Birth of InterWebs

Some random items and thoughts:

  • Forty years ago today, the first packet was sent across the Internet between the Univeristy of California (LA) and Standford Research Institute (both in the State of California in the USA). Happy birthday Internet!
  • Everyone keeps asking me if I’m psyched about the soon to be launched DJ Hero video game– I’m not. Just like Guitar Hero is nothing like playing a real guitar, DJ Hero is nothing like mixing real tracks.
  • A local bank robbery is solved… I think the best part is the bank robber made it all the way to Hawaii on the cash and then came back to Orange County, NY where he was caught by parole officers with the clothes and money in his car from the robbery. Why would you come back? Come on!
  • Your first official look at the new Verizon Droid mobile phone.
  • If you use Mozilla Firefox be sure to upgrade to the latest release. They just patched like 16 security holes.
  • There are a number of password stealing scams going on right now across the world. One such is the recent Facebook phishing email scam. I got about 15 of these messages in my various accounts this morning. Don’t be a moron and fall for it lest I mock you publicly for all to see.
  • For all you Yankees fans who mocked me when the Mets where being clobbered by the Phillies… hope you’re happy now because they are 100% your problem to deal with.

I’m hoping the weather holds out for Halloween. I’d like to walk around with the girls for an hour or so. It’ll be my first time outside of the house or a hospital in over a week. Fortunately I’m not getting cabin fever as of yet– yet being the operative word.

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Classic DF – 4/5/01

Apr. 5, 2001: [•] Through the magic of satellite vision I give you the missing spy plane. BTW: If we can spot a friggin’ plane on an airport field why do we need to use spy planes any how? [•] A British truck driver has been found guilty of manslaughter after he left 58 illegal aliens locked in his trailer with no vents open to let air in. [•] Hawaii’s public school teachers are striking. [•] Two hostages are freed in Somalia. [•] Lebanese Shiites celebrate the day of a honored Saint by slashing themselves. [•] I’m not dead yet! SHEESH. [•] Ford has been found not guilty for Explorer rollover accidents. [•] Marine pilots of Ospreys say the aircraft has both a software and hardware glitch. [•] A boy saves his own life by using a tourniquet to stop bleeding. [•] Congress isn’t happy about the US Postal proposal to close their offices on Saturday. [•] Yet another example of how our legal system needs an overhaul: A man who got drunk and passed out in the snow causing him to get frost bite on a business trip is eligible workmen’s compensation. He should get a swift kick in the ass and go to AA meetings instead. [•] A cyber-sqautter owes the original owner of sex.com $65 million. [•] Gay pride is fine, but straight pride… oh that is racist. Why? I have no idea. Because our society is backward probably. [•] A 14-year old girl who shot a classmate has been sentenced to a psychiatric hospital. [•] The fifth recount in Florida has confirmed Bush still won. No one stole this election people. He won. Face it and get over it! [•] A sailor found guilty of killing a hooker is sentenced to life in prison. [•] A husband who put his ex-wife’s name and number on the Internet in sex for hire ads has been arrested. [•] Why shouldn’t Microsoft jump on the music subscription boat? Here’s MSN Music. [•] AIM went down on Tuesday. [•] You know that open server you just hacked thinking all the while that you were getting away with the crime of the century? It may have been a trap. [•] Artists push for more digital rights through open distribution, Congress gets lost, and the RIAA does nothing except bitch about everyone as usual. [•] MIT will open source their courses. [•] Heavy hits take down MLB.com. [•] Intel sets up the world’s biggest peer-to-peer network. [•] Sony touts its new portable CD-RW. [•] A new pen style mouse promises to do less damage to your hand. [•] Colorado and Illinois share honors for the smartest math and science students. [•] Global warming is killing toads. [•] Ladies and gentleman, we may have found the cure for cancer. [•] Microsoft says that the Terms of Service for some of its products and services is outdated so don’t pay attention to them. Sure, right Mr. Wizard of Oz. [•] MTV has started selling downloadable music. [•] Welcome to the age of public school paranoia. Population: you. [•] The mother and son on trial for raping a teenage girl have had some charges dropped due to redundancy. [•] Nerds rule. We have cool webpages. We are l337. We are… ummm… yeah. [•] A house catches fire in Chester, kids shoot cars with paintballs on Thruway, a hunter accidentally shoots his finger off, fighting over rent, a man strikes a police car, a gang shooting in Newburgh, Mid-Valley Oil is fined $400,000 for storage tank violations, and no junk yards here. [•] System of a Down try and figure out what they want on their next album. [•] Fatboy Slim talks tour. [•] MSN reprograms their customers’ dialers and they end up dialing long distance. [•] A teen hacks ADDR.com resulting in 46,000 customers’ data being compromised.[•] Yahoo! joins Vivendi Universal and Sony to start a music service. [•] Tool will stream its first single Schism off its web site starting May 1st. [•] Volkswagen gets a soundtrack. [•] The PIII gets cooler, smaller, and faster. [•] Do-it yourself DSL? Oh great. [•] A look at the new Sebring Convertible. [•] Is Handspring switching to another OS. [•] Azazel is tired. The joys of motherhood. [•] Bored already? It isn’t even Friday yet! [•] Mermaid vs. the Psycho Bitch. [•] It’s a nice day out in lovely downtown Warwick, NY so why not take a walk? It’ll do you good. 🙂

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