July 3, 2001: [β’] Milosevic is learning just how ironic life is. [β’] Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is all too eager to call off a cease fire with Palestine. [β’] The US serviceman in Japan accused of rape by a woman has been handed over to Japanese police for questioning. [β’] It has been 30 years since Jim Morrison (The Doors) died. [β’] The US has asked a jury to sentence Khalfan Khamis Mohamed to death for bombing a US embassy in Tanzania in 1998. [β’] Uganda has reopened the Rwenzori Mountains National Park citing that it has evicted rebels from the area. [β’] UNITA rebels have asked the US and Russia to help end the civil war in Angola. [β’] Alfredo Astiz has surrendered himself. [β’] Mexican President Vicente Fox married his spokeswoman, Martha Sahagun. [β’] Muslim rebels in the Philippines say they will continue taking Europeans and Americans hostage until the government withdraws its forces from the Basilan island. [β’] Cheetahs in Iran are endangered. [β’] Quick! Arrest that woman! I can see her ankle! [β’] Lebanon plans to eradicate cannabis crops… maybe. [β’] The Department of Consumer Protection is looking into claims that ACME Rent-a-car did not provide fair warning to consumers about its speeding policy. [β’] The TechX Tradeshow showed off upgrades a plenty. [β’] Having wolves in Yellowstone has cut the coyote population in half, but that may not be a bad thing. [β’] The Duh Study of The Day: 5.2 million children/teens have hearing loss. What did you say? What? Huh? π [β’] An old story I missed, but should note: Scientists have engineered mice that are immune to certain breast cancers. [β’] Laid off workers are reporting their former employers’ pirated software habits to the authorities. He who laughs last indeed. [β’] New Mexico teenager Jason Schwab has been charged with hacking into NASA in April of 2000. [β’] The world gets a taste of what happens when crazy people get a hold of powerful technology. [β’] Did a missing 14-year old girl run off with boys she met on the Internet? [β’] Short Line/Coach USA wants a piece of the Metro-North Railroad and Woodbury Common Premium Outlets planned commuter parking lot. [β’] The Warwick Town Police lost their case against a man they charged with DWI for driving his truck down his driveway to pick up his trash cans. LOL [β’] Do me a favor tomorrow: Don’t be stupid with fireworks and blow off a limb or something! [β’] A drug raid in Deerpark yields 3 arrests, Sean T. Pennell gets arrested after crashing his car because he was DWI, and the Tappan Zee Bridge goes online. [β’] Creed says its next album will be comparable to U2’s The Joshua Tree. I don’t know, those are big shoes to fill. [β’] At last count there are 120 unreleased recordings of Kurt Cobain. Tu Pac eat your heart out. [β’] Chino Moreno (The Deftones) decided it would be cool to drink lots of vodka, throw up, show his penis to the crowd, and get beat up. Sounds… ummm… interesting. No wait, let me amend that. Sounds retarded and interesting. [β’] Signals to Noise has a very promising line up. [β’] A very large ice covered object has been discovered between Pluto and Neptune. [β’] The 2002 Ford Thunderbird: It doesn’t suck. [β’] Ford recalls 1997-2001 model E150, E250 and E350 trucks due to fuel tank crack issues. BMW recalls models equipped with four-cylinder and six-cylinder engines that were built between October 1998-March 2000. [β’] You can now buy an Acura RSX (Kick ass!). [β’] A sneak peak at the new VW Microbus. [β’] Napster has shut down its file trading service to update its databases. [β’] Azazel finally updates! GASP! π [β’] Mermaid gets new fish. [β’] I would just like to wish everyone a Happy Fourth of July. Freedom rules!
