Big Thunder Mountain is b0rked again

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SpamAssassin: b0rked

SpamAssassin: b0rked 04/25/2004 01:51 PM
For those that use SpamAssassin, you may have noticed a degrading service since January 2004. As usual, Google has the Answer - it seems a spammer paid $200 an overly helpful geek on Google Answers to detail exactly how SpamAssassin works... I wonder if said geek ever got the money?

Cool Voice of America censor-buster
b0rked by idiotic anti-pr0n measure

Cool Voice of America censor-buster
b0rked by idiotic anti-pr0n measure 05/03/2004 11:00 AM
The US International Broadcasting Bureau (Voice of America, basically), created a proxy service to allow Chinese, Iranians and other oppressed people to circumvent their national firewalls, relaying forbidden pages behind the silicon curtains. However, the IBB decided to kowtow to unknown bluenoses and install a filter that would block foreigners from gaining access to pr0n: to do this, they came up with the bright idea of blocking any URL that contained naughty words. This is a stupid, stupid idea:

IBB's list includes "ass" (which inadvertently bans usembassy.state.gov), "breast" (breastcancer.com), "hot" (hotmail.com and hotels.com), "pic" (epic.noaa.gov) and "teen" (teens.drugabuse.gov).

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A Sound of Thunder

A Sound of Thunder 09/04/2004 08:24 AM

Thunder out of Korea

Thunder out of Korea 03/25/2005 11:25 AM
Anguished, beautiful and desperately alive, "Oldboy" is a dazzling work of pop-culture artistry.

Spacecrafts powered by thunder

Spacecrafts powered by thunder 09/20/2004 11:10 PM

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“Thunderous sound waves could one day propel spacecraft to the edge of the solar system, say engineers who have developed a new type of acoustic engine. Current long-range spacecraft - like the US-European Cassini probe now orbiting Saturn - roam too far from the Sun to use solar power so instead carry plutonium bricks to fuel their engines. As the radioactive plutonium decays, it generates heat that produces an electric current between two different types…

"A Sound of Thunder" Movie This Summer

"A Sound of Thunder" Movie This Summer 05/24/2004 01:43 AM

T-Mobile tries to steal rivals' 3G
thunder

T-Mobile tries to steal rivals' 3G
thunder 07/19/2004 11:33 AM
Silicon.com Jul 19 2004 3:36PM GMT

EZQuest announces new Thunder drives

EZQuest announces new Thunder drives 07/02/2004 07:59 AM
Storage peripheral maker EZQuest has announced plans to release a new line of external hard drives designed for digital media professionals, including video editing, computer animation, pro audio and game development. The new Thunder line sports FireWire 400 and 800 interfaces, with a design that EZQuest describes as half the size of competitive drives. The drives will include syncing software as well. Further details are expected to be released this month, and the drives will ship in August.

IBM-Net App Alliance Could Steal EMC's
Thunder

IBM-Net App Alliance Could Steal EMC's
Thunder 04/06/2005 11:22 PM
The companies' deal seeks to combine their technologies to create storage and information-on-demand solutions.

Intel likes the sound of (not so)
distant Thunder

Intel likes the sound of (not so)
distant Thunder 11/17/2003 04:16 AM
Silicon.com Nov 17 2003 3:45AM ET

Small firm creates supercomputer Thunder

Small firm creates supercomputer Thunder 05/11/2004 05:14 AM
ZDNet May 11 2004 9:38AM GMT

OD2 Steals iTunes' Thunder with Jukebox
Plug-In

OD2 Steals iTunes' Thunder with Jukebox
Plug-In 06/14/2004 03:07 PM

Thunder Bay Airport gets wireless
Internet for travellers

Thunder Bay Airport gets wireless
Internet for travellers 09/20/2004 12:30 PM
Globe and Mail Sep 20 2004 4:24PM GMT

OJR article: Blogsploitation: Big Media
Tries to Steal Bloggers' Thunder at DNC

OJR article: Blogsploitation: Big Media
Tries to Steal Bloggers' Thunder at DNC 07/30/2004 01:21 AM
Blogsploitation: Big Media Tries to Steal Bloggers' Thunder at DNC .. the sincerest form of flattery

ojr.org/ojr/glaser/1091135192.php
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EZQuest announces new Thunder FireWire
hard drives

EZQuest announces new Thunder FireWire
hard drives 07/02/2004 04:45 AM
EZQuest has announced that it is in the process of finalizing its new line of Thunder FireWire 400 and 800 external hard drives...

