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Monday, May 06, 2002
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President Was Comedian in Chief at Press Dinner. At the White House Correspondents Association dinner, President Bush proved that he is better than anyone else at making fun of himself. By Elisabeth Bumiller. [New York Times: National]
It’s good to see Bush can laugh at himself. It gives him something in common with the rest of us.
Cheers,
Dusty
9:16:31 PM 
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Red Hat releases Linux 7.3. The new version of the operating system includes access to experts and the Red Hat Network, as well as features such as videoconferencing and personal firewall software. [CNET News.com]
Get this latest release of the most popular flavor of Linux while it’s hot.
Cheers,
Dusty
9:15:27 PM
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Sharon in Washington for Top-Level Talks. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Secretary of State Colin L. Powell will address the Anti-Defamation League this evening. By Reuters. [New York Times: Politics]
This shows real progress for the Bush team in the Middle East. Now Sharon can completely ignore Team Shrub face to face instead of from half way around the globe.
Cheers,
Dusty
9:14:41 PM
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Bush's Coattails May Be Fashionable but Not as Long as Candidates Hope. President Bush's strategy of lending his prestige to his party's cause in midterm elections is risky for him as well as for the candidates. By Richard L. Berke. [New York Times: National]
From the very beginning of Shrub’s stratospheric popularity numbers, we’ve been telling you his support is wide, but not deep. Now that his poll numbers are slipping – just like dear old dad – and GOP political operatives are beginning to publicly worry about aligning their candidates too closely with the current administration, you can begin to see what we meant.
Cheers,
Dusty
9:12:41 PM
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The secret diagram. George W. Bush is upset ... A couple of days ago the Pentagon was hacked by a German agent provocateur - Mr. Gerhard Seyfried. He published the very secret General Great Conspiracy Diagram! I was right!! [kuro5hin.org]
Here it is, folks. We finally have the smoking gun. Here are the secret Bush plans for global domination in full color.
Cheers,
Dusty
6:36:07 AM
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Rita Mae Brown. "The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you." [Quotes of the Day]
6:31:19 AM
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H. L. Mencken. "I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don't want to meet them." [Quotes of the Day]
6:30:31 AM
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Georgia high school holds first integrated prom. On CNN [News Is Free: Popular Items]
It’s simply staggering to see a story like this in 2002. Instead of celebrating the drop of this ridiculous, bigoted social wall, we should be asking ourselves how this can still be happening in the 21st century. The sad truth is we are nowhere near becoming the race tolerant society we'd like to think we already are.
Cheers,
Dusty
6:30:13 AM
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US hit by mailbox bombs. Several people are injured, including postal workers, as five pipe bombs explode in letter boxes in rural areas of Iowa and Illinois. [BBC News: world]
Man, when I lived in the Midwest boonies, we just whack mailboxes with baseball bats from passing cars or blew the hell out ‘em with M-80s. Pipe bombs never even occurred to us. Technology marches on.
Cheers,
Dusty
6:21:11 AM
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'Snipe' means different things to U.S., U.K.. On CNN [News Is Free: Popular Items]
I was wondering how long it would take for the Brits to realize that maybe “Operation Snipe Hunt” wasn’t the best hot moniker for their latest seek and destroy operation. Couldn’t some kind Yank have clued them in at some point during the planning stages? What’s next? “Operation Loc Ness?”
Cheers,
Dusty
6:15:55 AM
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ActiveX flaw exposes Flash users to hacks. A flaw in the Flash ActiveX control could let hackers execute malicious code on computers with the multimedia client. [ZDNet Tech News]
Make sure you update your Flash player right away. This would be a damn silly way to suffer damage. There’s a link to the new, patched Flash player in the story.
Cheers,
Dusty
6:04:31 AM
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Hard-Drive Magic: Making Data Disappear Forever. Most people know that the Recycle Bin is not the end for files. But how can you ensure that delete means delete? [New York Times: Technology]
I tend to take it for granted that people know the basics of computer security. But the fact is most users, even many “power” users, don’t know how to protect their data or what can be recovered from their computers.
In these days when I see story after story of malicious hacks, digital industrial espionage, massive government monitoring efforts and worse, take some time and educate yourself about computer security.
Here’s a good overview of 10 products to wipe sensitive data from your hard drives. If you think “delete” means it’s gone, read on.
Cheers,
Dusty
6:01:33 AM
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E-Mail Suggests Energy Official Encouraged Lobbyist on Policy. WASHINGTON, April 26 In an e-mail message sent last year while the Bush administration was formulating a national energy policy, a senior Energy Department official posed this question to a lobbyist for a major natural gas interest: By Don Van Natta Jr.. [New York Times: National]
Gosh, you mean big shot petrochemical industry lobbyists might have had a lot of influence crafting Bush’s energy policy? Say it ain’t so! I’m shocked, shocked, I tell you.
Cheers,
Dusty
5:56:22 AM
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The Big Old Dam Still Thrills, but From Fewer Angles. Officials at the Hoover Dam are striving to reopen as much as possible to visitors by summer, but they are constrained by security concerns. By James Sterngold. [New York Times: National]
It’s a damn shame, if you’ll excuse the obvious pun, that you can’t actually go down into Hoover Dam anymore. It was a fantastic tour. Truly breathtaking. I didn’t expect much, not being a big tour kinda guy, but it was great. Better than a brewery tour.
The raw power of standing on pulsing, roaring 20 foot diameter pipes as countless thousands of cubic feet of water raced through; the light, airy feel of the massive, open, art deco main floor were rows of huge polished generators spin smoothly, looking more like carefully placed sculptures than industrial equipment, here and there a white coated technician climbing a ladder to check some dial and make a note on a clipboard. Even the display panels and controls seemed to be placed in accordance with some master planned aesthetic composition. The overall effect was gently imponderable, like the subtle patterns and small, constant changes of a Japanese rock garden. Then you’re standing in the impossible heat at the very base of the dam, feeling vertigo as you look back up the sloping façade, feeling its all encompassing continual vibration. These are all experiences and sensations you simply cannot get from standing on the top and looking down.
Yeah, sure, the art deco tourist center with its attendant sculptures and mosaics
is pretty cool. But watching a 20 minute movie doesn’t begin to give you a real feel for the place. Unless you happen to be driving through, skip it. It just ain’t worth it anymore. Maybe when our paranoia dies down a little they’ll open it back up. If they do, I highly recommend you check it out.
Cheers,
Dusty
5:54:23 AM
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