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Classic DF – 12/12/01

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December 12, 2001: [•] Al Qaeda has failed to surrender by yesterday’s deadline. [•] Taliban and al Qaeda fighters who escaped Afghanistan left behind clues to where they disappeared to. [•] Federal authorities are checking out university labs to determine the risk of terrorists getting a hold of biological agents. [•] 69 Salt Lake City Airport employees have been indicted on charges of lying to their employers about their immigration status. [•] Despite filling the Hart Building with deadly chlorine gas minor anthrax tainting still exists. [•] Israel refuses to stop killing accused terrorists. [•] US warplanes continue to bomb Tora Bora. [•] The US is expected to announce its withdrawal from a 1972 ABM treaty with Russia. [•] BTW: Check out that AP photo in the aforementioned CNN.com article of President Bush. Look real close. Closer. That’s right– that’s c0il over Bush’s shoulder! Don’t see him. Click the link. 🙂 [•] Myanmar has freed 200 Chinese prisoners as a sign of good faith since Chinese dignitaries are visiting the country. [•] Jamaican police use force to quell violence as gangs continue to fight each other over politics. [•] Zimbabwe’s government has started expelling foreign reporters, beating native reporters, and basically shutting down any sort of free speech. [•] Canada celebrates kicking out Guglielmo Marconi out of Newfoundland after he successfully sent the first trans-Alantic wireless communication 100 years ago. [•] Colombian presidential candidate Luis Eduardo Garzon was marked for assassination by opposition paramilitary forces. [•] Peru is considering overhauling its constitution. [•] Malaysia has named its new king as Syed Sirajuddin Syed Putra Jamalullail. [•] Russian prosecutors are urging for Chechen warlord Salman Raduyev be sentenced to life. [•] Ukrainian reporters have been authorized to carry rubber bullet guns to defend themselves due to the recent rise of physical attacks on journalists. [•] The Pope is asking the US to end its sanctions against Iraq. [•] Iranian students protested government reforms. [•] New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani says that after his term is up next year he’s going to start his own firm specializing in fixing failing companies. [•] The US Coast Guard is searching for 4 missing men who’s boat capsized off the coast of Oregon. [•] Robert M. Schwartz, a leading expert in DNA sequencing, has been murdered. [•] Byron Ashley Parker, a man convicted of murdering and raping a young girl in 1984, has been executed by lethal injection. [•] Police are still looking for the fast food worker reported on yesterday who murdered his coworkers.[•] The Duh Study of The Day: The number of obese children in the US is drastically climbing. We like to eat! What can I say? [•] A Louisiana state law allowing a moment of silence or silent prayer in school has been ruled unconstitutional. [•] Ex-DeKalb County Sheriff Sidney Dorsey has been indicted on charges that he killed his successor.[•] The FBI is upping its online surveillance. [•] Microsoft has unveiled its Corona project, a set of multimedia tools that are intended to deliver digital media over the Net. The software promises to deliver non-buffered media streams with twice the visual quality of the DVD format at half the size with 5.1 audio support. [•] The amount of acid rain and ozone damaging gases in the UK is down 14%. [•] Poachers in Cambodia are driving native species into extinction. [•] The US government is asking fisherman to install devices on their fishing lines to deter albatrosses from getting tangled in the lines. [•] The 9 states who refuse to settle with Microsoft want Office ported over to Linux to increase that OS’s ability to compete (Then again, Mac has had Office for years now and it’s no better off). [•] Compaq refuses to integrate with HP and insists it will release its own independent products whether they stay merged or split again. This is quickly becoming the merger that should have never been! [•] Return to Castle Wolfenstein may lack in story line, but with kick ass graphics and gameplay who cares?! [•] A solar eclipse and a meteor show in the same week? That rules! [•] Mar’s ice caps are melting and eventually the planet may even have water on it. [•] Could a secure computer network elevate doctor’s woes over lack of information about patients? [•] Fox News Channel correspondent Geraldo Rivera has landed in the middle of the debate over whether journalists should carry guns in war zones or not. [•] Part 2 of life as an accused child porn trader. [•] Kourosh Hamidi has been found guilty of trespassing after he spammed his former coworkers at Intel with complaints concerning his dismissal. [•] Using a Microsoft TV product? It’s watching you too. [•] The US military is worried about a new high-resolution map of the Earth since it could reveal military targets. [•] Daniel Searfoss, a man caught using a “sneaker-cam” to look up women’s skirts, just can’t kick his habit. [•] Does the universe have a horizon or does stuff simply get eaten by a black hole? [•] Fired Newburgh Housing Authority chief Julius Bannerman has plead guilty to taking bribes. [•] Michael Zito and Rosemary Hirsch led Middletown, NY police on a high-speed car chase that ended with authorities puncturing the pair’s car tires. [•] Michael D. Bloom is charged with stealing jewelry from his friend, one of the two unions who represent NY Catholic school teachers has reached an agreement with the archdiocese, a landfill is capped, police are looking for 2 suspects who robbed SCCC students, and Michael W. Armato is charged with sexually molesting a minor. [•] Eminem’s upcoming movie has been titled 8 Mile. [•] A list of some of the bands that will be playing New Year’s Eve parties. [•] You can hear a 30 second teaser clip of the new NIN song Still at NIN.com right now. [•] Microsoft Internet Explorer has a security hole that allows downloaded files to run without authorization. [•] Limp Bizkit wants you to remix their song. [•] Why did the Audi A4 make Car & Driver’s Top Ten Autos List? Find out. [•] Dodge will sell the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van under the Freightliner line in the US. [•] The US Senate doesn’t like the DOJ’s settlement with Microsoft. [•] Hackers are trying to push the Xbox to its limits. [•] Microsoft flames Oracle by pointing out that the only site they own that doesn’t run on a Windows server is Hotmail and even that uses Microsoft proprietary programs for UNIX. Ouch. [•] Attention MSN GameZone users: If you don’t switch to Passport you’re screwed. [•] Microsoft has developed an update for Windows XP to support both Bluetooth and USB 2.0. Expect OEMs to start shipping it by early 2002 and an official update by mid-2002. [•] I love you wife and daughter!

