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Updated Linux distributors including Caldera, SuSE and TurboLinux are expected to join forces tomorrow to unite on a common distribution. The news was scooped by eWeek's Peter Galli, under the headline Linux vendors gang up on Red Hat, which gets to the point pretty well.

Coolness!

Testing, testing 1-2-3

Whoa blogging from my Visor Prism is weird. I need to get a Targus Stowaway darnit.

News: Build your own battle laptop

Grabbing a brewski from the fridge is just one of the real-world tasks promised by Evolution Robotics, a Pasadena, Calif.-based company that promises a popular but practical approach to robotics.

As my friend Andy McDonald would say....SAWEET!!

The Case for the Empire

STAR WARS RETURNS today with its fifth installment, "Attack of the Clones." There will be talk of the Force and the Dark Side and the epic morality of George Lucas's series. But the truth is that from the beginning, Lucas confused the good guys with the bad. The deep lesson of Star Wars is that the Empire is good.

Whoa, this makes sense!

BLOGSPOT GRRRRRRRRRRRR

BLOGSPOT LOST MY BLOG!!! I'm moving it!...Oh and by the way I changed the stylesheet so the links on the sidebars are easier to see.

Chris Pirillo - C:\PIRILLO.EXE - Getting Screwed While Everyone Else Is Getting Laid

Simple Math Girls = Time x Money Time = Money Girls = Money x Money = Money^2 -/Evil = Money Girls = (-/Evil)^2 Girls = Evil

Hey Chris Great Math!

Top News at Netscape

LONDON (Reuters) - Technology buffs have cracked music publishing giant Sony Music's elaborate disc copy-protection technology with a decidedly low-tech method: scribbling around the rim of a disk with a felt-tip marker.

HAHAHAHA Copy Protection SUCKS....if it's a modified CD, then it isn't really a CD at all

BLAH!!!

BLAH BLAH BLAH YACKETY SCHMAKETY!

The Queen of The Obvious!

saloochi45: LOL but I DID graduate cum laude! WildMatt2K: well good for you saloochi45: yeah but I was one/one hundreth of a point off really...they just gave it to me WildMatt2K: hehehehe saloochi45: so hell,I ain't complaining WildMatt2K: I wouldn't saloochi45:actually,it kinda bugged me...but as usual,the ever knowing Beth made a good point saloochi45: I didn't try in the class I needed the B plus in saloochi45: damn her and her good points WildMatt2K: uh huh saloochi45: your still hurt...

Sally DUH of course I am!

Chris Pirillo - C:\PIRILLO.EXE - Getting Screwed While Everyone Else Is Getting Laid

You have to admire Pennsylvania for running TV ads here in SF. This guy is sitting on his bed, looking over what appears to be an acceptance letter for a position at a tech company in the Bay Area, when suddenly, the "Job Fairy" appears in a rear-illuminated entryway. The overweight character in a tutu gives the young man a glimpse of what life would (most likely) be like out on the West Coast: cramped, dirty, and expensive. I don't want to say that he's right, but... he's partially right. Yes, there are opportunities out here, but the cost of living is out of this world. And the jobs? Just as sparse. Anyway, what I'm trying to say here is that Iowa should pay attention to this PA campaign. It's effective. If my career path was any different, I might have considered moving out East.

Interestingly enough these ads are also running in North Florida.

News: New Web spyware eschews cookies

Researchers in Scotland are developing a new kind of Web monitoring software that they claim can collect enormous amounts of data on Web surfers while remaining nearly undetectable. The technology came to light when it was chosen as one of 40 technologies funded this year by the Scottish Enterprise, Scotland's economic development agency. The University of Strathclyde received the award for an undisclosed sum Thursday.

OH HELL NO....DEATH TO SPYWARE!

vnunet.com Microsoft convicted of software piracy

Delicious irony has geek community in raptures Microsoft was found guilty of software piracy last year by a French court, according to facts unearthed today by the geek community. But the Redmond giant's conviction and three million franc (£285,000) fine somehow managed to escape the headlines. In fact, until today the only place the story has appeared is in French newspaper Le Monde Informatique.

Isn't it Ironic don'tcha think? It's like raaaaaaaain on SHUT UP ALANIS!

Dirt Cheap Movies

It's so great when you know someone who is starting a local import business that already has connections in Thailand, he's going over there in the next couple of weeks and is going to bring me back computer games and DVDs that I have been wanting. WOO HOO

WWE

What's with the WWE Crap anyway? What happened to the WWF? Come on! World Wrestling Entertainment, WHAT A STUPID NAME!!!!

eBay item 1351272585 (Ends May-13-02 13:08:53 PDT ) - X10 Keychain Remote, 2 lamp modules

This auction is for an X10 compatible keychain remote and two lamp modules. These are RCA brand, but are 100% compatible with any X10 equipment by X10.com, Radio Shack, etc. I purchased these at a discounted price from X10.com. Shipping is $4.00 PayPal is prefered method of payment. I live a block from the post office, as soon as I recieve payment the items will be in the mail.

More X10 Modules.....