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Classic DF – 8/21/09
Aug 21, 2000: [β’] The submarine rescue mission has been called off after Norwegian divers opened the rescue hatch only to find the entire vessel had filled with water. [β’] The Verizon strike is over. [β’] A pipeline in New Mexico exploded killing 6 people. [β’] Ford has been under-inflating Firestone tires (at 26 psi) on Explorers. Firestone says that they recommend 30 psi, but that Ford had to under inflate the tires in order to avoid rollover issues with the Explorer. [β’] Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is proposing to modernize the government by giving women equal rights and removing Orthodox Jewish beliefs from law to religion. Most of Israeli’s conservative groups oppose the change. [β’] Citizens of the Chiapas (Mexico) have elected a non-PRI Governor, Pablo Salazar, with hopes of ending the war between the Mexican Army and Zapatista rebels fighting for Native Mexican rights. [β’] East Timor has set up a multiparty Congress. [β’] 8 children have died when a bus crashed in Germany. [β’] A train derailed that was carrying fuel and caused an explosion that has left 18 people dead in Kenya. [β’] Tiger Woods is either very good or very evil. [β’] The pilot of a Northwest Airlines DC-10 died of a heart attack in the middle of a flight, but his copilot managed to land the plane without anyone else dying. [β’] The Duh Study of The Day: Most people want privacy policies that require users to “opt in” to give out personal data. That is how is should be, but greed makes companies do otherwise. [β’] President Clinton got flashed for his birthday (needless to say he didn’t complain). [β’] The top 15 PCs. [β’] The Cell is a special effects bonanza, now if only the script didn’t suck. [β’] Can metal detectors and video cameras prevent violence in the school? [β’] Coming to a cable lineup near you: ZDTV. [β’] Celebrex, an arthritis fighting drug, seems to prevent tumors and slow the growth of tumors already there. [β’] A 7 year old boy was killed at the Grahamsville Fair by an SUV who didn’t see him. [β’] E-mail killed the letter. [β’] The Tri-State Car Club’s 13th annual car show was yesterday in case you missed it. [β’] Dr. Mark McMahon hopes to give Democrats a choice beside Hillary Clinton in the NY Senate race. [β’] Cornwall has a new high school in the works. [β’] Newburgh is getting an infrared detector, which is used to find survivors in fires. [β’] Warwick will be hosting several experts on revitalizing and improving towns (oh there’s an original idea… improvement). [β’] Cops went to a house because of a cat problem and ended up finding illegal guns, hippies arrested for trespassing, teens arrested for smoke bombing a trailer, a man shot a puppy because he was afraid it would attack his kid, a teen surrenders, and a man who pushed a prostitute out of a moving car has been found. [β’] U2 has issued the track list for All That You Can’t Leave Behind. [β’] The Big Day Out lineup has been confirmed. [β’] SeemsLikeSalvation News is reporting October 10th as the release date for the new Nine Inch Nails EP, Marilyn Manson’s Disposable Teens and The Fight Song are getting airplay early, and I get props for spotting a Skinny Puppy scoop. [β’] If you’re looking for a Java based PDA check out Teapot. [β’] Apple is offering to buy back faulty Powerbooks and sell you the new model $700 cheaper. [β’] Cadillac will be producing a roadster based on the Corvette platform, the Jaguar F-type will only be produced if there is demand, Mercedes will offer a C-class coupe next year, Lexus has announced prices for the LX 470 and IS 300, and Toyota has raised prices on some of its 2001 models. [β’] The Presidents will take over local TV stations. [β’] Ministry will be releasing one final video on Warner Brothers entitled Tapes of Wrath. [β’] Various Jeph.net News: In case you missed it Korpios has resigned as an administrator and they need a new IRC operator which can be voted on here. Of course you should vote for me to become Supreme Commander of Underwater Basket Weaving for All Things Jeph.net. [β’] I love my wife (that’s not really new news, but I just thought you’d like to know) π [β’] Daemon Immortalis will be posting the new Marilyn Manson songs since he likes them so much. [β’] I think Red Raven has finally lost it LOL. [β’] So following Immy’s tip I downloaded several of the new Marilyn Manson tracks (including a bunch of fakes) and I wasn’t disappointed. The new songs are hard like the Antichrist Superstar stuff, punked out like Portrait of an American Family, and at the same time funky like Mechanical Animals. I guess that means its the best of all worlds, but without all the crap there was in previous albums. This is exciting stuff. Talk to you tomorrow.
