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| Notice: GeekPress is back up and running, thanks to Paul! It's still a not-so-serious tech news blog, but the format is significantly looser. Diana, having given up programming for philosophy, has her own philosophical blog NoodleFood. More of her work can be found at DianaHsieh.com. |
| NASA janitor spikes drinks with "secret sauce" |
| 1:24:41 am mst / 16 February 2001 found by paul / filed in legal / source Brass Knuckles 149 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| Brass Knuckles pointed us towards this story about a NASA janitor who has been accused of sexual harassment after allegedly putting "bodily fluids" into women's beverages. One woman said, "When I sipped my coffee about three times in the last two weeks... it tasted salty". |
| At least we know it doesn't contain too many calories... |
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| What's wrong with Microsoft? |
| 5:08:44 am mst / 16 February 2001 found by diana / filed in business / source Salon 92 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| Damien Cave examines Microsoft's failure to dominate the streaming video and audio market, arguing that MS's lack of dominance in the server market, their focus on increasing their server market share, and Real Networks unique combination of open and proprietary standards are the causes. |
| A very astute analysis! |
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| The Unveiling of Microsoft Obsecurity |
| 9:23:50 am mst / 16 February 2001 found by diana / filed in humor / source BBspot 88 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| According to the wise folk over at BBspot, Microsoft has just released "Microsoft Obsecurity," their most secure server ever. Unfortunately, "to ensure complete security in Obsecurity, Microsoft will never release this product to the public. It is locked in a vault in Sub-Basement 16 in Redmond, WA." |
| Non-existence is definitely the best kind of security! |
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| Internet musical |
| 10:24:28 am mst / 16 February 2001 found by paul / filed in culture / source Wired 25 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| Actors at New York University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will perform the first joint musical on Internet2. The bandwidth should be sufficient to allow DVD quality transmission of the audio and video. |
| This should be interesting, especially because the audiences at the two locations won't be seeing quite the same thing. This adds a new dimension to the job of stage direction. |
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| Bandwidth Speed Test |
| 12:41:23 pm mst / 16 February 2001 found by diana / filed in internet / source ZDNet 375 hits / 1 comment / 1 e-mail |
| Brass Knuckles pointed us towards this cool bandwidth speed test. |
| The fun was over far too quickly -- just .71 seconds! |
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| James Randi |
| 10:09:24 pm mst / 16 February 2001 found by paul / filed in culture / source NY Times 93 hits / 1 comment / 0 e-mails |
| An excellent profile of James Randi, the professional magician who has won a MacArthur "genius grant" for his tireless work in debunking false psychics, and advocating rational thinking. |
| He has always been one of my heroes. Check out his website here! |
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