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Classic DF – 4/5/03

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April 05, 2003: [•] The US military is learning more about the Iraqi culture everyday such as what tattoos guerrilla warriors have and how the condition of people’s feet could indicate whether they are a solider or a farmer. [•] US forces have secured the newly named Baghdad International Airport and continue to conduct raids on the city to weaken Iraqi forces. Of course, the Hussein regime denies all this and says everything is just peachy for their forces. Riiiiiiiiiiiiight. [•] Work has begun on a SARS vaccine. [•] An ex-senior leader of the East Timor militia, Jose Cardosa Fereira, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for war crimes. [•] At least 60 people died after a ferry sunk in Bangladesh. [•] Serbian police have detained 7,000 people as they continue to search for suspects in the assassination of Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic. [•] Apparently the colors of US food ration packets and US bomblets are both yellow in color. As a result confused Iraqi civilians seem to be chasing bomblets instead of food as it drops which is definitely not a good thing. DOH! [•] Mexican authorities have arrested Arturo Hernandez Gonzalez on charges that he is a drug cartel. [•] Sunday morning (2am to be exact) it will be time to roll forward an hour as Daylight Savings Time is over. [•] Michael Kelly, editor-at-large for The Atlantic Monthly, was killed while covering a story in Iraq. He is the first reporter to die while “embedded” into a military unit. [•] Federal and State government officials are pushing to make soldiers KIA become US citizens automatically if they are not. [•] US Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks started giving the Central Command daily briefing this week instead of CentComm chief commander Gen. Tommy Franks and while it is not known why Brooks will certainly continue to be the man at the podium for the time being. [•] A man in Texas has been charged with chaining up his wife up after she tried to leave him. [•] Over 50 million records have been posted publicly online of various historical archived legal documents. [•] The RIAA is now targeting specific individuals for copyright violations. [•] Six more moons have been found around Jupiter. [•] The Smallpox vaccine holds danger for those with heart problems. [•] The CDC says that spraying pesticides to kill mosquitos to prevent the spread of the West Nile Virus does not pose any immediate threats to humans. [•] Your early warning sign of a chemical attack could come from your lucky four leaf clover in the near future and do mean that literally. [•] Digital telephone services are driving the FBI nuts because they are currently so hard to tap into. [•] AOL wants federal regulators to loosen regulations on the IM protocol. How do you want to monopolize the industry today? LOL [•] Sony is making sure that it’s new DVR will work with broadband connections. [•] Pennsylvania has made ISPs in the state block a whole list of illegal child pornography sites from being viewable through those ISP’s services, but no one can publicly disclose the list because that would be illegal too. Talk about ironic. [•] I don’t know what the video of Saddam Hussein among “his people” says to you, but it sure likes like a pre-stage propaganda tape to me. Very… ummm… Nazi-like. That very likeness is scary in and of itself. [•] Honda has announced its Third Annual Civic Tour. [•] Motor Trend once again updated its forecast for the next Corvette. [•] I didn’t do much yesterday. Hung out with V after work. Just a quite evening spent vegging out. Tonight I pick up Gette and I am understandably excited about seeing my daughter (but of course). Not much else going on. [•] Bored? I’m not a big fan of Atlantis or even supporting the idea that it existed, but when you find hot chicks like this on a page it does make it somewhat easier to digest no matter how loony the reason for the site she’s on might be. 😉

