with me).

Oh .. ya, I’m sure you’ll have fun here .. no problems, mate. Yes the lights in the back yard are a secret. DON’T tell Amanda.

From:
http://digg.com/pets_animals/I_hope_to_god_that_s_batman_Pic?t=26320410

Of course it doesn’t make writing about 3G network implementation mistakes (Man-in-the-middle attacks on UMTS) any easier, but it did waste some time.

2009/06/05: Update: Ok, so the paper has been submitted. Now I’m a bit humbled, as I thought 3G mobile network connections were somehow sacred .. and somewhat ‘safe’ from hacking efforts. Alas, what a foolish concept. 3G (or UMTS) is no more immune to hacking than any other network technology that we currently use. UMTS is apparently vulnerable to (trivial?) man-in-the-middle attacks due to the carrier implementation of our shiny new 3G networks. Of course pure UMTS (3G) data networks would be best, however there is this entire encompassing 2G GSM network that includes base stations and controller infrastructure. Our friends K. Kotapati and associates outline some serious issues in A Taxonomy of Cyber Attacks on 3G Networks.  Unfortunately telecom carriers are not going to replace all the 2G infrastructure until absolutely necessary – this opens the vulnerability of 3G equipment (like our new iPhone 3G’s) as they roam onto 2G GSM networks until it has been replaced by all 3G UMTS (or various CDMA varients). Basically 2G base stations are not expected to protect the integrity of signaling messages and are subject to spoofing and manipulation by malicious parties. So someone can impersonate a 2G base station and force your shiny new 3G handset to operate in clear-text .. enabling subscriber information theft and eavesdropping on any non-SSL protected transactions. Hmm. Holy cr@p. Considering a friend of mine has demonstrated this in Calgary in January 2009, this is a bit too close to home for comfort. So if your phone indicates it’s on the EDGE network (E) vs (3G) .. I’d think about turning the power off or at least enclosing your precious iPhone (or Storm) in tin foil .. until you can get back on a 3G network segment.
Wow. So much for the new mcommerce, eh?

Thanks to Adam B for the tip!