Global Security Site
Now you to can analyze and make your own decision on the war on terror. The Global Security Site is a great public site that has some commercial satellite pictures worth looking at.
From the archive
September 2002
42 posts
Jimmy Buffet is the Man
Jimmy Buffet tired of getting 10 cents on the dollar walked away from his recording label last year and started his own. "Buffett picked up his marbles and walked away from the game last year -- putting out an album on his own Mailboat Records that sold more than a half million copies and hit the top five. Now he's
Is Microsoft violating it’s Anti Trust Agreement
[Washington Post] "Microsoft isn't living up to its agreement with the federal government to allow Windows users to remove access to the company's programs and choose competitors' products, a group funded by Microsoft's rivals said Wednesday" [Washington Post]
Microsoft might as well had flipped the bird to a Federal Judge
Apparently Microsoft's compliance with the federal ruling to allow you to exclude the Microsoft browser/email program during installation and select your own is so confusing and difficult that few people will figure it out or bother to fight layers of menus to override the defaults. (But what did everyone expect? If I were the federal judge that set the conditions
Spam killing the Net?
Studies have shown spam accounting for as much as 50% percent of all e-mail traffic on the Internet. If the trend continues we will spend more time sifting thru junk mail then anything else and that these spammers will do more harm than terrorist. [Wired]
XP Service Pack 1 “Hackers Cracked It Quickly”
Well Microsoft in a attempt to crack down on illegal copies of XP did some fancy changing of code and killed a large number of serial numbers. Well Service pack 1 had hardly been released when a new crack to defeat Microsoft's attempts at shutting down illegal copies appeared almost immediately. [Vnunet]
Dak is Back!
Back in the 80's there was a catalog sales business called DAK Industries run by a guy named Drew Kaplan. He went out of business, but is back." Yes, I remember DAK and had bought many items from them. Here is their site: http://www.dak.com/
Wackiest Thing I have seen in Months
This site has to be a hoax. You have to take a look yourself. But some clown is gonna put up a satellite with messages from those participating that will re-enter earth in 50,000 years. Sounds like a cult to me anyway check out the site and let me know what ya think. [Keo]
Very Nice Image Program I Found
Here is a new program What makes this program special is that it compresses images, even jpg, as much as 40% and does not lose any quality! This is the first program in a decade that has the ability to compress images significantly without loss of quality to save significant storage space and speed up downloading. [http://theimagemart.com/]
Media Player 9 Information
This article is older but being I have been out of action for 6 weeks I still think it is a worthy read. Before you install Windows Media Player v.9 you need to know there is a "new feature" that will require you to buy a license to play your dvd's and cd's. The same ones that you just spent
Honey Lets go weed the Garden
While I was growing up I worked on my Grand Fathers farm. One of the most mundane task that needed to be done was spray for weeds. As he hated to use spray we did a lot of cultivating which was worse than spraying as it promoted land erosion. There have been great advances in the science of growing crops
Hidden Data on your Drivers License
As Smart Card technology is advancing and with your personal information being embedded into the license it will not be long before there is a major legal battle as you may be surprised what is being retrieved from vendors and club owners. [CNN]
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