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Classic DF – 12/10/01

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December 10, 2001: [•] Al Qaeda is being beaten back by Eastern Alliance forces in Tora Bora and a compromise has been made to finalize Afghanistan’s postwar government. [•] A videotape found in an Afghan home shows Osama bin Laden bragging about how he planned and admired the results of his efforts concerning the September 11th attack. [•] Israel has refused to deal with terrorist groups offering them a ceasefire noting that the only Palestinian group they negotiate with is the Palestinian Authority. [•] The World Health Organization has confirmed an ebola virus outbreak in Gabon. [•] 3 people were killed when they were run over by a train in Philadelphia. [•] Israel attacked suspected terrorist compounds killing two children. [•] South Korea and Japan have finalized World Cup venues. [•] Kosovo conducted its first parliamentary session in 13 years. [•] Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez insists that even a massive strike by union employees can’t shut his country down. [•] Jacques Navarra, a suspected Corsican militant, was assassinated on his way home. [•] Colombian rebels freed a US man held hostage for over a month. [•] The new crew has arrived at the International Space Station. [•] The families of victims of the Columbine shooting want to revive a case concerning whether people have the right to publish gunmen’s journals for profit. [•] Online cigarettes sales are soaring, but how do you card an online purchaser? [•] 4 Israeli teens have been arrested and charged with creating the Goner Virus. [•] The EU is going after spam! Rejoice! [•] Batman: Vengeance is pretty damn neat. [•] High blood pressure, even that caused by nerves, is dangerous. [•] Lord of the Rings is going to rule. [•] Let the domain hijacking begin! [•] The Pleasant Valley Fire District in Dutchess County, NY is looking for a few good men. [•] St. Mary’s Church in Port Jervis, NY celebrates its 150th year in God’s service. [•] Winter is unofficially here in good old Orange County, NY. We got our first snow of this season. [•] Seniors get a new apartment complex in Bloomingburg, the Friends of Jonah Mandelbaum Charity Fund to Benefit Winslow Therapeutic Riding Center is opened, and Jeffrey R. Cox died when he car skidded into oncoming traffic. [•] Expect the final album of the late Joey Ramone to be released in early 2002. [•] Neil Young gets paid his tribute. [•] Several of Slipknot’s members are working on solo projects. [•] Pamela Anderson has accused Tommy Lee of poor parenting and demands full custody of their children. [•] Soul Asylum celebrated the band’s 20th anniversary. [•] Human rights activists are trying to a lingerie manufacturer to move their factories out of Burma. [•] The Beastie Boys have started working on their next album. [•] The 3dfx Voodoo 5 6000 videocard may have been one of the most kick ass video card ever, but now we’ll never know. [•] Li’l Pooh has added “Mamma” to her vocabulary. She’s so darn smart! [•] Word. [•] Double word. [•] Triple word.

