Daily Archives: April 26, 2002

Warliberal.com

Posted on April 26, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

I see that Mac Thomason a/k/a War Liberal has his own domain now. Way to go, Mac! (Thanks to Ginger for the heads up.) As for me, I’ve finally given in to the dark side and signed up for a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Religion v. science, round N

Posted on April 26, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

A “businessman and civic leader who also teaches Sunday school” named Bill White has penned an editorial about science and religion in today’s Chron. I give him high marks for his attempt to distinguish between the two domains. I’m always … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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I thought I was supposed to be anti-idiotarian

Posted on April 26, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Well, this was a fun afternoon at work. The comm group booted my port off the network because I have a Win2K server which wasn’t properly secured. Today it became one of many machines across our enterprise that came down … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Successful implementation

Posted on April 26, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Comments have been successfully added. Thanks to Larry for letting me use his. I’m still planning on migrating to Moveable Type in the near term, so this system is not permanent, but what the heck. I’m still not sure if … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Here we go again

Posted on April 26, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Houston energy trader Dynegy saw its stock plummet and its bond ratings lowered when lower earnings and an SEC review of a natural gas deal. They’re also taking a $300 million charge related to their communications business. Reading the story, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Also in the “why didn’t I think of that?” category

Posted on April 26, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Anyone can be a patent holder! It’s true! Take a look at Patent 6,368,227 and see for yourself. Maybe there’s something to all those intonements about there being nothing left to invent. Via James Randi. Be sure to scroll down … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Comedian turns tables on telemarketers

Posted on April 26, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Via File13 we get this amusing story about how a professional comedian called attendees of the American Teleservices convention in their hotel rooms early in the morning. Now don’t you wish you’d thought of that? Continue reading →

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