Daily Archives: April 30, 2003

Spam spam spam spam

Posted on April 30, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

There’s a spam summit going on in DC right now as the powers that be grapple with The Scourge Of The Internet ™. On the first day of the Federal Trade Commission’s “spam summit,” participants could not even agree on … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Technology, science, and math | 5 Comments

Not what I call good community relations

Posted on April 30, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Back in 2000, in better financial times, the city of Houston passed a referendum to fund a new downtown basketball arena. A similar referendum had been defeated before, thanks in large part to well-funded opposition from conservatives (not to mention … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Elsewhere in Houston | 2 Comments

Penguin dreams

Posted on April 30, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Ann Salisbury has de-lurked to bring us some good news: Bloom County comics are being rerun for UComics subscribers. The direct link is here, but you need to subscribe first. Comic historians will find this even more exciting: We are … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Websurfing | 9 Comments

Senate regrets its own budget

Posted on April 30, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Well, the state Senate finally passed its not-as-godawful-as-the-House-but-still-pretty-bad budget yesterday, and from all the wailing and gnashing of teeth that followed you’d think that maybe it didn’t have to be that way. “I wish I could say I was proud … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Budget ballyhoo | 2 Comments

Now that’s an innovative revenue stream

Posted on April 30, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Tom Spencer points to this article about doings in the Missouri Senate, which contains the following rather amazing proposal to add to the state’s coffers: After defeating the governor’s plan, Republicans took up their own blueprint for raising additional revenue. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in National news | 3 Comments