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Classic DF – 8/9/00

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Aug 9, 2000: [•] Firestone is recalling P235/75R15 Wilderness AT tires, radial ATX tires, and radial ATXII tires in response to safety concerns. [•] There are currently 70 large wildfires burning. [•] 10 people died when two planes collided over New Jersey. [•] Russian President Vladimir Putin is asking all citizens to remain calm after two bombings. [•] The recipients of the Medal of Freedom have been announced. [•] The US Surgeon General claims that if anti-smoking campaigns were implemented 1/2 of smokers would stop (Sure, right). [•] Women now outnumber men on the Net and are expanding rapidly in every age group except 18-24 years old. They are too busy trying to avoid men (just kidding). [•] The ETA have been blamed for a shooting in Spain. [•] A minor earthquake shook Mexico. [•] 200 troops are going to Sierra Leone to train troops to fight rebels. [•] Li Ping, the mistress of a high ranking official in China, has been sentenced to life for bribery. [•] A woman in Brazil found a finger in her bag of popcorn. [•] A court has awarded a pension pay of 150 liters of free beer a year to ex-workers in Germany. [•] A beach in South Florida has been closed due to an oil slick. [•] Ex-President Ford has been released from the hospital. [•] But Liz Taylor has been put in the hospital. [•] Bell Labs have successfully constructed an engine out of DNA. Weird. [•] Duh Study of The Day: The Pentagon is still being hacked. Well, duh… ummm… it is the number target of all hackers in the world. Sheesh. [•] The government has started using online bidding systems and contractors are pissed because their profits are going down (tough). [•] By using triangle compression scientists are hoping to lower download times. [•] On August 24th Nintendo will reveal details about Dolphin (the new 128-bit game console) and a new 32-bit Gameboy. [•] The top ten budget PCs are. [•] The FDA has approved a new inhaler for asthmatic children under 1 year old. [•] 11 million children have health insurance available to them, but aren’t covered. [•] Teen pregnancy is down 60%. [•] Pediatricians want to end spanking in schools. [•] Medium sized carnivores are making a comeback. [•] Hack your crop. [•] Companies are benefiting from cutting back pollution emissions. [•] The spotted owl faces a new threat to its existence, the barred owl. [•] Online comparison shopping may drive down CD prices and has sparked a lawsuit against the major labels (oh how does it feel bitch?). [•] Visa is implementing 10 new protocols for all vendors who wish to participate in online credit card transactions with Visa. [•] Xtrem, a small Swedish startup, is overclocking Macs to 1.2 GHz. [•] Raise your very own mermaid. [•] Aimster will allow users to share files using AIM. Oh joy. [•] Intel is going to start working on a peer-to-peer networking system thanks to interest in Napster. [•] DirecTV is cracking down of people stealing satellite TV (uh-oh). [•] Harold Mabee has been found guilty of murdering a woman he strangled during sex. [•] A teacher has been suspended for helping students just a little too much. [•] The Village of Warwick is finally going to clear rubble to build a parking lot, a carjacker indicted, a driver indicted for a car crash, a man falls to his death when he tries to climb out of a window using his bedsheets, and arsonist indicted. [•] Brian Marshall has left Creed. [•] Rage Against The Machine has shot their next single (Testify) music video with Michael Moore and is preparing for their live album concert. [•] Check out Kevin Clouser’s video for Closer (Precursor) from the movie Se7en. It is completely home made. It’s very cool. [•] Check out SeemsLikeSalvation News for information about the hidden Marilyn Manson web sites. [•] An Anti-paedophile protest is going on in the UK (very cool). [•] Thanks to the Artists’ Coalition music will be the property of their creator and not the RIAA. [•] If you want to make a hit and you’re a rapper just die then release a single. It’s true, it’s true. [•] Go real fast and not even get one speeding ticket. [•] Which 3D modeller is for you? [•] Logitech now has an optical mouse. Did I mention it is better then the Microsoft mouse? [•] VIA’s new motherboard will support both Intel and AMD chips. [•] Is it time to update your OS? [•] Stabilize your overclocked AGP slot. [•] Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 vs. Ferrari 550 Maranello. ‘Nuff said. [•] The automakers and insurance companies have sent a proposal to the NHTSA for side impact airbags and Ford is making a 2001 Harley-Davidson F-150 SuperCrew four door pickup. [•] Michael Moore is on tonight. [•] Azazel is still wonderful and I love her. [•] Daemon Immortalis give props to Captain Immy (no relation). [•] Glitch hacks Jeph.net. [•] Red Raven has seen 140 hits within 42 hours. Nice. [•] Mermaid is worried I’m going to exile him… but this time I engaged brain before mouth 🙂 [•] Now on to business: There are individuals that I am disappointed in for their actions. Yes, I am very concerned with the way people act. Maybe because I care too much or maybe as I was once told– I stand on a high horse looking down on everyone else. Either way, I’m glad that web pages are up and that once again Rock had the courage to let things go. A lot of people said a lot of nasty stuff. Half the server hates the other half. I really don’t think any of us are friends anymore. No one has the right to slander anyone… except for me because you know I rule like that 🙂 Seriously, I think that no matter who did what we have all done some pretty shitty stuff to each other. I’m seriously thinking about going elsewhere. I have the means now. I have the knowledge. Hell, I’ve been at this stupid Net stuff for over 6 years now. Everyone is so angry. What is everyone angry at? I’m not sure. I know this though: My life is good. I have a really silly job that haggles me, but at least I have enough cash to get by. I have an incredible wife that I love more than anyone else in the world. My family is great and totally cares about both of us. I have some nice friends who help out from time to time when they aren’t fighting with us. Digitalflood.com started out about unity, but I guess the crew just isn’t there anymore. I feel like I’m on my own now with the exception of my wife. The only person I really can count on is Azazel. Everyone else is busy pointing out who is doing what and meantime no one is doing anything worthwhile. There is so much out there that needs to be fixed and we resort ourselves to wasting our time arguing or doing stupid immature shit. There are people starving, being downsized, pushed around, and babies dying. No one seems to care. The RIAA is about to close down our shop and clamp down on our world, but no one cares. So go ahead do whatever you want… I’ll be on my horse on the hilltop waiting for the next crusade. I hope one day you’ll join me.

