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Chris is an IT/IS management professional with over a decade of experience in IT, IS, Network Engineering, and Telecommunications integration. Chris specializes in web server deployment and information management. This includes CMS, CRM, and dynamic content deployment. Chris also manages a full service Video Head End with over 200 digital TV channels. Chris also has five years of project management, knowledge management, and engineering design experience. He specializes in both the Agile and Scrum project management methodology. He also has a background in computer forensics and information security including federal or state compliance audits (such as SOX).

Classic DF – 8/21/09

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Aug 21, 2000: [•] The submarine rescue mission has been called off after Norwegian divers opened the rescue hatch only to find the entire vessel had filled with water. [•] The Verizon strike is over. [•] A pipeline in New Mexico exploded killing 6 people. [•] Ford has been under-inflating Firestone tires (at 26 psi) on Explorers. Firestone says that they recommend 30 psi, but that Ford had to under inflate the tires in order to avoid rollover issues with the Explorer. [•] Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is proposing to modernize the government by giving women equal rights and removing Orthodox Jewish beliefs from law to religion. Most of Israeli’s conservative groups oppose the change. [•] Citizens of the Chiapas (Mexico) have elected a non-PRI Governor, Pablo Salazar, with hopes of ending the war between the Mexican Army and Zapatista rebels fighting for Native Mexican rights. [•] East Timor has set up a multiparty Congress. [•] 8 children have died when a bus crashed in Germany. [•] A train derailed that was carrying fuel and caused an explosion that has left 18 people dead in Kenya. [•] Tiger Woods is either very good or very evil. [•] The pilot of a Northwest Airlines DC-10 died of a heart attack in the middle of a flight, but his copilot managed to land the plane without anyone else dying. [•] The Duh Study of The Day: Most people want privacy policies that require users to “opt in” to give out personal data. That is how is should be, but greed makes companies do otherwise. [•] President Clinton got flashed for his birthday (needless to say he didn’t complain). [•] The top 15 PCs. [•] The Cell is a special effects bonanza, now if only the script didn’t suck. [•] Can metal detectors and video cameras prevent violence in the school? [•] Coming to a cable lineup near you: ZDTV. [•] Celebrex, an arthritis fighting drug, seems to prevent tumors and slow the growth of tumors already there. [•] A 7 year old boy was killed at the Grahamsville Fair by an SUV who didn’t see him. [•] E-mail killed the letter. [•] The Tri-State Car Club’s 13th annual car show was yesterday in case you missed it. [•] Dr. Mark McMahon hopes to give Democrats a choice beside Hillary Clinton in the NY Senate race. [•] Cornwall has a new high school in the works. [•] Newburgh is getting an infrared detector, which is used to find survivors in fires. [•] Warwick will be hosting several experts on revitalizing and improving towns (oh there’s an original idea… improvement). [•] Cops went to a house because of a cat problem and ended up finding illegal guns, hippies arrested for trespassing, teens arrested for smoke bombing a trailer, a man shot a puppy because he was afraid it would attack his kid, a teen surrenders, and a man who pushed a prostitute out of a moving car has been found. [•] U2 has issued the track list for All That You Can’t Leave Behind. [•] The Big Day Out lineup has been confirmed. [•] SeemsLikeSalvation News is reporting October 10th as the release date for the new Nine Inch Nails EP, Marilyn Manson’s Disposable Teens and The Fight Song are getting airplay early, and I get props for spotting a Skinny Puppy scoop. [•] If you’re looking for a Java based PDA check out Teapot. [•] Apple is offering to buy back faulty Powerbooks and sell you the new model $700 cheaper. [•] Cadillac will be producing a roadster based on the Corvette platform, the Jaguar F-type will only be produced if there is demand, Mercedes will offer a C-class coupe next year, Lexus has announced prices for the LX 470 and IS 300, and Toyota has raised prices on some of its 2001 models. [•] The Presidents will take over local TV stations. [•] Ministry will be releasing one final video on Warner Brothers entitled Tapes of Wrath. [•] Various Jeph.net News: In case you missed it Korpios has resigned as an administrator and they need a new IRC operator which can be voted on here. Of course you should vote for me to become Supreme Commander of Underwater Basket Weaving for All Things Jeph.net. [•] I love my wife (that’s not really new news, but I just thought you’d like to know) 🙂 [•] Daemon Immortalis will be posting the new Marilyn Manson songs since he likes them so much. [•] I think Red Raven has finally lost it LOL. [•] So following Immy’s tip I downloaded several of the new Marilyn Manson tracks (including a bunch of fakes) and I wasn’t disappointed. The new songs are hard like the Antichrist Superstar stuff, punked out like Portrait of an American Family, and at the same time funky like Mechanical Animals. I guess that means its the best of all worlds, but without all the crap there was in previous albums. This is exciting stuff. Talk to you tomorrow.

