2003 May

“A Nebraska lawmaker is so fed up with constituents crossing the state border to gamble that she proposed going to war with neighboring Iowa.[…] The proposed amendment read: “The sovereign state of Nebraska declares a state of hostility with the sovereign state of Iowa until such a time as the state of Iowa ceases the […]

French Creak Boats for Sale Limited, has a 1942 Aircraft Carrier up for sale, so if you’re interested and have that kinda cash, go there…
Lots of info on the boat and its history on the Web page.

PalmInfocenter has word of a new CLIE prototype from Sony, which has wireless capabilities (no info on wheter or not its wi-fi or bluetooh), a tiny camara on the hinge and a cool form factor similar to nintendos GBA SP.

Some unfortunate news, everybody. Ghyslain, aka the “Star Wars Kid,” and his family may be pursuing legal action against the individual(s) who originally posted his video on the Internet.

“…The biggest competitive blow to the alternative browser market could be to Mozilla.org, the open-source browser development group partly funded by AOL-Time Warner…”
With AOL’s option to use Microsoft’s IE, Netscape does look that it’s in it’s last few kilobytes. It’s sad though if even Mozilla get’s caught in the tussle. Does this mean goodbye to […]

“The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors.”
Got some spare time? Why not volunteer as an editor?

“Visions of the comic strip detective Dick Tracy talking into his wristwatch phone have titillated imaginations for decades. But now, Japanese phone giant NTT DoCoMo is selling the real thing.” - They did an initial production run of 1,000 units, which sold out in about 20 minutes. They’re going to try more, and Motorola is […]

If you use Intel Centrino-based notebook you may notice your VPN is a little hard to get on, or even that you come face to face with a BSOD. Seems Centrino and VPN applications don’t get along very well. Intel was aware of the problem before shipping, but skirts the blame to the VPN software. […]

Japanese phone manufacturer DoCoMo is now selling a cell phone wristwatch. The silver-bodied phone looks like a very thick digital watch, weighing in at only 3.9 ounces.
New gadget! Must own! Hmm…. maybe that’s why I have no money.

“The nation’s three biggest local phone companies Thursday put plans to rebuild aging networks on the fast track. That’s if federal regulators play ball by issuing favorable rules on competition.”
REINHARDT KRAUSE, writes about how we may all be able to get fiber optic connections within 3 years. I’m crossing my fingers.

“Microsoft on Wednesday released a batch of patches that fix security holes in several versions of its Internet Information Services software.”
First, Microsoft downgrades an update one month and a half ago. Last week, they pull out another update after posting it a few days earlier. Days later, they post two new updates, one of which […]

I don’t know about this but EP1 and EP2, in my opinion, were major factors in diminishing the Star Wars fanbase. It’s all hype now. Now, Lucasfilm expects people like me to shell out $19.95 to follow the filming of EP3?
My five cents worth? Why not just focus on the plot of the story? Just […]

‘That you didn’t know you were stealing from Keyser Soze…’
Really sorry for the obscure reference, but I was so tempted.

Metal detectors, night vision goggles. What next? Frisking? This is not about airport security.

“…Apple’s stock slipped 22 cents to $17.88 on Nasdaq, while the stock of RealNetworks, which makes software that plays music and video online and competes with Microsoft’s media player, slid 10 percent to $7.86. …This new collaboration will likely cause other players to seek alternative partnerships, which could include RealNetworks or something developed from the […]

“LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Shares in chip designer Nvidia Inc. NVDA.O jumped more than 7 percent on Friday, extending a month-long rally, after brokerage UBS Warburg upgraded the stock to ‘buy’ from ‘reduce’…”
Whoa. Upgrades.

“The German government has decided to move a significant proportion of its computers from Windows to Linux, despite aggressive price cutting from Microsoft . The city of Munich said on Wednesday that it would switch 14,000 computers from Microsoft’s Windows operating system to rival Linux.” - Another blow to Microsoft in the lucrative government market.

CNET is offering up a three part series on the current issues and future of digital music, covering everything from Apple’s Itunes store to p2p. It’s available in both HTML and PDF, and worth the read.

Shadowbane, a online rpg, had it’s servers hacked yesterday. The hackers seemed to have control over virtually everything, altering the rules and stealing other players items and money.

“Please be assured that violations of the Shadowbane terms of use, or the Shadowbane end user license agreement, will be enforced to their full extent by Ubi Soft […]

Yesterday (May 28) a 1.67 pound block of foam was fired at 530 mph toward the leading edge of a Space Shuttle wing to test what damage might occur.
The leading edge moved and deformed when it was hit, and a T-seal between sections of the leading edge broke loose, exposing a gap between those sections.
This […]