Tuesday 19 August 2003

G5 ships In keeping with Steve Jobs' famous utterance "Real artists ship" Apple has started shipping the PowerMac G5. More precisely it has started shipping some PowerMac G5 Models. The 1.6GHz and 1.8GHz models are available immediately but it will be another few weeks until the 2GHz dual processor model ships. Meanwhile, Adobe has announced that an update to Photoshop to allow it to take full advantage of the new processor will be available for download tomorrow. 3:30:44 PM    comment []  Google It!

Personal tales of the great blackout Dick O'Brien over at Back Seat Drivers recounts how he survived the Great Blackout of 2003. Heroes: The people of New York and New Jersey who showed that their reputation for not caring about anyone other than themselves is a myth Zeroes: The staff at Continental Airlines who kept jerking him around (and sent his luggage to Dublin without him) 3:14:27 PM    comment []  Google It!

Report: Shenzhou 5 launch scheduled for October 10 It's no secret that the Chinese want to be taken seriously as a space-faring nation. It's Long March booster has been busy putting satellites into orbit, but the Chinese goal has always been to put a human in space. It now seems that this could take place as early as October 10 according to reports. SpaceDaily reported Friday that at least one Chinese source named the date for the launch in an online posting earlier this week, supported by a separate article in the Chinese newspaper Wen Wei Po. The Long March 2F booster that will be used for the flight is expected to be transferred shortly from its Beijing factory to the Jiuquan launch site. [spacetoday.net] 2:34:24 PM    comment []  Google It!

No, it's not OK to boo A few months ago I commented on the booing that went on at Landsdowne Road whenever Shota Arveladze was in possession of the ball. The reason? He plays for Glasgow Rangers. There is concern that the behaviour will be repeated tonight when Ireland plays Austrialia because two members of the Australian team, Craig Moore and Kevin Muscat, also play for Rangers. The behaviour has been condemned by senior figures such as Fran Rooney, the FAI's chief executive and Ireland Manager Brian Kerr. However, the message doesn't seem to have gotten through. Someone by the name of E. F. Fanning has set up a Website called it's OK2boo (I'm not going to link to it) to fight for his right to boo Rangers players at Irish internationals. This is nothing more than thuggery dressed up in respectability. Mr Fanning even has the gall to say he is doing it to "Protect the good name of Ireland and Celtic supporters." Interestingly enough, Mr Fanning's name appears nowhere on the site. However, his name and address are readily available through the Whois lookup function at Network Solutions It has been pointed out to me that Mr Fanning's name does in fact appear on a press release on the site. While I regret that error, it does not detract from my main argument. If Mr Fanning wishes to protect the good name of Ireland and Celtic supporters he should either shut up or stay away from Irish international matches and persuade his friends to do likewise. 12:43:23 AM    comment []  Google It!

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