] Two weeks after declaring his intention to run for
] president, Clark was still registered to represent a high
] tech contractor, Acxiom Corporation, giving him the rare
] distinction of seeking the White House while registered
] as a lobbyist. Shortly after Clark announced his
] candidacy, a company spokesman said the general no longer
] lobbied for Acxiom, but, according to the Senate Office
] of Public Records, Clark had not filed any termination
] papers.
]
]
] Clark has been lobbying for the firm since January 2,
] 2002; Acxiom has paid more than $830,000 for Clark to
] advance its agenda and meet with government officials.
] Clark also serves on the company's board of directors.
]
]
] According to federal disclosure records, Clark lobbied
] directly on "information transfers, airline security and
] homeland security issues," for Acxiom, which sought
] funding to do controversial informational background
] checks on passengers for airlines. Privacy advocates have
] criticized the program, called the Computer Assisted
] Passenger Pre-Screening System II, because of concerns
] that the data collected would be an overly invasive
] violation of individuals' rights to privacy. The public
] outcry has been so strong that there is a bi-partisan
] effort to create more oversight for the program to
] protect privacy interests if CAPPS II is implemented.

So Clark helped lobby for CAPPS II. While he was a presidential candidate. So that's fun.

The Buying of the President 2004 - Clark as lobbiest for CAPPS II

] Instead, the typical Internet user is an avid reader of
] books and spends more time engaged in social activities
] than the non-user, it says. And, television viewing is
] down among some Internet users by as much as five hours
] per week compared with Net abstainers, the study added.

CNN.com - New study shatters Internet 'geek' image - Jan. 14, 2004

] "Apparently, they were planning to wake up at 4:20 a.m.
] on April 20 of this year to do this," Maj. Tony Bacala
] said.

How clueless does this guy sound?

CNN.com - Two students arrested in Columbine-style plot - Jan. 13, 2004

] Nizza Group, which last week
] announced that it had been issued a key internet naming
] patent, today
] announced that it has filed a lawsuit in the U.S.
] District Court for the
] Central District of California against Network Solutions,
] Inc. and
] Register.Com, Inc. for infringement of that patent.
]
] U.S. Patent No. 6,671,714, issued on December 30, 2003,
] covers the
] issuance of URL's and e-mail addresses to members of
] groups in the format of
] "member.group.tld" and "member@group.tld" such that the
] URL and e-mail address
] differ only in that in the URL the "@" of the e-mail
] address is replaced with
] a "." in the URL.

This could be bad.....

Network Solutions and Register.com Sued for Infringement of Domain Name Patent

] The LaCie Bigger Disk, with the largest hard drive
] capacity available, is a unique innovation that packs an
] amazing 1 terabyte of storage space in a manageable 5.25"
] form factor.

!!! Firewire 400/800, USB 1.1/2

LaCie - Bigger Disk - largest hard drive capacity available

] Notes taken in real-time from Apple's Macworld Keynote
] which took place earlier in the day.

AppleInsider | Live Macworld Keynote Coverage Notes

] Everything you love about iPod just got tinier. iPod mini
] lets you bring along enough music for a three-day weekend
] getaway in a package so small you

Mini ipod announced. 4GB.

Apple - iPod - iPod mini

So freaking pretty. They have videos up showing the Big Mac.

Apple - Hardware - Video - Virginia Tech Supercluster

i had a quote, but it was too small to encompass this story.

you all should read this.

i found it hard to finish it due to the sheer density of horrifying acusations. If even 1/4 of this is true, it's an outrage. How much damage can one administration do? Sweet god. Clinton got impeached for a blowjob (ok, fine, for LYING about a blowjob) but this nonstop rape barely gets press coverage? Lord, it's hard to be optimistic sometimes... and even harder to suffer fools gladly when they're ruining things you care about.

RollingStone.com - Crimes against Nature

inignoct wrote:
] i had a quote, but it was too small to encompass this story.
]
]
] you all should read this.
]
] i found it hard to finish it due to the sheer density of
] horrifying acusations. If even 1/4 of this is true, it's an
] outrage. How much damage can one administration do? Sweet
] god. Clinton got impeached for a blowjob (ok, fine, for LYING
] about a blowjob) but this nonstop rape barely gets press
] coverage? Lord, it's hard to be optimistic sometimes... and
] even harder to suffer fools gladly when they're ruining things
] you care about.

oh, that's good. I'm glad that guy was in a position of power.

RE: RollingStone.com - Crimes against Nature