Voting fault hits Eurovision heat

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Oxygen fault hits spacewalk

Oxygen fault hits spacewalk 06/25/2004 12:54 AM
Two astronauts abort a spacewalk just after opening the hatch, because of an oxygen-supply fault.

Ashcroft, Deft at Taking Political Heat,
Hits a Rocky Patch

Ashcroft, Deft at Taking Political Heat,
Hits a Rocky Patch 06/30/2004 11:14 AM
John Ashcroft is not the first attorney general to take the political heat for his administration's legal reversals. But he seems to have entered a turbulent phase.

Watching Eurovision

Watching Eurovision 05/15/2004 05:15 PM
So, we’re drinking beer and watching the Eurovision competion. Votes are being cast, and it looks like Norway are getting...

Eurovision scores

Eurovision scores 06/05/2005 11:35 PM

Aah sweet Eurovision. This time last year I was in Kansas, no one had even heard of it and I was forced to watch it over RealPlayer as it wasn't being carried by any of the TV channels. This year, we've had a Eurovision party. Here are our scores:

   Country                  Simon   Nat     Tony    Andy    Average
===================================================================
1  Hungary                  7       8       8       7       7.5
2  UK                       3       10      4       3       5.0
3  Malta                    6       8       6       8       7.0
4  Romania                  7       4       9       6       6.5
5  Norway                   9       10      5       8       8.0
6  Turkey                   7       7       8       7       7.25
7  Moldova                  10      8       10      5       8.25
8  Albania                  6       4       4       4       4.5
9  Cyprus                   3       5       3       4       3.75
10 Spain                    4       6       6       5       5.25
11 Israel                   6       6       6       6       6.0
12 Serbia & Montenegro      5       9       6       6       6.5
13 Denmark                  5       7       6       6       6.0
14 Sweden                   7       9       8       6       7.5
15 F.Y.R. Macedonia         3       4       4       3       3.5
16 Ukraine                  6       7       8       6       6.75
17 Germany                  7       8       6       8       7.25
18 Croatia                  5       7       4       6       5.5
19 Greece                   8       7       8       6       7.25
20 Russia                   6       7       9       6       7.0
21 Bosnia & Herzegovina     9       9       10      8       9.0
22 Switzerland              5       4       6       7       5.5
23 Latvia                   4       4       4       6       4.5
24 France                   3       4       5       4       4.0
   Averages                 5.875   6.75    6.375   5.875   6.21875

I'm sure the official results will be up on Wikipedia within minutes of their announcement.

Eurovision finalists are chosen

Eurovision finalists are chosen 05/12/2004 06:54 PM
Ten countries qualify for Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest after winning its first semi-final.

Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 05/16/2004 09:12 AM
the Eurovision song contest .. official Eurovision site .. Eurovision .. Eurosong

eurovision.tv/english/index.htm
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Lebanon drops out of Eurovision

Lebanon drops out of Eurovision 03/19/2005 02:40 AM
Lebanon pull out of taking part in this year's Eurovision, in a dispute over screening the Israeli entry.

"Eurovision Song Contest"

"Eurovision Song Contest" 05/12/2004 09:37 AM

Eurovision votes 'farce' attack

Eurovision votes 'farce' attack 05/16/2004 12:23 PM
Eurovision disharmony breaks out with claims that biased voting is worse than ever as James Fox is placed 16th.

Eurovision acts prepare for show

Eurovision acts prepare for show 05/14/2004 01:38 PM
Fans of the Eurovision Song Contest prepare for Saturday's event, held live in Istanbul.

On rock music, eurovision song contest
and weddings

On rock music, eurovision song contest
and weddings 05/15/2004 05:37 PM
You know, there's a serious credibility problem with a beautiful, scantily dressed woman, who sings happily "It hurts, how it hurts" (Sweden). I much prefer Finnish rock music, which mostly consists of serious men singing in a very laconic voice about they have been hurt and left in a thousand different ways. At least they mostly look and sound the part.

Which brings me to the general music selection of Finnish weddings. It is supposed to be a happy occasion, but yet somehow most of the music is always extremely depressing. It just makes you want to scream: the three required waltzes, and then a selection of other classics, and then moving towards traditional Finnish rock music, in which a lone, drunken man sings his lament after killing his family, right before blowing his own brains out.

Hel-lo? Happy, anyone? Remember? The state where you don't really want to kill yourself (or anyone else for that matter)?

*sigh*

I guess you would need to listen to a lot of Finnish rock music to understand this entry. Hell, even writing about the music depresses me to another dimension. Then again, being alone in a small hotel room, watching the Eurovision Song Contest (which is complete crap, as usual), feeling the blissful state of inebriation ebb away into tiredness and depression ("laskuhumala" in Finnish, a highly descriptive word, I might add) after having left the party prematurely because of the compound effect of alcohol, little sleep, the afore mentioned music, relatives ("Now when are you going to get married, mmh?"), and the general happiness of everyone else (happily married or at least engaged)... What do you expect? ;-)

Anyway. Lots of luck and love to the happy couple.

"The standard rap against us
armchair warriors is that we can't stand
the heat of real war, but poor Mary Ann
can't stand the heat of real armchairs."

