Since the victim, known only as Bernd-Juergen B., sent e-mail to Meiwes begging to be eaten, the jurors ruled that Meiwes cannot be guilty of murder.

Pigdog Journal (Dining At The Deathwave Grill) -- What Wine Goes with Dick?

WASHINGTON - March 10 - Last week, a television station purchased the names and addresses of more than 3,000 children, under the name of Ward Weaver, who has been charged with aggravated murder in the deaths of two Oregon City girls, Ashley Pond, 12 and Miranda Gaddis, 13. The TV news story points out the danger of allowing children’s personal information to be bought and sold.

TV Station Bought Personal Info of 3000 Kids in Name of Accused Child Killer

] Although the insurgency has cooled, with suicide attacks
] against civilians now eclipsing armed clashes with
] American troops, American forces are still conducting
] daily raids, bursting into homes and sweeping up
] families. More than 10,000 men and boys are in custody.
] According to a detainee database maintained by the
] military, the oldest prisoner is 75, the youngest 11.
]
] Military officials say some of the detainees have been
] accused of serious offenses, including shooting down
] helicopters and planting roadside bombs.
]
] But the officials acknowledge that most of the people
] captured are probably not dangerous. Of a recent batch of
] cases reviewed by military judges, they recommended that
] 963 of 1,166 detainees be released.

The Detainees: As U.S. Detains Iraqis, Families Plead for News

] Dave Blood, bassist for defunct Philadelphia rock act the
] Dead Milkmen, committed suicide Wednesday, according to a
] post by his sister on the band's official message board
] (http://deadmilkmen.com).

That sucks.

CNN.com - Dead Milkmen bassist commits suicide - Mar 11, 2004

British cyber security firm mi2g recently announced the results of a study that names Mac OS X one of the most secure online server operating systems in the world, alongside the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) family of Open Source systems. The study also showed that Linux is currently the most-breached online server OS.

Interesting.

Study shows Mac OS X Server among most secure in world

BT Group and Yahoo have teamed up to create a service in the United Kingdom that will provide voice over Internet Protocol calling from an instant-messaging client to any telephone in the world.

Sounds cool.

BT, Yahoo mix VoIP with messaging | CNET News.com

Corsaire reported that a remote user (server) can employ a combination of path traversal and encoding techniques to bypass cookie path restrictions in the target user's browser.

SecurityTracker.com Archives - Apple Safari Cookie Path Restrictions Can Be Byassed By Remote Servers

In a Washington, D.C., press conference Wednesday, four of the biggest e-mail providers -- Microsoft, America Online, EarthLink and Yahoo -- said they are filing lawsuits against what company representatives said are six of the most prolific spam operations.

Wired News: E-Mail Providers Slam Spammers

Japanese car maker Toyota is resolutely determined not to be outdone in developing the world's most pointless novelty robot.

Japanese unveil trumpet-playing robot

] Move over Bionic Man and make room for BLEEX the
] Berkeley Lower Extremities Exoskeleton, with strap-on
] robotic legs designed to turn an ordinary human into a
] super strider.
]
] Ultimately intended to help people like soldiers or
] firefighters carry heavy loads for long distances, these
] boots are made for marching.
]
] "The design of this exoskeleton really benefits from
] human intellect and the strength of the machine," says
] Homayoon Kazerooni, who directs the Robotics and Human
] Engineering Laboratory at the University of
] California-Berkeley.
]
] The exoskeleton consists of a pair of mechanical metal
] leg braces that include a power unit and a backpack-like
] frame. The braces are attached to a modified pair of Army
] boots and are also connected, although less rigidly, to
] the user's legs.
]
] More than 40 sensors and hydraulic mechanisms function
] like a human nervous system, constantly calculating how
] to distribute the weight being borne and create a minimal
] load for the wearer.

USATODAY.com - Robotic legs could produce an army of super troopers