Deadly new ammo tested on live Iraqis
Armor piercing limited penetration – it'll go through metal, but explodes inside of softer bodies. Wow, I'll be the matsci guy who thought up the APLP ammo really sleeps well at night.
Think Again: For 9/11 Investigation, Where Is Fox?
What liberal media? Amazing that the Weekly Standard has never, ever, published the phrase "9/11 Commission." Can you believe that?!
This looks way cooler than a Segway.
In celebration of the iPod's 2-year anniversary.
The Yank's offense just got a whole lot better, but at great expense. They're more likely to trade Johnson or Soriano now, and the already-old team just got older. Schilling v. Sheff in game 7 of the ALDS, anyone?
Still, Sheffield's a hell of a player. Maybe he won't be so underrated anymore.
MPAA, RIAA seek permanent antitrust exemption
Riiiight. Baseball, the MPAA, and the RIAA. JFC, people!
Also, notice one of our favorite ijits – Orrin Hatch – is behind this deal. He's also a free market GoPper, except for this time, apparently. Hatch said the big studios and major record labels need the exemption because of “market realities”
MS takes $1.1bn 'hostage' to freeze Lindows out of California case
"Microsoft is holding up compensation claims from a quarter of million Californians in order to punish Lindows.com, and to coerce the class action plaintiffs "into siding with Microsoft against its Lindows competitor," according to a court filing seen by The Register. The document, filed on 21st November by Townsend and Townsend and Crew, lead counsel for the Californian class action consumers, points out that none of the claims being held up was actually filed via Lindows.com, yet Microsoft has held them "hostage" for over two months."
A bit of inflammatory language, but the end result is the same: MS is minimizing its disbursements by fighting Lindows ability to aggregate claims on users' behalf.
GOP Puts Its Mark on Congress and Deficit
LA Times, telling it like it is. You'll never see something like this in the WaPo, NYT, or any other major paper. No wonder the LAT is "liberal"… they actually tell it like it is.
Schilling goes from being in one of the top 3 1-2 combos in the league to being in one of the top 3 1-2 combos in the league. Boston-Chicago World Series 2004?
“With the activists recast as dangerous aliens, Miami became eligible for the open tap of public money irrigating the “war on terror”. In fact, $8.5m spent on security during the FTAA meeting came out of the $87bn Bush extracted from Congress for Iraq last month.”
How has it all come to this?
Just like Watergate, only different.
MS scorns Israeli OpenOffice defection
"The Israeli Ministry of Commerce – essentially the treasury – has suspended all contracts with Microsoft."
… dun dun duuuuuuuun!
Intel produces chips for next generation
65nm chips to roll off the assembly line in 2005, keeping the tastefully-named Moore's law going
Congress Expands FBI Spying Power
Hidden inside an otherwise innocuous intelligence spending bill, now the FBI can subpoena information about you from practically any business or organization – without approval or permission from a judge, and with a gag order on the targeted organization.
Woohoo. Proud to be an American.
FBI scrutinizing anti-war protesters
My, my, my. Democracy through tyranny. Haven't seen the likes of this since Hoover. Fuckin ashcroft.