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Classic DF – 10/22/01

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October 22, 2001: [•] The Taliban claim they have shot down a US helicopter. They back this claim with a photo of a wheel (Yes, I said a photo of a wheel). The US military denies that the Taliban have shot down anything. The Taliban also claim they have shot down Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and Bob Dole; none of which can be independently confirmed 😉 [•] Ramadan, a Muslim holy time, is a hop and skip away. [•] Another nut is shot while attempting to kill as many people as possible in Israel. [•] Economics is apparently beyond me; the more we attack Afghanistan the lower gas prices go. I would have thought just the opposite. [•] The Sudan People’s Liberation Army claims to have killed 429 government troops. [•] 11 people died in a stampede in a stadium in Venezuela. [•] The Pope has beautified a married couple that he hopes will inspire married couples to realize it is possible to live a good life and be married. [•] Muslims in Nigeria want to offer the Taliban money. [•] China has opened up its airwaves to AOL Time Warner. [•] Two young girls are injured during clashes in Northern Ireland between Catholics and Protestants. [•] US warplanes have pushed Taliban fighters back once again. [•] The US Senate and House remained closed again as anthrax results are double-checked. A third US Postal worker remains in serious condition after being diagnosed with inhalation anthrax. [•] History textbook publishers are trying to update their latest edition before the February publishing deadline. [•] The Concert for New York was pretty darn cool. My personal highlight was the resurrection of The Who. They freaking rocked! [•] The hippies take to the Net to rant and rave about peace, love, and overdosing. Do us a favor: Shut the Hell up! Bunch of weed smoking morons. [•] How computers are making the modern DJ lighter. [•] A Newburgh apartment fire looks suspicious, an anthrax scare, a DWI driver is charged with manslaughter for killing his sister, and an election winner is finally picked in Wallkill for the Conservative Party Town Board candidate. [•] Red Hat Linux 7.2 is here! [•] UK ground troops are ready for war. [•] Microsoft has announced a DVD and digital music add-on pack for Windows XP, but MP3 ripping will not be supporting since Microsoft has fears about offending copyright advocates and paying extra cash to use someone else’s software. They note that there are plenty of applications out there to fill the void anyhow. [•] Li’l Pooh has learned how to drink out of a cup while someone holds it! You go girl! [•] Immy is looking forward to NWA wrestling.

