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Friday, July 29, 2005
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Yemeni cleric jailed for 75 years
A Yemeni cleric who once called himself Osama Bin Laden's spiritual adviser has been sentenced to a maximum 75 years in prison in New York.
Sheikh Mohammed Ali Hassan al-Moayad was convicted on charges of conspiring to support the al-Qaeda network and Palestinian militant group Hamas.
At a meeting with two FBI informants in Germany, he was recorded promising to funnel more than $2m (£1.1m) to Hamas.
He was arrested by German police in January 2003 and extradited to the US.
For each of five counts, he received 15-year sentences, each to be served consecutively.
He was also fined $1.25m in a federal court in Brooklyn.resd more »
Sunday, July 24, 2005
Thursday, July 14, 2005
EXIT MUNDI: A COLLECTION OF END-OF-WORLD SCENARIOS:
Isn't life a bitch? The world is going to end. You don't even have to be a religious fundamentalist to see that's true.
Some people collect postal stamps; Exit Mundi collects scenarios of what could go wrong with the world. Sure, our planet could get hit by an asteroid. But hey, that's nothing. Did you know we could all be munched away by hungry molecules? Or that our physicists could unintentionally wipe us all out while tinkering with particles? `Oops, sorry...'
Exit Mundi isn't in it for doom preaching, but strictly for fun. It's a fascinating thought: if that &*%#-comet didn't wipe out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, we wouldn't be here pondering about apocalypses and armageddons in the first place. The dinosaurs roamed our planet millions of years longer than we did. If it wasn't for the comet, they still would.
Sounds good, doesn't it?
Fallen Heroes of Operation Iraqi Freedom
Remembering the soldiers who died in the service of their country.
The list was last updated at 8:30 PM EDT Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Source: DefenseLINK
Alphabetical: Sort the list in alphabetical order
Base: Sort the list by military base
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American soldiers listed: 1754
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Eben Rawls, Attorney at Law
Eben Rawls is a North Carolina criminal defense attorney. He is board certified by the North Carolina State Bar as a Specialist in both Federal and State Criminal Law with over 25 years of trial court experience. While he regularly handles state and federal cases across North Carolina, Mr. Rawls has also defended clients facing serious criminal prosecutions in the trial courts of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, New Jersey, New York, and California. In one case, Mr. Rawls was admitted to the courts of Norway to defend his client.
Sunday, June 26, 2005
Homes may be 'taken' for private projects
Updated: 12:23 p.m. ET June 23, 2005
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that local governments may seize people’s homes and businesses — even against their will — for private economic development. more »
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that local governments may seize people’s homes and businesses — even against their will — for private economic development. more »
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
This page is dedicated to Voltaire!
"The story of Zeus transforming himself into a swan so that he might couple with Leda, they call myth, but the tale about a holy ghost impregnating a virgin, they believe..." - Anonymous
Voltaire, Epître sur Les Trois Imposteurs:
Si Dieu n'existait pas, il faudrait l'inventer
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him
This statement by Voltaire was so famous that Flaubert included it in his Dictionnaire des idées reçues, and it is still frequently quoted today. But where does it first appear? And what precisely did Voltaire mean when he wrote it? Does it imply, as most of Voltaire's parrots seems to suppose, that God is a fictitious being, created for the comfort of the human race?
Voltaire, Epître sur Les Trois Imposteurs:
Si Dieu n'existait pas, il faudrait l'inventer
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him
This statement by Voltaire was so famous that Flaubert included it in his Dictionnaire des idées reçues, and it is still frequently quoted today. But where does it first appear? And what precisely did Voltaire mean when he wrote it? Does it imply, as most of Voltaire's parrots seems to suppose, that God is a fictitious being, created for the comfort of the human race?
Saturday, June 04, 2005
Red Hat Frees Fedora to the Fedora Foundation
Contributed by Devin
Saturday, 04 June 2005
Red Hat announced that it is releasing the copyrights and development work of the free Fedora version of Linux over to the Fedora Foundation.
Fedora FoundationRed Hat, one of the most popular Linux distributions, forked into two projects back in 2002. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) was targeted at commercial customers, while Fedora was the free, community distribution. Red Hat, Inc. has failed at trying to attract the outside involvement that it hoped to get with the Fedora project.
"The goal of The Fedora Project is to work with the Linux community to build a complete, general purpose operating system exclusively from open source software. Development will be done in a public forum ... By using this more open process, we hope to provide an operating system more in line with the ideals of free software and more appealing to the open source community," the Fedora Project Web site says.
Many developers have critisized the direction Fedora has taken with Red Hat, Inc. at the wheel. Fedora has become a testing ground for new technologies that eventually find their way to RHEL.
