Rumours of Tape's death exaggerated

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Death By Blog Greatly Exaggerated

Death By Blog Greatly Exaggerated 04/09/2004 04:02 PM
Shel Israel considers if blogs are the death of 'Zines. Like David Weinberger, he offered one when it was cutting edge media. Now he asks will blogging kill Confrenza, his paid subscription conference coverage 'Zine. ...Two weeks ago, while attending...

Death of the desktop PC has been greatly
exaggerated

Death of the desktop PC has been greatly
exaggerated 06/11/2004 04:10 PM
SABC Jun 11 2004 7:58PM GMT

Rumors of my death are greatly
exaggerated.

Rumors of my death are greatly
exaggerated. 02/01/2005 09:53 PM

Okay, first off: I've got a massive MacWorld / Borders / Trip to SF and back report to write up. It's coming, and I hope it will be worth the wait. Until I can get it done, there are some wonderful links in the comments for my previous entry, from other bloggers who came to MacWorld, Borders, or both.

My short version? It was awesome. It was everything I'd hoped it would be, and more than I could have ever expected. The drive up was great, and the drive home (without Anne, because she went over to Tahoe to spend the weekend with her friend) was lonely, but enjoyable because I listened to Jay Mohr's book Gasping for Airtime most of the way. It's a interesting story . . . but you have to hear him read it. It's the difference between listening to Dark Side of the Moon and reading the sheet music.

Okay. Enough about the trip report that's coming. Here's the thing that made me fire up this nifty browser called "Epiphany," and write these words: I totally, completely, utterly b0rked my Debian machine before I left for MacWorld. I don't know what I did, exactly, but somehow it completely lost my mouse. modprobe psmouse and modprobe mousedev did nothing, and I couldn't find anything in a single online forum that would help me make my goddamn mouse work again. I tried dpkg-reconfigure gpm. I tried mouseconfig I tried cursing in lots of different languages, and making Faustian bargains with gods I'm pretty sure I just made up . . . I even taught myself how to recompile a linux kernel (the debian way and the other way) . . . but no dice.

Finally, I gave up, and decided to just start over with a clean partition and a new install. So I did mv /home/wil /mnt/hda1/backedup/, did a diff to make sure I didn't miss anything, and burned myself a copy of the latest Debian (Sarge) Network installer.

Oh. My. God. Becky. It was so easy.

Okay. Seriously. Back in the old days of 1999, everyone told me how easy it was to set Red Hat up, but how much cooler Debian was if you could just get past the nightmare install . . . well, this was about as easy an install of anything I've ever done. It was literally a handful of commands, and then a bunch of waiting while it grabbed a ton of packages and set them up.

I'm now sitting here with a honest-to-goodness Debian system, running kernel 2.6.8!

Check it out:

wil@bender:~$ uname -a
Linux bender 2.6.8-1-386 #1 Thu Nov 11 12:18:43 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux

Okay, this is probably not as exciting to anyone else as it is to me . . . but the fact that I got this working, and took all the HAM radio and isdn stuff out of the kernel, and still got it to work . . . it's a pretty big deal to me.

I'm logged into Gnome right now,( which I usually don't use -- I'm a KDE or Enlightenment kind of guy -- but it looks beautiful) and I've got apt installing Firefox and Thunderbird in a terminal, and then I've got to restore some of the backups, but I'm very proud of myself. Until I totally screw something else up, I feel like I can put on my propeller hat and give it a mighty spin. *snort*

I've got an audition tomorrow morning, then I'm working on the audio book of Just A Geek in the afternoon. Check back around Friday for the full SF trip report, and some other cool news.

Oh, man! And if this moment needed to get any better . . . They Might Be Giants just started singing Ana Ng on the radio behind me.

Death of the Internet greatly
exaggerated | CNET News.com

Death of the Internet greatly
exaggerated | CNET News.com 08/27/2004 03:40 PM
Death of the Internet greatly exaggerated .. the Internet is still functioning

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Insert Exaggerated Title Here

Insert Exaggerated Title Here 04/09/2004 03:56 PM
Someone at some blog posts something so good I have to link to it. I link to it.

