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myspace is like internet circa 1996. lotsa flashy blinky lights, music (not so much midi anymore,) huge tiling backgrounds, animated gifs, and scrolling marquees..

 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/07/AR2006090701343.html

“…Even before the horse bill, House leaders had been a bit sensitive about their legislative pace. The People’s Representatives have been in session for all of 80 days this year, and with 15 days remaining on the legislative calendar, the House is on pace to shatter all records for inactivity. The “Do-Nothing” House of 1948 was positively frenetic by comparison, passing 1,191 measures in 110 days in session….”

good to know priorities are in order. 🙁

too soon?:twisted:

this past winter, i wrote a paper for my composition class about national security and civil liberties (Make Strange Bedfellows.) during my research, i learned about surveillance, what’s required to gain surveillance warrants, and how they’re different from warrants obtained for prosecution. there were other things, but warrants were most interesting to me.

either way, it came down to this: if law enforcement agencies want to poke around, they need a warrant. someone else needs to know about it, and it’s usually a (FISA) court. you can make the warrant request three days after the surveillence has started, but you still need a warrant. Over 18,000 surveillance requests have been made over the 28 year life of the FISA bill thus far, however only four were denied. the point is that another branch of government (albeit a secret court) was aware of it.

a federal judge ruled the wiretapping program was unconstitutional. why? no warrants were seeked. (see above)

the rules of cute (thx again tmbo)

ldap directories are arranged by types usually. people, organizations, locations, etc.

where i’m at, i saw this description for the “people” OU

Expanding base ‘ou=people,o=company.com’…
Error: Search: Size Limit Exceeded. <4>
Result <0>: (null)
Matched DNs:
Getting 1 entries:
>> Dn: ou=people,o=company.com
1> description: Directory Tree for Terran Carbon-Based Homonid Life-Units;
1> ou: people;
2> objectClass: top; organizationalUnit;
———–

talk about an easter-egg. they didn’t even spell “Homonid” right 😛

flag burning is something distasteful and offensive but it shouldn’t be illegal. (2)

The ranking Democrat on the committee, Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, reiterated his opposition to the measure. “Despicable gestures like flag burning are hard to tolerate,” said Leahy. “We do so because such tolerance is what makes America great. The Constitution goes beyond symbols. The Constitution is the real bedrock of our rights.”

coca-cola blak. nasty. stay away from it.

although the concept of mixing coke and coffee does seem appealing, their implementation blows. i will try it with real coffee (none of their instant crap) and coke. no aspartame either.

i couldn’t agree more

comment spam has made it here. great. nice. 40 comments in about an hour.
so far, i’ve added the following to my IP-drop list:

82.114.69.131
61.19.51.228
200.35.85.40
66.139.75.234
222.126.1.242
220.201.38.3
61.213.147.164
218.220.47.105
210.66.227.44
196.12.144.39
219.93.174.105
62.116.40.112
219.250.255.50
86.51.0.131
211.192.132.153
211.100.4.71
207.157.69.68
199.3.20.235
196.40.43.78
202.142.180.6
201.21.76.197
60.48.141.251
24.123.76.219
61.189.240.196
200.179.195.77

i’m giving dr dave’s spam karma (kop was using it also) a whirl, 100+ comment spams in an hour is rediculous.

you’ll notice stats at the bottom of the page. 🙂

happy easter.