August 7, 2002

TiVo has dramatically raised its expected revenues for the 2nd quarter from $23 million to $24 million, compared with its previous projection of $10.5 million to $12 million. Are Digital Video Recorders now taking off? 9:12:21 PM

Computer science pioneer Edsger Wybe Dijkstra has died. (via Slashdot) 9:09:30 PM

Coward A widespread libel spread after the WTC attacks was that thousands of Jews were warned not to show up to work that days by the Israeli government/Zionists/Tri-Lateral Commission/Aliens/Marshmallow People that organised the attacks. Earlier this week there was an actual instance of a person being warned off of a bus by a suicide bomber. Sadly, this Israeli-Arab elected to warn a friend and together they got off the doomed bus leaving the remaining passengers and later arrivals to the murderous attack. 9:01:58 PM

Jack Shafer of Slate examines the background of the man whose PowerPoint presentation on Saudi Arabia has gotten much of the blogosphere in a tizzy but had Secretary of State Colin Powell rejecting it in a telephone conversation with Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Saud Al-Faisal . The presenter, Laurent Murawiec is apparently not associated with anyone, except formerly Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr. and has minimal credentials in the area. Shafer also provided a copy of the presentation. 8:47:21 PM

Guardian of Bias Part XXX In an article this Tuesday in the Guardian, Gargi Bhattacharya suggests that an academic boycott of Israel might be ineffective. Bhattacharya suggests this racist boycott is a "dull" subject and writes, If the issue of boycott becomes more interesting than the suffering and struggle of Palestinians, then it is time to think of a new campaign strategy. Actually, examining the forces pushing for a racist boycott of an entire nation is more interesting than a group of people ignoring negotiations such as Camp David for a terror campaign. Furthermore while the article talks about problems Palestinians have in getting to university classes there is not a single mention of the slaughter at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. 12:25:38 AM

Ha’aretz has an opinion piece supporting the Trans-Israel Highway which had it’s first section open to traffic this week. The author also suggested that the toll be cancelled and the road financed out of general tax revenue. If that succeeds can they do the same thing with Highway 407 in Toronto which was built in part by the same company? 12:02:15 AM