The legal house of prostitution 15 miles east of Reno has been closed ever since the IRS seized the place in 1999 following the conviction of the bordello's manager and its parent companies in a fraud and racketeering case. The women who worked there were evicted and the brothel was padlocked.

Let us all pause for a moment of silence.

Feds to Demolish Infamous Nevada Brothel

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On Sunday, March 2 at 7:20 p.m., computer systems personnel at UT Austin discovered a computer malfunction. The affected computer system was immediately shut down, and detailed analysis was begun.

What happened?

The malfunction was assessed to be the result of a deliberate attack from the Internet. Subsequent analysis revealed that a security weakness in an administrative data reporting system was exploited by writing a program to input millions of Social Security numbers. Those SSNs that matched selected individuals in a UT database were captured, together with e-mail address, title, department name, department address, department phone number, and names/dates of employee training programs attended. It is important to note that no student grade or academic records, or personal health or insurance information was disclosed.

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How many individual records were exposed?

Approximately 55,200 individuals had some of the above data exposed. This group includes current and former students, current and former faculty and staff, and job applicants.

Data Theft and Identity Protection

] Burgess Falls State Natural Area, located in Middle
] Tennessee, lies on the eastern edge of Tennessee's
] Highland Rim adjacent to the Cumberland Plateau. This is
] characterized by sheer bluffs, narrow ridges, rolling
] water, and abundant mixed forest. The Falling Water
] River runs through the area, providing breathtaking
] scenery and numerous waterfalls.

Tennessee has good country. I'm not talking about music.

Tennessee State Parks: Burgess Falls State Natural Area

I noticed this when ordering some more address labels - you can get checks, address labels and contact cards in hexadecimal. I went for the Tolkien cards and labels, but thought this might be of interest to others. Imagine handing out these cards at the next con with your contact info on them.

neat

Ultimate Geek Cards

] GOLCONDA, Ill. -- Jerry Mullenix is missing his big fuzzy
] buddy.
]
] He took his pet bear for a walk, but it didn't come back
] when he called.

local6.com - Pet Bear Escapes During Walk With Owner

] FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. - Good things came in threes for
] a Florida Panhandle mother.
]
] Samantha Noble gave birth to her third child on Monday,
] March 3

neat.

Yahoo! News - Fla. Mom Births Third Child on 3-3-03

] Now, the most awesome Dragon to terrorize the earth!!!
] Slaying peasants and knights without mercy!!! Here Comes
] Trogdor, the Burninator!!! With Consumate VVVVVV's!!!!
]

Trogor!!! on a shirt

T-Shirts!! T-Shirts!! Hooded Sweatshirts!!

] Atlanta, GA - Hooters of America, Inc. today announced
] that its aviation partner Hooters Air will begin flight
] operations on March 6, 2003. Hooters Air One, painted in
] the orange and white colors of the famous restaurant
] chain with Hooters Air graphics and the Hooters owl
] "Hootie" on the tail, will take its inaugural flight with
] ticketed passengers from Atlanta to Myrtle Beach, SC at
] 3:20 PM. Initially the airline will provide service only
] to these two cities. Additional flights and cities will
] be added soon with service from Newark, NJ to Myrtle
] Beach through Atlanta to commence March 20. Hooters Air
] ticket prices are set at a flat rate of $129 one-way.
] Reservations can be made at www.hootersair.com or by
] calling 1-888-FLY-HOOT (1-888-359-4668).

Sign me up!

Hooters.com :: News & Sports

] Welcome to DirtyAnimals!!

] Welcome to where the animals run free and so hang
] the genitals. You will find some of the cutest plush
] toys here, and they all have big ] parts.

HAHAHAHA

These dolls are about 8 inches tall with the puppet versions running slightly larger.

Dirty Animals - the Animals with Dicks

] An 85 year-old widow is so determined not to be
] resuscitated against her will by doctors that she has
] tattooed the words "Do Not Resuscitate" across her chest.

I heard about this on bob and tom this morning. They added a little fun in saying she should have tattooed "Do not amputate" on her appendages.

Yahoo! News - Widow Hopes Tattoo Will Keep Doctors Away