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Classic DF – 8/10/00

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Aug 10, 2000: [•] The US Army is sending more troops in to fight wildfires. [•] Did a strip of metal slice the fatal wound into the Concorde. [•] A group of rebels fighting for Kashmiri independence are claiming responsibility for a car bomb in India. [•] A university is being chosen to review Carnivore. [•] Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is visiting Saddam Hussein in Iraq. [•] Comet LINEAR has revealed that it was made up of a bunch of mini-comets at its core. [•] One sailor is dead after a US Navy helicopter crashed in the Gulf of Mexico. [•] British boys suck. [•] Communists everywhere are angry that a Vodka company is using Ernesto “Che” Guevara to sell their booze. [•] A fire in the US Capitol building was caused by a cigarette butt. So much for The Clean Air Act. [•] 319 miners have been laid off from the Willow Creek Mine. [•] A misprinted gold dollar featuring an erroneous Washington quarter front was auctioned for $29,900. [•] Panasonic has announced the first public DVD recording camera and it rules. [•] More tips on securing your PC. [•] A former Disney executive got a sentence of nine months home detention with electronic monitoring, a $20,000 fine, and five years probation for attempting to cross state lines to have sex with a minor. Once again, must be nice to be rich. [•] Netscape 6 Beta 3; it may not be perfect, but it’s a welcome improvement. [•] 50% of premature babies now have a chance for a normal life. [•] Cells have a switch which when turned on can make people obese. [•] The Reform Party Convention starts today. [•] The Alaska State Snowmobile Association is suing the National Park Service for their ban on snowmobiles. Can you say frivolous? [•] Spanish beaches are being hit by illegally dumped oil. [•] The first bald eagle has been born in Washington DC since the 1940s. [•] Isn’t it ironic that one of Jeph.net’s biggest proponents to censorship and oppression would support censoring others? Not really. [•] Adobe is suing Macromedia for making products that look too much like theirs. [•] Mitel has figured out how to carry more information over fiber optic networks. [•] AOL has closed down an MP3 search engine over concerns that they will get sued by the RIAA. [•] Dr. Khaja Naseeruddin has surrendered his medical license after being charged with 25 counts of professional misconduct by the Department of Health. [•] The Galleria at Crystal Run wants police on patrol in the mall. [•] Gerald Doolan Sr. killed himself before he could be tried for his indictment of 113 counts of rape, sodomy and sexual assault. [•] Selling crack to undercover police, a fallen tree cuts power to many people, a woman gets cut in a fight with her boyfriend, a disturbing diary is found, a cab driver is robbed, a women beats her child, an arrest is made for a drive-by shooting, and a missing man is found. [•] Slipknot will re-release its Slipknot album in a digipak with six previously unreleased tracks. [•] Marilyn Manson has begun previewing his new single Love Song on a web site. [•] Check out Chris Vrenna’s new song off the videogame Alice in MP3 format. [•] Rage Against the Machine to play the Democratic National Convention? [•] Johnathan Davis (Korn) is being sued by his ex-wife for half his income. Ouch. [•] STP has ditched its greatest hits album. [•] The White House staff has a secret addiction– porn sites. [•] Pictures from the Warped Tour. [•] How to setup your own e-commerce web page. [•] One keyboard, mouse, and monitor with many PCs hooked up to them. Nice. [•] Cool your Athlon. [•] GM is building a retro-pickup called the Chevy SSR and Ford is going to put traction control on their light trucks. [•] I love you Azazel :* [•] All is quiet on the Western Front. [•] The Mervernation continues to grow. [•] Mmmm… Mcrae ZX3 wallpaper. [•] Learn to talk Japanese like an anime character. Neato. [•] Talk to you tomorrow night. Okay, make that type to tomorrow night. LOL.