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Classic DF – 8/8/00

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Aug 8, 2000: [•] Ex-Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption and sodomy. Many people feel that Anwar is being singled out by the current government and has been unfairly tried. [•] Police have determined that Thomas Jones did not fire the shot that injured a police officer in Philadelphia and has led to Jones’ defense claim that he didn’t have a gun when police shot him. [•] Iraqi President Saddam Hussein praised those who fought in the Iraq-Iran War and cursed those who foiled his evil schemes in the Gulf War (Oh, you darn kids!). [•] Ocean temperatures are rising destroying coral reefs, contributing to global warming, and increasing the chance of hurricanes. [•] The majority of web sites are not screen reader compliant. [•] A car bomb in Spain killed an important business leader. [•] Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is touring his fellow OPEC nations and is making a controversial stop in Iraq. [•] The Confederate H.L. Hunley Submarine has been raised out of the water 136 years after it was sunk. [•] Alabama is worried about their drought. [•] New York City police commissioner Howard Safir has decided to step down next month. [•] 2 Cuban doctors have defected to the US. [•] The World Health Organization is trying to stop people from buying tobacco products. Good luck. [•] Ah, this is my kind of summer camp. [•] Yahoo! and E-bay have stopped an auction of a mailing list citing privacy concerns. [•] Time Warner -EMI have won a cybersquatting dispute. [•] Icebox.com is receiving complaints that its Mr. Wong is depicted in a stereotypical manner (duh). [•] A baby is more likely to die of SIDS in a day care center than at home. [•] The recent wildfires have taken both physical and mental affects on health. [•] A ocean protection panel has been created. [•] China is using dogs to nurse baby pandas. [•] Sea otters are on the rise again, but fisherman are losing out. [•] New Zealand law enforcement have taken to the Net to fight a local mob. [•] A new hole in Netscape Communicator 4.5-4.74 allows hackers access using Java to your hard drive. It is even launchable through e-mail. Very bad stuff. [•] Can BBSs manipulate the stock market? [•] Norfolk Men’s Clinic has been charged by FDA of selling illegal prescription drugs to people without a prescription. [•] A judge threw out the Model E vs. Ford case citing that Michigan isn’t the proper venue for the case. [•] Mr. Francois has been sentenced to 8 terms of 25 to life for first degree murder. Good job (asswipe). [•] Who threw a puppy from a third story window? [•] The Brotherhood Winery Music Festival ended 45 minutes early when 2 people passed out (1 was overdosed), but prior to that police made 14 drug arrests. Party! [•] The Times-Herald Record Briefs: Caught stealing plates, buying beer illegally, not caught stealing, a drive-by shooting, and corrections officers wanted. [•] See what bitches be going to the MTV Video Music Awards. [•] Iron Maiden, Halford, and Queensrÿche have launched a tour. [•] A fan injured themselves at a No Doubt concert (and that is odd how?). [•] You can remix Foetus at S-MTV. That rules. [•] REM is finishing up their new album in Ireland. [•] The Rolling Rock Fest rocked. [•] VH1 lets you create your own music awards. [•] De La Soul is back. [•] Luke Virbert spun some Aphex Twin for a museum concert. [•] The Offspring will have a web cam in their studio so you watch them record their next album. [•] Ultra ATA hard drives just keep getting bigger. [•] How not to clean a hard drive. [•] Customize Unreal Tournament. [•] What’s the difference between the Create Labs Sound Blaster Live! MP3+ and X-Gamer? [•] Another look at the very nice 2000 Nissan Sentra. [•] Road & Track News Briefs: Gas prices are down, tire deaths are up, Daimler-Chrysler is pausing production of the Neon to fix inventory, Toyota is adding a sequential manual transmission to the MR-2 Spider (very cool), and Ford has recalled the Escape, as well as, the Mazda Tribute due to steering defects. [•] The Audi TT Roadster, BMW M Roadster, Honda S2000 and Porsche Boxster S fight it out. [•] The new Corvette and Viper are here. [•] How to use a guitar effects chain. [•] I love you Azazel! [•] Daemon Immortalis talks about life and consequences. [•] Red Raven is back, but the reason why the page was removed is still there in a cryptic form– someone is scared of the truth. (BTW it isn’t me so keep going down the list LOL). [•] Mermaid is addicted to vinyl. [•] Do you own a Ford Focus like I? Do you want to read about how to snap-on some parts to make it fly? Focaljet is your new best friend. [•] Well, everyone has been worried about censorship lately. I guess the right to free speech comes with a price and that price is persecution. That’s life. Welcome to adulthood. It sucks doesn’t it 🙂

