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Below are the entries for 09/2002. If an entry has a light red background, that means it's had at least 10 comments added to it.
57 entries
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37 comments
Samizdata has a post showing how many shops in England are observing a few minutes silence as a memorial and a sign of support for the US. I had promised myself I wouldn’t get all weepy today, but after reading all those signs and the comments to the post,…
Buzz Aldrin should be commended for punching that reporter in the face. I saw the video footage of it just a few minutes ago on the news. Buzz planted a good one right on the reporter’s face. Just the other day I was offended by how unthinking,…
During an interview on Slashdot, Larry Wall, the author of Perl, answered a question put to him that deals with him being a Christian. The person asking the question couldn’t understand how someone with a scientific, technological mind could believe in God. Larry’s answer is great. If you’d like…
Apple released the iCal application today. Mr. Jobs demoed the app last month during the MWNY Expo. My initial impressions are good so far. It’s not as powerful as Palm Desktop or Now, but if you’re just…
According to the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, humans are not fit to be cloned. Based on a study of 10,000 genes, humans would most likely die prematurely, get pneumonia, liver failure or be obese because of gene expression abnormalities. The group suggests that cloning to create another human…
Garret at dangerousmeta! points to this article in The Scotsman which talks about an interview with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Ramzi Binalshibh. They say that the 9-11 plans initally targeted nuclear facilities, but said that Bin Laden was afraid that it could “go out of control” if they…
A New York Times article spells out the basics of Jacques Chirac’s plan on how to deal with Iraq. I agree with Chirac that we should make a deadline of a few weeks to allow UN weapons inspectors back into Iraq and if they don’t allow it,…
In this Yahoo news article (I couldn’t find this story anywhere else), a seven year old daughter of an Iranian man had allegedly been raped by her uncle. So what did the father do to care for his daughter during this horribe time in her life? He cut her…
Is it just me, or do television ads annoy the hell out of you too? They are so frequent now, and most of them are an insult to your intelligence. Take for instance this ad about some stupid Tang-like substance in a bottle you can buy and lose 300 lbs…
This Newsday article outlines the changes made by the Bush administration to our legal rights since the 9/11 attacks: * FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION: Government may monitor religious and political institutions without suspecting criminal activity to assist terror investigation. * FREEDOM OF INFORMATION:…