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Classic DF – 8/9/00

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Aug 9, 2000: [•] Firestone is recalling P235/75R15 Wilderness AT tires, radial ATX tires, and radial ATXII tires in response to safety concerns. [•] There are currently 70 large wildfires burning. [•] 10 people died when two planes collided over New Jersey. [•] Russian President Vladimir Putin is asking all citizens to remain calm after two bombings. [•] The recipients of the Medal of Freedom have been announced. [•] The US Surgeon General claims that if anti-smoking campaigns were implemented 1/2 of smokers would stop (Sure, right). [•] Women now outnumber men on the Net and are expanding rapidly in every age group except 18-24 years old. They are too busy trying to avoid men (just kidding). [•] The ETA have been blamed for a shooting in Spain. [•] A minor earthquake shook Mexico. [•] 200 troops are going to Sierra Leone to train troops to fight rebels. [•] Li Ping, the mistress of a high ranking official in China, has been sentenced to life for bribery. [•] A woman in Brazil found a finger in her bag of popcorn. [•] A court has awarded a pension pay of 150 liters of free beer a year to ex-workers in Germany. [•] A beach in South Florida has been closed due to an oil slick. [•] Ex-President Ford has been released from the hospital. [•] But Liz Taylor has been put in the hospital. [•] Bell Labs have successfully constructed an engine out of DNA. Weird. [•] Duh Study of The Day: The Pentagon is still being hacked. Well, duh… ummm… it is the number target of all hackers in the world. Sheesh. [•] The government has started using online bidding systems and contractors are pissed because their profits are going down (tough). [•] By using triangle compression scientists are hoping to lower download times. [•] On August 24th Nintendo will reveal details about Dolphin (the new 128-bit game console) and a new 32-bit Gameboy. [•] The top ten budget PCs are. [•] The FDA has approved a new inhaler for asthmatic children under 1 year old. [•] 11 million children have health insurance available to them, but aren’t covered. [•] Teen pregnancy is down 60%. [•] Pediatricians want to end spanking in schools. [•] Medium sized carnivores are making a comeback. [•] Hack your crop. [•] Companies are benefiting from cutting back pollution emissions. [•] The spotted owl faces a new threat to its existence, the barred owl. [•] Online comparison shopping may drive down CD prices and has sparked a lawsuit against the major labels (oh how does it feel bitch?). [•] Visa is implementing 10 new protocols for all vendors who wish to participate in online credit card transactions with Visa. [•] Xtrem, a small Swedish startup, is overclocking Macs to 1.2 GHz. [•] Raise your very own mermaid. [•] Aimster will allow users to share files using AIM. Oh joy. [•] Intel is going to start working on a peer-to-peer networking system thanks to interest in Napster. [•] DirecTV is cracking down of people stealing satellite TV (uh-oh). [•] Harold Mabee has been found guilty of murdering a woman he strangled during sex. [•] A teacher has been suspended for helping students just a little too much. [•] The Village of Warwick is finally going to clear rubble to build a parking lot, a carjacker indicted, a driver indicted for a car crash, a man falls to his death when he tries to climb out of a window using his bedsheets, and arsonist indicted. [•] Brian Marshall has left Creed. [•] Rage