One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Tuesday, 13 January 2004

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20/20 HS: "At New York's Kennedy airport today, an individual later discovered to be a public school teacher was arrested trying to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a setsquare, a slide rule, and a calculator." [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]

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The Army War College has published a report, which strongly criticises the Bush administration's Global War on Terror (GWOT), and especially the invasion and occupation of Iraq. "Bounding the Global War on Terrorism" (PDF) notes that the original purpose of the GWOT has grown from a search for justice for the thousands of Americans lost in the 9.11 attacks, in to something far too ambitious, and completely unrealistic. According to the report, the invasion of Iraq was unnecessary, and a strategic error. [Kuro5hin.org]

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MacKay says 'tough calls' cost him, won't run for Conservative leadership
Peter MacKay has ruled himself out of a bid to lead the new Conservative Party of Canada. The former leader of the federal Tories says it was simply "not the time" to mount a second leadership campaign in less than a year. F U L L S T O R Y
[CBC News]

Lost his credibility I'd say. Looks more and more like whatever was left of the Conservative Party got swallowed whole.

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Critics call new Canada-U.S. agreement 'window dressing'
Prime Minister Paul Martin says a new understanding with Washington goes beyond any agreement the U.S. has with any other country. Martin calls the agreement "unprecedented." F U L L S T O R Y
[CBC News]

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President Bush's reversal on U.S.-financed Iraqi reconstruction projects brought to an end a bitter dispute with a major ally. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

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A Privacy Impact Assessment for the US-VISIT program I've discussed in previous articles appeared last week on the Web site of the Chief Privacy Officer for the USA Department of Homeland Security. The requirement for fingerprinting and photographing of visitors... [The Practical Nomad]

I'm thinking we don't bother traveling there any more. Hurt them where they notice, in the pocket book.

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Welcome to America. Please give us the finger. Smile for the camera. Now get the hell out (by Mark Morford, columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle's Web site, SF Gate ) This is long, but worth reading all the way... [The Practical Nomad]

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QuickTime panoramic image from Mars. [Scripting News]

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The 10.3 version of the Installer application can handle multiple simultaneous installs at the same time. Simply open mutiple .pkg files (you don't even have to do it at the same time), and Installer will properly handle thin... [macosxhints]

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Virginia Tech's new G5-based supercomputing center isn't the only place that Macs are being used for scientific research, writes Matthew Herper. Herper's new Forbes.com article, Apple's Supercomputing Scientists, profiles some of the other uses for Macs in the scientific world. [MacCentral]