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Journal Journal: Anonymous comments 2

Journal by jesboat on Thursday December 28, 2006 @12:31AM

I tend to get mod points with decent frequency, and often want to post and mod the same discussion. I'm perfectly happy to post the comments anon, to avoid the whole karma thing, but it would be nice if people could check that they still were written by me. Thus, this journal entry: in it, I'll note which anonymous comments are mine (and link here from the comments.)

Submission + - Apple witohut Jobs?

Submitted by CDPatten on Wednesday December 27, 2006 @11:11PM

CDPatten writes: The internet is buzzing with speculation that Steve Jobs may step down over reports that he profited $7.5 million in stock options by falsifying an executive board meeting. The financial times has a good overview of the unfolding story.

From the Article:

"Steve Jobs, chief executive of Apple Computer, was handed 7.5m stock options in 2001 without the required authorization from the company's board of directors, according to people familiar with the matter.

Records that purported to show a full board meeting had taken place to approve Mr Jobs' remuneration, as required by Apple's procedures, were later falsified. These are now among the pieces of evidence being weighed by the Securities and Exchange Commission as it decides whether to pursue a case against the company or any individuals over the affair, according to these people."

Submission + - Windows Live Mail (beta) snubs Linux users

Submitted by

tuxtattoo

on Wednesday December 27, 2006 @10:28PM

tuxtattoo writes: "So it would seem that Microsoft is once again snubbing Linux users. Using Firefox to use the beta version of Microsoft's Live Mail seems to work just fine in OSX or Windows. But, it seems the same version of Firefox on Linux only warrants the "Lite" (ie — stripped down and super lame) version. See this message when logging in using Firefox in Linux:

"This version works better with your browser. The full version of Mail runs on Internet Explorer 6.0 and higher (make sure you check the system requirements before you install it). The full version also works on Firefox 1.5."

Further tests verify this is indeed the case. By changing your Firefox user agent to say your OS is OSX or Windows the full functionality becomes available to you in Linux. Going the other way, making your user agent say you are using Linux even though you are in Windows or OSX will give you the lite version.

I know, I'm lame for even having a hotmail account. I guess I deserve it."

Journal Journal: AMD Considers New York FAB Facility

Journal by OSTG Marketing on Wednesday December 27, 2006 @07:51PM

AMD has signed a Grant Disbursement Agreement (GDA) with the State of New York. The GDA establishes a two-year window from July 2007 to July 2009 in which AMD can choose to initiate the building of a new state of the art 300mm wafer fabrication facility in Saratoga County, NY. "If conditions become right for AMD to move forward, construction would begin sometime between July 2007 and July 2009. Similar to AMD's othe

Journal Journal: President Gerald R. Ford: 1913 - 2006 1

Journal by GMontag on Wednesday December 27, 2006 @04:35AM

"Hola Bambe, Hungala Dimba Gerald Ford. (1913-2006)"

Submission + - Earthquake disrupts data and phone service in Asia

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 27, 2006 @02:37AM

An anonymous reader writes: Bloomberg reports that Taiwan earthquakes damaged undersea cables serving Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Japan. Phone and data services in Asia are affected, and repairs could take from a few weeks to months. News are still limited. My calls from the US to Taiwan have been unsuccessful. Taiwan TV channels seem to be working fine, and the 7.2, 6.4, and 5.2 earthquakes appear to have affected the South of Taiwan to a much lesser degree than the 1999 earthquake.

Submission + - The Death of Habeas Corpus

Submitted by Jack Schitt on Wednesday December 27, 2006 @02:36AM

Jack Schitt writes: I know this may be from October 18, 2006, but I never saw it anywhere other than this MSNBC broadcast on YouTube.

Forget the DMCA.

Forget the PATRIOT Act.

Habeas Corpus, the legal action or writ by means of which detainees can seek relief from unlawful imprisonment, can now be blocked if the Feds decide for whatever reason (including classified reasons) to call you an enemy combatant. In other words, if you decide to protest some aspect of the US Government and manage to get their attention, they now have a legal loophole which allows them to arrest and detain you indefinitely without your ability to challenge it and without charges being filed.

I should move to China. At least they give you the illusion of being able to fight your detainment.

See the open statement to president Bush by MSNBC's Kieth Olbermann.

Attention US Government: I have no intention of harming the US or it's citizens at any point, either now or in the future. It's not worth the gas money to come and arrest me. Have a nice day.
-John Q. Public

Submission + - Tell the new MA governor how you feel about ODF

Submitted by Blob Pet on Tuesday December 26, 2006 @10:20PM

Blob Pet writes: To the surprise of some, it was recently reported that Massachusetts governor-elect Deval Patrick named Microsoft's anti-ODF lobbyist Brian Burke to the technology advisory group of his transition team. Well now that same transition team is soliciting comments from the masses on their website on what policies the new administration should make. It would appear to be an excellent opportunity to express your thoughts on how the Commonwealth should or shouldn't take advantage of technology such as ODF, especially if you're a Massachusetts resident.

Submission + - DIY Home Security Camera

Submitted by DelawareGT on Tuesday December 26, 2006 @09:23PM

DelawareGT writes: I live in a rather unsavory part of Atlanta and recently my house was robbed (roomie's laptop near an easily breakable window). The landlord is taking care of adding security bars but I want to do something more. I was wondering if anyone out there has any cheap DIY home video surveillance solutions. I have a linux box that I can dedicate to this, but considering that it might be stolen one day, I'd like to be able to upload video to the net.

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