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Classic DF – 8/1/02

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August 01, 2002: [•] Fired ex-Worldcom CFO Scott Sullivan has turned himself in. [•] The FBI has raided an apartment of an ex-military microbiologist. [•] LA police are trying to find the whereabouts of two teenage girls kidnapped in LA. [•] US leaders are concerned about regrouping al Qaeda cells that are now merging with other terrorist groups. [•] I normally don’t print gossip news, but considering what a scum ball ex-Sen. James A. Traficant Jr. is I will make an exception: He wears a toupee! HAAHAHAHHA! [•] The US is concerned with Russia’s nuclear ties to Iran. [•] A UN report says there is no evidence to support the claims that Israeli soldiers massacred Palestinians at the Jenin refugee camp. [•] US troops faced with potentially deadly situations in Afghanistan have turned to robot scouts called Packbots. [•] Ugandan rebels are threatening journalists. [•] 62 people in Madagascar have died from an unknown sickness. [•] Rebels kidnapped an entire town in Colombia and the army isn’t sure where they went. [•] The US has signed a pact with Southeastern Asian nations to fight terrorism. [•] 13 people were found dead on a Spanish beach. [•] Police are searching for a white pickup truck in relation to a kidnapping in Louisiana. [•] The wife of a US Army Special Operations officer who shot dead has been charged with murdering her husband. [•] 2002 has become the second warmest year ever recorded by humankind. Great… [•] US President Bush’s computer and network security advisor, Richard Clarke, spoke at the Black Hat hackers conference (sometimes called Defcon) where he encouraged hackers to act in good faith when discovering vulnerabilities. [•] A robot named Pearl is helping elderly people keep tabs on their eating habits. [•] Even a few extra pounds is bad for your heart. [•] Scientists are going to send mice into space to subject them to Martian-type gravity. [•] Barnes & Noble’s web site has some pretty big holes in security and they know about them. Even worse yet, they don’t care they exist. Nice. [•] Two hackers at Black Hat showed off a Dreamcast converted into a port sniffer tool. [•] Wal-mart will build a distribution center in Wallkill, NY. [•] The Consolidated Iron and Metal scrap yard in Newburgh, NY has been listed as a superfund site. [•] Ex-NYC police officer Matthew Leuck has been sentenced to three years in prison for sodomizing a 16-year old girl. [•] Port Jervis is trying to clean up an unsightly junkyard. [•] Matt Sullivan, one of my associates, speaks out against communism interfering with the free market in Warwick, NY. Go Matt! [•] Radiohead is allowing fans to chose the songs for their next album. [•] Secondhand smoke has been linked to causing cancer in cats. [•] Linkin Park is hoping to complete their new album by this year’s end. [•] Jessica Simpson will join the cast of That 70’s Show for three episodes as Kelso’s new girlfriend. Even better news is she’ll be in a bathing suit. Go FOX! LOL [•] Compaq and HP are having lots of problems getting along. [•] Intel is blaming Microsoft for the death of its AnyPoint wireless line. [•] I love you Klez. Oh no, wait… I meant to say I want you to die in a deep water filled ditch on some back road in Canada, Klez. [•] With the trend of more people buying online maybe I can finally get my mail order e-dead skunk service up and running! Maybe not. [•] I love you wife and daughter! [•] Yes, I updated The CVS & Warwick, NY site again. I rule.

