Wednesday, August 03, 2005

Man Holding Daughter Killed in Road Rage (AP). AP - A man lifting his infant daughter out of his car was killed in an apparent case of road rage by a motorist "who obviously exploded" and shot him four times at close range in front of dozens of witnesses, authorities said. [Yahoo! News: U.S. National] At what point are we going to start holding society in general responsible for this sort of crap.  Here is a father, probably doing nothing wrong and a nut with a handgun shoots him.  Can someone please explain this to me? 4:55:31 PM    comment []

Brain-dead Virginia woman dies after giving birth. A brain dead woman who was kept alive for three months so she could deliver the child she was carrying was removed from life ... [USATODAY.com Nation - Top Stories] While I am glad to hear the baby is alive and well, it would almost be better if she wer not.  I have outlined my arguements against this before and will not go back over them.  I only hope this does not become routine. 4:37:43 PM    comment []

Thousands of flu shots bought by Illinois have expired. All 700,000 flu shots ordered from Europe by the state of Illinois last year amid fears of a nationwide shortage have expired ... [USATODAY.com Nation - Top Stories] With stories like this, are you surprised the experts are calling for a pandemic flu in the near future?  Someone at the FDA is not reading the same material as the rest of us. 2:50:07 PM    comment []

Craig Wilson: Final Word - Go outside and see what the kids are missing (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - Much has been written this summer about today's kids and how all they want to do is stay inside and play video games. llow me to add my two cents: Let them. Let them play their little games until their fingers fall off. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] I wish I had said that.  Where's my bike.... 12:52:11 PM    comment []

Connect sys/xxxxx does not work in 9i. I've just installed 9i and went to log in as SYS but discover that I cannot. Whats wrong? I cannot get in as internal anymore either C:>sqlplus sys/manager SQL*Plus: Release 9.0.1.0.0 - Production on Mon Jul 9 10:05:35 2001 (c) Copyrigh... [Ask Tom MOST RECENT ARTICLES] Major geek post, but really good basic stuff that we all get lost over. 12:33:07 PM    comment []

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