School Faulted for Shot Glass Prom Favors (AP)

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Police: Four Shot at Maryland High
School (AP)

Police: Four Shot at Maryland High
School (AP) 05/07/2004 05:57 PM
AP - Gunfire erupted at a Baltimore County high school Friday afternoon, injuring four people, most of them seriously, a fire official said.

Texas High School Football Coach Shot
(AP)

Texas High School Football Coach Shot
(AP) 04/07/2005 12:37 PM
AP - A father with a hit list shot the football coach at his son's school Thursday and fled in a pickup loaded with weapons, state officials said.

"Prom Bombs"

"Prom Bombs" 04/28/2004 03:02 AM

Prom Story

Prom Story 06/17/2004 02:34 PM
Prom Story In a series of essays at Slate (1, 2, 3) a journalist in his mid-20s lightheartedly recounts the experience of escorting a 17-year-old girl to her high-school prom (purely for journalistic purposes, it's worth noting). Posters at Slate's reader discussion forum, in spite of its supremely cumbersome interface, express their strong (and not always coherent) disapproval, based mostly on the age difference between the author and his prom date. The author of the essays responds: "As the film critic Richard Roeper (who is much older, and much more influential than myself) pointed out in Esquire recently, this is indeed a strange cultural moment, one made all the stranger by the fact that we're not supposed to admit [it] actually exists." I'm not the biggest fan of journalists who engage in seemingly socially taboo behavior for the sole purpose of writing an article, but this made for interesting reading nonetheless.

Kings and queens of the prom

Kings and queens of the prom 06/15/2004 08:39 AM
Tales of queer love from high school's Big Night.

Wintry Storm Faulted in at Least 4
Deaths (AP)

Wintry Storm Faulted in at Least 4
Deaths (AP) 01/05/2005 10:03 PM
AP - A huge storm spread a smear of ice and snow from the Rockies to the Northeast on Wednesday, snarling highway and airline traffic, causing record-low temperatures in the Midwest and snapping power lines serving tens of thousands of people.

Xeni Flies Zero G, #6: Like prom in your
brain

Xeni Flies Zero G, #6: Like prom in your
brain 09/14/2004 03:48 AM
Xeni Jardin: Creative genius and zero-gravity veteran Matt Fraction says,

This is gonna be like prom in your brain.

Like, one of those things you're never, ever gonna forget. You'll tell your kids about it and describe it to people you meet for the rest of your life.

I went to Space Camp. Shut up. I rocked that flight suit, goddammit. Anyway. So, you get -- or got, i dunno if they do it any more -- to sit in this weirdo chair device that looked like a giant C-clamp. [Ed. note: The consumer-oriented space joyride I'll be taking on Wednesday includes no such device; the Zero-G Corporation sells an entertainment/adventure travel experience different than the research-oriented NASA space camp Matt attended.] So you sit in the C-Clamp, with the bottom curl of the C running between your legs like a saddle, and the curve of the C at your back. The top and back of the C were connected to the ceiling by bungee cords and an elaborate weight and pulley system. Now, the bungees were connected to some sort of wheel-strut-track thing thing, like the cars on a roller coaster track, only the track was bolted to the ceiling. And the track went straight forward for about 10, 20 yards or something. Got it?

Okay, so, the important part was the weights. See, the weights, when in cooperation with the bungees, would replicate moon gravity on your body which, if my geek remains on, is 1/6 earth weight? Something like that. So, you'd walk-hop the length of the track in moon-weight with earth muscles. You could leap 15, 20 feet straight into the air and control your fall back down, span yards with every step, and basically kick it Armstrong style until it was the next kid's turn.

It was unlike anything I've ever experienced. It's one of those things that i'm just gonna take with me to my grave, probably the closest I'll ever come to space, in its dippy space camp way, you know?

Anyway. Ever since -- and it's been 15 years now -- my dreams are plagued with strange gravity situations, somewhere between flight and swimming, all because of those five little minutes in that tourist's chair. In my dreams i'm a whirlygig, i'm a helicopter, i have invisible bungee cords connected to god and I can move like superman.

It happens a lot, and my life, waking and sleeping, feels richer and stranger and better because of it.

My fingers are, like, triple-crossed for you. And, hey, not *everyone* throws up on the vomit comet. Oh, and If you want to be, like, totally hardcore, you should bring an iPod (or whatever mp3doohickey you have) and listen to the Ramones. In ZERO-G!

Previous "Xeni Flies Zero-G" posts: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Students Give Out Burned CDs At Prom

Students Give Out Burned CDs At Prom 05/14/2004 09:02 PM
Some high school students organizing a prom in Wisconsin thought it would be a great idea to give out a CD to each of approximately 500 students who came to the prom - as a nice memento. They spent $1,845 to have the CD cases professionally made, but didn't think about actually paying for the songs. They just burned the CD's three songs themselves. The RIAA won't say what they're doing, but clearly they're looking into the situation. Obviously, the kids involved broke the law. It's an open and shut case of copyright infringement. However, take a step back and ask the more important questions: did the recording industry "lose" anything in doing this? First off, it's unlikely they would have allowed the students to create the CD in the first place - so it wasn't as if they lost out on the fees they would have charged. Even if they somehow were convinced to allow it, they likely would have charged an amount that would have been too costly for the students. Again, they wouldn't have lost anything because no money would have been paid. Finally, since the students did go out and put a grand total of three songs on the CD, how many "sales" can the industry claim they lost? The students didn't receive a whole CD, and it's likely that some of the students liked one, two or all three of the songs on the CD - and may have been intrigued enough by the songs to go out and purchase the CD that they came from. The law here is clear. The students were wrong. However, shouldn't we look at whether or not that makes any sense?

