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Classic DF – 8/25/00

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Aug 25, 2000: [•] Gulf Air Flight GF072 crashed due to an improper descent path. [•] Clinton is going to Nigeria. [•] Radiation levels around the sunken Kursk continue to read normal (Uh, what is normal?). [•] The state of Andhra Pradesh in India is being flooded. [•] World Intellectual Property Organization has ruled in 80% of cybersquatting against the squatter. [•] Several former LAPD officers are suing the department for harassment after reporting conduct violations to superiors. [•] A typhoon that hit China only caused some damaged, but fortunately no one was killed. [•] China has decided to release 3 imprisoned US citizens since they weren’t part of the Falun Gong (even though that is what they were arrested for). [•] The Mental Olympics are over. [•] A group of mountain climbers sponsored by Northface escaped rebels in Kyrgyzstan. [•] If it’s illegal to sell votes in the US why not move the deals offshore? [•] Nintendo has officially unveiled its N-Cube and Gameboy Advanced. They look very nice. [•] Prepare for AOLTV. [•] TRUSTe uses cookies on its website. Users are pissed. [•] The Duh Study of The Day: Computers are making life more stressful. Well, if you’ve ever used a computer then you know why… LOL. [•] Microsoft has developed a new CPU (Solo2) for its Web TV units. [•] Urban sprawl is ruining the view from our National Parks. [•] Population Action International thinks water supplies are getting smaller (and they are right). [•] A rare parasite has killed several dogs in New York. [•] PETA is still relying on cheap shock ads in order to get attention. (lamers) [•] A man attacked a family with a pitchfork and killed two child for no apparent reason. [•] If you find sex you can keep it. [•] PGP for Windows has a hole in it that leaves information unencrypted. [•] Battlebots is on Comedy Central. [•] Microsoft has closed a hole in Frontpage Server to prevent dOs attacks. [•] Yahoo! is going to offer encrypted e-mail. [•] Fallsburg Sgt. Melissa Freestone has been charged with stealing money. [•] The Chester Police Dummy is back. [•] Clean up that gas spill lamer! [•] The FBI attempts to catch a child molester on a tip and it ends up being the wrong person, but it also turns out that he too is a wanted felon LOL. [•] A pesticide is recalled. [•] An attacker found, a deadbeat dad is found, a disorientated senior hits another senior, Richard Castellano is going to be arraigned, a police dog finds a suspect, a cut phone line is fixed, a base jumper is arrested, Warwick is flushing its hydrants, and a man dies of a heart attack while jogging. [•] Ozzfest isn’t going to get to South America. [•] Godsmack will release Awake on Halloween. [•] Radiohead is previewing their new stuff online. [•] Live continues to work on its next album. [•] Check out SeemsLikeSalvation to find out new information on the next Nine Inch Nails album and a new Marilyn Manson song. [•] Bored? I’m not because it’s really busy! So I’m glad my vacation begins next week. All these newbies are driving me nuts! In fact, next week I will update you on my moving situation and what’s going on. Hopefully, everything will go good and I’ll get time to relax, but I doubt it 🙂 Till then… OH YEAH!

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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 – 7/26/00