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Classic DF – 8/7/00

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Aug 7, 2000: [•] Democratic Presidential Nominee Al Gore has chosen Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman as his running mate. [•] Scientists have discovered 9 new planets. [•] Sir Alec Guinness has passed away at 86 years old. He was best known as Obi-Wan Kenobi from Star Wars. [•] Spain and Portugal are being hit by a forest fire. [•] Cyclone Jewalat has hit Okinawa. [•] It rained fish in England. [•] Harrison Ford pulled off a real life rescue. [•] After the pilot of a single engine plane passed out a man with no flight experienced landed it. [•] A block party in the Bronx became a shooting gallery. [•] A man fleeing the site of a car crash went the wrong way down a highway and ending up kill himself along with several others. Stupidity at its worst, indeed. [•] Palm’s new m100 is all ready to go. [•] Apple wants to shut up its information leaks. [•] The number of operations allowed in exported computers has been changed again. [•] Scientists are proposing a new theory that carbon dioxide and not water carved Mars up. [•] West Nile has hit Boston. [•] Doctors in the UK believe that as living standards go up children’s immune systems are getting weaker to certain diseases due to lack of exposure to germs. [•] The arenavirus has struck in California and it is worse than West Nile. [•] Pzifer has halted its tests on a prostate cancer inhibitor. [•] Maine has accused a drug maker of attempting to avoid state pricing laws that give prescription buyers a price cut. [•] Macaulay Culkin has gotten divorced. [•] Preservationists want to make the Gulf of Maine the first ocean wilderness. That’s very cool. [•] Seals are dying in Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea and no one knows why. [•] Linux on a wristwatch. How cool is that? [•] Entropy Systems plans never to release its engine that doesn’t need fuel and releases no pollution. Can I ask why? [•] Want to sell music online? You have to market in the real world first (duh). [•] The Japanese Playstation 2 just plain sucks, but Sony promises the American version will be better. [•] Swapoo will let you trade ROMs. The console vendors start to feel the fear. [•] Can family farms survive? [•] How not to hold a film fest. [•] 55 years ago yesterday the US scorched the Earth, destroyed a city, and sent a message to the world– weapons of mass destruction are here to stay. [•] The Times-Herald Record Briefs: A lost pilot lands everywhere in Middletown except the airport, the mother and son accusing of rape are out on bail, 3 were hurt in a car crash, and someone gets arrested for drugs. [•] Ice-T won’t be pimping or cop killing on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, but he will be playing a cop. [•] Mike D (Beastie Boys) is recovering well after surgery. [•] The Wallflowers’ next album Breach will be out Sept. 26. [•] A Perfect Circle will miss its first tour date due to a family emergency. [•] According to SeemsLikeSalvation News Danny Lohner’s remix of A Perfect Circle’s Judith has been pulled due to him not liking it. Oh well. [•] Robert DeLeo (STP) and Ozzy Osbourne have been playing with each other. [•] Confrontation Camp will be releasing their stuff over the Net. [•] Microsoft’s IntelliMouse Optical can’t teach an old mouse a new trick. [•] Overclock a 566 MHz Celeron to 800 MHz (wow). [•] Increase airflow through your PC. [•] Road & Track Briefs: The 2001 Ford Explorer will be wider and more rollover resistant, Ford will be developing a Jeep style vehicle, GM is going to produce a low price Hummer, and Ford is suing Model E for using a name too close to Model T. [•] Alterworld Wrestling 7 is out. Very cool. [•] Anderm explains why some shouldn’t use computers. [•] Azazel, my incredible wife, is still beautiful and I love her. [•] RRAnarchy is down for legal reasons (I’m not kidding). But it should be back up soon. [•] If you missed it, I recently gave up my 1998 Ford Escort ZX2 and just in time I found this really great mod sight LOL. Life is funny that way 🙂

