I was in downtown San Francisco the other day. While I was standing
at a crosswalk waiting for the pedestrian light to change, I noticed
on the pavement, just beyond the curb, a stenciled likeness of GW
Bush, in yellow on the black pavement, above the text "One term
President".

Now, it seems to me that this is an extremely effective placement of
the message. When people step off of a curb, they naturally look down
and pay attention.

Fyodor of nmap fame came to speak at SFOBUG last month. I believe we had more people than ever before. 20!!!

We need more speakers, so if anyone has ideas, let me know!

SFOBUG - Fyodor Article

] Delegates said that Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil
] exporter, wanted promises of aid if Kyoto spurs a shift
] to renewable energies like tidal, solar or wind energy at
] the expense of fossil fuels.

Let them eat cake, I say.

CNN.com - OPEC wants aid if world shifts to renewable energies - Dec. 12, 2003

] The discovery of the holes was not reported directly to
] Microsoft but was announced on public mailing lists, a
] move the Microsoft spokesman criticized.

That chinese dude is one cold piece of work.

Chinese Hacker Finds New Holes in Explorer

This is rather like friendster, but I like the site design better. It's faster but that's probably because few people use it yet.

I believe it has possibilities.

Tribe.net: HomeTribe.net: Home

] Homeland Security Chokers made of Plexiglas and Sterling
] Silver - Now, you can finally express your own Personal
] Level of Security...

Buy it now!!!

Amazon.com -zShops: Homeland Security Choker Set (For US Customers)

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| Starting this month, a new city ordinance would impose
| a fine of $57 on any city department head who
| voluntarily complies with investigations or arrests
| under the aegis of the Patriot Act, the anti-terrorism
| bill passed after September 11.
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CNN.com - Town criminalizes compliance with Patriot Act - May. 18, 2003

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| ...Purdue and other universities across the nation have begun cracking
| down on illegal downloading, some apartment complexes that offer free
| high-speed Internet access to their tenants have followed suit.
|
| "Since the Recording Industry Association of America has notified a
| number of large universities and large businesses, there's no reason
| why they might not notify landlords" ...
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First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out....

So okay. Now tell me again: just where should we draw the line?

The Exponent - campus

This is an excellent time travelling experience for city rats.

Vertigo...Then and Now

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| We establish a fund in current time. You make a small
| contribution to the fund, and in a few hundred years
| that small amount grows to a very large amount. From
| that fund, moneys will be taken and used to retrieve
| you, perhaps seconds after you join, perhaps even
| moments before your recorded death, perhaps some
| other point in your lifetime. Further, the fund may
| even pay to have you "rejuvenated" medically
| (assuming this is scientifically possible at that
| time,) and support you financially for a number of
| years. (Note: Retrieving you just before the moment
| of death is just one possible scenario, but one that
| would....
| [. . .]
| Our fee is only $10, of which a percentage is placed
| into the fund, to grow and earn interest, and the
| rest is used to pay for overhead in running the
| website, covering legal fees, paying for your
| certificate, and maintaining the database of members.
| [. . .]
| As long as the interest earned out paces inflation
| and taxes, the money will eventually build to where
| the costs of retrieving, rejuvenating and supporting
| you are fully covered. For example, if you make a
| one-time only deposit of just a single dollar, at
| only 5% interest compounded yearly, in five hundred
| years that single dollar will grow to
| $39,323,261,827.22 (That's 39 BILLION with a "B"
| dollars!) Please note that we hope to earn 5%
| interest above taxes and inflation, which is very
| possible, even in today's economy (Tax lien
| certificates, for example, return 16% or better.) If
| we make 5% above taxes and inflation, then it would
| be like having $39 billion in today's money.
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step1: invest $10
step2: travel in time
step3: profit ???

The Time Travel Fund[tm]