Against The Machine has shot their next single (Testify) music video with Michael Moore and is preparing for their live album concert. [•] Check out Kevin Clouser’s video for Closer (Precursor) from the movie Se7en. It is completely home made. It’s very cool. [•] Check out SeemsLikeSalvation News for information about the hidden Marilyn Manson web sites. [•] An Anti-paedophile protest is going on in the UK (very cool). [•] Thanks to the Artists’ Coalition music will be the property of their creator and not the RIAA. [•] If you want to make a hit and you’re a rapper just die then release a single. It’s true, it’s true. [•] Go real fast and not even get one speeding ticket. [•] Which 3D modeller is for you? [•] Logitech now has an optical mouse. Did I mention it is better then the Microsoft mouse? [•] VIA’s new motherboard will support both Intel and AMD chips. [•] Is it time to update your OS? [•] Stabilize your overclocked AGP slot. [•] Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 vs. Ferrari 550 Maranello. ‘Nuff said. [•] The automakers and insurance companies have sent a proposal to the NHTSA for side impact airbags and Ford is making a 2001 Harley-Davidson F-150 SuperCrew four door pickup. [•] Michael Moore is on tonight. [•] Azazel is still wonderful and I love her. [•] Daemon Immortalis give props to Captain Immy (no relation). [•] Glitch hacks Jeph.net. [•] Red Raven has seen 140 hits within 42 hours. Nice. [•] Mermaid is worried I’m going to exile him… but this time I engaged brain before mouth 🙂 [•] Now on to business: There are individuals that I am disappointed in for their actions. Yes, I am very concerned with the way people act. Maybe because I care too much or maybe as I was once told– I stand on a high horse looking down on everyone else. Either way, I’m glad that web pages are up and that once again Rock had the courage to let things go. A lot of people said a lot of nasty stuff. Half the server hates the other half. I really don’t think any of us are friends anymore. No one has the right to slander anyone… except for me because you know I rule like that 🙂 Seriously, I think that no matter who did what we have all done some pretty shitty stuff to each other. I’m seriously thinking about going elsewhere. I have the means now. I have the knowledge. Hell, I’ve been at this stupid Net stuff for over 6 years now. Everyone is so angry. What is everyone angry at? I’m not sure. I know this though: My life is good. I have a really silly job that haggles me, but at least I have enough cash to get by. I have an incredible wife that I love more than anyone else in the world. My family is great and totally cares about both of us. I have some nice friends who help out from time to time when they aren’t fighting with us. Digitalflood.com started out about unity, but I guess the crew just isn’t there anymore. I feel like I’m on my own now with the exception of my wife. The only person I really can count on is Azazel. Everyone else is busy pointing out who is doing what and meantime no one is doing anything worthwhile. There is so much out there that needs to be fixed and we resort ourselves to wasting our time arguing or doing stupid immature shit. There are people starving, being downsized, pushed around, and babies dying. No one seems to care. The RIAA is about to close down our shop and clamp down on our world, but no one cares. So go ahead do whatever you want… I’ll be on my horse on the hilltop waiting for the next crusade. I hope one day you’ll join me.

