] team of Romanian and U.S. doctors say they have
] successfully removed a tumor weighing 175 pounds (80
] kilograms) from a woman patient in an operation lasting
] 10 hours.
]
] Lucica Bunghez, 47, had been largely confined to bed
] because of the tumor, which weighed almost double her
] body weight and covered her back, waist and hips.
]
] "She is very well, the lack of the tumor really suits
] her," Ion Lascar, head of the plastic surgery department
] of Floreasca Hospital in Bucharest, told reporters on
] Wednesday.

cancer. sucks. so. much.

CNN.com - Doctors remove 175 pound tumor - Jan. 22, 2004

"The unhappy truth is that the net result of the war on terror, so far at least, has been more war and more terror," Evans said.

War on terror spawns more terror?

] Nemesysco's patented Poly-Layered Voice Analysis measures
] 18 parameters of speech in real-time for interrogators at
] police, military and secret-services agencies.
] ...
] V Entertainment is leveraging the concept to let
] consumers in on the truth telling, eyeing such
] applications as a lie detector that could be used while
] watching, say, the 2004 presidential debates on TV.

wow. I see claims of anywhere from 70 to 90% accuracy, though i am, of course, skeptical. however, lets assume they work great... what are the implications? This sort of thing definitely sets off my don't-trust-technology-too-much alarm... how long 'til the reading given by a cop's sunglasses is enough to convict you?

Would you buy one? Wear it around the office to see if your co-worker *really* had some work to finish or if she just didn't want to go to lunch with you? Or if your boss is stringing you along on that promise of a raise?

EE Times - Lie-detector glasses offer peek at future of security

] The SCO Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOX - News), the owner of
] the UNIX® operating system and a leading provider of
] UNIX-based solutions, today filed suit against Novell
] (Nasdaq: NOVL - News) for its alleged bad faith effort to
] interfere with SCO's rights with respect to UNIX and
] UnixWare®.

it was only a matter of time, wasn't it?

SCO Files Slander of Title Lawsuit Against Novell

] They also focused on electability and which Democrat
] might have the best chance of beating Bush on Nov. 2.
] Dean's bluntness and tendency to speak his mind have
] tripped him up in recent weeks, allowing opponents to
] paint him as gaffe-prone and not ready for the White
] House.
]
] His fire can translate as anger.

one of the only media pieces i've seen recently that felt fair. fucking journalism is a joke in this country. at least this one article from Reuters has stuck to *reporting* the news, instead of trying to spin it a particular way. Of course, the papers that subscribe will pull out bits and parts to paint whatever picture they want, but here's a start.

Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage

i think the kid's probly screwed, but who knows anymore.

it *is* insulting that the Great Beast of Seattle only offered him 10 bucks for the domain... it probably cost more than that to buy, even before it had any arguable business value to him. if they'd offered 5,000, he'd probably have taken it, and the thing could've ended there. i guess they'd rather not set the precedent though, so they'll litigate him out of existence. he should've expected it.

CNN.com - Teen fights to keep MikeRoweSoft.com - Jan. 20, 2004

] The more we highlight and blend in with the most spectacular
] features of the mountain, the more memorable a Clock visit will be
] for the time pilgrims.
]
] If they build it, will you be a time pilgrim?

this is totally awesome. i had lost track of the long now folks, after reading about them a few years back, and i'm very glad to hear that they have maintained the project.

the account here reads like an adventure story, promising something vast in scope, epic and exciting, with hints of mystery and touches of danger.

unless it requires scaling a sheer cliff with my bare hands and no ropes, count me in.

The Mountain and the Clock

] Vice President Cheney says he believes "the jury's still
] out" on whether Iraq (news - web sites) had the chemical
] and biological weapons that were the Bush
] administration's justification for war.

Bullshit. Inspectors were there unhindered for a year before the war. We're heading on a year since the invasion. If WMD's show up over there it's going to come from one of two sources, us, or some guy's basement bathtub.

Cheney says it's too soon to tell on Iraqi arms - Cheney's a liar

ryan is the supernicety wrote:
] ] "I want to thank the astronauts who are with us, the
] ] courageous spacial entrepreneurs who set such a wonderful
] ] example for the young of our country."—Washington,
] ] D.C., Jan. 14, 2004

jesus. i've stopped caring who the next president is, as long as he or she or IT has an I.Q. above retardation level. Spacial entrepreneurs? What the fuck does he even *think* that means? I sit in constant awe of our president, and that's not meant as a compliment.

RE: Bushism of the Day By Jacob Weisberg

] Here is the Declaration of Ryan E. Tibbitts, which was
] attached to SCO's Notice of Compliance.

in which he says, essentially, that they can't provide specific examples, because the versions of source they have for AIX, Dynix, etc are all old. What!?! Did I fucking miss something? Because i thought the whole case was levelled on the assertion that they had already found *MILLIONS OF LINES* of infringing code in Linux. WHERE THE FUCK DID ALL THAT CODE GO? WHERE?!?

Of course, the answer is, that no such infringement ever existed, nor does now, and SCO was, as we all thought, making completely unfounded accusations, hoping to fleece IBM or, at worst, boost their stock and enrich the execs.

The filthy motherfuckers.

GROKLAW | SCO Notice of 'Compliance'