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Classic DF – 10/18/01

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October 18, 2001: [•] The Capital Building has shut down in Washington DC after 31 people tested positive for anthrax exposure.[•] Airborne radio stations are sending Taliban soldiers an ultimatum. [•] The FAA is checking all employees’ backgrounds. [•] Israel has moved tanks into Palestinian neighborhoods hoping to keep the calm during an assassinated official’s funeral. [•] An envelope containing anthrax was sent from Atlanta, Georgia to a private citizen in Kenya. It looks like someone is testing international mail limits, now doesn’t it? [•] Japan’s Lower House has passed an anti-terrorism bill to support the US’s war on terrorism. [•] APEC is meeting in China this week and instead of economics they will be discussing terrorism. [•] Bodies from the sunken research vessel have started to be recovered. [•] Russia has pulled out of a spy base in Cuba. [•] The Canadian Navy has started making its way to join with US allies near Afghanistan. [•] Eliecer Meneses, an ex-Colombian congressman, was assassinated. [•] Diane Pretty, a terminally ill UK citizen, has lost her court case and the right to die on her own terms. [•] Saudi Arabia has asked its citizens not to sympathize with Islamic militants since they are perverting the religion instead of furthering it. [•] An unidentified man tried to hijack a bus and failed. He fled with an unknown woman into a car that was apparently following the bus. [•] Over $1 billion have been raised by charities for the victims and their families of the September 11th attacks. [•] The USS Kitty Hawk is armed with helicopters and special forces. It is only a matter of time now. [•] Before closing, the US House passed a bill that extends the ban on sales tax for items purchased over the Net by 2 years. [•] Microsoft has decided to start labeling security threats by genre and severity since users seem too incompetent to judge for themselves. [•] Apple has announced upgraded G4s and iBooks. [•] Everybody run for cover! AOL 7 is here! [•] The Ozone Hole over Antarctica hasn’t grown or shrunk for 3 years. [•] Due to anthrax fears Bayer is upping the production of the antibiotic Cipro. [•] Fleischmann’s recalls its unsalted stick margarine because whey isn’t listed on the ingredients label though it is used to create the food product. [•] So what’s stopping terrorists from tainting the illegal drug supply? I don’t know, but Wired is wondering the same thing. [•] Bell Labs scientists have developed a transistor a million times smaller than a grain of sand. [•] Yihat is looking for government support to hack terrorists. [•] GovNet may be separate from the Net, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be hackable. [•] The technicalities always get you. [•] How Route 17’s conversion to I-86 will affect traffic in Orange County, NY. [•] A cyclist collides with a van, Wanted: Politicians, a burglar is found guilty, restore your barn for free, Philip Halasz is arrested for fondling a teenage girl’s breasts, a drive-by shooting, switching from O&R Electric saves Port Jervis big money, and the debate over whether or not the Tappan Zee Bridge should be repaired begins. [•] Linkin Park guitarist Brad Delson broke his foot when he threw a hissy fit and kicked a steel door. [•] Here’s Ozzy! [•] Sony and Toyota are developing a car that can understand human emotion (Ummm… great… I think). [•] Anthrax shows up at CBS. [•] Surgeons develop a way to insert an implant to restore hearing through a tiny incision. [•] Arrested Rapper of The Day: Jay-z has pleaded guilty to assaulting a record executive. [•] First pictures of the production Mazda RX-8 and 6. Very cool indeed. [•] DaimlerChrysler shows off its Mercedes F400 concept model. [•] 2002 will see the return of the Dodge to the police market with the Intrepid police car package. [•] Volkswagen unveils its new D1 and it has a 411 hp W12 engine. What more could you ask for? [•] If you look close at the 2002 Holden Monaro you can see the Australian version of the Chevrolet Camaro. Just “sigh” and think of all that could have been. [•] Sony continues its trend of integrating all of its products together with the TiVo. [•] Microsoft says that many of the exploits that turn up are due to vendors giving out early source code (Sure, blame someone else LOL). [•] I love you wife and daughter! [•] Immy reports that Reboot, a popular computer animated cartoon, will be running season four in the US. That rules. [•] I’ve been busy as heck at work. I had to compose a training transcript and work up a presentation. I completed a broadband presentation the other day. I keep getting stuck late at work solving implausible problems. I’ve had two meetings this week and next week I am going to an expo on local commerce. So faced with not enough time during prime time I got up a 5AM with Li’l Pooh this morning and had playtime. If one thing irks me about this world it’s that I don’t really see my daughter a lot during the week. I guess it’s time to wake up earlier to get some quality time– I hate getting up before the sun, but for her it’s worth it 🙂