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Classic DF – 7/27/00

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July 27, 2000: [•] 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. [•] The FCC is investigating AOL-Time Warner as a possible monopoly. [•] 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). [•] A new exhibit details the Armenian Holocaust that occurred during the early 1900’s. [•] North Korea has been inducted into Asia’s top security forum and recognized by Canada as a country. [•] Now that Milosevic has secured his power in Yugoslavia he has scheduled elections for September 24. [•] Muslim Filipino rebels have a released a German reporter. [•] Wildfires are the worst in four years. [•] Massachusetts has been hit by the West Nile Virus. [•] US agents intercepted a $40 million shipment of ecstasy in LA. [•] 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. [•] 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. [•] CBS and three newspapers are willing to pay for DNA testing to see if a man was wrongly executed. [•] Edgar Adamson of the US Customs Service explained to a House Committee that many nations lack the laws to prosecute computer crime. [•] If terrorists took out the biggest nodes of the Internet then the network would fragment rendering it useless. [•] 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. [•] Take a look at how CERN is upgrading to 1 GB LANs. [•] Macromedia Flash 5 is out and it looks great. Flash rules 🙂 [•] X-Men: Mutant Academy looks like a great one on one fighter game. [•] Scientists are launching microbes into space to test if life could have survived an asteroid ride to Earth. [•] Removing damaged lung tissue can give temporary relief to emphysema patients. [•] A stomach cancer vaccine is in human trials. [•] Methoxsalen slows the breakdown of nicotine in the bloodstream and therefore helps people quit smoking easier. [•] UPN is changing its name to The Paramount Network. [•] Duh Study of The Day: Big ships are a major source of pollution. Dirty smoke emitting engines tend to be pretty big polluters. [•] 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. [•] The Valles Caldera National Preserve in New Mexico has been created to preserve 90,000 acres of land. [•] Another oil spill in Brazil is threatening beaches and resorts. [•] Norwegian whale meat is so contaminated with heavy metals that if the meat were soil it would be considered toxic waste. [•] A new wheelchair, the IBot, can do anything that someone without a wheelchair could do. Amazing. [•] Microsoft has reclaimed microsoft.org and proponents of Microsoft aren’t happy. [•] Bioware will be developing the first Star Wars role-playing video game for Lucas Arts. [•] Intel will abandon its Rambus only relationship when the Pentium 4 is released in 2001 as previously expected. [•] Cuba is now going online. [•] 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. [•] William Peoples has been sentenced to a year in jail for attempting to bury a puppy alive. [•] An escaped Otisville prisoner has been recaptured. [•] Drop one phone on kid’s head and the next thing you know you’re a child abuser. [•] Oakridge Shepherds in Williamsport, PA have been charged with selling sick animals and falsifying AKC papers. [•] EMS workers want the Town of Shawangunk to get 24 hour police coverage since it takes too long for Sheriff’s units to respond. [•] Did the police catch the wrong BMW? [•] 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. [•] Remember the live album that U2 wasn’t supposed to do from yesterday? Well, now they decided they’ll do it for a promo. [•] Prepare for Eminem: the movie. [•] Pras has formed a film company. [•] 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. [•] Attention ladies and gentleman– boycott the RIAA now! As today don’t buy another CD! [•] Kid Rock’s ex-girlfriend is suing him for slander. [•] Uncle Kracker is a dad. [•] Apparently the brick wielding homeless man who attacked a woman is still out there. [•] Cracker is back and touring. [•] Microsoft smashes a monster truck through a wall to stop piracy. Ummm… [•] Can the Duron beat the Celeron? [•] Cool your system down. [•] Maximum PC reviews the I-Jam 100. [•] 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. [•] Guitar.com teaches you how to play Phish style (Kevin’s favorite band). [•] Red Raven is going on vacation and won’t be posting (doh!). [•] Azazel, I love you! [•] Tomorrow we shall reconvene. Class dismissed.

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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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