U.S. e-mail monitoring leads to arrest

A computer hacker who allowed himself to be publicly identified only as ''Mudhen'' once boasted at a Las Vegas conference that he could disable a Chinese satellite with nothing but his laptop computer and a cellphone.
The others took him at his word, because Mudhen worked at the Puzzle Palace -- the nickname of the U.S. National Security Agency facility at Fort Meade, Md., which houses the world's most powerful and sophisticated electronic eavesdropping and anti-terrorism systems.
It was these systems, plus an army of cryptographers, chaos theorists, mathematicians and computer scientists, that may have pulled in the first piece of evidence that led Canadian authorities to arrest an Ottawa man on terrorism charges last week.

pro-choice = TERRORIST

Karen Hughes, Bush's advisor has just likened pro-choice supporters with terrorists... When asked about this week's pro-choice rally, Hughes revealed that the administration would prefer that voters not distinguish supporting terrorists from supporting a woman's right to exercise control over her own body
"I think that after September 11, the American people are valuing life more and we need policies to value the dignity and worth of every life," she said. "President Bush has worked to say, let's be reasonable, let's work to value life, let's reduce the number of abortions, let's increase adoptions. And I think those are the kinds of policies the American people can support, particularly at a time when we're facing an enemy and, really, the fundamental issue between us and the terror network we fight is that we value every life."

UNIX – a four letter word

Getting a little tired of dealing with UNIX novices. Here’s an actual conversation I had with some guy the other...

Website woes

Working on the website tonight. Trying to get some pictures posted, but there’s a lot to do still. Got the...

Nervous…

New house closes in a week and a half. Can’t wait for it to be over. So many things to...

The Illegal Internet Page

Earlier, a federal court in Philadelphia had already ruled that the CDA was unconstitutional: quoth that court, “Just as the...

Why am I awake now?

I’m awake, working on a customer issue (one, I might add, that doesn’t need to be done now). The issue...

Nuclear material, whole buildings missing from Iraq

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - Contaminated metal, equipment and even entire buildings in Iraq that had been monitored by UN nuclear inspectors have disappeared since the war, the UN's nuclear watchdog said.
Diplomats said the discovery, much of it from commercially available satellite pictures, raises concerns about whether the US occupation in Iraq has been able to effectively monitor sensitive Iraq sites.

Sunny Windy Rainy Warm Cold

Hey, how about that weather? Pretty strange, no? Supposed to be a high of 24, and after the rain, a...

Chromium Blue

Weird, trippy, erotic soap opera, co-starring Ian Abercrombie (Mr. Pitts from "Seinfeld"). This is a really weird show on Showcase which could only appeal to horny and stoned individuals who lost the remote while looking for some kind of sexual content on TV at 1am on Friday nights. Of course it suits my demographic.
"To fuel his passion for life while recovering from a near-fatal motorcycle accident Henry Brooke beseeches his bride-to-be, Vivian Vadim, to bring guests aboard the Chromium Blue and do whatever it takes to help them live out their deepest, most erotic fantasies. And then to tell him about it in excruciating, intoxicating detail."
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