Classic DF – 12/18/01

December 18, 2001: [•] Ramadan is over (BTW: I hope that all my Muslim viewers had a joyous Ramadan) and 90% of the war in Afghanistan has been won. However, Mohammed Omar and Osama bin Laden are both still missing. [•] US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warns all US citizens to be vigilant against terrorism as the nutjobs of the world begin to embrace new techniques of inflicting pain on others. [•] US Marines injured by a landmine encourage the world to worry about bigger problems instead of their wounds. [•] The Yemeni military has attacked an al Qaeda camp in its country. [•] Even though al Qaeda appears to have been beaten the US government continues to warn US citizens about the possibility of a terrorist attack. [•] US President Bush had several lesions removed from his face. None were cancerous. [•] Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is asking Arab leaders to meet him in Mecca to discuss Israel and Palestine. Go nutjob leader! [•] Siena Heights University has added a philosophy class that examines how The Simpsons handle theology. [•] India is mulling over its response to a terrorist attack on its government. [•] Arctic weather hits Europe. [•] Somali warlords are attempting to convince the US to attack their country’s government in hopes of achieving power. [•] Ebola continues to ravage Gabon. [•] The ousted government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide attempted to regain control of Haiti, but failed. [•] Oh those crazy civil liberty loving Canadians and their crazy civil liberty loving Canadian ways! [•] Thailand will only issue 17 visas this year in an attempt to stop illegal activities. [•] A heavy earthquake hit Japan and Taiwan creating a small tsunami. [•] Spain has arrested 7 suspected ETA members. [•] Princess Buniah al-Saud, the niece of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, has been arrested on charges of beating her maid. [•] A sewerage spill has closed a portion of Laguna Beach, California. [•] A first-grader who dresses as Santa Claus and distributes small toys in a local mall was kicked out by mall owners since (get this) he’s competition to the official mall’s Santa LOL. [•] The Space Shuttle Endeavour has landed. [•] Serious crime fell in the first 6 months of 2001, but murder went up. [•] An equipment failure has stopped progress in clearing anthrax from the Hart Senate Building. [•] Vivendi Universal has bought USA Networks. [•] Be careful, you could end up buying fake FDNY or PDNY goods. [•] Intel is sponsoring an open source code called OpenCV that they hope will allow computers to see in three dimensions. [•] A Japanese zoo’s panda gave birth to a male cub. [•] Utah has introduced the US’s first voice-recognition based travel information service for telephone users. [•] A genetically engineered mouse has been developed who’s milk contains the malaria vaccine. [•] Chicken feces and diesel fuel: What a mix! [•] CERT is warning UNIX administrators who are running Secure Shell on their systems to make sure that they are using SSH2 (full install not upgrade) with no SSH daemons running and all exploits patched. [•] Microsoft has released Service Pack 1 for Office XP. [•] RSA Security Inc. has developed the Wireless Equivalent Privacy protocol to encrypt individual data packets sent over 802.11 wireless networks thus fixing current security issue. [•] A new drug reduces cold symptoms within a day and knocks one day of the actual disease off. FDA approval is about a year away at best. [•] 3/4 of new HIV cases are resisting treatment. [•] Autism seems to be higher in Silicon Valley. Could tech savvy genes be responsible? [•] Google will allow you to now browse 600 catalogues online. [•] Universal Music Group’s new CDs won’t play in a PC. Their solution: Buy another copy in digital format for the PC through the Net. Hey, why not pay a third time just for fun! Hell, let’s go for four! [•] An ISP is claiming the FBI wants the e-mail logs for data logged by the BadTrans.B worm and sent to one of several e-mail addresses including one hosted by the ISP. Why would they want it? Well, they assert that BadTrans.B is actually the Magic Lantern virus developed by the FBI reported on earlier last week. [•] A captured al Qaeda member turned informant claims that Windows XP has backdoors inserted by the terrorist group. [•] Christmas may be here, but thoughts of September 11th still haunt Americans. [•] Everyone’s favorite anti-CVS group, It’s Our Town, has been sponsoring a gift drive for needy families of Warwick, NY. [•] The US Postal Service switches into high gear to meet last minute mail demands. [•] Will a correction officer who is charged with trash compacting a box of contraband kittens face jail time? [•] Newburgh, NY City Comptroller Ed Weber resigns because City Manager Harry Porr was fired. [•] Cory Jones is found dead in New Windsor, NY and police are ruling it suspicious. [•] Local Catholic school teachers are still on strike, a textile union pickets an employer over a wage dispute, a woman is charged after she crashes her auto with a young child unbelted, ’tis the season for ice, the Milford-Montague bridge toll gets raised, an elderly woman is killed crossing a highway, a high speed chase keeps things interesting for the Ulster County Sheriffs, robbers are defeated by a soda machine, the Sullivan County Family Violence Response Team arrested a man on charges of molesting a toddler, and Wurtsboro Police arrest John Kallajian stemming from charges in Connecticut. [•] Hank Williams Jr. and Kid Rock will appear together on CMT Crossroads. [•] Weezer has begun working on their new album. [•] Charlie Clouser has left NIN, but formed a new band called Revenge of the Triads that includes guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen and bassist Jason Slater from A Perfect Circle. [•] The Chevrolet Corvette Z06 rules, but then again you already know that don’t you? [•] Can’t afford the Corvette? Try the Ford Focus; it rules. [•] The 2002 Maserati Spyder is so damn kick ass that I don’t even have a wise ass comment to get you to click on the link. Just do it. [•] Intel has announced an official Pentium 4 chipset using DDR SDRAM. The new AMD Duron mobile ratchets cheap laptop speeds up to 1GHz. And Toshiba has quit the memory business. [•] Viisage Technology licenses its face recognition technology to the US Army. [•] Apple has released a PowerBook with a CD/DVD burner and more memory. [•] Adobe is putting the final touches on multimedia creation software for Mac OS X. [•] Azazel and I had an excellent time at my company’s Christmas party. The food was great and a good time was had by all! [•] C0il is home for Christmas vacation! [•] Sometimes a song can say it all. [•] Note that there is no planned updates for the next three days as I will be attending a three day seminar on VDSL. The next update will be this Saturday. Talk to you then.

