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Thu
6
Jan '05

this one goes to eleven

The always hilarious BBspot hits it out of the park again. Today, they give us The Top Eleven Geek Break Up Lines.
My personal favorite is number eleven:

(A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail? R
(A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail? R
(A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail? F
Relationship failed.

…excerpt from: http://www.wilwheaton.net/mt/archives/001765.php

Thu
6
Jan '05

Shutting Down the GPS Network

More stupid security from our government. From an AP story: President Bush has ordered plans for temporarily disabling the U.S. network of global positioning satellites during a national crisis to prevent terrorists from using the navigational technology, the White House……excerpt from: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/01/shutting_down_t.html

Thu
6
Jan '05

LiveJournal announces sale to Six Apart

Xeni Jardin:
It’s official. LiveJournal founder Brad Fitzpatrick says:

Why is Six Apart buying LiveJournal? Lots of reasons:

* Our companies are more alike than different.
* We both use Perl.
* Together we form super robot that’s stronger than the sum of its parts.
[…]

Thu
6
Jan '05

The Cultural Divide Between LiveJournal and Six Apart

Excerpt from:
apophenia: The Cultural Divide Between LiveJournal and Six Apart
If Brad is willing to sell, i suspect that this rumor is definitely true. It doesn’t require a brain to know that buying LiveJournal would be a brilliant move on Six Apart’s part. That said, i’m not sure that i like this move at all.
Live Journal […]

Thu
6
Jan '05

U.N. Warns Tsunami Death Toll Could Reach 300,000

The Command Post - Global Recon - U.N. Warns Tsunami Death Toll Could Reach 300,000
Reuters reports the World Health Organization warns that the tsunami death toll could double to about 300,000 unless survivors received clean water and other basic services by the end of the week.