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Classic DF – 12/18/01

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December 18, 2001: [•] Ramadan is over (BTW: I hope that all my Muslim viewers had a joyous Ramadan) and 90% of the war in Afghanistan has been won. However, Mohammed Omar and Osama bin Laden are both still missing. [•] US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warns all US citizens to be vigilant against terrorism as the nutjobs of the world begin to embrace new techniques of inflicting pain on others. [•] US Marines injured by a landmine encourage the world to worry about bigger problems instead of their wounds. [•] The Yemeni military has attacked an al Qaeda camp in its country. [•] Even though al Qaeda appears to have been beaten the US government continues to warn US citizens about the possibility of a terrorist attack. [•] US President Bush had several lesions removed from his face. None were cancerous. [•] Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is asking Arab leaders to meet him in Mecca to discuss Israel and Palestine. Go nutjob leader! [•] Siena Heights University has added a philosophy class that examines how The Simpsons handle theology. [•] India is mulling over its response to a terrorist attack on its government. [•] Arctic weather hits Europe. [•] Somali warlords are attempting to convince the US to attack their country’s government in hopes of achieving power. [•] Ebola continues to ravage Gabon. [•] The ousted government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide attempted to regain control of Haiti, but failed. [•] Oh those crazy civil liberty loving Canadians and their crazy civil liberty loving Canadian ways! [•] Thailand will only issue 17 visas this year in an attempt to stop illegal activities. [•] A heavy earthquake hit Japan and Taiwan creating a small tsunami. [•] Spain has arrested 7 suspected ETA members. [•] Princess Buniah al-Saud, the niece of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, has been arrested on charges of beating her maid. [•] A sewerage spill has closed a portion of Laguna Beach, California. [•] A first-grader who dresses as Santa Claus and distributes small toys in a local mall was kicked out by mall owners since (get this) he’s competition to the official mall’s Santa LOL. [•] The Space Shuttle Endeavour has landed. [•] Serious crime fell in the first 6 months of 2001, but murder went up. [•] An equipment failure has stopped progress in clearing anthrax from the Hart Senate Building. [•] Vivendi Universal has bought USA Networks. [•] Be careful, you could end up buying fake FDNY or PDNY goods. [•] Intel is sponsoring an open source code called OpenCV that they hope will allow computers to see in three dimensions. [•] A Japanese zoo’s panda gave birth to a male cub. [•] Utah has introduced the US’s first voice-recognition based travel information service for telephone users. [•] A genetically engineered mouse has been developed who’s milk contains the malaria vaccine. [•] Chicken feces and diesel fuel: What a mix! [•] CERT is warning UNIX administrators who are running Secure Shell on their systems to make sure that they are using SSH2 (full install not upgrade) with no SSH daemons running and all exploits patched. [•] Microsoft has released Service Pack 1 for Office XP. [•] RSA Security Inc. has developed the Wireless Equivalent Privacy protocol to encrypt individual data packets sent over 802.11 wireless networks thus fixing current security issue. [•] A new drug reduces cold symptoms within a day and knocks one day of the actual disease off. FDA approval is about a year away at best. [•] 3/4 of new HIV cases are resisting treatment. [•] Autism seems to be higher in Silicon Valley. Could tech savvy genes be responsible? [•] Google will allow you to now browse 600 catalogues online. [•] Universal Music Group’s new CDs won’t play in a PC. Their solution: Buy another copy in digital format for the PC through the Net. Hey, why not pay a third time just for fun! Hell, let’s go for four! [•] An ISP is claiming the FBI wants the e-mail logs for data logged by the BadTrans.B worm and sent to one of several e-mail addresses including one hosted by the ISP. Why would they want it? Well, they assert that BadTrans.B is actually the Magic Lantern virus developed by the FBI reported on earlier last week. [•] A captured al Qaeda member turned informant claims that Windows XP has backdoors inserted by the terrorist group. [•] Christmas may be here, but thoughts of September 11th still haunt Americans. [•] Everyone’s favorite anti-CVS group, It’s Our Town, has been sponsoring a gift drive for needy families of Warwick, NY. [•] The US Postal Service switches into high gear to meet last minute mail demands. [•] Will a correction officer who is charged with trash compacting a box of contraband kittens face jail time? [•] Newburgh, NY City Comptroller Ed Weber resigns because City Manager Harry Porr was fired. [•] Cory Jones is found dead in New Windsor, NY and police are ruling it suspicious. [•] Local Catholic school teachers are still on strike, a textile union pickets an employer over a wage dispute, a woman is charged after she crashes her auto with a young child unbelted, ’tis the season for ice, the Milford-Montague bridge toll gets raised, an elderly woman is killed crossing a highway, a high speed chase keeps things interesting for the Ulster County Sheriffs, robbers are defeated by a soda machine, the Sullivan County Family Violence Response Team arrested a man on charges of molesting a toddler, and Wurtsboro Police arrest John Kallajian stemming from charges in Connecticut. [•] Hank Williams Jr. and Kid Rock will appear together on CMT Crossroads. [•] Weezer has begun working on their new album. [•] Charlie Clouser has left NIN, but formed a new band called Revenge of the Triads that includes guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen and bassist Jason Slater from A Perfect Circle. [•] The Chevrolet Corvette Z06 rules, but then again you already know that don’t you? [•] Can’t afford the Corvette? Try the Ford Focus; it rules. [•] The 2002 Maserati Spyder is so damn kick ass that I don’t even have a wise ass comment to get you to click on the link. Just do it. [•] Intel has announced an official Pentium 4 chipset using DDR SDRAM. The new AMD Duron mobile ratchets cheap laptop speeds up to 1GHz. And Toshiba has quit the memory business. [•] Viisage Technology licenses its face recognition technology to the US Army. [•] Apple has released a PowerBook with a CD/DVD burner and more memory. [•] Adobe is putting the final touches on multimedia creation software for Mac OS X. [•] Azazel and I had an excellent time at my company’s Christmas party. The food was great and a good time was had by all! [•] C0il is home for Christmas vacation! [•] Sometimes a song can say it all. [•] Note that there is no planned updates for the next three days as I will be attending a three day seminar on VDSL. The next update will be this Saturday. Talk to you then.