TechTV | Meet Yoshi's Boxx

"It's a videogame console. No, wait. It's a work of art." Some may say it's both. With Yoshi's Boxx, we bridged the divide between form and function. The Boxx provides a single physical portal for videogames, a customized case representing the emerging cyberart form known as case modifications or "case modding."

Killer!

The Nando Times: LARRY MAGID: After the merger

(May 4, 2002 11:09 a.m. EDT) - Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina is about to face the most difficult challenge of her career. Sure, she managed to convince government regulators in the United States and Europe that the merger between HP and Compaq was not anti-competitive. And she narrowly succeeded in winning stockholder approval of the merger despite an organized no-vote movement, led by Walter Hewlett, son of co-founder Bill Hewlett. She even survived a court challenge by Hewlett, who claimed that she misled and, in some cases, pressured stockholders into voting her way.

Reuters | The World's Leading Provider of Financial Information and News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Once the musings of science fiction writers and technology whiz kids, the promise of fingerprints and retinas opening some doors -- and keeping others locked -- has been rushed into reality.

Cool!

Great Planet Alignment hits its peak

May 3 — The long-awaited gathering of the five naked-eye planets reaches its peak Sunday and Monday in the western evening sky. In a single glance you’ll be able to see all five planets, a feat not possible again for decades.

I'm gonna check this out for sure....

The Register

If a PC shipped with Windows preinstalled, can you remove the OS and install Linux instead? Well, no, according to Microsoft. A somewhat obscure Microsoft site aimed at helping schools deal with donated computers flatly states: "It is a legal requirement that pre-installed operating systems remain with a machine for the life of the machine."

The original article...

The Register

Microsoft has backed away from its bizarre claim that it is a legal requirement that preinstalled operating systems remain with a machine for the life of the machine - but only slightly. The Register drew attention to this on Tuesday, and the Microsoft site spreading this disinformation was mysteriously updated on Wednesday.

This is so funny!

The Nando Times: Creator of 'Melissa' virus gets another 20-month sentence

FREEHOLD, N.J. (May 3, 2002 4:34 p.m. EDT) - The creator of the "Melissa" virus that snarled e-mail worldwide received a 20-month prison sentence on a New Jersey charge Friday, the same sentence he received on a federal charge earlier this week

HA GO JERSEY!!!!

Darn Me

Sorry my stinking article quotes were way too long!

States: Microsoft planned to crush Real

Microsoft executive Anthony Bay urged Gates to "reposition streaming media battle from Netshow vs. Real to Windows vs. Real" and "follow the (Internet Explorer) strategy wherever appropriate."

No Surprise, they tried the same with Netscape!

The Register

The author of the infamous Melissa virus was sentenced today to 20 months in Federal prison for causing millions of dollars of damage through its release into the wild in March 1999.

It's about time!!!!

Gaming trade group fails the industry in legal battle - Apr. 30, 2002

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Pop quiz: What's the difference between Jason from the "Friday the 13th" movies, Woody Harrelson's character in "Natural Born Killers" and computer gaming action star Duke Nukem? Answer: The first two characters are protected by the First Amendment.

Oh Boy! Video Games are not protected, but junk faxes are...hmmm our double standards government.

theage.com.au - The Age

Secreted in KaZaA software is Altnet — and it’s about to be activated, warns Nathan Cochrane. The 20 million users of KaZaA Media Desktop, the world's most popular file-swapping software, have little more than a month to decide if they want their computers hijacked.

I would suggest if you have KaZaA GET RID OF IT!!!!!

Calling it a night

I am calling it a night. I have decided I will be posting a webcam image here soon.

New Features

I just added the Bloglet code as well as re-added the blogsnob code....have fun

Check out the new template!

Uh Yeah what the bold text says.

HURRAY!!!

My younger brother is home from College for the weekend, time for another drinking party. WOO HOO

Save Internet Radio! -- Encourage the U.S. Copyright Office to reject the CARP recommendations

America's fledgling Internet radio industry could be effectively killed on May 21st if the Librarian of Congress (1) accepts the recommendations of its recent Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel ("CARP") concerning Internet radio royalty rates and (2) sets impossibly-complex recordkeeping requirements.

Ok what's the deal with this, I understand royalties and everything...but most average people will not be able to afford the outrageously high royalties!

Independent News

The age of the robotic rodent is upon us. A study has shown the movements of a live rat can be controlled by using a laptop computer, a radio and a set of microelectrodes implanted into the animal's brain. "Ratbot", as the creature has been named, could one day be used to rescue earthquake victims buried under rubble, seek out land mines or even, with the help of miniature video cameras, spy inside secret installations.

Can you believe this crap? A Cyborg Rat? RIIIIIGHT!

Whoa that was fast

The items I posted for sale on eBay are already sold!

Blog doesn't rock This blog sucks..so I am an idiot. So I am new to this and I don't post often...so what. Like I really care. It's just something to keep me busy....big deal.

eBay item 1350257131 (Ends May-11-02 19:37:24 PDT ) - X10 PalmPad 2 Wall Switches

This auction includes an X10 PowerHoues PalmPad Remote Model HR12A and 2 Wall Switches Model WS467-C Both by X10 PowerHouse (X10.com) so you know it's a good product. I have had these for quite some time and never used them, so I decided to pass them on. Shipping is $6.00 to anywhere in the USA!