Classic DF – 7/27/00
July 27, 2000: [β’] 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. [β’] The FCC is investigating AOL-Time Warner as a possible monopoly. [β’] 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). [β’] A new exhibit details the Armenian Holocaust that occurred during the early 1900’s. [β’] North Korea has been inducted into Asia’s top security forum and recognized by Canada as a country. [β’] Now that Milosevic has secured his power in Yugoslavia he has scheduled elections for September 24. [β’] Muslim Filipino rebels have a released a German reporter. [β’] Wildfires are the worst in four years. [β’] Massachusetts has been hit by the West Nile Virus. [β’] US agents intercepted a $40 million shipment of ecstasy in LA. [β’] 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. [β’] 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. [β’] CBS and three newspapers are willing to pay for DNA testing to see if a man was wrongly executed. [β’] Edgar Adamson of the US Customs Service explained to a House Committee that many nations lack the laws to prosecute computer crime. [β’] If terrorists took out the biggest nodes of the Internet then the network would fragment rendering it useless. [β’] 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. [β’] Take a look at how CERN is upgrading to 1 GB LANs. [β’] Macromedia Flash 5 is out and it looks great. Flash rules π [β’] X-Men: Mutant Academy looks like a great one on one fighter game. [β’] Scientists are launching microbes into space to test if life could have survived an asteroid ride to Earth. [β’] Removing damaged lung tissue can give temporary relief to emphysema patients. [β’] A stomach cancer vaccine is in human trials. [β’] Methoxsalen slows the breakdown of nicotine in the bloodstream and therefore helps people quit smoking easier. [β’] UPN is changing its name to The Paramount Network. [β’] Duh Study of The Day: Big ships are a major source of pollution. Dirty smoke emitting engines tend to be pretty big polluters. [β’] 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. [β’] The Valles Caldera National Preserve in New Mexico has been created to preserve 90,000 acres of land. [β’] Another oil spill in Brazil is threatening beaches and resorts. [β’] Norwegian whale meat is so contaminated with heavy metals that if the meat were soil it would be considered toxic waste. [β’] A new wheelchair, the IBot, can do anything that someone without a wheelchair could do. Amazing. [β’] Microsoft has reclaimed microsoft.org and proponents of Microsoft aren’t happy. [β’] Bioware will be developing the first Star Wars role-playing video game for Lucas Arts. [β’] Intel will abandon its Rambus only relationship when the Pentium 4 is released in 2001 as previously expected. [β’] Cuba is now going online. [β’] 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. [β’] William Peoples has been sentenced to a year in jail for attempting to bury a puppy alive. [β’] An escaped Otisville prisoner has been recaptured. [β’] Drop one phone on kid’s head and the next thing you know you’re a child abuser. [β’] Oakridge Shepherds in Williamsport, PA have been charged with selling sick animals and falsifying AKC papers. [β’] EMS workers want the Town of Shawangunk to get 24 hour police coverage since it takes too long for Sheriff’s units to respond. [β’] Did the police catch the wrong BMW? [β’] 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. [β’] Remember the live album that U2 wasn’t supposed to do from yesterday? Well, now they decided they’ll do it for a promo. [β’] Prepare for Eminem: the movie. [β’] Pras has formed a film company. [β’] 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. [β’] Attention ladies and gentleman– boycott the RIAA now! As today don’t buy another CD! [β’] Kid Rock’s ex-girlfriend is suing him for slander. [β’] Uncle Kracker is a dad. [β’] Apparently the brick wielding homeless man who attacked a woman is still out there. [β’] Cracker is back and touring. [β’] Microsoft smashes a monster truck through a wall to stop piracy. Ummm… [β’] Can the Duron beat the Celeron? [β’] Cool your system down. [β’] Maximum PC reviews the I-Jam 100. [β’] 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. [β’] Guitar.com teaches you how to play Phish style (Kevin’s favorite band). [β’] Red Raven is going on vacation and won’t be posting (doh!). [β’] Azazel, I love you! [β’] Tomorrow we shall reconvene. Class dismissed.