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Classic DF – 12/13/01

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December 13, 2001: [•] Israel has labeled Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat as useless in the war against terrorism and will instead use military force against terrorists. [•] Once again, a surrender deadline passed without the al Qaeda giving up. Looks like they want to die. [•] The US Army has admitted to producing anthrax in Utah, but says none of its supply is missing. [•] Suicide gunmen raided the Indian Parliament killing 12 people including themselves. [•] Zimbabwe President Mugabe says that the US and UK are unfairly punishing him for his land reform program. [•] The EU has ruled that France’s ban on meat imported from the UK is unlawful. [•] Japanese government officials may have tried to downplay its Mad Cow Disease outbreak a little too much. [•] A South African court sentenced 4 Caucasian men to 30 years in prison for killing 2 Black men in 1999. [•] A 7-year old Honduran boy’s eyesight is restored thanks to a generous missionary. [•] Dunlop-Tire is offering a total of $25,000 Canadian to anyone with the last name Dunlop who changes their last name legally to Dunlop-Tire. [•] Gary Hart has been found guilty by a UK court of “causing death by dangerous driving” that caused a train to crash. [•] The videotape with Osama bin Laden bragging about his part in the September 11th attack has been released. He is so screwed. [•] The US has quit its ABM Treaty with Russia. [•] The CDC is stockpiling the anthrax vaccine in case it’s needed for civilians.[•] Obesity has become the second largest preventable health risk next to smoking. [•] A freight train derailed in Missouri. [•] An Amtrak train hit a van killing the 7 people inside. [•] A news helicopter for Milwaukee TV station WISN crashed onto a freeway killing the pilot. [•] The FBI has confirmed that their home-brewed key logging virus called Magic Lantern is real. [•] So many people were anxious to see China’s new WTO web site they overloaded the server and crashed it. [•] The third artificial heart transplant recipient has died. [•] The American Accreditation HealthCare Commission has certified 13 health web sites as being reliable for health information. [•] Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl are suing Courtney Love in an attempt to kick her out of Nirvana LLC. [•] Recent advances in mice with sickle cell disease using gene therapy provides hopes that humans may respond in the same manner. [•] DrinkOrDie hasn’t been the most active cracking group. In fact, their reputation is downright horrid. So why did the FBI go after them over bigger dogs? [•] Need money? Sue a spammer! [•] Independent musicians are starting to make money selling music on the Net. Imagine that… LOL. [•] Scientists have developed a plastic magnet. [•] The FCC has approved area codes for wireless device use only. [•] People in opposition to building a Wal-mart distribution center in the Town of Mamakating voiced their opinion to the town. It’s nice to know that somewhere besides Warwick, NY hates having actual job creating businesses in their town. [•] Voters have approved the Town of Bloomingburg, NY to run trash pickup. [•] The regional US Post Office processing center at Stewart Airport is laying off its temporary workers. [•] One snowfall has put the Town of Fallsburg in debt, non-clerical Catholic school teachers are still striking, a traffic accident puts a woman in the hospital, a condo catches on fire, Dawn Delorenzo is indicted on stealing $50,000 from an acquaintance, Harold A. Bell is charged with molesting a young girl, taxi driver Patrick Lawlor is charged with exposing himself to a woman, Newburgh police are looking for a suspect who shot a man, a grocery store is robbed, Thomas Bair is charged with having sex with several minors, John Babcock is charged with having sex with a girl under 11-years old (What’s this National Arrest A Pedophile Day?), a teenage girl is charged with defacing a sidewalk, gambling draws opposition, Anderson R. Emmanuel is charged with trying to kill a woman, and the Woodbury Common Premium Outlets is open again after a powder scare. [•] Creed has picked Tantric as its opening act. [•] The Duh Study of The Day: Using vaccines that are too weak could make viruses immune to treatment in the long-term. Anyone ever hear of antibiotics? Look what happened with people not using them properly! [•] Quantum cryptography promises uncrackable encrypted files through the use of a LED that emits a single light photons at a time. [•] VW has opened its new luxury car auto plant. [•] Current Dodge Vipers owners will get first dibs on the new 2003 Viper SRT-10. [•] Be prepared– have a winter emergency kit in your auto. [•] The BMW M3 rules. Find out why. [•] The Cadillac Escalade simply didn’t guzzle enough gas as is, but a super charged version should fix that! [•] How a desktop PC and an inventive young mind found the world’s largest primary number. [•] Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 1 is here. [•] The European Computer Manufacturers Association has backed Microsoft’s .NET Common Language Infrastructure and C#. [•] Microsoft has released the Windows Media Bonus Pack for Windows XP as a free upgrade that includes some multimedia goodies including an audio converter that turns MP3s into WMAs. [•] Azazel and Li’l Pooh went down to Hooter’s in Nanuet, NY with my mother-in-law. Now there’s an interesting story indeed LOL. [•] DF.com extends its prayers and heartfelt hope of recovery to Samantha and her daughter Winter Charlotte. [•] Mermaid my friend, unfortunately bad things happen to good people too. You’ll find your “light”; just give it time. [•] Bored? Well, this week I’d like to introduce you to another fine Pop Cap game called Alchemy. It rules and is even better than last week’s pick, Bejeweled. On a final note, a belated joyous Chanukah to all my Jewish readers. Talk to you all next week!