Some members of the community think that transfering control of the project to the new Fedora Foundation will keep the project community-driven.
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Saturday, 04 June 2005
Red Hat announced that it is releasing the copyrights and development work of the free Fedora version of Linux over to the Fedora Foundation.
Fedora FoundationRed Hat, one of the most popular Linux distributions, forked into two projects back in 2002. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) was targeted at commercial customers, while Fedora was the free, community distribution. Red Hat, Inc. has failed at trying to attract the outside involvement that it hoped to get with the Fedora project.
"The goal of The Fedora Project is to work with the Linux community to build a complete, general purpose operating system exclusively from open source software. Development will be done in a public forum ... By using this more open process, we hope to provide an operating system more in line with the ideals of free software and more appealing to the open source community," the Fedora Project Web site says.
Many developers have critisized the direction Fedora has taken with Red Hat, Inc. at the wheel. Fedora has become a testing ground for new technologies that eventually find their way to RHEL.
Some members of the community think that transfering control of the project to the new Fedora Foundation will keep the project community-driven.
more »
Intel Security:
ARE YOU PREPARED FOR AN EMERGENCY?
In the event of an emergency, you may need to evacuate. A natural disaster as well as a terrorist attack can strike quickly and without warning. Depending on the nature of that evacuation you may have to walk a half a mile or more and/or be outside for as long as three hours.
We recommend that you have an emergency "GO" kit that includes:
Comfortable shoes, socks and warm, dry clothes.
Medication,
A bottle of water, and
Some energy bars.
If told to evacuate, follow the instructions of the Pentagon Police and their Evacuation Assistants.
more »
In the event of an emergency, you may need to evacuate. A natural disaster as well as a terrorist attack can strike quickly and without warning. Depending on the nature of that evacuation you may have to walk a half a mile or more and/or be outside for as long as three hours.
We recommend that you have an emergency "GO" kit that includes:
Comfortable shoes, socks and warm, dry clothes.
Medication,
A bottle of water, and
Some energy bars.
If told to evacuate, follow the instructions of the Pentagon Police and their Evacuation Assistants.
more »
Thursday, June 02, 2005
Malcolm Wells.com - underground buildings, earth sheltered architecture, energy efficient houses, passive solar...:
This site is dedicated to the promotion and discussion of:
* underground buildings,
* earth-sheltered architecture,
* eco-friendly design, and
* energy-efficient houses
... particularly the ideas of pioneer architect Malcolm Wells.
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* underground buildings,
* earth-sheltered architecture,
* eco-friendly design, and
* energy-efficient houses
... particularly the ideas of pioneer architect Malcolm Wells.
more »
Underground buildings have as many personalities
functions, and intriguing stories as surface buildings do. Why are they built? What are they like, inside and outside? Find out by selecting an article from the list below. For your convenience, the most recent articles are listed first:
Entrances to the Underworld Before entering an aboveground building, people can assess its size and character simply by looking at it. A building hidden under the ground offers no such clues, however. Entrance pavilions or kiosks can hint at what lies below, establishing at least a style, if not a sense of scope.
Digging for the Green: Underground Architecture and Sustainable Design Environmental consciousness has been growing for a decade or more among architects. The financial benefits of green design are becoming more apparent, making builders more willing to embrace the movement. Green roofs, for example, are sprouting all over the United States. Why not put them at ground level? more »
Entrances to the Underworld Before entering an aboveground building, people can assess its size and character simply by looking at it. A building hidden under the ground offers no such clues, however. Entrance pavilions or kiosks can hint at what lies below, establishing at least a style, if not a sense of scope.
Digging for the Green: Underground Architecture and Sustainable Design Environmental consciousness has been growing for a decade or more among architects. The financial benefits of green design are becoming more apparent, making builders more willing to embrace the movement. Green roofs, for example, are sprouting all over the United States. Why not put them at ground level? more »
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Residents Moving After Home Invasion
POSTED: 3:27 pm EDT May 31, 2005
UPDATED: 5:52 pm EDT May 31, 2005
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A family at the Waterford Creek Apartments are packing up and leaving after a frightening home invasion at a 7:30 a.m. Tuesday.
WSOC-TV
The family said they heard a knock at the door, but when one of the victims looked through the peephole, he couldn't see anyone. The culprits were hiding out of sight.
The man opened the door and that's when the attackers put a gun in his face.
The family didn't want to be identified because they are afraid the robbers will come back and kill them.
They did say once the men were inside, the intruders pointed a gun at their three children -- ages from 1 to 3 years old.
The gunman threatened to kill the kids if they didn't get money. read more »
UPDATED: 5:52 pm EDT May 31, 2005
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A family at the Waterford Creek Apartments are packing up and leaving after a frightening home invasion at a 7:30 a.m. Tuesday.
