Classic DF – 7/3/01

July 3, 2001: [•] Milosevic is learning just how ironic life is. [•] Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is all too eager to call off a cease fire with Palestine. [•] The US serviceman in Japan accused of rape by a woman has been handed over to Japanese police for questioning. [•] It has been 30 years since Jim Morrison (The Doors) died. [•] The US has asked a jury to sentence Khalfan Khamis Mohamed to death for bombing a US embassy in Tanzania in 1998. [•] Uganda has reopened the Rwenzori Mountains National Park citing that it has evicted rebels from the area. [•] UNITA rebels have asked the US and Russia to help end the civil war in Angola. [•] Alfredo Astiz has surrendered himself. [•] Mexican President Vicente Fox married his spokeswoman, Martha Sahagun. [•] Muslim rebels in the Philippines say they will continue taking Europeans and Americans hostage until the government withdraws its forces from the Basilan island. [•] Cheetahs in Iran are endangered. [•] Quick! Arrest that woman! I can see her ankle! [•] Lebanon plans to eradicate cannabis crops… maybe. [•] The Department of Consumer Protection is looking into claims that ACME Rent-a-car did not provide fair warning to consumers about its speeding policy. [•] The TechX Tradeshow showed off upgrades a plenty. [•] Having wolves in Yellowstone has cut the coyote population in half, but that may not be a bad thing. [•] The Duh Study of The Day: 5.2 million children/teens have hearing loss. What did you say? What? Huh? 🙂 [•] An old story I missed, but should note: Scientists have engineered mice that are immune to certain breast cancers. [•] Laid off workers are reporting their former employers’ pirated software habits to the authorities. He who laughs last indeed. [•] New Mexico teenager Jason Schwab has been charged with hacking into NASA in April of 2000. [•] The world gets a taste of what happens when crazy people get a hold of powerful technology. [•] Did a missing 14-year old girl run off with boys she met on the Internet? [•] Short Line/Coach USA wants a piece of the Metro-North Railroad and Woodbury Common Premium Outlets planned commuter parking lot. [•] The Warwick Town Police lost their case against a man they charged with DWI for driving his truck down his driveway to pick up his trash cans. LOL [•] Do me a favor tomorrow: Don’t be stupid with fireworks and blow off a limb or something! [•] A drug raid in Deerpark yields 3 arrests, Sean T. Pennell gets arrested after crashing his car because he was DWI, and the Tappan Zee Bridge goes online. [•] Creed says its next album will be comparable to U2’s The Joshua Tree. I don’t know, those are big shoes to fill. [•] At last count there are 120 unreleased recordings of Kurt Cobain. Tu Pac eat your heart out. [•] Chino Moreno (The Deftones) decided it would be cool to drink lots of vodka, throw up, show his penis to the crowd, and get beat up. Sounds… ummm… interesting. No wait, let me amend that. Sounds retarded and interesting. [•] Signals to Noise has a very promising line up. [•] A very large ice covered object has been discovered between Pluto and Neptune. [•] The 2002 Ford Thunderbird: It doesn’t suck. [•] Ford recalls 1997-2001 model E150, E250 and E350 trucks due to fuel tank crack issues. BMW recalls models equipped with four-cylinder and six-cylinder engines that were built between October 1998-March 2000. [•] You can now buy an Acura RSX (Kick ass!). [•] A sneak peak at the new VW Microbus. [•] Napster has shut down its file trading service to update its databases. [•] Azazel finally updates! GASP! 🙂 [•] Mermaid gets new fish. [•] I would just like to wish everyone a Happy Fourth of July. Freedom rules!

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Classic DF – 4/7/01

Apr. 7, 2001: [•] A bomb has killed a boy and injured several people in Thailand. [•] Pacific Gas & Electric has declared bankruptcy. [•] The Hunley Confederate submarine crew apparently went down with the ship quite fast. [•] Russia wants its independent TV. [•] Filipino rebels have released their last hostage. [•] Growing food isn’t the problem in Angola; it’s getting to it without being shot. [•] Two students are being held in connection to a dorm fire in Kenya. [•] Security concerns have closed the US embassies in Paraguay, Uruguay, and Ecuador. [•] Indonesian separatists have bombed an Exxon Mobil natural gas field. [•] Vietnam’s school are under attack by chemical weapons, but no one why knows why. [•] 33 police officers were killed by Maoist rebels in Nepal. [•] This evening the Jewish holiday of Passover begins. For most Jews it is a joyous holiday, but not so in worn torn Israel. [•] Iraq claims that US and UK jets once again bombed them. [•] Meanwhile, Amnesty International has charged Iraq with massive human rights violations. [•] Algerian national Ahmed Ressam has been found guilty of plotting to bomb New Year’s Eve celebrations. [•] President Bush’s tax cut proposal has passed Senate (sort of). [•] About 100 college students have caught a respiratory infection from going to Spring Break in Mexico. [•] Roosevelt Junior and Senior High School has been closed as teachers and administrators try to figure out how to regain control over students. [•] A child escapes a kidnapper in New York City. [•] A man attacks the Liberty Bell with a ball peen hammer. [•] Four Spidey costumes were stolen from the set of Spider-man: The Movie. [•] The FCC has almost explained exactly what indecent or patently offensive programming is. “Almost” being the operative word. [•] Get your own brothel! [•] A shop lifter dies fighting security guards. Is it really worth a couple of chocolate bunnies and a box of Cheez-Its to die? I think not. [•] Beware of tumbleweeds. [•] Linux users beware: The Adore Virus is out and looking for holes in your system. [•] EMI has teamed up with HitHive to deliver downloadable music to wireless devices and PCs. [•] Microsoft is developing an add-on for Outlook that will sort your mail by preference and priority. Great. Just great. “Sigh” [•] SunBlade 1000 workstations have a data corruption issue. Downloading a patch will fix the issue. [•] Microsoft is licensing their text-to-speech software to third parties. [•] The last of ten Norway wolves has eluded hunters. [•] Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance brings half assed Dungeons & Dragons: Third Edition rules to the Playstation 2. [•] Once again, NASA is going to send another probe to Mars to poke around for two days and then break down when they realize they forgot to include that one vital component. [•] Houston, Texas is low on blood causing both doctors and vampires to worry. [•] Some anorexia may be genetic. [•] Smoking raises the risk of bladder cancer in women. [•] Two teenage girls are suing MTV after they were shit on (literally) during a pilot taping. Nice. [•] Now, I’m Mr. Pro-Life. However, the whole posting doctors’ home addresses on the Net thing just doesn’t sit right with me. Legally it is allowed. So why can’t you do the same thing with the Feds? It’s not right either way. [•] Linus Torvalds says Mac OS X sucks. [•] Nothing is safe. [•] Back Orifice gets a Middletown teen in trouble. [•] Roy Lee Elliott is sentenced to 15 years in prison for tying up his wife and beating her. [•] A child molester is caught, the usual traffic stop turns into drug bust story, Middletown Schools has its budget approved, a man falls asleep while his house is on fire, a woman hits a senior citizen, police save a girl’s life, and a cocaine bust. [•] Creed sends kids to space camp. [•] It turns out Weezer wasn’t on the Warped Tour at all. [•] MaximumPC walks you through how to build the ultimate PC entertainment system. [•] The PT Cruiser gets topless. [•] Other distributed file sharing systems are following Napster’s lead and blocking copyrighted material. [•] My wife so rules. [•] That is this week’s flurry of postings. Once again we’ll return next week with more furry fun! See you on Monday.

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