Significant Russian Attack On US Military Networks (Friday 28th of November 2008 06:15:01 PM)
Killmofasta notes an LA Times story on a severe and rampant attack on US soldierly video
cameras that may have originated in Russia. Turns out the military's recent ban on flash drives
was a precursor to this attack, which was substance enough that the ...
(more)Son: "Daddy, ... (Tuesday 25th of November 2008 07:10:02 PM)
Son: "Daddy, I have to write a special report for school, but I don't know what Politics
is."Father: "Well, let's take our home as an example. I am the bread-winner, so let's call me
Capitalism. Your Mum is the administrator of money, so we'll call ...
(more)One day, ... (Sunday 23rd of November 2008 11:10:02 AM)
One day, a blind man and his dog are walking down a street, they come to a busy intersection,
and the dog, ignoring the high volume of traffic zooming by on the street, leads the blind man
out into the thick of traffic. This is ...
(more)Adobe Releases Preview of 64-bit Flash For Linux (Tuesday 18th of November 2008 05:15:01 AM)
Rinisari writes "Finally, the day has come. Adobe has released a pre-release version of the
64-bit Flash player. It is facile at the Adobe Labs Flash Player 10 key in site immediately.
Where are the Windows and Mac versions? 'Release of this alpha version ...
(more)A couple whose marriage was going on the rocks sought the advice of a marriage ... (Sunday 16th of November 2008 11:10:02 AM)
A couple whose wedlock was going on the rocks sought the advice of a connubiality counsellor.
The counsellor pleaded with them to patch up their quarrel, but they were adamant."So," said
the counsellor, "you know the residual and you want to part. reminisce ...
(more)New Report On NSA Released Today (Saturday 15th of November 2008 12:30:02 AM)
Daveschroeder writes "George command health center has today released a three-volume history of
NSA activities during the Cold War (major highlights). Written by agency historian Thomas R.
Johnson, the 1,000-page report, 'Cryptology During the Cold War, ...
(more)AMD Launches First 45nm Shanghai CPUs (Thursday 13th of November 2008 11:15:01 PM)
Arcticstoat writes "The wait for AMD's next-gen CPUs is finally over., as the company has now
officially launched its first 45nm 'Shanghai' Opteron chips for servers and workstations.
'AMD's move to a 45nm process relies on immersion lithography, where ...
(more)FTC Wants To Straighten Out IP Law (Sunday 09th of November 2008 08:15:01 PM)
Coondoggie writes with this excerpt from NetworkWorld: "What do you get when you mix the
government, the court system, company lawyers and Joe Consumer? A serious mess that would send
most people screaming into the night. But the Federal Trade mission ...
(more)A man has a heart attack and is brought to the hospital emergency room. ... (Monday 03rd of November 2008 03:10:02 PM)
A man has a heart attack and is brought to the mash unit quandary room. The doctor tells him
that he will not live unless he has a heart transplant right away. Another doctor runs into the
room and says, "you're in luck, two hearts ...
(more)Ted "A Series of Tubes" Stevens Found Guilty (Tuesday 28th of October 2008 07:30:06 AM)
Techmuse writes "According to a series of tubes sites, Senator Ted Stevens has been found
guilty of lying about free home renovations that he conventional from an oil contractor. He
faces up to 5 years in jail, and the outcome of his current reelection ...
(more)Why Most Published Research Findings Are False (Monday 20th of October 2008 05:00:01 AM)
Hugh Pickens writes "Researchers have found that the winner's curse may apply to the
notification of scientific papers and that incorrect findings are more likely to end up in
print than correct findings. Dr John Ioannidis bases his tiff about incorrect ...
(more)A burglar broke into a home and was looking around. ... (Monday 13th of October 2008 12:10:02 PM)
A burglar broke into a home and was looking around. He heard a soft voice say, "Jesus is
fasting you". cerebration it was just his imagination, he continued his search. Again the voice
said "Jesus is dieting you". He turned his flashlight around and saw ...
(more)President Clinton and the Pope died on the same day, ... (Wednesday 01st of October 2008 04:10:02 PM)
Front office* Clinton and the Pope died on the same day, and due to an bureaucratic foul up,
Clinton was sent to heaven and the Pope gets sent to hell. The Pope explained the locality to
the devil, he checked out all of the paperwork, ...
(more)Google Lively To Be an Online Gaming Platform (Wednesday 01st of October 2008 04:15:30 AM)
GamesIndustry.biz new interviewed Kevin Hanna, innovatory boss for Google Lively, about the
virtual environment's beginnings and the plans for its future. Earlier this month, he announced
that Lively would open to developers, and now he says the long-term ...
(more)Working Effectively with Legacy Code (Tuesday 30th of September 2008 03:15:02 AM)
Merlin42 writes "I just now took a Test-Driven-Development (TDD) coaching course and the
teacher food pyramid that I read "Working Effectively with Legacy Code" by Michael Feathers.
