Woman falls for Nigerian scam, steals $2.1m from law firm
It's people like this that keep the scam artists coming back for more. It only takes one of these $2.1m swindles to be set for a good, long time. That woman? Is seriously stupid.
Blair Dossier Says Iraq Has 'Military Plans'
From the “slow news day” department. Whoopdy fuckin doo. quote: “Iraq has ''military plans'' for the use of chemical and biological weapons…”
Uh, yeah, so does every goddamn nation. We have plans for the use of chemical and biological weapons. Hey Blair, eat me, you running pig dog lackey of the imperialist bushie regime!
interesting take. it's got to beat yahoo's pathetic amalgamation efforts. time will tell. i wonder how their system minimizes the gaming shenanigans?
Judge Rules Federal Death Penalty Unconstitutional
Looks like a Fifth (due process) & Sixth Amendment (impartial trial) basis here. The text of the case is not linked yet, so I don't know if the old standard Eighth Amendment (cruel & unusual) was also used.. I agree with those underpinnings. Unless and until the system can be truly made impartial and fair – particularly socioeconomic biases (read: poor people of color should not be at a disadvantage in the courtroom) – I fully support halting the death penalty.
Of course, I don't believe any such system can ever truly be fair, so that's the equivalent of supporting the abolition of the death penalty. Even though some people deserve to die. Like that fucker who almost sideswiped me this morning. Humans are just too imperfect to judge who lives and who dies.
High-Dose Measles Vaccine Could Fight Brain Tumors
Way early to be posting something like this, but a) that's good news if it proves to be true, and b) i want to see my medicine icon
Chilling Effects Clearinghouse
If you don't know your online first amendment rights, you should go here. This is a joint collaboration amongst many law schools and the EFF.
The Canterbury Parking Clowns web site is suspended
… it doesn't just happen in America.
raisethefist.com Administrator Indicted over Offensive Content
Beware, my friends. This is an obvious politically-motivated charge. You can thank the bushie regime, and that dictator-for-never ashcroft for this.
Ballmer: We'll outsmart open source
Hah! It's a numbers game, Ballmer, and MS loses. No matter how much money you have, no matter how many employees, no matter how effective the monopoly controls… you lose. Even if MS were “smarter” than the collective – which it assuredly is not, although there are extremely smart people at MS – they can't beat the world.
Just more FUD/tilting at windmills.
I really want to give this the clown/eye roller icon. Can I? Can I? Can I?
OK. and that article? features some of the worst writing I have seen since sophomre high school English. That is journalism?!?
Number of Americans in Poverty Increases
but it's not, I repeat, NOT a recession. Merely a slight downturn before the inevitable boom cycle begins anew. I'm tellin ya.
So you wanna be pop star? My god, these contracts are onerous. Well, the contract mirrors about what I value a karaoke singer at (that is, next to nothing), but still… $1,400 for appearing on the “Destroy All Monsters” version of the show?!? There's not caring about pop music/karaoke and then there's treating people like indentured servants.
Oh, these poor, foolish, naive wannabes. If only they'd collectively known their bargaining position in the tryouts.
By the way, this also puts “19 Group” on my Axis of Evil list. Simon Fuller, you, sir, are barely human. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
DMCA Consequences, 3 years later
(warning! PDF alert)
Good summary on all the appalling, chilling effects that have arisen after the DMCA's passage into law. Not a heartwarming picture, by any means.
Yo, congress, corporations, and other would-be scrooges: Fair Use Is Not A Crime!
Nasdaq Hits 6-Year Low as Economic Data Rattles Market
Well, shit. I ain't gettin a job until it gets back to at least 9,000 and probably 10,000. Not that I'm not looking. It's just that there'll be no corporate-type positions. Ye gods.
South Dakota to Vote on Extending Jury Rights
OK, juries? Are generally a crapshoot that result in whacky, non-expected (or asked for) judgments popping up left and right.
Regardless, I would fully support this measure were it to be on the ballot in my locale.
More Sci- Than Fi, Physicists Create Antimatter
Hey… cool. Weird thing is that once the antiatom is created, it no longer has a charge… so it can't be controlled by the magnetic field, so it drifts and blows up against the wall of the container. Jeez, must be hard to study. Hope they don't do any large-scale runs anytime soon.