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Archives for 08/2002

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$1 trillion lawsuit filed by 9/11 families : August 15, 2002 : Note 0

A $1 trillion lawsuit has been filed against according to this CNN article.  The targets of the lawsuit include “seven international banks; eight Islamic foundations, charities and their subsidiaries; individual terrorist financiers; the Saudi bin Laden Group; three Saudi princes; and the government of Sudan”. I don’t…

Sony SDR-3X humanoid robot : August 15, 2002 : Note 1

Sony has a cool new robot called the SDR-3X.  The link takes you to a page that has a video clip of it being demonstrated in Tokyo.  I predict that in 10 years, we’ll have robots in our houses doing household chores.  I know I want one already.  My…

US soccer team in top 10! : August 15, 2002 : Note 0

Woooohoooo!!!  The US men’s soccer (I mean football team is tied for 9th place with Italy!  This is the highest ranking we’ve ever had!  Check it out at the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings.

pMachine hacking : August 15, 2002 : Note 0

pMachine doesn’t have the ability to display either category entry or archive entry count.  I did a little hacking of pMachine’s code tonight and got it to work.  It was a little tricky figuring out how pMachine stores its data, but once I figured out how it did, it was…

The HisTory of Michael Jackson’s face : August 14, 2002 : Note 14

Earlier this year, I had talked about how Michael Jackson has completely lost it in the looks category.  Well, now you can see for yourself the metamorphosis that Michael Jackson’s face has undergone.

Mohammad Khatami on violence and war : August 14, 2002 : Note 0

In this NY Times article titled “Iranian President Says U.S. Leaders ‘Misused’ Sept. 11”, the Iranian president, Mohammad Khatami, spoke out against Bush and his cabinet saying that we abused the tragedy of 9/11 and have created an “atmosphere of violence and war” all over the world.  He goes…

Government from the bottom up : August 14, 2002 : Note 0

Steven Den Beste has a lengthy article about how a country that is run from the bottom up (like the US) and not the top down (like Saudi Arabia) will always be a stronger, wealthier, more stable nation.  This is a principal that was written about in the Bible.…

Having some problems : August 14, 2002 : Note 0

Today my domain couldn’t be resolved for several hours.  Not only could I not connect to my domain, but I couldn’t connect to my host’s domain either.  Not good!  Yesterday it was touch and go with my domain.  If it keeps up like this, I’m going to have to move…

Three worst Chinese torture tests : August 14, 2002 : Note 0

A man is out in the Chinese wilderness and he’s hopelessly lost. It’s been nearly three weeks since he’s eaten anything besides what he could forage and he’s been reduced to sleeping in caves and under trees. One afternoon he comes upon an old mansion in the woods.…

Little Cortez girl found alive : August 13, 2002 : Note 0

This CNN article says that the little 4 year old girl Jessica Cortez has been found alive and safe.  She had been brought into a hospital by a “well-dressed woman with long hair”.  The staff recognized her and tried everything they could to keep the woman and girl at…

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