First things first, a note about the title. Feathers defines "Legacy ...
(more)Positive Rights News From Europe (Saturday 27th of September 2008 12:30:06 AM)
Various readers are sending in good news from Europe on the rights front. First, at the EU
level, Mark.J brings word that the latin Parliament has canned a number of polemic amendments
to its updated Telecoms Package, which could have resulted in ISPs ...
(more)SanDisk, Music Publishers Push DRM-free SlotMusic Format (Monday 22nd of September 2008 08:00:01 PM)
Strudelkugel writes "The LA Times and others are reporting the music bunch is working with
SanDisk to try public
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(more)There was a fly looking at some food in a river. ... (Monday 22nd of September 2008 12:10:02 AM)
There was a fly looking at some food in a river. The fly thought, "If I go down, I can get the
food!"There was a fish looking at the fly. The fish thought, "If the fly goes down to get the
food, I can get ...
(more)ISO Relevance Questioned After OOXML Appeals Fail (Wednesday 03rd of September 2008 10:30:01 PM)
Cowards unnamed passes along an Australian PCWorld piece that begins "Countries whose appeals
were dismissed concerning to the ISO/IEC's subscribe of Microsoft's OOXML as an international
measure are inquiring the judgment and relevance of the ISO/IEC ...
(more)A man, down on his luck, went into a church which catered to the "uppity". ... (Sunday 31st of August 2008 12:10:02 AM)
A man, down on his luck, went into a church which catered to the "uppity". Spotting the man's
dirty clothes a deacon, worried about the churches image, went to the man and asked him if he
needed help. The man said, "I was praying and ...
(more)Any Suggestions For a Meaningful Geeky Wedding Band? (Saturday 30th of August 2008 06:00:01 PM)
Mbutala writes "I am getting close to popping the question, and I've been racking my brain for
an idea for a cool and unique wedding band. I've been cerebration of contacting a company that
can (possibly) fabricate a ring from pure Iridium (Ir) or a ...
(more)A blonde is on a four-engine plane crossing the Atlantic. ... (Wednesday 27th of August 2008 08:10:02 AM)
A blonde is on a four-engine plane loop the Atlantic.All of a sudden there's a loud bang. The
pilot announces over the intercom “I'm sorry, one of our engines has just shut off. We'll
be delayed 45 minutes.”Suddenly there's another bang. Once ...
(more)Bill Gates met God, and God said, "Well, Bill, I'm really confused on this one. ... (Monday 25th of August 2008 04:10:02 AM)
Bill Gates met God, and God said, "Well, Bill, I'm really mistaken on this one. I'm not sure
whether to send you to Heaven or to Hell. After all, you enormously helped society by putting a
mini* in almost every home in the world, and ...
(more)A horse and a chicken are playing in a meadow. ... (Sunday 24th of August 2008 12:10:02 PM)
A horse and a chicken are playing in a meadow. The horse falls into a mud hole and is sinking.
He calls to the chicken to go and get the farmer to help pull him out to safety. The chicken
runs to the farm but ...
(more)Three doctors are in the duck blind and a bird flies overhead. ... (Friday 22nd of August 2008 12:10:02 AM)
Three doctors are in the duck blind and a bird flies overhead. The general practitioner looks
at it and says, "Looks like a duck, flies like a duck ... it's expediently a duck," shoots at
it but misses and the bird flies away.The next bird ...
(more)A businessman walked into a New York City bank and asked for the loan officer. ... (Monday 11th of August 2008 12:10:02 AM)
A negotiator walked into a New York City bank and asked for the loan officer. He said he was
going to Europe on job for two weeks and needed to borrow $5,000. The loan officer said the
bank would need some safeguard for such a ...
(more)One day an out of work mime was visiting the zoo, ... (Monday 11th of August 2008 08:10:02 AM)
One day an out of work mime was card the zoo, where he attempted to earn some money as a street
performer. Unfortunately, as soon as he started to draw a crowd, a zoo keeper grabbed him and
dragged him into his office.The zookeeper explained ...
(more)Where is the first baseball game in the Bible? ... (Saturday 09th of August 2008 12:10:02 AM)
Where is the first ace* game in the Bible?In the big inning, Eve stole first, Adam stole
second. Cain struck out Abel, and the Prodigal Son came home. The Giants and the Angels were
rained out.
...
(more)After a few days, ... (Thursday 07th of August 2008 08:10:02 AM)
After a few days, the Lord called to Adam and said, "It is time for you and Eve to begin the
process of populating the earth so I want you to kiss her."Adam answered, "Yes Lord, but what
is a kiss?" So the Lord gave ...
(more)No Linux IdeaPad For Lenovo's US Customers (Thursday 07th of August 2008 02:15:02 PM)
Narramissic writes "When Lenovo's new IdeaPad 'S' series netbooks hit stores in October, U.S.
buyers will only be given one option: Windows XP on the IdeaPad S10 (making it not so much a
series as a single offering). Meanwhile, people in most markets ...
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