WSOC-TV
The family said they heard a knock at the door, but when one of the victims looked through the peephole, he couldn't see anyone. The culprits were hiding out of sight.
The man opened the door and that's when the attackers put a gun in his face.
The family didn't want to be identified because they are afraid the robbers will come back and kill them.
They did say once the men were inside, the intruders pointed a gun at their three children -- ages from 1 to 3 years old.
The gunman threatened to kill the kids if they didn't get money. read more »
Monday, May 30, 2005
Report: Injured Zarqawi has fled Iraq
Top insurgent may have been moved to Iran, source says
Updated: 6:09 p.m. ET May 28, 2005
LONDON - Al-Qaida’s leader in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had fled the country after being seriously injured in a U.S. missile attack, a British newspaper reported on Sunday, quoting a senior commander of the Iraqi insurgency.
Al-Zarqawi has shrapnel lodged in his chest and may have been moved to Iran, The Sunday Times newspaper reported, adding his supporters may try to move him on to another country for an operation.
The paper quoted an unnamed insurgency commander as saying the Jordanian-born militant was wounded three weeks ago when a U.S. missile hit his convoy near the northwestern Iraqi city of al Qaim.
“Shrapnel went in between the right shoulder and his chest, ripped it open and is still stuck there,” the commander said, adding a second piece of shrapnel penetrated Zarqawi’s chest but exited from his back.
“There was concern about spinal injuries,” the commander said. “But his ability to move eliminated that fear.”
The Sunday Times said Zarqawi, accused of masterminding many of the worst insurgent attacks in Iraq, was carried from his vehicle after the missile strike and given basic first aid in a hideout.
When he became delirious with fever four days later he was taken to hospital in the city of Ramadi, 68 miles west of Baghdad, it said. The paper did not say when the commander was speaking but said the source had proved reliable in the past.
Updated: 6:09 p.m. ET May 28, 2005
LONDON - Al-Qaida’s leader in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had fled the country after being seriously injured in a U.S. missile attack, a British newspaper reported on Sunday, quoting a senior commander of the Iraqi insurgency.
Al-Zarqawi has shrapnel lodged in his chest and may have been moved to Iran, The Sunday Times newspaper reported, adding his supporters may try to move him on to another country for an operation.
The paper quoted an unnamed insurgency commander as saying the Jordanian-born militant was wounded three weeks ago when a U.S. missile hit his convoy near the northwestern Iraqi city of al Qaim.
“Shrapnel went in between the right shoulder and his chest, ripped it open and is still stuck there,” the commander said, adding a second piece of shrapnel penetrated Zarqawi’s chest but exited from his back.
“There was concern about spinal injuries,” the commander said. “But his ability to move eliminated that fear.”
The Sunday Times said Zarqawi, accused of masterminding many of the worst insurgent attacks in Iraq, was carried from his vehicle after the missile strike and given basic first aid in a hideout.
When he became delirious with fever four days later he was taken to hospital in the city of Ramadi, 68 miles west of Baghdad, it said. The paper did not say when the commander was speaking but said the source had proved reliable in the past.
Netscape 8.0 should be uninstalled due to XML problems
Category: SOFTPEDIA NEWS :: Internet Life
According to Microsoft, the new browser interferes with Internet Explorer
After Dave Massy, Microsoft's senior program manager for Internet Explorer, said in a blog that Netscape 8.0 may interfere with Internet Explorer, Microsoft confirmed today the problem.
Also, Microsoft has advised its customers using Netscape 8 and Internet Explorer in the same machine
to uninstall Netscape 8, because Netscape causes Internet Explorer to crash.In fact, according do Dave Massy, Netscape’s updated technology interferes with Internet Explorer’s ability to display some Web pages. Computer users who install Netscape 8, may see some Web pages appear blank in Internet Explorer.
“We’ve just confirmed an issue that has started to be reported on newsgroups and forums that after installing Netscape 8.0 the XML rendering capabilities of Internet Explorer no longer work. That means that if you navigate in IE to an XML file such as an RSS feed or an XML file with an XSLT transformation applied then rather than seeing the data you are presented with a blank page,” Massy said on the blog.
According to Microsoft, the new browser interferes with Internet Explorer
After Dave Massy, Microsoft's senior program manager for Internet Explorer, said in a blog that Netscape 8.0 may interfere with Internet Explorer, Microsoft confirmed today the problem.
