Delightful
So while installing SuSE Linux on an old HP Pavilion today, I clicked the best button I have ever clicked: ‘Delete Windows Entirely.’ Ah… now THAT felt good.
A Politician with a Conscience?
Senator James Jeffords of Vermont made a historical and radical move by leaving the Republican party to become an Independent. His decision changes the make up of the Senate by giving control to the Democrats.
In order to best represent my state of Vermont, my own conscience and principles that I have stood for my whole life, I will leave the Republican Party and become an independent,” Jeffords said as his supporters erupted in cheers.The GOP responded in its usual manner of name calling and senselessness, “My concern for Jeffords is that his legacy will be as one of Benedict Arnold.”
I doubt their concern is for Jeffords legacy but for their own financial gains they thought they had in the bag.
Mac Security
Apple has finally listened to the UNIX community and setup a site for security announcements and security reporting. This is great, since we all know UNIX gets hacked and having a company like Apple *NOT* responding or listening to security issues would cause lots of problems. I mean, the more we (and apple) know about the hacks and holes in Mac OS X the better. Leaving us to fend for ourselves and wait for updates hoping they have the security issues resolved was not something the Mac,UNIX or OpenSource community was looking forward to.
Gah
Why didn’t someone tell me Neil Gaiman has a weblog?
Tex Ass
Bill Clinton, before his final bow, issued an order on December 14, halting uncontrolled speculation in the electricity market. You could hear the yowls all the way to Texas where the big winners in the power game Enron, TXU, Reliant, Dynegy and El Paso corporation are headquartered. These five energy operators, through their executives and employees, ponied up $4.1 million for the Republican Presidential campaign cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics in Washington.
They didn’t have long to wait before their investment – excuse me, donation – paid off big time. Just three days after his inauguration, Bush swept away Clinton’s orders directing controlled power sales to California.
A little backdoor action…
Remember the good virus? Turns out it wasn’t so good after all:
Systems infected with Max’s worm downloaded a software patch and automatically repaired the security hole that would have allowed the malicious worm to comprise the system. That’s a good thing.
But Max’s worm, which he developed by reprogramming the malicious worm, also left a secret backdoor in all the systems it penetrated. That’s the bad part.
The hacker who developed it is now in prison. Who’dathunk.
I HATE this site (not alternate.org)
This site pisses me off on so many levels. The design sucks, the name is offensive, the subject matter is ridiculous and even the way he is serving it is fuckin’ horrible.
I’m probably feeding into the exact reaction this guy is looking for. Ugh.
Lots o Shit….
Today at Apples World Wide Developer Conference, Apple made the following announcements;
All *new* Apple systems will ship with Mac OS X pre-installed.
Apple said that the two new retail locations had more than 7,000 visitors in one weekend. They managed to take in approximately $600,000 in sales.
A new version of Mac OS X Server shipped that is based on the aqua look and feel of Mac OS X. It contains Apache, Samba, and WebObjects support.
A new 17-inch Apple Studio Display flat panel with a maximum resolution of 1280 by 1024 pixels, is available for $999.
Apple lowered the price of its Cinema Display once again from $2999 to $2499.
WebObjects 5, an update to the company’s Java-based application server.
Macintosh Sites Dying?
This sucks… in the last couple years or so MacWeek died completely, MacCentral sold out to ZD, MacOSRumors has gone (further) down hill, and now MacNN has sold out to some stupid mindless PC media fucks… you can read the new owners ignorant responses to MacNN readers genuine issues..
This pretty much means Macintouch is the last of the breed.
Fuck, I liked MacNN…. oh well, one less site to visit I guess… :0