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Classic DF – 7/6/01

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July 6, 2001: [•] A truce has been called between ethnic Albanian rebels and the Macedonian government. Fighting does continue though. [•] A tropical storm batters China. [•] Hubble takes an incredibly detailed picture of Mars. [•] Nepal police are scrambling to stop a bombing campaign. [•] Colombia has decided to let the Copa America soccer tournament take place after all. [•] China has put more people to death in 3 months than the rest of the world in 3 years. Then again… they do have the largest population in the world. [•] Someone has been illegally selling land in South Africa that they don’t own. [•] Nigeria will conduct its first amputation on a convicted thief. [•] Villagers in Congo blamed diseases on “witches” and hacked accused people to death. Over 200 people are believed to have been injured or killed as a result. [•] An earthquake hits southern Peru. [•] The UN tells Israel that cease fires won’t hold until they stop killing Palestinians. [•] Stupidity is trying to win the title of World’s longest time spent living with scorpions. [•] A man dies when a cave collapses on him. [•] President Bush has named Robert Mueller as his nominee for Director of the FBI. [•] The Consumer Product Safety Commission has fined the Lane Company $900,000 for failing to recall products known to be dangerous. [•] President Bush has asked China to be fair about a trial over whether two US citizens committed espionage or not. [•] MSN Messenger users have been reporting poor connectivity and missing buddy lists. [•] A quick overview of how Napster’s new song fingerprinting technology works. [•] Robots and the future of war. [•] Scientists researching orbits believe that a gravitational interaction between Mercury and Earth could have pulled the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs down. [•] Eli Lilly and Co. accidentally releases the addresses of 600 patients on Prozac on its web site. [•] The Duh Study of The Day: Teen drinking is a wide spread epidemic. When you can look at 50% of the people you know who are under 21-years old and say they are alcoholics– you’re in trouble. [•] The question is finally asked: Do animals have to suffer for medical research? [•] Something they don’t tell you in school: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that you read isn’t the original version. [•] The US Commerce Department web site that is supposed to teach companies how to protect consumer privacy reveals its database online by accident. Doh! [•] Ximian, maker of the Linux Gnome desktop, plan a Linux based version of Microsoft’s .NET initiative called Mono. [•] Orange County District Attorney Frank Phillips is finally joining in on a probe of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. [•] Forget malls: Cows own Wallkill bitch! [•] The Village of Goshen has bought the Salesian property at last. [•] A horrible fire has left two families in Warwick homeless. The Village of Warwick is collecting items for them. Azazel and I donated a blanket, but they need lots of stuff. Please help them out… it’s a worthy cause. [•] An electrical fire burns down a house, a search warrant gets police a chance to nab some marijuana fiends, Christopher Bickham gets arrested for being a little over protective of his fishing spot, a teen ends up in jail after using another person’s checking account to order DirecTV, Thomas McGlynn is charged with shooting at ATV riders, 3 people are killed in a head-on collision, the fight that never ends, Ricardo Ramos gets 15 years for shooting his girlfriend, Kenneth Trosclair is charged with sexually abusing a toddler, and Zoe Zimmerman finds out DWI sucks. [•] Garbage pushes its album back until September, but reveals track listings. [•] Raphael Gray, an admitted hacker, gets psychiatric treatment as a sentence. [•] Tori Amos’s next album will rework male artists’ songs from a female point of view. Expect Slayer and Eminem to be covered (sort of). [•] The much anticipated return of techno master Aphex Twin is near. [•] A sneak peak at the new BMW 7-Series. [•] Azazel contemplates the glory and frustration of parenthood. [•] Immy does the 4th thingy. [•] Rock ignored me at the carnival… evil Rock. [•] Poor Mermaid’s fish keep dying. [•] Tomorrow we’ll sum the week up.

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