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Date: June 12th, 2002

The Human Virus Scanner

12 June, 2002 (22:14) | Humor | No comments

Check out what memes you may be infected with at the Human Virus Scanner
Here’s my results:
Human Virus Scanner
The virus that have infected you will be show here along with thier cures, if known.
Viruses you suffer from:

Religion: Read “God’s Debris” by Scott Adams (yes, the Dilbert guy)
British: No need for cure. Benign virus.
Discordia: Buy a suit. [...]

Stuck in Boobtropolis

12 June, 2002 (20:52) | Political | No comments

Britain, never known as a bastion of personal freedom, has gone too far this time. THis is the most egregious attack on freedom in a democratic 1st world country since Hitler took over Germany.
It’s here, it’s now: Big Brother’s reign has begun
By Boris Johnson
(Filed: 13/06/2002)
Of all the weapons in the armoury of New [...]

Powell and Bush drift apart on Middle East

12 June, 2002 (20:41) | Political | 2 comments

How much longer will Colin Powell keep his post? Not that I have any respect for anyone who’d lower their integrity enough to work for the Bush administration, but this is not a good thing. Powell at least has some sympathy for the Palestinians and certainly seems to have a better understanding of the politics [...]

Ashcroft gets his pinky rapped

12 June, 2002 (20:35) | Political | 1 comment

Looks like the kitchen was getting a little too hot for the Bush administration, and about time too.
US climbdown over ‘dirty bomb’ claim
By Toby Harnden in Washington
(Filed: 13/06/2002)
The White House has reprimanded John Ashcroft, the US attorney general, for exaggerating the extent of an alleged “dirty bomb” plot and acknowledged that the threat was [...]

What to do What to do

12 June, 2002 (18:42) | Cats | No comments

I hardly know what to do with Riley this week. In the past 5 days he’s caught 3 birds and two chipmunks and tried to drag every damned one of them into the house! Today alone it was two robins that had just fledged. Fortunately I was able to release all the critters mostly unharmed [...]

Microsoft takes a swipe at passwords

12 June, 2002 (13:47) | Business | 1 comment

Why do I suspect this is a bad idea
For one thing Passport puts way too much control over 3rd part information in MS’ greedy little paws. Secondly, with MS’s past history in regards to security I can only imagine how many more holes there will be in this protocol. Anyone got a spare Mack [...]

Scripting Error

12 June, 2002 (13:21) | Computer | No comments

If anyone tried to post a comment last night my apologies. My provider did some upgrades on the server and it affected scripting security. Problem should be fixed now.
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