Archive | May, 2004

Kurt Vonnegut Essay

Features > May 10, 2004 Cold Turkey By Kurt Vonnegut   Many years ago, I was so innocent I still considered it possible that we could become the humane and reasonable America so many members of my generation used to dream of. We dreamed of such an America during the Great Depression, when there were  Read more »

Beta Google Groups service

I’m not sure how many ppeople this will interest, but in case you didn’t already know Google is potentially going to be rolling out their own “Groups” service that looks like its doing most things YahooGroups do with the addition of integration with Usenet’s discussion (non-binary) groups. The reason I wanted to mention it is  Read more »

Google speaks out about Spyware

Worth a read – at least to me. http://www.google.com/corporate/software_principles.html. Cleaning up the damage after spyware has been installed on user’s computers is the number one drain on my department’s resources and its been this way for at least a year.

recent BASH.ORG entry

#304502 [Kanush]it’s funny, when I tell someone I’m an insomniac they almost always say “that’s odd, I fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow” which is odd becuase I don’t go around telling blind people “that’s odd because I can see perfectly”

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