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Classic DF – 12/11/01

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December 11, 2001: [•] The Eastern Alliance has issued an ultimatum to al Qaeda forces; surrender by 8 AM local time or die. Meanwhile, US President Bush is marking the 3 month anniversary of the September 11th attacks today and has decided to release a videotape that definitively proves Osama bin Laden is responsible for that aforementioned attacked. [•] The UK will lead postwar peacekeeping forces in Afghanistan. [•] Ex-Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has entered a not guilty plea in his genocide trial. [•] China has joined the WTO. [•] The 2 major parties in Trinidad have both won 18 seats each in the 36 seat Parliament. [•] US military officials met with Somali warlords to discuss terrorism issues. [•] Kenyan authorities have arrested Ahmed Hassan Mursal for unspecified charges. [•] Colombia is trying to rehabilitate and educate captured rebel minors. [•] A fireworks factory explosion in Guatemala City has left 7 people dead. [•] Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo has apologized to his people for a government sponsored massacre 19 years ago. [•] Nauru has agreed to allow Australia to detain illegal immigrants in detention centers on the tiny island. [•] Saudi Arabia has begun issuing identification cards to its female citizens to prevent fraud. [•] The Syrian government has resigned to clear the way for reform. [•] A KFC/Taco Bell worker led several of his coworkers into the woods where he shot them in Malvern, Pennsylvania. [•] Norman Pyle McCann was killed when a 15-foot trench wall collapsed on him during construction in Rising Sun, Maryland. [•] The Honda Accord and Toyota Camry are the most often stolen autos. [•] The Lion & Lamb Project, an nonviolent toy advocacy group, has listed the top ten toys it sees as violent and thus harmful to children. [•] Everything is peachy keen up in space. [•] New high resolution images of Jupiter’s moon Io show incredible volcano eruptions. [•] Anonymous e-mail services are on the rise. [•] An international treaty will bring 30 countries into synch as far as copyright laws go. [•] Napster has signed a license agreement with Matador Records. [•] Oracle says that it’s software is unhackable. [•] The Interior Department shut down Net access by court order to protect an Indian trust fund. [•] Another hole has cropped up in Microsoft Outlook Web Access software that can allow unauthorized access to users’ accounts. [•] Can worms create a better fertilizer? [•] Retirees may not realize just how expensive long-term care is. [•] A new device makes facial defects nearly a thing of the past for newborns. [•] Court scribes are protected from libel just like journalists. [•] Life as an accused child porn trader sucks. [•] The Duh Study of The Day: Teens are as likely to trade music online as to seek health information. Isn’t that the point of the Net? [•] A new X-ray machine lets you see bone structure in real time. [•] Nigeria will be the first country to issue inexpensive generic anti-retroviral drugs to HIV and AIDS patients. [•] The New York DMV says that a National ID card wouldn’t be a big deal to issue. [•] Just down the street from me an idiot hunter almost killed a kid simply by being reckless. Please watch where your shooting before you fire! [•] 3 men plead innocent to a murder indictment in Monticello, NY. [•] Orange County Executive-elect Edward Diana defends choosing Justice Catherine M. Bartlett as his pick for county attorney. [•] Melvin Canales is charged with having sex with a minor, Jazmin Roberts poses as someone else, Town of Lloyd historian Dot Gruner is calling it quits after 15 years of service, a pedestrian drug down the street by a car has been identified as Bonnie Flores, 2 men held up the Country Convenience Food Store in Monroe, a basketball tournament will benefit the victims of WTC, Richard Beach gets 15 years for committing burglary, Joseph Rivera is charged with maliciously killing a cat, Daryl Watkins is charged with falsifying his ATV ID number, Milton Munroe is caught with stolen items, and Kenny Mitchell is put in jail for selling drugs. [•] J. Lo, Kid Rock, and Ja Rule performed at a USO show for US troops stationed in Germany. [•] Ocean’s Eleven may be a movie remake, but the music is all original. [•] Eminem’s boyhood bully is suing the rapper for using his name on a track citing that it ruined his potential rap career. Are you buying this crap because I’m sure not! [•] Google will allow you to look up Usenet articles all the way back from 1981 (Now, that’s a news archive). [•] Zacarias Moussaoui has been charged with conspiring with Osama bin Laden in the September 11th attacks. [•] Guns N’ Roses tickets for their New Year’s Eve Concert didn’t sell out in record time like last year. Frustration over lack of new material may be to blame. [•] Why the Acura RSX made Car & Driver’s Top Ten Autos list. [•] Microsoft’s Window Media format will be supported by some DVD chipset makers. [•] I love you wife and daughter! “Phew” Another busy day 🙂

