Monday, January 28, 2002

Thought for the day: A man's ethical behavior should be based effectuallly on sympathy, education, social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death. Albert Einstein comment () trackback ()  11:52:48 PM     kidnapperguy@hotmail.com. A WSJ reporter has been taken hostage according to the BBC. The kidnappers want better treatment of the prisoners at camp X-ray and the release of Pakistani inmates. Intrestingly, the BBC article gives the email address used by the kidnappers, kidnapperguy@hotmail.com. Giving you a chance to flame (and/or congratulate) the kidnappers directly. A great way to get an FBI file started! [kuro5hin.org] Somehow I don't think Microsoft is going to use this in their Hotmail advertising... comment () trackback ()  10:37:06 PM     Here is a screenshot of the previous post being made. In practice, it's easier to email postings written on my Newton. comment () trackback ()  8:01:16 PM     Posted via Newt's Cape, a Newton web browser. comment () trackback ()  7:57:00 PM     I never could get the My Pictures Tool "Refresh Code..." command to work. On looking more closely, I found the script at myPicturesSuite.codeFreshener.refreshCode. It looks like this is what the menu command was supposed to call. At any rate, I tried running it and it appeared to work. comment () trackback ()  7:39:33 PM     Enron and the Social Security Lockbox. Andrew Hofer points out that Enron's accounting gimmicks were very similar to the gimmicks used by the Social Security Administration to hide the true nature of its finances. [LeftWatch.Com] This isn't surprising. After all, if Social Security wasn't being run by the government it would be called a Ponzi scheme. Really it's worse than that, because Ponzi schemes trick the gullible into giving their money up voluntarily--Social Security just steals it out of my paycheck (over $4000 last year) at gunpoint. But it works like a Ponzi scheme, anyway. comment () trackback ()  7:32:51 PM     Saudis Want Their Detainees Sent Home. Saudi Arabia said Monday that more than 100 of its citizens are in U.S. custody at Guantanamo Bay, making Saudis by far the largest group of terrorist suspects detained on this remote U.S. naval base. [AP World News] Maybe the Saudi Arabia should have taken some preventive measures, such as discouraging their citizens from joining mercenary armies and terrorist groups. I think it's worth pointing out that Osama bin Laden didn't lose his Saudi citizenship because he is a terrorist, he lost it for criticizing the Saudi royal family. comment () trackback ()  5:52:29 PM     Iraq reopens doors to UN monitors. Baghdad invites a UN human rights expert to visit for the first time since envoys were banned from the country in 1992. [BBC News: world] The timing is a little suspicious. I think perhaps they're hoping that such a visit will discourage the US from using the "war on terrorism" as an excuse to arbitrarily blow up more of the country. comment () trackback ()  5:37:31 PM     Lion Recalled as Symbol of Afghans. The deep scars of the wars that Marjan the lion survived surrounded the visitors who came Monday to pay their last respects to the big cat who symbolized Afghanistan's torments and hopes. [AP World News] I like cats as much as the next person (if not more), but maybe this would be a good time to keep some perspective by also remembering The Lion of Panjshir, Ahmed Shah Masood. comment () trackback ()  1:49:26 PM     I've tried installing the new My Pictures Tool a couple of times, but each time I do the update process I get the "Can't call the script because the name 'menuCommands' hasn't been defined" error. Since I don't actually have any pictures right now, I think I'll just wait until tonight before trying again. comment () trackback ()  12:46:53 PM     Camera Rage Strikes Hawaii Drivers. Rebellious drivers have snapped up several thousand license covers that illegally obscure plates, owners of automobile-accessory shops say. They have sent angry letters to the local papers urging people not to pay their tickets. Cellphone brigades call morning radio shows to relay the vans' locations, and reports abound of drivers hurling obscene gestures, insults and even trash at the vans. [New York Times] Good for the Hawaiians! This is the first time I've heard anything that suggests they are particularly pro-freedom, so it's good news. comment () trackback ()  11:56:50 AM     Pope Urges Avoiding Divorce Suits. Pope John Paul II on Monday urged lawyers and judges not to take part in divorce cases, decrying divorce as a ``festering wound'' that has devastated society. [AP World News] Perhaps some historian ought to do a comparison of the number of people killed by divorce to the number killed by the Catholic Church. I think the Pope is a little confused about what is really most devastating to a society. comment () trackback ()  10:00:56 AM     My Pismo is going back to Apple for repairs today, so I moved Radio to the desktop G4 in my apartment. I'm now accessing it remotely from my PC at work--which means I'm also seeing the "WYSIWYG" editor for the first time. Moving Radio to a different computer really wasn't as easy as it should have been. There were many hardcoded paths refering to my laptop's hard drive which I had to change manually. That wasn't a problem for me because I'm already familiar with Frontier (although it was annoying), but it would have been too much to ask of a novice user. Those hardcoded paths had to be created the first time I ran Radio on my laptop. Why not add a feature that would automatically try to recreate the paths if one of them is broken? comment () trackback ()  9:21:31 AM     Palm Woos the Workplace. Analysts give Palm's new wireless device a thumbs up: It introduces the company to business users -- plus it's a practical gadget. By Elisa Batista. [Wired News] Palm said it purposely released a monochrome device with a monochrome screen that wouldn't suck up battery life quickly and add to the cost of the device. Battery life isn't the only reason for a monochrome screen. Color LCDs are hard to see in direct sunlight--for example, the Handspring Prism's screen is practically invisible when used outside during the day. It's a good thing, I think, for a "always on email" device to be readable during the day! comment () trackback ()  6:17:46 AM     Palm launches the i705. Blackberry-basher? [The Register] This summer, Palm will roll out a $2,500 server-based system that allows companies to securely transfer information to and from workers in the field. For this to be secure it would have to be encrypted. What sort of encryption is used? Palm needs to provide more details if they want people to trust the security. comment () trackback ()  6:10:30 AM

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