Article: Spacecrafts powered by
thunder | New Scientist

Article: Spacecrafts powered by
thunder | New Scientist 09/22/2004 04:27 AM
Spacecrafts powered by thunder .. power spacecraft with thunder

newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996419
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Varley's Red Thunder qualifies for
preliminary Nebula ballot

Varley's Red Thunder qualifies for
preliminary Nebula ballot 12/22/2003 10:11 AM
I grew up on John Varley's short fiction (careful readers of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom will note several loving tributes to Varley's work), and still return to collections like The Barbie Murders, Blue Champagne and the magnificent The Persistence of Vision nearly every year, re-reading those stories and marvelling anew at how deft and clever Varley's hand is.

I just noticed that Red Thunder, the second Varley tribute to Heinlein (the first was the Hugo-nominated Steel Beach, a mind-crogglingly wild, funny and clever tribute to The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress) has qualified for the preliminary Nebula ballot, which is proof that we live in a just universe indeed.

Red Thunder is a tribute to Heinlein's juvie novels, particularily the classic boys-own-adventure tale Rocket Ship Galileo, about three plucky, ethincally diverse, multi-gender adolescent heroes who rescue the US space program.

Varley manages this amazing trick of simultaneously writing a juvie book -- this would be a hell of a book for your favorite precocious thirteen-year-old -- and writing a book about juvie books, a book for those of us who grew up on the juvies of yesteryear. Link

The King Returns: Tyan’s Thunder K8WE
nForce4 Pro 2200.

The King Returns: Tyan’s Thunder K8WE
nForce4 Pro 2200. 03/26/2005 04:28 PM
GamePC: The King Returns: Tyan’s Thunder K8WE nForce4 Pro 2200.

Presidents Reagan and Clinton Steal the
Thunder from the 2004 Campaign in June
PQ Index

Presidents Reagan and Clinton Steal the
Thunder from the 2004 Campaign in June
PQ Index 06/16/2004 02:09 AM
Former presidents Reagan and Clinton are stealing some of the limelight from the 2004 campaign according to the Global Language Monitor's June PQ Index (Political-sensitivity Quotient). [PRWEB Jun 16, 2004]

Go Tell It On the Mountain

Go Tell It On the Mountain 05/23/2002 10:39 PM

Mountain Dew "Spy vs. Spy"

Mountain Dew "Spy vs. Spy" 06/28/2004 06:30 AM
Mountain Dew's Spy vs. Spy commercials .. QuickTime videos here

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Go Tell It on the Mountain

Go Tell It on the Mountain 12/08/2003 05:49 AM
During this week's U.N. tech summit, 500-foot-tall messages submitted over the Web from anyone with something to say will be projected by lasers at four global landmarks, including New York's U.N. building. By Kari L. Dean.

Go tell it on the mountain (XML.com)

Go tell it on the mountain (XML.com) 05/23/2002 10:39 PM

All the Mountain Dew you can drink!

All the Mountain Dew you can drink! 07/10/2004 11:01 AM
Blast Off to Democracy! [dialup or broadband, Quicktime req'd]
The second installment of the Partisan Jab project- first episode discussed here.

Mountain Man On MIA Mission

Mountain Man On MIA Mission 06/23/2004 03:00 AM
CBS News Jun 23 2004 7:03AM GMT

The Savage Mountain

The Savage Mountain 08/08/2004 02:16 PM
The Savage Mountain Amongst peaks over 20,000 feet, K2 is the hardest and most dangerous. Edu rne Pasadan became the 6th woman to summit on July 29th, but can she survive the curse of the women who climb K2 ? K2's danger and challenge has attracted a wide assortment of characters, ranging from the bizarre Aleister Crowley to the glamourous Araceli Segarra . The deadly toll continues. Two Russian climbers are missing on the mountain. Read a history of 50 years of K2 summits, and accounts of another ascent here.

The Endless Mountain

The Endless Mountain 04/09/2004 04:05 PM

The FitROCK: If you look past the hideous site design, this is pretty cool.

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Mountain Voices

Mountain Voices 04/10/2005 02:56 PM
Mountain Voices. 'This website presents interviews with over 300 people who live in mountain and highland regions round the world. Their testimonies offer a personal perspective on change and development.'

"Mountain West"

"Mountain West" 04/19/2004 04:29 PM

There's a Mountain Lion in My Park

There's a Mountain Lion in My Park 05/26/2004 06:18 PM
Following on the heels of a Mountain Lion in My Neighborhood in downtown Palo Alto, I have a little news to break. My sister and her boyfriend were hiking in Foothills Park they rounded a corner to encounter a Mountain...

More Mountain Lion Madness

More Mountain Lion Madness 06/07/2004 12:06 PM
In the on-going saga of Palo Alto Mountain Lions, there was a new sighting in San Fransquito creek last week, the border between Palo Alto and Menlo Park. This weekend there was a sighting in Bol Park, my parent's neighborhood...

Mountain Lion Obsession

Mountain Lion Obsession 06/17/2005 04:54 PM
According to a briefing by Palo Alto city naturalist Deborah Bartens, the one strange attractor for mountain lions is Obsession cologne by Calvin Klein....

