May 20, 2004

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling matches, because they "may ignite upon impact, posing a fire hazard to consumers." I am not kidding here.  They have not witnessed this possible igniting, but want to "prevent the possibility of injuries".  Matches that might ignite upon impact, who would think such a thing? Do you think this is because the matches are Martha Stewart Matches?  When the government is out to get you, they are really out to get you. 3:32:33 PM

72 virgins await... Skynews - A leader of the armed wing of the radical Hamas movement has been killed in an Israeli air strike in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, it has been reported. AFP news agency said the news came from Palestinian medical and security sources. The body of 37-year-old Khalid Abu Anza, who was killed in the early morning, was recovered by medics in the evening, AFP reported. 1:10:56 PM

Wired: "Rumors that Google is offering users of its Gmail service an unprecedented 1 terabyte of storage space are untrue, the company said Wednesday, blaming a bug in the system for the confusion." [Scripting News] 10:31:10 AM

(United Nations) audit # AF2002/23/1 offers a unique glimpse into the scandal-ridden "humanitarian" involvement in Iraq where $10 billion - nearly one year's worth of Iraqi gross domestic product - may have been embezzled. Further exploitation occurred in expired medicines and food shipped to Iraq, or in missiles and other contraband smuggled into the dictatorship camouflaged by phony contracts. In fact, Iraq was even re-exporting (Office of the Iraq Programme) OIP goods at times.  (Buying items, like food and medicine meant for Iraqi's, and selling them to other countries for a profit. -ed)  Most worrying, some of the money may have made its way to terrorists.  Read this, and ask yourself "if this was the US (instead of the UN) that stole 10 billion dollars from the Iraqi people, wouldn't it be on the front page of every newspaper in the world?" 10:09:36 AM

Google to increase Gmail to a terabyte? I.T. Vibe - This week, some users of the service have noticed that their storage has quietly been increased to a terabyte or 1000 gigabytes. Also, Google plans PC-search tool Macworld UK - Google is said to have plans to introduce a powerful file-and-text software search tool for information stored on PCs. 5:57:43 AM