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Classic DF – 7/7/01

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July 7, 2001: [•] China has sent the US a bill for $1 million for “storing” the formerly detained spy plane. If they think that the US will pay for it they are bigger morons than I previously thought. [•] Rebels in Nepal killed at least 34 police officers and kidnapped several people. [•] For every person who gets gored at Pamplona’s Running of the Bulls it brings a smile to my face. You get what you deserve. [•] Hanssen has pleaded guilty to spying. [•] Clashes in Bangladesh between rival political party members have left at least 200 people injured. [•] The UN has a video tape that may explain the disappearance of 3 Israeli soldiers. [•] The Royal Zulu Biosphere and Game Reserve hopes to preserve South Africa’s natural habitat. [•] Gunmen have killed 11 people at a roadblock in Algeria. [•] North Korea has admitted to fighting against the US with Vietnamese. [•] Dozens of corpses have been found in Indonesia, but no one is fessing up to killing them. [•] 10 people died at a concert in France when a storm knocked a tree down onto the tent they were staying in. [•] Iran has evacuated 656 villages struck with drought. [•] A tornado has hit Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. [•] West Nile Disease has spread to Florida. [•] An armored vehicle rolls over killing 2 Marines. [•] Apple has recalled 570,000 G3 notebook AC adapters. [•] Evenflo has recalled their Joyride carrier/car seats. [•] 15 illegal immigrants are caught at Kennedy Space Center. [•] Jenna Bush has been fined $600 and had her license suspended for underage drinking. [•] An Air Force pilot was killed during a training mission. [•] Playstation 2 may cure the intellectual woes of the third world. [•] Usenet newsgroups are keeping viruses alive. [•] A trip to the water park could kill you. [•] Embryonic stem cell clones have serious flaws in their DNA that could lead to abnormalities later in life. [•] Before you sign up for a vacation filled with prostitutes and drugs you better check the local HIV concentration. [•] A runaway teen has been returned home thanks to some good old fashion telephone records. [•] New York State Police describe the not so fun time of patrolling the Hudson River. [•] Illegal drag racing is becoming a pain in the ass. [•] Convicted killer Michael Ross has agreed to be tried in Orange County for the rape and murder of a teen in 1982. [•] A man arrested for threatening to kill his neighbor hangs himself in a Monticello jail cell. [•] A car accident leaves 2 people injured, Joseph Belford is arrested after a woman accuses him of rape, Robert Ballinger is charged with selling crack to undercover cops, 2 teens are charged with burglary, 9 people were arrested for bringing fireworks into New York State, and Robert DeGroat is arrested for breaking into a house only to then attack its occupants. [•] Epic Records has forced Ozzy Osbourne to cancel his post-Ozzfest Black Sabbath tour so he can finish his next album. [•] The Crystal Method prepare to tour in support of their upcoming album Tweekend (BTW: I heard the first single, Name of the Game, yesterday and if it’s signs of what’s to come off this album– it will rule.). [•] Jewel hopes to retool her sound. [•] Sony has announced a hard drive add-on for the Playstation 2. [•] The Butthole Surfers return. [•] Sun International Lotus Elise Type R. Nuff’ said. [•] Opel is considering returning to the US auto market. [•] Azazel baked up some fine pork chops yesterday that kicked so much ass! I don’t know why I’m telling you this… I just am. 🙂 [•] Bored? Fine. Be that way. Check out The Mullet, a cable-access TV showed dedicated to ignorance and its all inspiring bliss. On a side note: I once had a mullet. It ruled. My blonde mullet of fury (Business on top, party in the back BIG TIME!) struck fear in the heart of the un-elite. I so rule.

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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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Classic DF – 8/4/00

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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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Classic DF – 7/27/00