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Classic DF – 8/8/00

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Aug 8, 2000: [•] Ex-Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption and sodomy. Many people feel that Anwar is being singled out by the current government and has been unfairly tried. [•] Police have determined that Thomas Jones did not fire the shot that injured a police officer in Philadelphia and has led to Jones’ defense claim that he didn’t have a gun when police shot him. [•] Iraqi President Saddam Hussein praised those who fought in the Iraq-Iran War and cursed those who foiled his evil schemes in the Gulf War (Oh, you darn kids!). [•] Ocean temperatures are rising destroying coral reefs, contributing to global warming, and increasing the chance of hurricanes. [•] The majority of web sites are not screen reader compliant. [•] A car bomb in Spain killed an important business leader. [•] Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is touring his fellow OPEC nations and is making a controversial stop in Iraq. [•] The Confederate H.L. Hunley Submarine has been raised out of the water 136 years after it was sunk. [•] Alabama is worried about their drought. [•] New York City police commissioner Howard Safir has decided to step down next month. [•] 2 Cuban doctors have defected to the US. [•] The World Health Organization is trying to stop people from buying tobacco products. Good luck. [•] Ah, this is my kind of summer camp. [•] Yahoo! and E-bay have stopped an auction of a mailing list citing privacy concerns. [•] Time Warner -EMI have won a cybersquatting dispute. [•] Icebox.com is receiving complaints that its Mr. Wong is depicted in a stereotypical manner (duh). [•] A baby is more likely to die of SIDS in a day care center than at home. [•] The recent wildfires have taken both physical and mental affects on health. [•] A ocean protection panel has been created. [•] China is using dogs to nurse baby pandas. [•] Sea otters are on the rise again, but fisherman are losing out. [•] New Zealand law enforcement have taken to the Net to fight a local mob. [•] A new hole in Netscape Communicator 4.5-4.74 allows hackers access using Java to your hard drive. It is even launchable through e-mail. Very bad stuff. [•] Can BBSs manipulate the stock market? [•] Norfolk Men’s Clinic has been charged by FDA of selling illegal prescription drugs to people without a prescription. [•] A judge threw out the Model E vs. Ford case citing that Michigan isn’t the proper venue for the case. [•] Mr. Francois has been sentenced to 8 terms of 25 to life for first degree murder. Good job (asswipe). [•] Who threw a puppy from a third story window? [•] The Brotherhood Winery Music Festival ended 45 minutes early when 2 people passed out (1 was overdosed), but prior to that police made 14 drug arrests. Party! [•] The Times-Herald Record Briefs: Caught stealing plates, buying beer illegally, not caught stealing, a drive-by shooting, and corrections officers wanted. [•] See what bitches be going to the MTV Video Music Awards. [•] Iron Maiden, Halford, and Queensrÿche have launched a tour. [•] A fan injured themselves at a No Doubt concert (and that is odd how?). [•] You can remix Foetus at S-MTV. That rules. [•] REM is finishing up their new album in Ireland. [•] The Rolling Rock Fest rocked. [•] VH1 lets you create your own music awards. [•] De La Soul is back. [•] Luke Virbert spun some Aphex Twin for a museum concert. [•] The Offspring will have a web cam in their studio so you watch them record their next album. [•] Ultra ATA hard drives just keep getting bigger. [•] How not to clean a hard drive. [•] Customize Unreal Tournament. [•] What’s the difference between the Create Labs Sound Blaster Live! MP3+ and X-Gamer? [•] Another look at the very nice 2000 Nissan Sentra. [•] Road & Track News Briefs: Gas prices are down, tire deaths are up, Daimler-Chrysler is pausing production of the Neon to fix inventory, Toyota is adding a sequential manual transmission to the MR-2 Spider (very cool), and Ford has recalled the Escape, as well as, the Mazda Tribute due to steering defects. [•] The Audi TT Roadster, BMW M Roadster, Honda S2000 and Porsche Boxster S fight it out. [•] The new Corvette and Viper are here. [•] How to use a guitar effects chain. [•] I love you Azazel! [•] Daemon Immortalis talks about life and consequences. [•] Red Raven is back, but the reason why the page was removed is still there in a cryptic form– someone is scared of the truth. (BTW it isn’t me so keep going down the list LOL). [•] Mermaid is addicted to vinyl. [•] Do you own a Ford Focus like I? Do you want to read about how to snap-on some parts to make it fly? Focaljet is your new best friend. [•] Well, everyone has been worried about censorship lately. I guess the right to free speech comes with a price and that price is persecution. That’s life. Welcome to adulthood. It sucks doesn’t it 🙂