Mountain Lion in My Neighborhood

Mountain Lion in My Neighborhood 05/17/2004 06:11 PM
Aside from all things tech, Palo Alto is a pretty boring place to live. Except when you have a Mountain Lion roaming your neighborhood. I got wind of it when a press release from the police department saying it was...

How about a whole mountain of phony
data?

How about a whole mountain of phony
data? 03/19/2005 02:52 AM
Bush's Interior Department reportedly cooked the books on whether nuclear waste can be stored safely at Nevada's Yucca Mountain site.

Rocky Mountain High

Rocky Mountain High 07/14/2004 05:07 AM
How do you clean up and shut down an infamous nuclear site? By getting employees to work as hard as possible to put themselves out of jobs.

The dial-up mountain retreat

The dial-up mountain retreat 02/01/2005 09:15 PM
With the new year comes new changes and challenges, and for me the biggest challenge is a return to a dial-up Internet connection. I've moved to New Hampshire to a wonderful cozy house close to all the wintry goodness I crave: downhill skiing, ice skating, snow shoeing (haven't tried this yet but I'm sure I'll like it), and hilly mountain runs. The setting is idyllic, atop a mountain with our own ski trails (an old rope tow trail runs alongside our driveway, alas no longer operational, requiring one to hike back up after a nice schuss down the slopes) surrounded by tall stands of evergreens and birch trees. The near-daily snow fall has blanketed the landscape in fluffy white, while indoors Bodhi and I enjoy the warmth of the wood-burning stove. And all is peaceful and good, except for the fucking internet connection. A return to dial-up after five years of high-speed access is like forsaking a car for a horse and buggy. It's maddeningly slow and impossible to adapt to when you know you could be getting there faster! Added to that is my ISPs propensity to drop my connection while I'm in the middle of downloading, and I think I may go mad. When contemplating the move, I had grand dreams of spending less time online and spending more reading and connecting with the "real world." But what I've discovered so far is that dial-up doesn't mean I'm online less. It pretty much means I'm not online at all. I just connect to download email (which takes anywhere from 30-45 minutes, twice a day) and then I'm off. I can't really do anything else online while I'm downloading email or it takes even longer to get the mail, and by the time I'm done, I've got some phone call to make or errand to run and off I go. Some people choose to be Luddites, others have Ludditity thrust upon them.

A Wife, A Son, and A Mountain of Luggage

A Wife, A Son, and A Mountain of Luggage 07/21/2004 04:49 PM

On Sunday, my wife and son returned from Korea.  They also brought a mountain of luggage, two full carts worth.  Since my wife and I already had more than a decade of arguments over her seemingly unbreakable habit of moving mountains across oceans, all I could do was sigh and hug.

My wife and I are on the extreme opposites when it comes to luggage.  I despise luggage so I travel very light.For a month long trip to Europe, I would take two underwears, two pairs of socks, two T-shirts, one jean, one slack, one jacket, and a pair of running shoes.  Since I am going to be wearing one set of everything plus the jacket and the shoes, the spares could fit comfortably into a small carry-on.  If the jacket has big pockets, I could travel without any bags but I use the carry-on to avoid getting grilled by immigration officers.  And on my trips, I rarely buy anything I have to carry.  If it's something big, I ship it. 

My wife, on the other hand, carries everything.Her annual trips to Korea usually starts with increasing shopping activities a month or two before the trip.  In buying her gifts, she ignores logic completely.  I have seen her buying goods made in Korea as gifts to take back to Korea.  On this trip, she brought back goods she bought at Costco in Korea, goods made right here in California.  She said they were on sale over there and saving a few bucks on pots and pans made perfect sense to her.  Oy.

And much of the luggage was food.  For example, she brought back two boxes of ramyeon, dry noodle in a cup.  Of course, our local Korean markets sell them by boxes too but my wife said these are fresher.  Fresh instant noodle?  Arghhhh!

When I was growing up in Korea, I frequently saw a Korean women carrying heavy stuff while her husband walked ahead with hands behind his back.  Until I got married I didn't understand why Korean husbands weren't helping their wives.  Why?  It's because they already had their decade of fruitless arguments and all of them reached the same compromise.  As for me, I help out despite my frustrations but also try to avoid travelling with her to Korea.

Between Mars and Venus lies an impenetrable astroid field of luggage.

Time to Go Mountain Climbing?

Time to Go Mountain Climbing? 08/31/2004 11:24 AM
Iron Mountain's business is simple -- and hard to overlook.

N Korea says it blew up mountain

N Korea says it blew up mountain 09/13/2004 01:06 AM
Pyongyang says the huge explosion last week was to demolish a mountain for a hydro-electric project.
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