Wednesday, June 26, 2002

NYT: Appeals Court Declares Pledge of Allegiance Unconstitutional. "A federal appeals court in California declared today, in what will surely not be the last word on the issue, that the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag is unconstitutional because of the words 'under God' that Congress inserted in 1954... "Late this afternoon, the Senate passed a resolution expressing its disapproval of the Ninth Circuit action. There was no dissent, and Senator Tom Daschle of South Dakota, the Democratic majority leader, urged his colleagues to convene at 9:30 a.m. Thursday to recite the pledge. About 100 members of the House, led by Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, recited the pledge on the east steps of the Capitol this afternoon." They're talking about the decision over on Slashdot. 18:42'54    comment []

News.com: Glitch tears down AOL home pages. "America Online confirms that a 'hardware error' caused a 'small amount' of people to lose personal home pages hosted on the Internet giant's servers." 18:37'22    comment []

Simon Fell: SOAP 1.2 goes to Last Call 18:35'11    comment []

MLB: Giants downplay dugout incident. 18:33'46    comment []

NYT: Shuttle Fleet Is Grounded to Fix Cracks. "Six cracks, three each in the pipes of the shuttles, were spotted visually or through indirect testing in inspections begun last week. NASA officials said they were concerned because the fissures, measuring 0.1 inches to 0.3 inches long, raised the possibility that pieces of the liners could break free and damage an engine in flight." 18:32'02    comment []

Slashdot: NIST Estimates Sloppy Coding Costs $60 Billion/Year 18:28'57    comment []

Lily Tomlin. "No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up." 18:25'56    comment []