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July 27, 2000: [•] Napster has been shutdown until their trial with the RIAA is over. Of course, now the RIAA realizes that centralized services such as Napster, which can be controlled, are going to be replaced with distributed systems like Gnutella that can’t be controlled. [•] The FCC is investigating AOL-Time Warner as a possible monopoly. [•] Four major health groups have found a link between exposing children to violence in the media and a growing propensity for violent acts by children. The MPAA has no comment (why don’t you try suing them LOL). [•] A new exhibit details the Armenian Holocaust that occurred during the early 1900’s. [•] North Korea has been inducted into Asia’s top security forum and recognized by Canada as a country. [•] Now that Milosevic has secured his power in Yugoslavia he has scheduled elections for September 24. [•] Muslim Filipino rebels have a released a German reporter. [•] Wildfires are the worst in four years. [•] Massachusetts has been hit by the West Nile Virus. [•] US agents intercepted a $40 million shipment of ecstasy in LA. [•] An ex-LAPD officer, Rafael Perez, has testified that six fellow officers shot two people and killed another for no reason and then falsified evidence to clear themselves of wrong doing. BTW Perez is currently under investigation for stealing cocaine seized by the LAPD. [•] A Russian flight control specialist drowned after drinking too much. I guess it took a rocket scientist to figure out that drinking and swimming isn’t a good idea. [•] CBS and three newspapers are willing to pay for DNA testing to see if a man was wrongly executed. [•] Edgar Adamson of the US Customs Service explained to a House Committee that many nations lack the laws to prosecute computer crime. [•] If terrorists took out the biggest nodes of the Internet then the network would fragment rendering it useless. [•] TRUSTe is running an ad campaign to make web consumers more savvy and understand that TRUSTe Certification doesn’t mean your information won’t be shared with anyone. [•] Take a look at how CERN is upgrading to 1 GB LANs. [•] Macromedia Flash 5 is out and it looks great. Flash rules 🙂 [•] X-Men: Mutant Academy looks like a great one on one fighter game. [•] Scientists are launching microbes into space to test if life could have survived an asteroid ride to Earth. [•] Removing damaged lung tissue can give temporary relief to emphysema patients. [•] A stomach cancer vaccine is in human trials. [•] Methoxsalen slows the breakdown of nicotine in the bloodstream and therefore helps people quit smoking easier. [•] UPN is changing its name to The Paramount Network. [•] Duh Study of The Day: Big ships are a major source of pollution. Dirty smoke emitting engines tend to be pretty big polluters. [•] The EPA is making nine refineries owned by BP Amoco and three refineries owned by Koch Petroleum Group pay fines and reduce toxic emissions. More refineries are expected to do the same soon or else face similar fines. [•] The Valles Caldera National Preserve in New Mexico has been created to preserve 90,000 acres of land. [•] Another oil spill in Brazil is threatening beaches and resorts. [•] Norwegian whale meat is so contaminated with heavy metals that if the meat were soil it would be considered toxic waste. [•] A new wheelchair, the IBot, can do anything that someone without a wheelchair could do. Amazing. [•] Microsoft has reclaimed microsoft.org and proponents of Microsoft aren’t happy. [•] Bioware will be developing the first Star Wars role-playing video game for Lucas Arts. [•] Intel will abandon its Rambus only relationship when the Pentium 4 is released in 2001 as previously expected. [•] Cuba is now going online. [•] John Rudden of Monroe pointed a gun at a group of 13 and 14 year old kids after colliding with them on a bike path by mistake. He says he felt threatened. Okay then. [•] William Peoples has been sentenced to a year in jail for attempting to bury a puppy alive. [•] An escaped Otisville prisoner has been recaptured. [•] Drop one phone on kid’s head and the next thing you know you’re a child abuser. [•] Oakridge Shepherds in Williamsport, PA have been charged with selling sick animals and falsifying AKC papers. [•] EMS workers want the Town of Shawangunk to get 24 hour police coverage since it takes too long for Sheriff’s units to respond. [•] Did the police catch the wrong BMW? [•] A mother covers for her son’s possible raping of a girl, an illegally tinted car stop turns into a illegal gun and drug bust, a man dies in a head on collision when he tries to illegally pass a car, and police are looking for a thief. [•] Remember the live album that U2 wasn’t supposed to do from yesterday? Well, now they decided they’ll do it for a promo. [•] Prepare for Eminem: the movie. [•] Pras has formed a film company. [•] Digimon: The Movie is in the works and Len is contributing to it with a cover of Kids In America that should cause people to change radio stations rapidly upon its playing. [•] Attention ladies and gentleman– boycott the RIAA now! As today don’t buy another CD! [•] Kid Rock’s ex-girlfriend is suing him for slander. [•] Uncle Kracker is a dad. [•] Apparently the brick wielding homeless man who attacked a woman is still out there. [•] Cracker is back and touring. [•] Microsoft smashes a monster truck through a wall to stop piracy. Ummm… [•] Can the Duron beat the Celeron? [•] Cool your system down. [•] Maximum PC reviews the I-Jam 100. [•] Road & Track Briefs: Daimler-Chrysler says the PT Cruiser is safe; owners of Ford Explorers equipped with Firestone ATX, ATX II and Wilderness tires are having deadly crashes due to tire tread issues; and Mitsubishi denies they covered up customer complaints even though those complaints were found hidden in an employee locker. [•] Guitar.com teaches you how to play Phish style (Kevin’s favorite band). [•] Red Raven is going on vacation and won’t be posting (doh!). [•] Azazel, I love you! [•] Tomorrow we shall reconvene. Class dismissed.

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