"The standard rap against us
armchair warriors is that we can't stand
the heat of real war, but poor Mary Ann
can't stand the heat of real armchairs." 05/30/2004 10:18 PM
Read Mark Steyn Now .. rationalizations

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And it's all my fault

And it's all my fault 06/05/2005 11:47 PM

Anytime I think of saying something that would be considered a "jinx", I have this little conversation with myself in my head on whether I should actually utter the thought aloud and risk karmic payback. I'm not a superstitious person but I usually end up keeping silent. The other day on the plane home from Ireland, I decided to take a chance:

"You know what's weird? I haven't been sick all winter."

After all, who gets a cold in June? *cough* *cough* So if things are a little slow around here today, that's why.

Not at fault

Not at fault 04/15/2004 06:32 AM
CNET Asia Apr 15 2004 10:49AM GMT

Going fault-tolerant for less

Going fault-tolerant for less 03/30/2005 06:53 AM
For some IT managers, it might come as a surprise that Intel-based, fault-tolerant systems running Windows or Linux provide the same - or better - performance than bigger, more costly boxes.

Fault Is Not In The Technology, But In
Ourselves

Fault Is Not In The Technology, But In
Ourselves 09/23/2004 05:51 PM
It seems like every so often, a columnist has to write about technology and spits out a 'top ten' list. Probably one of the most overdone topics for technology articles has to be a list of the 'top ten things people dislike about computers/software/etc' which can usually be reduced to the statement: it's frustrating when technology doesn't work the way people want it to. But apparently people are more forgiving to apologetic computers, so without changing what computers actual do, simply re-wording error messages might ameliorate the situation. However, the problem still exists, and the issue is that humans are the ones who build and design these systems, disregard owner's manuals, and write cryptic manuals in the first place. So before computers start designing other computers, just pretend your laptop apologized to you, read the manuals, and make up top ten lists to vent your frustrations.

Fault Tolerance

Fault Tolerance 03/14/2005 05:06 PM
Tim Bray: It’s Not Dangerous Bullshit. Crossing the street is dangerous.  Stepping into a bathtub is dangerous.  But both are worthwhile.  As is blogging — for many folks. ...

Finding fault

Finding fault 03/31/2005 11:33 AM
A presidential commission's report on WMD blames the CIA for intelligence failures in Iraq, and warns they could be repeated in Iran and North Korea.

New Era For San Andreas Fault?

New Era For San Andreas Fault? 04/15/2004 06:32 AM
CBS News Apr 15 2004 10:57AM GMT

Design fault

Design fault 04/19/2004 08:24 AM
How come the Copenhagen airport has wireless internet access, but no powerstrips? Heh. You can't even pay for more than four hours of internet access, but I guess that's okay since your laptop battery will die in four hours anyway...

It's very sad, you know. Weep with me.

(On the other hand, while traveling is stressful, in an odd way it's also very comforting. A whole blissful 15 hours during which you are not expected to make any decisions, just follow the signs, sit in a cramped space, stretch and eat whatever is given to you, taken care of by professionals. It's really a very zen-like experience in all its calmness. Much like going to a spa or something.

I'm not so certain whether it is a bad thing to be docile and subservient every now and then. At least you are paying a lot of money for the privilege.)

No, It's Not Our Own Damn Fault

No, It's Not Our Own Damn Fault 09/07/2004 01:04 AM

In response to my rant about integrated library system vendors, Peter Rukavina says that it's our own damn fault.

"When you outsource the administration of your data to someone else (whether it's an OPAC vendor or a university computing department or some guy down the street), you're also outsourcing any chance you have at retaining ultimate control over that data.

When you buy a 'one size fits all' technology solution -- an OPAC that's designed for, say, 'any public library' -- you're buying a commodity, not a solution.

And you should expect to be treated as an insignificant cog by your vendor: that's what you are. By absolving yourself of personal responsibility over your data management in the first place, you've already said 'we don't care enough about this to do it ourselves, so you take care of it for us.' Is it any wonder they treat you like they do?"

While I understand the spirit of his response and I wish that we did have some of our best and brightest programmers devoted to creating the one true catalog (rather than working on it as time permits at their real job or doing it at home on their own time), nonprofit libraries just don't have the option for which Peter advocates.

I bought a new car this year because I was unhappy with some of the things about my old car. Using Peter's logic, I shouldn't have outsourced my new vehicle to a car manufacturer, but I did. I just didn't have the time, money, or other resources to build one myself.

Yeah, it's over the top, but you get my point. Ambulance drivers don't make the ambulances, doctors don't make the defibrillators, lawyers don't make the Lexis-Nexis database, and programmers use operating systems developed by someone else (even if it's Linux).

You can't outsource everything, and libraries have to prioritize what to expend their limited amounts of resources on. Can they build their own cars? No, but they can certainly switch to one made by another manufacturer.

Take-Two's Fault Line

Take-Two's Fault Line 09/07/2004 10:35 AM
Video game developer Take-Two leads the way in reporting earnings this week.

