Archive for July, 2003
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2003This Cowthing
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The L-Curve
Wednesday, July 30th, 2003Interesting site on distribution of wealth.
Imagine the population of the United States stretched across a football field in order of income, from poorest to richest. Now imagine a stack of $100 bills representing each person’s income. (A 1-inch stack of $100 bills is $25,000.) The red line represents the heights of those [...]
Secret networks protect music swappers
Wednesday, July 30th, 2003A step in the right direction.
(CNN) — They are the country clubs of the file-sharing world, exclusive Internet networks that require knowing the right people and having a wealth of content on your hard disk to get into the clique.
Read More : CNN.com - Secret networks protect music swappers - Jul. 29, 2003
No Same Sex Marriages, Says Bush
Wednesday, July 30th, 2003WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush indicated Wednesday he opposes extending marriage rights to homosexuals, saying he believes marriage “is between a man and a woman.”
Read More : CNN.com - Bush wants marriage reserved for heterosexuals - Jul. 30, 2003
Texas Lotto Numbers
Wednesday, July 30th, 2003Ok, so the Texas Lotto is up to $47 million. So I decided, screw these quick pic machines, ill just write a Perl script to give you random numbers. It works great. Gonna play the numbers tonight.
[ Check it out ]
If you’re interested, the original code is here. The one liner by wog [...]
The Telephone Voice Lady
Tuesday, July 29th, 2003July 28, 2003 — Jane Barbe, whose voice was familiar to millions of telephone users across the country who ever dialed a wrong number or had to “Please listen to the following options” in a voice-mail system, died July 18 in Roswell, Ga., of complications from cancer. She was 74.
Read More : New York Post [...]
DOD Requiring IPv6 Compliance
Tuesday, July 29th, 2003Finally someone is making some progress on the IPv6 front.
Citing National Security Concerns, Osterholz Says $30 Billion DoD IT Budget Will Only Buy Network Technologies That Are IPv6-Compliant Starting in October 2003, With Full Integration by 2008
Read More : Defense Department Will Require IPv6 Compliance, Says DoD’s John Osterholz
Logitech MX700/MX500 Linux Setup
Monday, July 28th, 2003I just set up this Logitech MX700/MX500 howto for linux and xfree 4.2/4.3. I figured I’d blog it so google would catch it and then people could find it.
This quick reference should be fine for setup on all linux distro’s as it is not distro dependant. Just for grins I am doing this on Gentoo.
Also, [...]
Subpoena Username Query Form
Monday, July 28th, 2003The EFF has put up a page for users to check their IP address or username to see if a subpoena has been issued to gather information on you.
Concerned that information about your file-sharing username may have been subpoenaed by the RIAA? Check here to see if your username or IP address is on [...]
N.Y. to Open 1st Public Gay High School
Monday, July 28th, 2003Sidenote 07/29/03 - Jeremy’s Blog has some great comments on this.
Man, this is gay. I guess gay people have a learning disability, or maybe they are so much more advanced they need thier own gay ass school.
NEW YORK (AP)–New York City is creating the nation’s first public high school for gays, bisexuals and transgender students.
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