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Christmas Cheer

America's Worst Christmas Parties 406

Posted by Zonk from the corporate-scrooges dept.
Ant writes "Slate Magazine asked its readers to submit reports of horrible office Christmas parties, gifts, and bonuses. Of nearly 200 submissions, they've chosen quite a few tales for The Corporate Scrooge Contest Results ... and they're not pretty. From the article: 'A contract consultant sends word that the company to which he is currently assigned recently sent out an e-mail to some 2,000-odd consultants. The company would give away two $100 gift cards--to two of the brave souls who would commit to work 80 hours between Dec. 18 and Dec. 31. As our correspondent noted: "Hey, if you work Christmas, we'll put you in a pool of 2,000 other folks to maybe win a hundred bucks."'"
The Internet

Republican Aide Tries to Hire Hackers 427

Posted by Zonk from the hack-it-yourself-like-the-rest-of-us dept.
Noryungi writes "It seems as though a Republican Communications Director contacted Attrition.org, trying to hire hackers to improve his educational records. I don't know what is his dumbest move: (a) contacting Attrition in the first place, (b) using a real name Yahoo email address or (c) speaking at length about what he needed? Kudos to the Attrition crew for posting the whole email dialogue online! A sample from the conversation: 'Jericho: First, let's be clear. You are soliciting me to break the law and hack into a computer across state lines. That is a federal offense and multiple felonies. Obviously I can't trust anyone and everyone that mails such a request, you might be an FBI agent, right? So, I need three things to make this happen: 1. A picture of a squirrel or pigeon on your campus. One close-up, one with background that shows buildings, a sign, or something to indicate you are standing on the campus. 2. The information I mentioned so I can find the records once I get into the database. 3. Some idea of what I get for all my trouble.'"
Internet Explorer

Clipboard Data Theft Now Optional With IE7 162

Posted by Zonk from the options-are-good dept.
An anonymous reader writes "It's been known for a long time that Internet Explorer will happily allow any Web site to steal data that users have recently cut-and-pasted or copied into the Windows 'clipboard' data storage area. Well, now it looks like Microsoft has finally decided that this 'feature' was probably ill-advised, according to The Washington Post's Security Fix blog. IE7 throws up a warning asking whether users really want to let a site filch their clipboard data (Firefox, Opera and most other non-IE browsers forbid this behavior by default)."

SoftMaker Rolls Out Office Suite for BSD, Linux, and Others 275

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the momentum dept.
martin-k writes "Commercial office suite software is coming to FreeBSD, Linux, Windows, Sharp Zaurus and Windows Mobile. SoftMaker, a German developer, recently released SoftMaker Office, a multi-platform office suite that excels in Microsoft Office compatibility, claims to be much leaner and faster than OpenOffice.org and works on many operating systems, down to PDAs." While SoftMaker certainly isn't new, it is nice to see them roll out a finished suite as opposed to one-off programs.
User Journal

Journal Journal: history

Journal by Diplomat73

U4R2
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo:
This was a Peace treaty between the United States and Mexico that ended the Mexican War in 1848. It confirmed U.S. claims to Texas and set its boundary at the Rio Grande. Mexico also agreed to cede to the United States California and New Mexico (which included present-day California, Nevada, and Utah, and parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming) in exchange for $15 million and assumption by the United States of claims against Mexico by U.S.
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Journal Journal: Bordeaux

Journal by Diplomat73

Bordeaux

Localisation/Géographie/Topographie/Climat: Bordeaux est dans le Sud-ouest de laFrance. Il se trouve à 100km (62mi) de l'Océan Atlantique, au plus bas point qui traverse le fleuve Garonne en Aquitane. Il y a beaucoups de plaines plates et collines près de Bordeaux. Le climat de Bordeaux est océanique-tempéré avec des températures modérées en hiver et en été. Le temps à Bordeaux est très bien pour cultiver de

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