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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 – 10/18/01

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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 – 7/7/01

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July 7, 2001: [•] China has sent the US a bill for $1 million for “storing” the formerly detained spy plane. If they think that the US will pay for it they are bigger morons than I previously thought. [•] Rebels in Nepal killed at least 34 police officers and kidnapped several people. [•] For every person who gets gored at Pamplona’s Running of the Bulls it brings a smile to my face. You get what you deserve. [•] Hanssen has pleaded guilty to spying. [•] Clashes in Bangladesh between rival political party members have left at least 200 people injured. [•] The UN has a video tape that may explain the disappearance of 3 Israeli soldiers. [•] The Royal Zulu Biosphere and Game Reserve hopes to preserve South Africa’s natural habitat. [•] Gunmen have killed 11 people at a roadblock in Algeria. [•] North Korea has admitted to fighting against the US with Vietnamese. [•] Dozens of corpses have been found in Indonesia, but no one is fessing up to killing them. [•] 10 people died at a concert in France when a storm knocked a tree down onto the tent they were staying in. [•] Iran has evacuated 656 villages struck with drought. [•] A tornado has hit Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. [•] West Nile Disease has spread to Florida. [•] An armored vehicle rolls over killing 2 Marines. [•] Apple has recalled 570,000 G3 notebook AC adapters. [•] Evenflo has recalled their Joyride carrier/car seats. [•] 15 illegal immigrants are caught at Kennedy Space Center. [•] Jenna Bush has been fined $600 and had her license suspended for underage drinking. [•] An Air Force pilot was killed during a training mission. [•] Playstation 2 may cure the intellectual woes of the third world. [•] Usenet newsgroups are keeping viruses alive. [•] A trip to the water park could kill you. [•] Embryonic stem cell clones have serious flaws in their DNA that could lead to abnormalities later in life. [•] Before you sign up for a vacation filled with prostitutes and drugs you better check the local HIV concentration. [•] A runaway teen has been returned home thanks to some good old fashion telephone records. [•] New York State Police describe the not so fun time of patrolling the Hudson River. [•] Illegal drag racing is becoming a pain in the ass. [•] Convicted killer Michael Ross has agreed to be tried in Orange County for the rape and murder of a teen in 1982. [•] A man arrested for threatening to kill his neighbor hangs himself in a Monticello jail cell. [•] A car accident leaves 2 people injured, Joseph Belford is arrested after a woman accuses him of rape, Robert Ballinger is charged with selling crack to undercover cops, 2 teens are charged with burglary, 9 people were arrested for bringing fireworks into New York State, and Robert DeGroat is arrested for breaking into a house only to then attack its occupants. [•] Epic Records has forced Ozzy Osbourne to cancel his post-Ozzfest Black Sabbath tour so he can finish his next album. [•] The Crystal Method prepare to tour in support of their upcoming album Tweekend (BTW: I heard the first single, Name of the Game, yesterday and if it’s signs of what’s to come off this album– it will rule.). [•] Jewel hopes to retool her sound. [•] Sony has announced a hard drive add-on for the Playstation 2. [•] The Butthole Surfers return. [•] Sun International Lotus Elise Type R. Nuff’ said. [•] Opel is considering returning to the US auto market. [•] Azazel baked up some fine pork chops yesterday that kicked so much ass! I don’t know why I’m telling you this… I just am. 🙂 [•] Bored? Fine. Be that way. Check out The Mullet, a cable-access TV showed dedicated to ignorance and its all inspiring bliss. On a side note: I once had a mullet. It ruled. My blonde mullet of fury (Business on top, party in the back BIG TIME!) struck fear in the heart of the un-elite. I so rule.

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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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