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July 26, 2000: [•] Just a little under a day after we ran a report that Concordes had cracks in their wings one of those jets has crashed. The engines were checked moments before the flight left and one engine caught fire causing the flight to plummet. [•] Dick Cheney has been announced as George Bush’s running mate. [•] The Israel-Palestine Peace Summit didn’t work out. What did you expect? They’ve been fighting for nearly a century now! [•] Filipino Muslim rebels are still holding two Germans hostage and have attacked a Roman Catholic Church with a hand grenade. [•] This year’s Faux Faulkner Contest winner has announced. [•] The US Navy has begun research and development of an electric drive system for their next generation of destroyer ships. [•] The Fijian military has arrested George Speight even though he is supposed to have been pardoned. [•] Columbia’s peace talks have ended without an agreement between the government and rebels. [•] Ex-Indonesian President Suharto has been charged with corruption. [•] A tornado in Minnesota killed one person and damaged hundreds of homes. [•] A police sniper killed the woman being held hostage by a Florida man who later committed suicide. [•] Internet users who seeks sexual partners online are more likely to contract HIV. What can I say? [•] A federal judge has ruled that The Ten Commandments can not be placed on federal or state property. [•] A guest of The Jerry Springer Show has been killed by the people who confronted him on the show. [•] People who underwent a treatment that glued a toupee to their head have successfully sued the company after the hair pieces fell off within days. [•] Cisco has created the community of the future today. [•] Polaroid and Olympus have teamed up to release a instant digital camera. [•] A meteorite hit someone’s Geo Metro. [•] The US government is going online to allow people to pay for licenses and debts. [•] Germany will not block access to racist material over the Internet. [•] Hate on the web isn’t only a problem for Germany. [•] Macweek.com has announced its Macworld winners. [•] Using ecstasy severely damages your brain’s ability to make serotonin, which leads to depression or lack of feelings. [•] Putting yourself in the zone could help you after a stroke. [•] Women are finding it harder to get maternity coverage on their own. [•] Using St. John’s Wort can severely impact the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS treatments, heart medication, cancer treatments, organ transplants, and birth control pills. [•] Biodegradable stents may replace metal ones. [•] The Yahoo! Music Award winners have been announced. [•] Genetic research protesters may have had cyanide containers while protesting The International Society for Animal Genetics conference. [•] Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Marine Park has had 386 square miles added to it. [•] A new NASA developed sensor system will measure vehicles’ exhaust contents as they get on off ramps. [•] Deja.com will automatically modify posts to include links to a product’s purchasing site upon its mere mentioning and Usenet posters are mad about it. [•] Another web site steals my ideas. [•] MP3Board will let the RIAA remove links as long as they do it on their own. [•] Is online scrutiny legal? Hells yeah. [•] A seven year old boy died after being hit by a van. [•] Police are looking to identify a woman found floating dead in the Hudson River. [•] A new New York State law will allow teachers to remove disruptive students, make attacks in school on faculty or by faculty a felony, and make it mandatory for all teachers to have background checks into past criminal activity. [•] The Times-Herald Record Briefs: a roll-over, a purse snatching, a teen pulls a knife, a man loses his leg in a car accident, prostitutes abound, fraud charges for an ex-mayor, and an accidental drowning. [•] Mike D (Beastie Boys) injured himself biking and as a result The Rhyme and Reason Tour will be postponed. [•] The 2000 Video Music Award nominees have been announced. [•] Pearl Jam has been cleared of all Rokslide charges, but they are demanding an investigation. [•] Death In Vegas has been nominated for a Mercury Award, which is given to an artist who creates an outstanding and groundbreaking album. [•] Billy Corgan got hard-core on ECW. [•] MTV interviews the Deftones. [•] Blockbuster Video wants to stream video to DSL users. [•] The FTC has settled with Toysmart, who won’t be allowed sell their former customers’ information. [•] How to create a web bug to track people on the Net. [•] Is Napster a network security threat? [•] Real Networks is still sending unique identifiers from their software to the a server. [•] How to fight a cult. [•] U2 will not be making a live album. [•] More artists bitch about MP3s. [•] The security at Woodstock 99 stole, took bribes, and rioted. [•] A new search engine will let you locate the cheapest CPU prices on the Net. [•] A new video game, Necron, may be the next cyber-punk addiction. [•] Which game pad is right for you. [•] Take a look at the new Z06 Corvette. It looks fun. [•] However, the new BMW 330xi looks incredible. [•] What does the Kia Rio give you for $9,000? [•] Four German roadster battle it out. [•] Behold the power of pocket rockets! [•] The Chrysler PT Cruisers’ crash rating have been mixed. [•] Azazel I love you! [•] Daemon Immortalis’ The Void is up and running. It looks awesome and therefore you should visit it 🙂 [•] See you tomorrow flood fans. Same flood place. Same flood web site!

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Classic DF – 12/14/99

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Dec. 14, 1999: DF News– I’ve settled my differences with Marlin and he apologized to Melissa and I. I accepted. End of story. Red Raven will be returning as a manager to his home store. Rock is back and he has posted his latest lyrics. Sexiestar has moved into her new house. Mermaid is considering his latest video card purchase. I’m going to be posting the revamped DF web page somewhere short of Dec. 29th. Also, you should see new songs posted somewhere during that time. World News– Charles Schultz in light of his cancer diagnosis is retiring his Peanuts cartoon by mid-January. Cuban Nationals are demanding deportation to Cuba and won’t take no for answer… they got hostages. Can dead children attend school? They can if you live in New York. A blood transfusion has cured a boy of sickle cell anemia, a big step towards eradicating the disease. The U.S. government is begging hackers not to cause any havoc during the Y2K roll over as they’ll have enough problems to deal with, um… do they think hackers care? Much as I suspected when I passed through a interrogation checkpoint in Warwick, a fatal crash was the result of some idiot(s) in the area removing several stop signs… people are such assholes. MTV will be airing a NIN live concert Dec. 21st followed by a Trent interview. Check out Suckdot news, a great spoof of Slashdot. Media Fusion has patented high speed Internet access via power lines and we’re talking one gigabyte per second speeds! SkyDSL will begin beaming 4Mbs streams via satellite in France. By pulling down the Babylonian Virus homepage the virus is dead… hopefully no one will re-post the site. CERT is saying that ssH secure shell is not hack proof… no REALLY! Any predictions for Y2K? I’ve been wondering what the popular opinion about what’s going to happen is. E-mail with your predictions. And as always… Mel I luv u 🙂

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