|
|
|
|
|
|
- BAGHDAD - A Time magazine reporter suffered severe shrapnel wounds and lost his hand when he tried to throw away a grenade tossed into a Humvee he was riding in with a Time photographer and two U.S. soldiers, colleagues said Thursday. |
|
|
|
- WASHINGTON - The United States is helping Iraq establish an intelligence service whose primary mission will be to provide information to help fight a guerrilla insurgency, the White House said Thursday. |
|
|
|
- JALALABAD, Afghanistan - Six Afghan fighters died in an exchange of fire at a maternity hospital as U.S. soldiers tried to arrest a local military commander in the Afghan city of Jalalabad, witnesses said. |
|
|
|
- SAFFORD - Phelps Dodge is a major step closer to opening the first big copper mine in Arizona since 1973, possibly reversing years of decline for one of the state's founding industries. |
|
|
|
- SAN FRANCISCO - Advocates are asking Hispanics throughout California to flex their economic muscle today by refusing to go to work, school or stores. |
|
|
|
- WASHINGTON - Immigrant advocates are welcoming Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge's suggestion to legalize millions of illegal immigrants as a sign that the Bush administration may be recommitting itself to a plan derailed after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. |
|
|
|
- BAGHDAD - U.S. troops behind strong defenses survived two suicide bombings Tuesday without deadly injuries. |
|
|
New Mac (Dec 12 2003 23:32 GMT) - I just bought a new mac. A powermac. It was on apple.com, so I must wait. I hate waiting. |
|
|
|
- Former state Sen. Gary George pleaded not guilty Friday to federal allegations he defrauded the government of almost $400,000, while Wisconsin's Ethics Board recommended a new round of charges claiming he misused state resources. |
|
|
|
- Last post by Phil A on 16:30 12/Dec/03 - http://www. |
|
|
|
- Last post by 'Phil....' on 15:08 12/Dec/03 - TV PREVIEW |
|
|
|
- Tonight: High Line Party at Crobar. Saturday: Adult and Electronicat at Knitting Factory or The Gourds at Bowery Ballroom. Sunday:... |
|
|
mcron 1.0.0 (Dec 12 2003 23:30 GMT) - 100% Vixie compatible cron written in Guile... |
|
|
|
- I was saying something just like this to Tom the other day: Meet the Greedy Grandparents - Why America's elderly... |
|
|
|
- yep, that about covers it... |
|
|
|
- nice reminder of how inspiring communication can be... |
|
|
|
- Uncle Sam likes his networks buttoned down, which means firewalls just won't cut it. True, the newer firewalls include limited... IDS (intrusion detection system) or IDP (intrusion detection and prevention) functionality up to layer 4, and significant... protection can be gained by moving up the stack to layer 7. |
|
|
|
- NetIQ’s MailMarshal fulfills the same need as the products in my recent spam-product roundup, but this anti-spam gateway will... best satisfy Windows-centric organizations. |
|
|
|
- A network without adequate security is a liability. From the ever-present threat of worms and viruses that can compromise... network hosts to the potential for data leaks, the risk is far greater than the savings in resources and workhours saved by... not protecting the network. |
|
|
|
- I walked down the grassy slope, pausing to knock the soil off my shoes. I looked back at the gravesite in the gathering darkness. The granite cover gleamed a little in the light from the nearly full moon, and it was a peaceful sight hastened only by the... bone-chilling wind that seemed to cross the Kansas prairie with no pause between there and the North Pole.ADVERTISEMENT: |
|
|
|
- Since I was bored I decided to start a 100 things about me post. It got really hard around the... |
|
|
|
- Die Studenten an der Universität Wien wollen bei der Erstellung eines neuen Organisationsplans "zurück an den Start". Der von Rektor Georg Winckler vorgelegte Entwurf dürfe so nicht in Kraft treten. |
|
|
|
- Apple’s first retail store in Japan opened in Tokyo’s Ginza shopping district on Sunday, November 30 I read somewhere that the queues were long, I didn't realise that it was this long. The Longest Line (this links to a page... |
|
|
|
- Lard writes "According to Canada.com, videogame maker Electronic Arts has posted a billboard using ASCII character codes in order to poach programmers away ... |
|
|
|
- Bush Admin gettin' on the good foot? That's it, I'm done. Simply can't top this.. Australian news media as well as the AFP have reported that Secretary of State Colin Powell has unofficially appointed James Brown US Secretary of Soul and Foreign Minister of Funk. |
|
|
|
- I posted a small tidbit on the battle of the Three Stoogies in Baghdad last June (here). However, Joe Katzman has the skinney on the battle Trent Trelinko claims "will replace the 'Battle of 73 Easting' as the most studied ground engagement in U.S. History."... |
|
|
|
- From: Sgt. Mom To: Major Broadcast and Dead Tree Media (But I am looking at YOU, San Antonio Express News!) Re: |
|
|
|
- As I wrote in my last entry, my best bud, SonarGuy, will be deploying with his Reserve unit next month. And he has a request directed to all those who've served there and are serving there: Sparkey, One thing I heard this past weekend which... |
|
|
|
- The call has come; my best friend's Naval Reserve unit is going to the sandbox early next year. He has a wife and three kids (just like me - copy cat). Anyway, he sent in receintly and I thought I'd let him brag a bit:... |
|
|
|
- A big project like a proper Christmas in the women’s dorm at Misawa AB could not be done by one person working alone or even two like Thea and I, laying careful plans, and collecting ideas. You need a critical mass, a small number of... |
|
|
|
- The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Friday against a Colorado Springs high school for refusing to recognize a club that includes gays. |
|
|
|
- Rick Wayne’s wonderful review of the two starter kit books is now online. |
|
|
|
- Metropolis Magazine | Urban Cycling: A Tale of Two Cities ... ridership over the East River bridges (i.e., the Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Manhattan, and Queensboro bridges) has gone up 62 percent--from 2,410 to 3,875 per day--during commuter hours (7 a. |
|
|
|
- FlashPaste Lite allows you to quickly insert common text or phrases into online forms. It allows you to create multiple items (e.g your name, address, username etc.) and then select any of them by cl.... |
|
|
|
- myHTPC is a customizable front end that allows you to launch external programs, browse pictures or collections of media files, or even display weather information for your local area (via WheatherCha.... |
|
