Classic DF – 12/13/01

December 13, 2001: [•] Israel has labeled Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat as useless in the war against terrorism and will instead use military force against terrorists. [•] Once again, a surrender deadline passed without the al Qaeda giving up. Looks like they want to die. [•] The US Army has admitted to producing anthrax in Utah, but says none of its supply is missing. [•] Suicide gunmen raided the Indian Parliament killing 12 people including themselves. [•] Zimbabwe President Mugabe says that the US and UK are unfairly punishing him for his land reform program. [•] The EU has ruled that France’s ban on meat imported from the UK is unlawful. [•] Japanese government officials may have tried to downplay its Mad Cow Disease outbreak a little too much. [•] A South African court sentenced 4 Caucasian men to 30 years in prison for killing 2 Black men in 1999. [•] A 7-year old Honduran boy’s eyesight is restored thanks to a generous missionary. [•] Dunlop-Tire is offering a total of $25,000 Canadian to anyone with the last name Dunlop who changes their last name legally to Dunlop-Tire. [•] Gary Hart has been found guilty by a UK court of “causing death by dangerous driving” that caused a train to crash. [•] The videotape with Osama bin Laden bragging about his part in the September 11th attack has been released. He is so screwed. [•] The US has quit its ABM Treaty with Russia. [•] The CDC is stockpiling the anthrax vaccine in case it’s needed for civilians.[•] Obesity has become the second largest preventable health risk next to smoking. [•] A freight train derailed in Missouri. [•] An Amtrak train hit a van killing the 7 people inside. [•] A news helicopter for Milwaukee TV station WISN crashed onto a freeway killing the pilot. [•] The FBI has confirmed that their home-brewed key logging virus called Magic Lantern is real. [•] So many people were anxious to see China’s new WTO web site they overloaded the server and crashed it. [•] The third artificial heart transplant recipient has died. [•] The American Accreditation HealthCare Commission has certified 13 health web sites as being reliable for health information. [•] Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl are suing Courtney Love in an attempt to kick her out of Nirvana LLC. [•] Recent advances in mice with sickle cell disease using gene therapy provides hopes that humans may respond in the same manner. [•] DrinkOrDie hasn’t been the most active cracking group. In fact, their reputation is downright horrid. So why did the FBI go after them over bigger dogs? [•] Need money? Sue a spammer! [•] Independent musicians are starting to make money selling music on the Net. Imagine that… LOL. [•] Scientists have developed a plastic magnet. [•] The FCC has approved area codes for wireless device use only. [•] People in opposition to building a Wal-mart distribution center in the Town of Mamakating voiced their opinion to the town. It’s nice to know that somewhere besides Warwick, NY hates having actual job creating businesses in their town. [•] Voters have approved the Town of Bloomingburg, NY to run trash pickup. [•] The regional US Post Office processing center at Stewart Airport is laying off its temporary workers. [•] One snowfall has put the Town of Fallsburg in debt, non-clerical Catholic school teachers are still striking, a traffic accident puts a woman in the hospital, a condo catches on fire, Dawn Delorenzo is indicted on stealing $50,000 from an acquaintance, Harold A. Bell is charged with molesting a young girl, taxi driver Patrick Lawlor is charged with exposing himself to a woman, Newburgh police are looking for a suspect who shot a man, a grocery store is robbed, Thomas Bair is charged with having sex with several minors, John Babcock is charged with having sex with a girl under 11-years old (What’s this National Arrest A Pedophile Day?), a teenage girl is charged with defacing a sidewalk, gambling draws opposition, Anderson R. Emmanuel is charged with trying to kill a woman, and the Woodbury Common Premium Outlets is open again after a powder scare. [•] Creed has picked Tantric as its opening act. [•] The Duh Study of The Day: Using vaccines that are too weak could make viruses immune to treatment in the long-term. Anyone ever hear of antibiotics? Look what happened with people not using them properly! [•] Quantum cryptography promises uncrackable encrypted files through the use of a LED that emits a single light photons at a time. [•] VW has opened its new luxury car auto plant. [•] Current Dodge Vipers owners will get first dibs on the new 2003 Viper SRT-10. [•] Be prepared– have a winter emergency kit in your auto. [•] The BMW M3 rules. Find out why. [•] The Cadillac Escalade simply didn’t guzzle enough gas as is, but a super charged version should fix that! [•] How a desktop PC and an inventive young mind found the world’s largest primary number. [•] Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 1 is here. [•] The European Computer Manufacturers Association has backed Microsoft’s .NET Common Language Infrastructure and C#. [•] Microsoft has released the Windows Media Bonus Pack for Windows XP as a free upgrade that includes some multimedia goodies including an audio converter that turns MP3s into WMAs. [•] Azazel and Li’l Pooh went down to Hooter’s in Nanuet, NY with my mother-in-law. Now there’s an interesting story indeed LOL. [•] DF.com extends its prayers and heartfelt hope of recovery to Samantha and her daughter Winter Charlotte. [•] Mermaid my friend, unfortunately bad things happen to good people too. You’ll find your “light”; just give it time. [•] Bored? Well, this week I’d like to introduce you to another fine Pop Cap game called Alchemy. It rules and is even better than last week’s pick, Bejeweled. On a final note, a belated joyous Chanukah to all my Jewish readers. Talk to you all next week!