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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 – 7/28/01

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February 28, 2001: [•] Last night The Grammys were held. It was so exciting that I turned it off to play Legends of Wrestling a 1/2 hour into the show (I just won the Southern Title and moved to the Midwest zone!). [•] 10 Palestinians and 1 Israeli are dead after clashes between the two groups (basically I’m getting tired of reporting the same crap over and over– I kill you, you kill me, we’re an insane society). [•] Police believe that they may have found Danielle van Dam’s corpse. [•] Radovan Karadzic, a man charged with committing war crimes in Bosnia, has evaded a NATO sting operation. [•] The US economy is on the upswing (not that I can tell). [•] The US government is offering a $5 million reward for information leading to the capture of Daniel Pearl’s murderers. [•] UK forces were fired upon by a lone individual. [•] Hindus have begun torching Muslim areas in India because of Muslims attacking a train full of Hindus yesterday. [•] Cubans seeking asylum rammed their way into the Mexican embassy (literally). [•] A bomb explosion in Jordan killed 2 people. [•] Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court ruled that President Robert Mugabe doesn’t have the power to block auditors from monitoring the upcoming presidential election. [•] The UK will allow scientists to clone embryos for research purposes. [•] Turkey will no longer conduct virginity tests on young women. [•] Portions of Chicago are without heat after a gas main ruptured. [•] Vice President Cheney has unveiled a new “e-government” web site. [•] Adrian Lamo claims to have hacked the The New York Times‘ network. [•] John Sankus, the leader of DrinkorDie, has pleaded guilty to piracy. [•] The Tyrannosaurus Rex wouldn’t have been able to run 45MPH according to new research. [•] More serious security holes have been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer. [•] Firewalls for fun! [•] Become a looter (virtually anyhow). [•] 10 million years ago Mars was flooded. [•] A once a year shot could prevent osteoporosis in women. [•] Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones will premiere in a sneak peak showing on May 12, 2002 and the proceeds will benefit children’s charities. [•] The iPod is the perfect tool to steal applications from a store display Macs. [•] Dell refused to ship a computer bought online to Weigand Combat Handguns because the business sounded like a terrorist’s. I never knew terrorists purposely named their businesses’ after violent things. I guess than The Friendly Kitty Factory could never a terrorist front for anything LOL. [•] A recent upgrade knocked Morpheus off-line, but if the service isn’t centralized than how is that so? [•] I’ll have a blond- haired, blue-eyed, Anglo with a side of fries. [•] Not only can can an adult brain regenerate cells, but those cells fire like young ones once did. [•] US Congress has approved a bill that would make small telephone providers an exception to a law that requires open network access, but the Senate will most likely kill the bill. [•] Protesters gathered outside Stewart Airport in Newburgh, NY to show some breast feeding loving or something like that. [•] U2 not only ruled The Grammys, but The Gibson Guitar Awards too. [•] The tentative list for Prick’s upcoming album The Wreckard has been released, but it appears they have left Nothing Records. [•] The upcoming Ramones tribute album is shaping up to be pretty cool. [•] Detained al Qaeda and Taliban soldiers have gone on a hunger strike. Well, if you don’t have to feed them then you save money, right? 🙂 [•] I want the 2003 Infiniti G35, now! [•] I can’t say enough about the Ford GT40 except– Viper, prepare to die. [•] Intel notes some upcoming changes to PC architecture: Serial ATA, 8X AGP, integrated 802.11 wireless networking, and USB 2.0 by next year. The year after expect 3GIO to replace both PCI and AGP interfaces completely. [•] Microsoft and the DOJ continue to hash out a settlement. [•] An upcoming Linux update will add support for AMD’s upcoming 64-bit Hammer CPUs. [•] I love you wife and daughter! [•] Immy enjoys some Egg Stopper goodness. [•] Bored? Would you believe that Google has dedicated an entire section to “Your Momma” jokes? Well, they did– so there! 😛

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