FDIC faulted for weak security

FDIC faulted for weak security 05/31/2004 11:15 AM

Pentagon Adviser Faulted Over Boeing
Role

Pentagon Adviser Faulted Over Boeing
Role 12/06/2003 10:57 AM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 6 2003 9:32AM ET

Agencies Faulted as Blind to Al Qaeda
(washingtonpost.com)

Agencies Faulted as Blind to Al Qaeda
(washingtonpost.com) 04/14/2004 11:49 PM
washingtonpost.com - U.S. intelligence services failed to recognize the emergence of the al Qaeda terrorist network until more than a decade after it was founded in 1988, playing down a tide of reports that documented the danger posed by the group, according to findings released yesterday by the commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Federal agency faulted for weak security

Federal agency faulted for weak security 05/31/2004 05:18 PM
The Register May 31 2004 9:21PM GMT

The Killer Gown Is Essential, but the
Prom Date? Not So Much

The Killer Gown Is Essential, but the
Prom Date? Not So Much 06/15/2004 11:42 AM
Teenage trend watchers across the nation say that in recent years they have noticed a curious phenomenon.

White House faulted on uranium claim

White House faulted on uranium claim 12/24/2003 07:42 AM
I don't know .. it was okay

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FDA's Reliance On Unconfirmed Chiefs Is
Faulted (washingtonpost.com)

FDA's Reliance On Unconfirmed Chiefs Is
Faulted (washingtonpost.com) 12/19/2004 03:35 PM
washingtonpost.com - The Food and Drug Administration, which regulates almost one-quarter of the U.S. economy, has been without a permanent chief for almost two-thirds of the time that President Bush has been in office.

Couple Wear Duct Tape Outfits at Prom
(AP)

Couple Wear Duct Tape Outfits at Prom
(AP) 06/10/2004 06:07 PM
AP - Deidre Lee's prom gown had a wide pink skirt, decorated with flowers, and a white top. She made the entire outfit, plus her matching pink-and-white purse and even her date's tuxedo, with its pink cummerbund, by hand. Out of duct tape.

"washingtonpost.com: White House Faulted
on Uranium Claim"

"washingtonpost.com: White House Faulted
on Uranium Claim" 12/26/2003 09:03 AM

White House Faulted on Uranium Claim
(washingtonpost.com)

White House Faulted on Uranium Claim
(washingtonpost.com) 12/25/2003 05:33 AM
President's Intel Advisory Board Fault White House on Iraq Claim .. In today's Washington Post .. comprehend this paragraph

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U.S. Command Faulted in Abu Ghraib Probe
-Paper (Reuters)

U.S. Command Faulted in Abu Ghraib Probe
-Paper (Reuters) 08/20/2004 12:32 AM
Reuters - A U.S. Army investigation into abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq finds they resulted from failures of leadership at the highest levels of command, the Washington Post reported on Friday.

Girl Kicked Out Of Prom For Wearing
Confederate Flag Sues

Girl Kicked Out Of Prom For Wearing
Confederate Flag Sues 12/22/2004 01:57 AM
G irl Kicked Out Of Prom For Wearing Confederate Flag Sues A girl who says it was always her dream to wear a confederate-themed dress to her prom arrived in a self-designed gown which incorporated the Confederate battle flag into its design. The school promptly removed her, and she is suing. The fate of her suit is somewhat uncertain. Lower federal courts have applied the Tinker test, which says that a school may restrict student expression when that expression may be disruptive. To win her suit, the girl will need to show that wearing a Confederate flag to your high school prom is not a disruptive act.

CNN.com - Teen sues over Confederate
flag prom dress - Dec 22, 2004

CNN.com - Teen sues over Confederate
flag prom dress - Dec 22, 2004 12/24/2004 01:08 PM
Girl sues after school won't let her wear confederate flag dress to prom. Funny, she sounds like such a nice kid. 12/23 .. The prom dress you won't be seeing in Seventeen magazine anytime soon .. from CNN

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Teens Bust Limo Driver for Wild Prom
Ride (AP)

Teens Bust Limo Driver for Wild Prom
Ride (AP) 04/12/2005 04:03 PM
AP - Ten friends took a limousine to assure themselves a safe ride to their high school prom — but they ended up busting their own limo driver.

linux kernel Sbus PROM driver multiple
integer overflows

linux kernel Sbus PROM driver multiple
integer overflows 06/30/2004 03:10 AM
infamous41md_at_hotpop.com (Jun 29 2004)