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Classic DF – 7/28/01

February 28, 2001: [•] Last night The Grammys were held. It was so exciting that I turned it off to play Legends of Wrestling a 1/2 hour into the show (I just won the Southern Title and moved to the Midwest zone!). [•] 10 Palestinians and 1 Israeli are dead after clashes between the two groups (basically I’m getting tired of reporting the same crap over and over– I kill you, you kill me, we’re an insane society). [•] Police believe that they may have found Danielle van Dam’s corpse. [•] Radovan Karadzic, a man charged with committing war crimes in Bosnia, has evaded a NATO sting operation. [•] The US economy is on the upswing (not that I can tell). [•] The US government is offering a $5 million reward for information leading to the capture of Daniel Pearl’s murderers. [•] UK forces were fired upon by a lone individual. [•] Hindus have begun torching Muslim areas in India because of Muslims attacking a train full of Hindus yesterday. [•] Cubans seeking asylum rammed their way into the Mexican embassy (literally). [•] A bomb explosion in Jordan killed 2 people. [•] Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court ruled that President Robert Mugabe doesn’t have the power to block auditors from monitoring the upcoming presidential election. [•] The UK will allow scientists to clone embryos for research purposes. [•] Turkey will no longer conduct virginity tests on young women. [•] Portions of Chicago are without heat after a gas main ruptured. [•] Vice President Cheney has unveiled a new “e-government” web site. [•] Adrian Lamo claims to have hacked the The New York Times‘ network. [•] John Sankus, the leader of DrinkorDie, has pleaded guilty to piracy. [•] The Tyrannosaurus Rex wouldn’t have been able to run 45MPH according to new research. [•] More serious security holes have been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer. [•] Firewalls for fun! [•] Become a looter (virtually anyhow). [•] 10 million years ago Mars was flooded. [•] A once a year shot could prevent osteoporosis in women. [•] Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones will premiere in a sneak peak showing on May 12, 2002 and the proceeds will benefit children’s charities. [•] The iPod is the perfect tool to steal applications from a store display Macs. [•] Dell refused to ship a computer bought online to Weigand Combat Handguns because the business sounded like a terrorist’s. I never knew terrorists purposely named their businesses’ after violent things. I guess than The Friendly Kitty Factory could never a terrorist front for anything LOL. [•] A recent upgrade knocked Morpheus off-line, but if the service isn’t centralized than how is that so? [•] I’ll have a blond- haired, blue-eyed, Anglo with a side of fries. [•] Not only can can an adult brain regenerate cells, but those cells fire like young ones once did. [•] US Congress has approved a bill that would make small telephone providers an exception to a law that requires open network access, but the Senate will most likely kill the bill. [•] Protesters gathered outside Stewart Airport in Newburgh, NY to show some breast feeding loving or something like that. [•] U2 not only ruled The Grammys, but The Gibson Guitar Awards too. [•] The tentative list for Prick’s upcoming album The Wreckard has been released, but it appears they have left Nothing Records. [•] The upcoming Ramones tribute album is shaping up to be pretty cool. [•] Detained al Qaeda and Taliban soldiers have gone on a hunger strike. Well, if you don’t have to feed them then you save money, right? 🙂 [•] I want the 2003 Infiniti G35, now! [•] I can’t say enough about the Ford GT40 except– Viper, prepare to die. [•] Intel notes some upcoming changes to PC architecture: Serial ATA, 8X AGP, integrated 802.11 wireless networking, and USB 2.0 by next year. The year after expect 3GIO to replace both PCI and AGP interfaces completely. [•] Microsoft and the DOJ continue to hash out a settlement. [•] An upcoming Linux update will add support for AMD’s upcoming 64-bit Hammer CPUs. [•] I love you wife and daughter! [•] Immy enjoys some Egg Stopper goodness. [•] Bored? Would you believe that Google has dedicated an entire section to “Your Momma” jokes? Well, they did– so there! 😛