Also, Microsoft has advised its customers using Netscape 8 and Internet Explorer in the same machine
to uninstall Netscape 8, because Netscape causes Internet Explorer to crash.In fact, according do Dave Massy, Netscape’s updated technology interferes with Internet Explorer’s ability to display some Web pages. Computer users who install Netscape 8, may see some Web pages appear blank in Internet Explorer.
“We’ve just confirmed an issue that has started to be reported on newsgroups and forums that after installing Netscape 8.0 the XML rendering capabilities of Internet Explorer no longer work. That means that if you navigate in IE to an XML file such as an RSS feed or an XML file with an XSLT transformation applied then rather than seeing the data you are presented with a blank page,” Massy said on the blog.
Thursday, May 26, 2005
Nextel is a major player in the market and enjoys tremendous popularity.
From wholesalers Parnell-Martin (Charlotte, N.C.) and Hughes Supply (Orlando, Fla.) and from Miami-based wholesalers Bond Supply and Lehman Pipe & Plumbing Supply, to Home Depot Supply — each of them said they had at least one Nextel product.
“We understand the construction and distribution business,” says Henry Popplewell, Nextel’s vice president of distribution and transportation. “They are two of the backbone industries in our organization. We have worked together as partners and evolved together developing solutions for more than 10 years now.”
According to Kent Lee, Charlotte, N.C. complex manager for wholesaler Parnell-Martin, “Nextel has had good growth and profits along with good people. They give us the basic blocking and tackling tools we need.”
“We understand the construction and distribution business,” says Henry Popplewell, Nextel’s vice president of distribution and transportation. “They are two of the backbone industries in our organization. We have worked together as partners and evolved together developing solutions for more than 10 years now.”
According to Kent Lee, Charlotte, N.C. complex manager for wholesaler Parnell-Martin, “Nextel has had good growth and profits along with good people. They give us the basic blocking and tackling tools we need.”
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Computers Seized in Data-Theft Probe
Federal Investigators Remove PCs, Discs From Several Locations; LexisNexis Break-In Linked to Paris Hilton Phone Hacking
By Brian Krebs
washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
Thursday, May 19, 2005; 6:16 PM
The federal investigation into the massive theft of sensitive personal records from database giant LexisNexis Inc. intensified this week with the execution of search warrants and seizure of evidence from several individuals across the country, according to federal law enforcement officials.
Three people targeted in the investigation confirmed that federal investigators had served warrants at their homes. The group included a minor who has been in contact with a washingtonpost.com reporter for three months and who said he was directly involved in the LexisNexis breach.
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By Brian Krebs
washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
Thursday, May 19, 2005; 6:16 PM
The federal investigation into the massive theft of sensitive personal records from database giant LexisNexis Inc. intensified this week with the execution of search warrants and seizure of evidence from several individuals across the country, according to federal law enforcement officials.
Three people targeted in the investigation confirmed that federal investigators had served warrants at their homes. The group included a minor who has been in contact with a washingtonpost.com reporter for three months and who said he was directly involved in the LexisNexis breach.
more »
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
MSN Virtual Earth To Take On Google Earth
Micrsoft sends news today that founder Bill Gates has announced a MSN Virtual Earth service is to debut in the summer. The service is promised to provide:
Satellite images with 45-degree-angle views of buildings and neighborhoods
Satellite images with street map overlays
Ability to add local data layers, such as showing local businesses or restaurants
The service will allow users to choose from a number of different data types plus allow people to contribute their own information. The announcement came today at the D3 conference happening this week.
Last week, Google announced that its Keyhole software allowing satellite views of the Earth will be renamed Google Earth. Better images will also be available to those getting satellite views via Google Maps. In addition, Google Maps has also been getting enhanced by others adding on data from other sources. More on this in is covered in our Google Factory Tour Recap post.
So, the planned Microsoft service will help MSN compete against some Google gains in this area, not to mention moves others like Yahoo have been making with maps. Some past reading you may find interesting on these topics:
Google Maps Not In Google Search; Comparing Services & How Do They Do That?
Satellite/Aerial Images Plus Local Info
This post discusses TerraFly. This service has been available for more than five years and receives funding from IBM. Terrafly offers several of the services that MSN plans to provide including street overlays and local business info.
Super Cool: Interact With Satellite and Aerial Images With NASA's World Wind Program
Global in scope. World Wind Central (a wiki) offers links to interesting images that users have found.
Just Mrap It!
Monday, May 23, 2005
LLNL’s ‘Science Week’ festivities celebrate World Year of Physics
Computer simulation of the gravitational radiation from the head-on collision of two black holes at a time just after the collision. The different colors represent the different strengths of the gravitational wave signal. Techniques for detecting gravitational waves, which are predicted by Einstein’s theory of general relativity, will be discussed during a Science Day talk by Barry Barish of the California Institute of Technology.
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