Internet dangers exaggerated

Internet dangers exaggerated 06/09/2004 08:52 AM
Web-User Jun 9 2004 1:11PM GMT

Intego Exaggerated the Trojan

Intego Exaggerated the Trojan 04/09/2004 06:47 PM
An article over at Wired states that Intego has blown this whole Trojan problem out of proportion. According to experts, The Trojan (mentioned here and here) "...isn't a working piece of malicious code and can't easily be spread to other computers. Instead, it is a demonstration of a possible threat." In response, Intego has apparently changed their story from that of attacking an imminent threat to preparing for a future threat.

"It is a benign proof of concept that was posted to a newsgroup. It isn't in the wild, and can't be spread in the wild. It's a non-issue." ~ Dave Schroeder

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Iraq Kidnap Reports May Be Exaggerated
(AP)

Iraq Kidnap Reports May Be Exaggerated
(AP) 04/17/2005 08:54 PM
AP - Iraqi security forces backed by U.S. troops had the town of Madain surrounded Sunday after reports of Sunni militant kidnappings of as many as 100 Shiite residents, but there were growing indications the incident had been grossly exaggerated, perhaps an outgrowth of a tribal dispute or political maneuvering.

Immediacy of Mac OS X Trojan horse
threat exaggerated

Immediacy of Mac OS X Trojan horse
threat exaggerated 04/11/2004 09:27 AM
Intego's security annoucement about the viability of a Trojan horse for Mac OS X has turned out to be a case of FUD.

Losses to file sharing greatly
exaggerated

Losses to file sharing greatly
exaggerated 04/10/2005 02:12 PM
The Canadian Recording Industry Association is pushing the Canadian government to eliminate private copying rights by parading out big loss figures. Michael Geist did some digging, and found that exaggeration is the CRIA's specialty.

Medical Adviser for Baseball Exaggerated
His Credentials

Medical Adviser for Baseball Exaggerated
His Credentials 03/29/2005 10:41 PM
Dr. Elliot J. Pellman, the medical adviser for Major League Baseball, has exaggerated his educational and professional credentials.

Mac OS X Trojan Horse claims exaggerated
- experts

Mac OS X Trojan Horse claims exaggerated
- experts 04/12/2004 11:24 PM
Security experts and Mac programmers have slammed Intego for exaggerating the threat of what the company called the first Trojan Horse for Mac OS X...

Iraq Hostage Stand-Off Dismissed as
Exaggerated (Reuters)

Iraq Hostage Stand-Off Dismissed as
Exaggerated (Reuters) 04/18/2005 04:55 AM
Reuters - Iraqi forces searched a town near Baghdad Monday for evidence of dozens of Shi'ites said to have been kidnapped by Sunni gunmen, amid suggestions the claim was exaggerated for political ends.

U.S. Intelligence Exaggerated Iraqi
Weapons Reports (Reuters)

U.S. Intelligence Exaggerated Iraqi
Weapons Reports (Reuters) 07/09/2004 01:41 PM
Reuters - U.S. intelligence agencies overstated the threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, relied on dubious sources and ignored contrary evidence in the run-up to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, a Senate committee reported on Friday.

Rumors of Pentium 4 Extreme Edition
demise greatly exaggerated

Rumors of Pentium 4 Extreme Edition
demise greatly exaggerated 08/08/2004 08:38 PM
It is important to note that, despite reports elsewhere, this does not mean that the entire line is being canceled. The 3.4 and 3.6GHz LGA775 versions are still in development, and will be released.

Anti-Virus Firm Admits MyDoom Impact
Exaggerated

Anti-Virus Firm Admits MyDoom Impact
Exaggerated 02/10/2004 02:41 AM
Last week we noted that anti-virus companies were putting out press releases including ridicul ously high estimates for the amount of "damages" done by the myDoom virus - and refusing to give any info to back up the claims. Now, however, in a surprising move, another anti-virus firm, TruSecure is admitting that many exaggerated the impact of the virus, which they say really wasn't that big of a deal. They still say that the virus did plenty of damage, but suggest that the reactions from many overstated how much damage was really done.

BAE plays down MoD row rumours

BAE plays down MoD row rumours 05/02/2004 08:26 AM
BAE Systems is playing down reports that it could pull out of the contract to build two aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy.