Prom Story - Bumping and grinding on the
dance floor. By David Amsden

Prom Story - Bumping and grinding on the
dance floor. By David Amsden 06/18/2004 10:32 PM
Last installment of this week's Slate pieces on a 28 year-old journalist going to a prom is the best

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White House Faulted on Iraq Uranium
Claim, Post Reports

White House Faulted on Iraq Uranium
Claim, Post Reports 12/24/2003 04:08 AM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 24 2003 3:41AM ET

Antitrust Ruling Favors Oracle

Antitrust Ruling Favors Oracle 09/09/2004 10:23 PM
line56 Sep 10 2004 1:31AM GMT

FCC Favors Bells in DSL Vote
(washingtonpost.com)

FCC Favors Bells in DSL Vote
(washingtonpost.com) 03/26/2005 02:13 AM
washingtonpost.com - The Federal Communications Commission announced yesterday that states cannot require regional phone companies to sell high-speed Internet service as a stand-alone product.

AP: Kerry Favors Bin Laden Trial in U.S.
(AP)

AP: Kerry Favors Bin Laden Trial in U.S.
(AP) 07/30/2004 08:57 PM
AP - John Kerry said Friday he would put Osama bin Laden on trial in U.S. courts rather than an international tribunal to ensure the "fastest, surest route" to a murder conviction if the terrorist mastermind is captured while he is president.

Long View of Nasdaq Favors Bulls

Long View of Nasdaq Favors Bulls 04/05/2005 12:10 PM
TheStreet.com Apr 5 2005 3:48PM GMT

Trade group favors Oracle in DOJ suit

Trade group favors Oracle in DOJ suit 06/04/2004 07:00 PM

Important Copyright Ruling Favors
Freedom

Important Copyright Ruling Favors
Freedom 08/19/2004 02:53 PM
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has upheld the Grokster decision, in which a peer-to-peer file-sharing service was ruled not to be violating copyright law. In that decision, a federal judge ruled, essentially, that a product that has legitimate uses can't be deemed illegal because some people use it for unlawful purposes. The appeals panel's ruling (PDF) makes vital points including these:

"The Copyright Owners urge a re-examination of the law in the light of what they believe to be proper public policy, expanding exponentially the reach of the doctrines of contributory and vicarious copyright infringement. Not only would such a renovation conflict with binding precedent, it would be unwise. Doubtless, taking that step would satisfy the Copyright Owners' immediate economic aims. However, it would also alter general copyright law in profound ways with unknown ultimate consequences outside the present context. Further, as we have observed, we live in a quicksilver technological environment with courts ill-suited to fix the flow of internet innovation. AT&T Corp. v. City of Portland, 216 F.3d 871, 876 (9th Cir. 1999). The introduction of new technology is always disruptive to old markets, and particularly to those copyright owners whose works are sold through well established distribution mechanisms. Yet, history has shown that time and market forces often provide equilibrium in balancing interests, whether the new technology be a player piano, a copier, a tape recorder, a video recorder, a personal computer, a karaoke machine, or an MP3 player. Thus, it is prudent for courts to exercise caution before restructuring liability theories for the purpose of addressing specific market abuses, despite their apparent present magnitude."

This is an important ruling, and let's hope its logic spreads widely. (Via Michael Geist via Interesting People.)

Ruling on evidence favors Moussaoui
(USATODAY.com)

Ruling on evidence favors Moussaoui
(USATODAY.com) 04/23/2004 05:34 AM
USATODAY.com - A federal appeals court Thursday ruled that accused terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui has a right to evidence favorable to his defense from three captured al-Qaeda operatives.

Lawyer Favors Fla. Wrestling Death Plea

Lawyer Favors Fla. Wrestling Death Plea 12/29/2003 12:26 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 29 2003 10:52AM ET

A Shift in Platform Choices Favors Java

A Shift in Platform Choices Favors Java 02/25/2003 12:20 PM
A new study by SRI Consulting Business Intelligence suggests that increasing numbers of device manufacturers are opting for Java instead of other leading mobile platform software.

Foreign Tech Investment Favors Shanghai

Foreign Tech Investment Favors Shanghai 02/19/2004 06:09 PM
AP via Newsday Feb 19 2004 9:52PM GMT

BEA favors making Java open source

BEA favors making Java open source 07/01/2004 08:45 AM
SAN FRANCISCO -- BEA Systems Inc. on Wednesday cast its vote in favor of Sun Microsystems Inc. making parts of its Java technology open source, ratcheting the debate up a notch.

"White House Faulted on Uranium Claim:
Intelligence Warnings Disregarded,
President's Advisory Board Says"

"White House Faulted on Uranium Claim:
Intelligence Warnings Disregarded,
President's Advisory Board Says" 12/24/2003 09:20 PM

Do Favors or Cash Motivate Online
Business Networking?

Do Favors or Cash Motivate Online
Business Networking? 06/16/2004 02:45 PM
Top executives in the social networking industry debate the incentives that drive businesspeople to make connections through their services and software.

Yahoo Anti-Spy Favors Yahoo's Adware
Partners?

Yahoo Anti-Spy Favors Yahoo's Adware
Partners? 06/02/2004 08:16 PM

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