NEC 4-Way Server Is Fault-Tolerant

NEC 4-Way Server Is Fault-Tolerant 09/13/2004 06:53 AM
NEC Solutions (America) Inc. is unveiling a four-processor, fault-tolerant server designed to bring higher availability to data centers.

Mangeldatenbank (Fault database)

Mangeldatenbank (Fault database) 08/29/2004 02:12 PM
1. Relase will be online in about 1 week

Sparks fly as BTo hit by electrical
fault

Sparks fly as BTo hit by electrical
fault 03/13/2003 10:23 AM
300,000 punters hit

Spam Is All Your Fault, Says Study

Spam Is All Your Fault, Says Study 03/27/2005 12:35 PM
Information Week Mar 27 2005 3:50PM GMT

Voting Machine Companies Make Political
Contributions to Both Democrats and
Republicans - New Report Traces Campaign
Contributions of Companies that Produce
E-Voting Machines

Voting Machine Companies Make Political
Contributions to Both Democrats and
Republicans - New Report Traces Campaign
Contributions of Companies that Produce
E-Voting Machines 08/13/2004 03:15 AM
New research on the political campaign contributions made to Democrats and Republicans by voting maching companies. [PRWEB Aug 13, 2004]

XandrosOS: User-friendly to a fault

XandrosOS: User-friendly to a fault 02/16/2004 01:14 PM
Reg Review Linux with all the drawbacks of Windows

WMD Panel to Fault Intelligence Agencies
(AP)

WMD Panel to Fault Intelligence Agencies
(AP) 03/29/2005 08:52 PM
AP - President Bush's commission on weapons of mass destruction will castigate U.S. intelligence agencies for their continued failure to share information after numerous reforms aimed at improving coordination, federal officials said Tuesday.

To some in the bl0gosphere, it simply
had to be the government's fault

To some in the bl0gosphere, it simply
had to be the government's fault 01/04/2005 01:23 PM
Myths Run Wild in Blog Tsunami Debate .. What an abominable piece of drek .. article on tsunami blogs

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Concealed fault caused Bam quake

Concealed fault caused Bam quake 06/15/2004 06:11 PM
The devastating earthquake at Bam, Iran, in 2003 was caused by a rare, hidden fault that is invisible at the surface, researchers have claimed.

Bluetooth SIG to World: It's Our
Members' Fault

Bluetooth SIG to World: It's Our
Members' Fault 02/17/2004 02:30 PM
The Bluetooth SIG, which controls the Bluetooth standard, issued a rather left-handed press release about "bluesnarfing": In its attempt to keep the Bluetooth standard's credibility from eroding, the SIG put out a press release that notes that the standard isn't at fault, just its members. ....we would like the industry to understand that this issue is a result of implementation decisions by specific product manufacturers in a limited number of products and is not inherent to Bluetooth wireless technology itself. In other words, it's some dolts (who happen to include some of the world's largest cellular telephone manufacturer) not the group's problem. This release highlights a major problem in the Bluetooth world and how it differs from Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi is the certified and laboratory tested version of IEEE 802.11a, b, and/or; Bluetooth is just a specification. Bluetooth SIG members have plugfests (and so do Wi-Fi Alliance members) but the group doesn't actually test and certify compliance to Bluetooth and interoperability. With 802.15.3 finished up (up to 55 Mbps using the Bluetooth subset approved by 802.15.1), it's possible that another group could form to codify the interoperability of that standard under an entirely different name and short-circuit the whole 1 Mbps Bluetooth spec entirely....

NEC Readies Fault-Tolerant Servers

NEC Readies Fault-Tolerant Servers 07/26/2004 05:49 AM
NEC Solutions America Inc. over the next six months will roll out two fault-tolerant, high-availability servers aimed at small and midsize businesses.

Flights disrupted by computer fault

Flights disrupted by computer fault 06/03/2004 05:06 AM
Welsh travellers face delays after an air traffic computer failure hits flights from most airports in the UK.

Linux security problems are your own
fault

Linux security problems are your own
fault 08/02/2004 11:46 AM
The biggest proportion of attacks on Linux systems come from authorized users, and most were enabled by security misconfigurations, according to a new survey of Linux developers from Evans Data Corp.

Hidden Fault May Threaten Bay Area

Hidden Fault May Threaten Bay Area 12/19/2004 02:53 PM

Commission Seen Ready to Fault 9/11 Air
Defense

Commission Seen Ready to Fault 9/11 Air
Defense 04/24/2004 02:20 PM
The Sept. 11 commission is expected to suggest that quicker military action might have prevented the attack on the Pentagon.

Fault found at Linux core

Fault found at Linux core 12/05/2003 09:01 AM
Personal Computer World Dec 5 2003 8:41AM ET

New Corporate Security Refrain: Not Our
Fault

New Corporate Security Refrain: Not Our
Fault 03/06/2004 01:58 AM
Washington Post: Firms Look to Limit Liability for Online Security Breaches. In the face of ongoing attacks by computer hackers, some companies that store their customers' personal data are adopting a new defensive tactic: If your information is stolen, they're not legally responsible.In a society where we wink at rampant cheating and disclaim any responsibility for our actions, this should come as no surprise. But this sliding away from accountability should not be allowed.
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