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Classic DF – 8/4/00

Aug 4, 2000: [•] Last night George Bush slammed Al Gore and rallied the GOP to a frenzy. It was pretty cool. [•] Queen Mother Elizabeth turns 100 years old today. [•] Miloslevic is at it again. This time he is saying that 2 Britons and 2 Canadians are terrorists because they were carrying tools to make bombs. The truth is they train bomb squads (well, duh of course they have bomb making equipment). Montenegro believes Miloslevic is trying to take control by making a crisis. [•] Sears is pulling Firestone ATX, ATX II and Wilderness tires from its shelves due to safety concerns that we reported earlier last month. [•] California has been hit by a power crisis. [•] The good news is that more beaches are closing down before people get sick, but the bad news is the number of infected beaches is rising. [•] Brazil is being ravaged by mudslides and floods. [•] Luisa Farinon Caltagirone and her body guard were held hostage for a little bit by their servant Leo Bagasson in Italy before he escaped. [•] Ex-President Ford is doing better after suffering 2 small strokes, but a swollen tongue continues to plague him. [•] A man is trying to gain custody rights of his unborn child citing that the woman carrying the baby would be an unfit mother. [•] West Nile Virus continues to spread across New York and New Jersey. It’s amazing how fast one little bug can spread a disease isn’t it? [•] The US Navy has removed the latest group of protesters off of Vieques Island and resumed their war games. [•] You can now buy and sell real estate over E-bay. [•] A judge has ordered the FBI to disclose how Carnivore works. [•] A new breed of pirate is growing on the Net. They are low down and dirty. They are elderly and stealing needlepoint patterns. [•] The European Commission has filed an antitrust suite against Microsoft. [•] Online swap markets may be the next big thing. [•] Toys R Us is being sued for online privacy violations. [•] The US Navy has bought the world’s fourth fastest computer. [•] There is still a shortage of nurses. So if you’re looking for a job nursing may be for you. [•] Pravastatin, an anti-cholesterol drug, may also help with preventing strokes. [•] A man has filed a $800 million law suite stating that his cellphone caused his brain cancer. [•] A couple of months back Azazel tried a can of Slim Fast. It made her really sick. Apparently she isn’t alone. Slim Fast has recalled its drink products. [•] Regular inhalation of steroids can help relieve asthma. [•] If the California power shortage continues dams may be activated and that would be bad news for salmon. [•] Cornell University has been air conditioning its faculties by drawing water from the bottom of Cayuga Lake. Environmentalists worry that this will increase algae and disrupt the ecosystem. [•] Scientists hope to encase radioactive materials in a ceramic crystal so they don’t contaminate the Earth. [•] Warner Brothers and Sony Pictures are trying out sending animation over PDAs. [•] CNN.com is refusing to list Jerusalem as part of Israel on its weather maps. [•] Register.com is suing Verio Inc. for using whois information for spam and telemarketing. [•] Mafiaboy has pleaded not guilty to all 64 charges against him (he supposedly attacked Yahoo! etc…). [•] Web porn star Danni Ashe tells you how to keep you kids from seeing her hootchie. [•] The Communications Workers of America are going to strike shutting down many local telephone companies. [•] The Bruderhof Community is stopping children from talking with their fathers who have benn banned by the community for questioning the leaders. [•] The Orange County Sheriffs, New York State Police, and Washingtonville Police Department will be watching very closely over a rave in Washingtonville this weekend. Sounds like its going to be a not so happening party. [•] Two trucks collided closing down Route 9W. [•] Rifton Inc. is stealing water from fire hydrant water main that belongs to Stewart Airport and they think they can get away with it. [•] A Middletown teacher has been cleared of charges and will return to work this fall. [•] John Rudden, the ex-cop who pulled a gun on a group of teens who accidentally collided with him, will be allowed to go to Europe while his lawyer represents him in his trial. It must be nice to be old, retired while well-off, and crazy. [•] Some customers of Time Warner Cable got a free 15 minute porn fest. [•] Parents of a teenager who was killed after he stole a car won’t be able to sue the car’s owner for their son’s demise. [•] The SPCA has seized several animals from an Ulster County man who neglected them. [•] WTBQ (1110AM) is going onto the Net and needs a nighttime DJ. [•] The Times-Herald Record Briefs: A man has been found guilty on possession of a taser, a soy sauce factory catches on fire, a teen attempts to rob a man outside of KFC, all 3 dead people have been identified in a fatal car crash, and Unionville won’t get its bug spray just yet. [•] Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 will feature lots of mainstream hard rock artists. Oh joy. [•] The Spice Girls are back. Cover your ears. [•] Young MC is back too. [•] Hack your Tivo some more. [•] Compaq is trying to build a super computer. They haven’t even built a decent desktop one much less a super computer. [•] Chino Moreno (Deftones) is working on a song for Back To School with possibly Ozzy Osbourne (cool). The next Deftones’ single will be RX Queen. [•] Queens of The Stone Age and VAST are touring together. [•] Who wants to have sex with Regis? [•] Weezer is gearing up for a new tour and new album. [•] How to secure your DSL from hackers. [•] Gravis’s newest gamepad kicks ass. [•] Build a kick ass box that is cheap ass. [•] Mmmm… Porsche Boxster S. [•] The new and very nice 2001 Honda Accord has been announced. [•] The Daily Insider: Ford wants to know why Firestone’s tires are giving out and are now using Cray SV1 super computers to analyze customer data. [•] Winrar 2.71 is here. [•] The Shockwave and Flash Player 8.0.196a is out for both Communicator and Explorer. [•] Black Ice Defender 2.1 is a good firewall. [•] McAfee Virus Scan 5 is out. [•] WindowBlinds 1.3 is ready to go. [•] Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 is finally here. [•] Adobe Photoshop Pro 5.5 is out. [•] Mervernation officially has gone commune. [•] And Hoagie’s page is back up (yeah!). [•] Azazel, I love you 🙂 [•] Bored? The NeoScience Institute will keep you busy. It’s a pretty dumb page, but what do you want for free? Entertainment? HA! See you on Monday 🙂

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