More Wrox Rumours

More Wrox Rumours 10/28/2003 11:07 PM

"Wrox Going Under" Rumours

"Wrox Going Under" Rumours 03/16/2003 06:04 AM
The Web is full of rumours that the parent company of Wrox, Peer Information, is going (or already gone) under. This email seems most credible so far (from Sterling Huges' weblog). If this proves to be true it will be a huge blow to PHP.

Wondering why the press doesn't focus on
the good stuff in Iraq? According to
Newsweek, most of it is exaggerated

Wondering why the press doesn't focus on
the good stuff in Iraq? According to
Newsweek, most of it is exaggerated 10/28/2003 11:07 PM
The $87 Billion Money Pit

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Rumours over Google browser

Rumours over Google browser 09/26/2004 04:56 AM
BBC Sep 26 2004 8:45AM GMT

Rumours over Google 'browser'

Rumours over Google 'browser' 09/23/2004 07:03 AM
The search giant Google is rumoured to be working on its own web browser.

Dublin Rumours for Google

Dublin Rumours for Google 03/13/2003 08:06 AM

Hutchison refutes rumours of 3G exit

Hutchison refutes rumours of 3G exit 06/01/2004 07:18 AM
ZDNet UK Jun 1 2004 11:42AM GMT

Reliance denies billing rumours

Reliance denies billing rumours 08/21/2004 11:11 AM
TechTree Aug 21 2004 2:45PM GMT

Rumours surround Google browser

Rumours surround Google browser 09/23/2004 06:51 AM
BBC Sep 23 2004 11:01AM GMT

Google rumours hit new PayPal service

Google rumours hit new PayPal service 06/22/2005 02:07 AM
Infomaticsonline.co.uk - Tue Jun 21, 12:17 pm GMT

iWork rumours gain credence

iWork rumours gain credence 01/05/2005 08:31 AM
ZDNet UK Jan 5 2005 12:28PM GMT

Rumours fuel top Google searches

Rumours fuel top Google searches 01/04/2004 08:25 AM
BBC Jan 4 2004 7:22AM ET

Five years ago: BBC shrugs off Web float
rumours

Five years ago: BBC shrugs off Web float
rumours 07/20/2004 09:44 AM
20 July 1999

Soyo says no truth to takeover rumours

Soyo says no truth to takeover rumours 08/10/2004 12:03 PM
Motherboard maker Soyo today denied that it had been acquired by a subsidiary of the PC Chips group, as reported in Digitimes last week. The Soyo Group said: "The story is erroneous" and moved to assure its resellers, distributors and customers that the business of the group remains the same. Soyo is traded on the Ontario stock exchange as OTCBB: SOYO and became a separate company from Soyo Computer Inc two years ago.

News source: The Inquirer

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Rumours fuel Google searches

Rumours fuel Google searches 01/05/2004 06:16 AM
BBC Jan 5 2004 4:49AM ET

Network Associates CEO denies sale
rumours

Network Associates CEO denies sale
rumours 06/23/2004 06:02 AM
A denial? Must be true then...

Network Associates denies sale rumours

Network Associates denies sale rumours 06/22/2004 08:44 PM
ZDNet Australia Jun 23 2004 0:52AM GMT

Hutchison 'categorically denies' UK 3G
exit rumours

Hutchison 'categorically denies' UK 3G
exit rumours 05/31/2004 07:02 AM
Forbes May 31 2004 9:52AM GMT

Cherie Blair denies quit rumours

Cherie Blair denies quit rumours 09/16/2004 02:50 PM
Cherie Blair denies claims that her husband considered quitting as prime minister earlier this year.

Microsoft dismisses antivirus
acquisition rumours

Microsoft dismisses antivirus
acquisition rumours 07/01/2004 08:45 AM
Silicon.com Jul 1 2004 1:30PM GMT

Rumours - Cisco To Join Wimax Forum

Rumours - Cisco To Join Wimax Forum 09/06/2004 09:16 AM
ewirelessnews Sep 6 2004 12:57PM GMT

Amazon denies gift glitch rumours

Amazon denies gift glitch rumours 12/24/2004 12:39 PM
Net retailer Amazon dismisses a report that it is failing to get orders delivered in time for Christmas.
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