May 30, 2005
A time to remember the sacrifice
May God richly bless you all and keep you safe.
And for our hard charging devil dog Skywalker, Semper Fi!
Also a salute to my online bud Joe who's somewhere under the ocean making sure his boat pings like non other.
Mrs. Muddy's cousin who is making sure N.A.S.A. looks good in pictures.
May 29, 2005
France says "Poo Poo on you EU"
French Voters Soundly Reject European Union Constitution
PARIS, May 29 - Turning its back on half a century of European history, France decisively rejected a constitution for Europe on Sunday, plunging the country into political disarray and jeopardizing the cause of European unity.
The victory for the no vote - 55 percent to 45 percent - came in a nationwide referendum on the European Union constitution after a bruising campaign that divided France and alarmed Europe.
Foreshadowed in recent polls, the no vote could doom the 448-article treaty because all 25 members of the European Union must ratify it before it can take effect.
Full Story @ New York Times
It's funny how france seemed so "one world government" yet wants to remain independent.
May 28, 2005
Black Friday
I have some very sad news for all my fellow Steelers fans.
During my ongoing attempt to setup raid0 with two sata drives in my linux box I accidently wiped out my ide drive that held all my torrents. Every single game, the Big Ben interview on Letterman and the preseason games, all gone. Forever.
Sadly I also lost all Naruto episodes, my entire music collection that I've been ripping from CD to ogg as well as some other files that are irreplaceable.
Let this be a warning to all Linux users that "rm -rf" should be used with EXTREME CARE!
Don't use it when your fighting the flu and utterly tired.
The tracker will remain down until the preseason starts and I have those games ready.
May 26, 2005
CIA Overseeing 3-Day War Game on Internet
WASHINGTON - The CIA is conducting a war game this week to simulate an unprecedented, Sept. 11-like electronic assault against the United States. The three-day exercise, known as "Silent Horizon," is meant to test the ability of government and industry to respond to escalating Internet disruptions over many months, according to participants.
They spoke on condition of anonymity because the CIA asked them not to disclose details of the sensitive exercise taking place in Charlottesville, Va., about two hours southwest of Washington.
The simulated attacks were carried out five years in the future by a fictional new alliance of anti-American organizations that included anti-globalization hackers. The most serious damage was expected to be inflicted in the closing hours of the war game Thursday.
Full Story @ My Way News
I wish the network companies would be involved in this, since it's their networks this kind of thing would happen on. They can deal with it faster an better than the CIA could.
May 23, 2005
New XBOX 360 powerd by Apple?
Microsucks new highly touted Xbox 360 was so good that they decided to use Apple G5's for the display kiosks.
Hrmmm..
As Bennyhill pointed out they did not even bother using a WINDOWS based pc for the demo but Apple!
What does that say about their product? They can't even use something windows based to run their demo on? This makes one wonder what the heck is powering their Xbox!?! Linux???
Bwaahahahahaha.
Losers.
Click the below link for all the pics.
Full Story @ AnandTech
May 18, 2005
Danger Will Robinson, Danger!
GOP Aides Say New Patriot Act Obliges Bush
WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee is working on a bill that would renew the Patriot Act and expand government powers in the name of fighting terrorism, letting the
FBI subpoena records without permission from a judge or grand jury.
Much of the debate in Congress has concerned possibly limiting some of the powers in the anti-terrorism law passed 45 days after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
But the measure being written by Sen. Pat Roberts (news, bio, voting record), R-Kan., would give the FBI new power to issue administrative subpoenas, which are not reviewed by a judge or grand jury, for quickly obtaining records, electronic data or other evidence in terrorism investigations, according to aides for the GOP majority on the committee who briefed reporters Wednesday.
Full Story @ Yahoo! News
America, sits as he slowly ever so gently slips the chains around her feet, her arms and her neck.
Hey fat lazy America let us all sit in front of the TV while our "elected" government strips away our freedoms bit by bit.
What sickens me even more is the so called liberals will cry and scream over us freeing an enslaved people yet won't lift a finger when their own freedom gets whacked. Sick.
May 17, 2005
No end in sight
by Slimmons May 16, 2005
About a thousand Marines wake up in Afghanistan every day still. Things are quiet here except for the occasional IED and Taliban cell we come across in the mountains. We feed and clothe children and we distribute humanitarian aid supplies and medicine. We build schools and hospitals and we dig wells. We also set up a semi-puppet government we build in our own self-centered image. This government cannot yet stand on its own and so we stay, and we stay.
