I finally got the SirCam virus, via a mailing list. I was feeling so left out. Fortunately, since I read my email using mutt, I deleted it with impunity.
Entries from July 2001
July 29th, 2001 · Comments Off
July 28th, 2001 · Comments Off
Next time you consider complaining about Perl’s obfuscated syntax, take a gander at some TECO source code.
July 27th, 2001 · Comments Off
When bad vacation scripts strike …
July 27th, 2001 · Comments Off
The public policy section of the ACM is taking the Association of American Publishers to task for its positive statement about the arrest of Dmitry Sklyarov. The letter, from Gene Spafford and Barbara Simmons reminds the AAP that the ACM is a member and presents the argument against the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA. [...]
July 27th, 2001 · Comments Off
JDS Uniphase reported a $50.6 billion loss for last year. I have only one question: how much was their CEO paid for that performance? (And I found the answer. For fiscal 2000, he made $640,000 in salary and exercised $25 million in options.)
July 27th, 2001 · Comments Off
Hey, it’s a new candidate for stupidest idea I’ve ever heard. How much will it cost me to have the parents change their names to “Moron” and “Greedy Idiot”?
July 27th, 2001 · Comments Off
I hadn’t seen this before: J2EE Blueprints.
July 27th, 2001 · Comments Off
Theodore Postol, an MIT professor who publishes a paper criticizing the missile defense testing program says he’s being shaken down by the Pentagon. The Pentagon is pressuring his bosses to force him to stop disseminating a report that was once public, but has since been declared secret. A Pentagon flack says of the [...]
July 27th, 2001 · Comments Off
Every once in awhile, I delude myself into thinking that corporations are still establishing new lows when it comes to malfeasance. Last night, while reading Fast Food Nation, I learned that in order to hasten the adoption of the automobile, General Motors led a group of automotive-related companies in secretly taking over trolley systems [...]
July 26th, 2001 · Comments Off
The Economist is banging the drum for drug legalization again. I admire the magazine for its persistence in arguing for sane drug policy.