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- Al Hunt makes the most of his weekly token liberal slot on the WSJ op-ed page with a blistering column (not posted--c'mon, Taranto, share the wealth...er, maybe that's the wrong thing to say to the WSJ...but you know what I mean). Anyway, says Hunt: |
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- Some LongHorn videos available for viewing.... |
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- "A scientist funded by the US government has deliberately created an extremely deadly form of mousepox, a relative of the smallpox virus, through genetic engineering. The new virus kills all mice even if they have been given antiviral drugs as well as a vaccine that would normally protect them. The work has not stopped there. The cowpox virus, which infects a range of animals including humans, has been genetically altered in a similar way. The new virus, which is about to be tested on animals, should be lethal only to mice, Mark Buller of the University of St Louis told New Scientist. |
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- The Apache HTTPD Server project has announced two new releases for both project branches 1.3.29 and 2.0.48. |
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- The proposed final draft of JSR 86 - Enterprise Media Beans has been published. "EMB provides a framework to integrate rich media data such as audio, video or image into applications based on EJBTM Entity Beans within the J2EETM application development model. It provides a common view on rich media from an application model point of view. EMB abstracts over underlying transport and rendering mechanisms (e. |
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- JSR 160 - Java Management Extensions Remote API 1.0's final release has been published. "This JSR will provide one mechanism for remote access by building on the JMX notion of connectors. A connector provides a remote client API for a JMX-based agent that is very similar to the local client API. |
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- The Apache Ant project has announced the release of version 1.6beta2. "Ant 1.6 adds a lot of new features, most prominently support for XML namespaces as well as a new concept of Ant libraries that makes use of namespaces to avoid name clashes of custom tasks. |
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- Sun has won a contract to supply the entire government of North South Wales (NSW) with the Java Enterprise and Java Desktop Systems. The contract gives NSW government departments a discount on buying the systems over the next four years. "According to Sun, six NSW government departments are already in the early phases of testing or deploying the software. The departments range in size from 200 up to a 'few thousand' staff representing an estimated 30,000 seats," |
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Thrust (Oct 30 2003 13:59 GMT) - Initial Commit... |
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- Slashdot Oct 30 2003 7:52AM ET... |
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- Slashdot Oct 30 2003 7:52AM ET... |
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- Slashdot Oct 30 2003 7:52AM ET... |
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- Slashdot Oct 30 2003 7:52AM ET... |
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- Mad.co.uk Oct 30 2003 8:18AM ET... |
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Hmm. (Oct 30 2003 13:59 GMT) - Note to self...pick up this book... |
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sotto voce (Oct 30 2003 13:58 GMT) - Okay, so I’m listening to Paul Harvey’s radio show this morning and he’s talking about the UN and humanitarian groups, like the Red Cross, removing personnel from Baghdad. Paul mentions that it’s so bad that Sec. State Collin Powell issued... |
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- Bye Bye Manny?Great analysis by Rob Neyer on the Red Sox' surprising move to place Manny Ramirez on waivers. Another angle to consider: if someone picks up Manny now, the Sox won't have to package talent (Nixon, Youkilis, Shoppach, etc. ) with him at a later date in order to move him. |
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- "Seven years ago, Pakistani pop sensation Abrar ul-Haq was spending the spoils of his new found fame on fast cars and a rock star lifestyle. He was about to buy himself a private jet when a personal tragedy gave him a new perspective on life. "I could have bought the jet. I was very serious about it. Then I lost my mother in 1996... |
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- Yes, you have been here before... |
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- Solar Tempest of 1859 Revealed: "A pair of strong solar storms that hit Earth late last week were squalls compared to the torrent of electrons that rained down in the 'perfect space storm' of 1859. And sooner or later, experts warn, the Sun will again conspire again send earthlings a truly destructive bout of space weather. If it happens anytime soon, we won't know exactly what to expect until it's over, and by then some modern communication systems could be like beachfront houses after a hurricane. In early September in 1859, telegraph wires suddenly shorted out in the United States and Europe, igniting widespread fires. |
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- Bristolgo taldeak reggae, dub, soul eta hip hop erritmoak nahastuko ditu Gasteszenan Smith & Mightyren aurretik, Tüsüri igoko da eszenatokira. Oier Iruretagoiena 15 urteko errenteriarraren izen artistikoa da Tüsüri. Ordenagailuaren bidez, soinuak moztuz eta nahastuz konposizio propioak sortzen ditu gaztetxo... |
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- i found this on a web-page devoted specifically to wicca. however, its so beaut... |
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- fallofrain Thanks for posting the link with the message board regarding Secret Spells Barbie. Some of the comments, from all sides, are just priceless. While I identify myself as a lazy pagan, meaning I have my own beliefs but I dont go out of my way to |
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- San Francisco Chronicle Oct 30 2003 5:49AM ET |
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- Womens Enews Oct 30 2003 6:53AM ET |
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- Earlier I mentioned some of the things happening in ASP.NET 2.0. Here is some more news from the LongHorn Blogs (really a wealth of information there).... |
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Hacked? (Oct 30 2003 13:57 GMT) - This morning, I came across a link that looked interesting. The site is afghanpix.com. But, when I went there, it claims Owned by the Lords of the Ping ;), meaning either it's a hoax or the site has been hacked. |
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- My Christmas knitting projects are humming along quite nicely. I finished my wonderfully soft brown and black scarf that I... |
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- TOMS RIVER, N.J. - The case of a Minnesota man who allegedly stole a plane from an airport this summer will now be reviewed by an Ocean County grand jury. |
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- Last night The Money Programme (you must have seen it - it was inbetween 'Buffy' and 'The Joy of Curry') had a shock report on mortgage lending which showed Estate Agents' financial advisers recommending people take a "self-cert" mortgage in which they li |
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- Steven Taylor has a message for his fellow Southern Republicans.... |
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- I hadn't checked in on the Kausfiles in awhile and was interested to find him raving about the Terry Schiavo case at length — largely in the service of his chronic desire to skewer NPR. Kaus frequently prefaces his most juiced-up rants with a statement that he had almost made up his mind the other way (" I was just growing more sympathetic to the cause of those who want to pull the plug on Terri Schiavo...") until he heard such-and-such. Then he's off and running. |
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- Neil, would you mind explaining the length of the NBA basketball season, the number of direct matches against each team, et cetera? It's not like I truly care about the NBA, but I suppose I'll be reading about it here at least until MLB spring training and longer if all goes well for the Lakers. So, I might as well take an interest or at least get the basics down. |
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- The hillfort above the Dyke is also known as 'Poor Man's Walls' and sounds like a Prehistory Themepark for the Victorian era. A special railway from Brighton deposited you at the foot of the hill, from where you could get another steep railway up the fort. Up to 30,000 people visited a DAY in its heyday. Attractions also included two bandstands, an observatory, a camera obscura, fairground rides, a switchback railway, and an aerial cableway across the combe. There's still a carpark, toilets, a hotel?? |
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- Firefighters in southern California race to save historic towns in the path of huge forest fires. |
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