Most people here appreciate the money and effort the US puts in here to stabilize a free democracy who will fight the poppy growers (think heroin addicts) and the guys who think we're all evil and should die (the same guys who marginalize and ruin women and destroy the concept of human rights).
Most people like us.
More people wave to us here than would wave to a Marine convoy rolling down the highway back home.
Anyway...fare thee well, boys...Ricky and Nick - you will be missed.
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A huge THANK YOU to Slimmons for allowing me to publish his photo and subsequent text. Please stop by his deviant art page for some more fantastic pics from Afghanistan. HERE
Trump calls Freedom Tower 'disgusting' and a 'pile of junk'
"I'd rather have nothing than what they're building," says the real estate mogul in a Hardball interview
In an interview scheduled to air on "Hardball with Chris Matthews" Thursday, Donald Trump tells Chris Matthews that the proposed Freedom Tower was designed by "an egghead architect" who "really doesn't have a lot of experience designing something like this."
Following is a transcript of interview.
CHRIS MATTHEWS, 'HARDBALL' HOST: Donald Trump, thank you for joining us in amidst of this controversy over the World Trade Towers.
Speaking into now the counter, every time I fly over Manhattan I see basically an amputated Battery area. The bottom of the island looks amputated. I see the missing towers. Is that a better monument than the Freedom Towers, just not having anything? Or would you rather have the World Trade Towers back?
DONALD TRUMP: I'd rather have nothing than what they're building, Chris. It's a terrible design. It was designed by an egghead architect who really doesn't have a lot of experience of designing something like this. And it's just a terrible design.
May 16, 2005
New Survey Finds Huge Gap Between Press and Public on Many Issues
NEW YORK A new survey to be released Monday reveals a wide gap on many media issues between a group of journalists and the general public. In one finding, 43% of the public say they believe the press has too much freedom, while only 3% of journalists agree. Just 14% of the public can name “freedom of the press” as a guarantee in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, in the major poll conducted by the University of Connecticut Department of Public Policy.
Six in ten among the public feel the media show bias in reporting the news, and 22% say the government should be allowed to censor the press. More than 7 in 10 journalists believe the media does a good or excellent job on accuracy--but only 4 in 10 among the public feel that way. And a solid 53% of the public think stories with unnamed sources should not be published at all.
Full Story @Editor & Publisher
I do not think this will shock anyone, except the media. ;-)
May 13, 2005
Happy Birthday to me!
I love having my birthday on the 13th because every few years it falls on Friday the 13th and all sorts of great things happen to me.
Such as the last time it was on a Friday someone ordered this goofy guy with a goalies mask to chase me around a lake, it was such a good time.
Just for the record I'm still 20 however this is the 13th anniversary of my 20th birthday. :-)
May 11, 2005
Senate approves electronic ID card bill
Last-minute attempts by online activists to halt an electronic ID card failed Tuesday when the U.S. Senate unanimously voted to impose a sweeping set of identification requirements on Americans.
The so-called Real ID Act now heads to President Bush, who is expected to sign the bill into law this month. Its backers, including the Bush administration, say it's needed to stop illegal immigrants from obtaining drivers' licenses.
If the act's mandates take effect in May 2008, as expected, Americans will be required to obtain federally approved ID cards with "machine readable technology" that abides by Department of Homeland Security specifications. Anyone without such an ID card will be effectively prohibited from traveling by air or Amtrak, opening a bank account, or entering federal buildings.
After the Real ID Act's sponsors glued it to an Iraq military spending bill, final passage was all but guaranteed. Yet that didn't stop a dedicated cadre of privacy activists from trying to raise the alarm in the last few days.
Full Story @ CNET News.com
How about we stop illegal's from coming across the boarder instead of punishing Americans? Just a thought.
Linux taking over the world! (sorta)
Customer Survey Shows 75% of Computer Shoppers Interested in Linux-Based Operating Systems
SAN DIEGO and HILLIARD, Ohio, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Linspire, Inc. and Micro Center today announced that the two companies have formed a broad-based partnership to meet the rising demand for desktop Linux among mainstream computer users. Beginning today, all 20 Micro Center stores nationwide will sell Linspire's Linux-based operating system in both the boxed version and pre-installed on desktop and laptop personal computers.
The partnership follows recent market research reports that predict revenues from desktop Linux PCs will grow to $10 billion by 2008. In addition, internal surveys by Micro Center reveal that more than 75 percent of its customers have an interest in running a Linux-based operating system.
Full Story @ Yahoo! Finance