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Classic DF – 8/7/00

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Aug 7, 2000: [•] Democratic Presidential Nominee Al Gore has chosen Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman as his running mate. [•] Scientists have discovered 9 new planets. [•] Sir Alec Guinness has passed away at 86 years old. He was best known as Obi-Wan Kenobi from Star Wars. [•] Spain and Portugal are being hit by a forest fire. [•] Cyclone Jewalat has hit Okinawa. [•] It rained fish in England. [•] Harrison Ford pulled off a real life rescue. [•] After the pilot of a single engine plane passed out a man with no flight experienced landed it. [•] A block party in the Bronx became a shooting gallery. [•] A man fleeing the site of a car crash went the wrong way down a highway and ending up kill himself along with several others. Stupidity at its worst, indeed. [•] Palm’s new m100 is all ready to go. [•] Apple wants to shut up its information leaks. [•] The number of operations allowed in exported computers has been changed again. [•] Scientists are proposing a new theory that carbon dioxide and not water carved Mars up. [•] West Nile has hit Boston. [•] Doctors in the UK believe that as living standards go up children’s immune systems are getting weaker to certain diseases due to lack of exposure to germs. [•] The arenavirus has struck in California and it is worse than West Nile. [•] Pzifer has halted its tests on a prostate cancer inhibitor. [•] Maine has accused a drug maker of attempting to avoid state pricing laws that give prescription buyers a price cut. [•] Macaulay Culkin has gotten divorced. [•] Preservationists want to make the Gulf of Maine the first ocean wilderness. That’s very cool. [•] Seals are dying in Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea and no one knows why. [•] Linux on a wristwatch. How cool is that? [•] Entropy Systems plans never to release its engine that doesn’t need fuel and releases no pollution. Can I ask why? [•] Want to sell music online? You have to market in the real world first (duh). [•] The Japanese Playstation 2 just plain sucks, but Sony promises the American version will be better. [•] Swapoo will let you trade ROMs. The console vendors start to feel the fear. [•] Can family farms survive? [•] How not to hold a film fest. [•] 55 years ago yesterday the US scorched the Earth, destroyed a city, and sent a message to the world– weapons of mass destruction are here to stay. [•] The Times-Herald Record Briefs: A lost pilot lands everywhere in Middletown except the airport, the mother and son accusing of rape are out on bail, 3 were hurt in a car crash, and someone gets arrested for drugs. [•] Ice-T won’t be pimping or cop killing on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, but he will be playing a cop. [•] Mike D (Beastie Boys) is recovering well after surgery. [•] The Wallflowers’ next album Breach will be out Sept. 26. [•] A Perfect Circle will miss its first tour date due to a family emergency. [•] According to SeemsLikeSalvation News Danny Lohner’s remix of A Perfect Circle’s Judith has been pulled due to him not liking it. Oh well. [•] Robert DeLeo (STP) and Ozzy Osbourne have been playing with each other. [•] Confrontation Camp will be releasing their stuff over the Net. [•] Microsoft’s IntelliMouse Optical can’t teach an old mouse a new trick. [•] Overclock a 566 MHz Celeron to 800 MHz (wow). [•] Increase airflow through your PC. [•] Road & Track Briefs: The 2001 Ford Explorer will be wider and more rollover resistant, Ford will be developing a Jeep style vehicle, GM is going to produce a low price Hummer, and Ford is suing Model E for using a name too close to Model T. [•] Alterworld Wrestling 7 is out. Very cool. [•] Anderm explains why some shouldn’t use computers. [•] Azazel, my incredible wife, is still beautiful and I love her. [•] RRAnarchy is down for legal reasons (I’m not kidding). But it should be back up soon. [•] If you missed it, I recently gave up my 1998 Ford Escort ZX2 and just in time I found this really great mod sight LOL. Life is funny that way 🙂

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