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Classic DF – 8/22/00

Aug 22, 2000: [•] A major typhoon is battering Taiwan. [•] Due to wildfires most of Montana’s state property is being closed down. [•] If you kill someone when you are 17 years old and you are a paranoid schizophrenic do you deserve to die for it? [•] The National Transportation Safety Board is saying that TWA800 crashed due to an electrical malfunction. [•] A-ha is back! Oh joy. [•] The American Amusement Machine Association and the Amusement and Music Operators Association are filing a case against an Indianapolis law that is trying to ban violent video games from anyone under 18 years of age. [•] A new Outlook plug-in will allow you to send a message to someone that if they don’t read it in a specified amount of time it becomes unreadable. [•] Argentina’s cabinet is being coerced to cooperate in a bribery probe. [•] The UK is concerned that racism is increasing. [•] The US Military is is discussing a possible missile shield being established in Greenland. [•] Jamelle James has plea-bargained. He is the man accused of letting a 6 year old get a hold of a gun that he used to shoot another child in school. [•] An ex-US Mint employee stole misprinted gold dollars. [•] A minor earthquake hit Carmel, NY. [•] A fake bomb was part of a Martha’s Vineyard Airport security check. [•] Drinking restrictions are going into effect for the original Skid Row. [•] A mouse that lets you feel what’s on your screen. [•] 70% of Gnutella users are leeching files instead of sharing like nice kids. [•] The Philippines have dropped charges against the ILOVEYOU virus author due to lack of laws to prosecute him with (LOL). [•] Woman’s health in the US is lacking. [•] The new sport of choice: tree climbing. [•] A study has linked junk food to asthma and allergies. [•] More and more parents are having problems with their kids being labeled “learning disabled”. [•] The Egyptian Health Ministry will only hire you if you don’t smoke. [•] The Duh Study of The Day: Less workers are dying on the job. Lawsuits suck and liability is a big time problem. So it’s no longer cost effective to let people die on the job. [•] MP3Board is suing AOL-Time Warner because they created Gnutella so it’s their fault that the RIAA is suing MP3Board. LOL. [•] Intel is showing off a Pentium 4 overclocked to 2 GHz. [•] The NFL is going online. [•] Altavista UK doesn’t exist after all. A scandal ensues as a result. [•] Ty Whitney has pleaded not guilty to 72 counts of child molestation. [•] Why a new pesticide notification law won’t see the light of day in Orange County. [•] A boat backed over someone in Greenwood Lake killing them. [•] Seeger got his banjo back. [•] Whole lot of charging going on: A robber charged, an ATV thief charged, a break and enter suspect charged, and a DWI driver is charged. [•] Kim Mathers is saying it’s Eminem’s fault she tried to kill herself and that she wants sole custody of their child. [•] Billie Joe for President. [•] Danzig says no to a Misfits reunion. [•] Beck will play the Bridge School Benefit. [•] Vote for Nine Inch Nail’s Into The Void for Breakthrough Video at the Video Music Awards. [•] Nintendo has officially renamed the Dolphin Project to N-Cube. [•] A Perfect Circle rocks Boston. [•] The Smashing Pumpkins are offering a sneak peak of their new video Try, Try, Try. [•] A review of MDK2. [•] Why switches are going to kill off hubs. [•] A brief history of the first person shooter. [•] A former GM worker is accusing GM of not listening to his warning about faulty seatbelts. [•] Real Jukebox Basic 2 is out. [•] Netscape Communicator 4.75 is here. [•] Azazel rules. [•] Well, more useful news tomorrow. And then some more the day after. Life is easy like that 🙂

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