DVD Player Blamed for Fatal Crash

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Candles Blamed in Fatal Holiday Tree
Fire

Candles Blamed in Fatal Holiday Tree
Fire 12/24/2003 04:55 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 24 2003 3:43PM ET

Man charged after fatal bus crash

Man charged after fatal bus crash 04/18/2004 03:04 AM
Police charge a man with manslaughter after a bus crash in York which killed one person and injured four others.

Turkey probes fatal train crash

Turkey probes fatal train crash 07/23/2004 06:06 AM
Turkish investigators try to establish why a high-speed train came off the rails, killing at least 36 people.

Fatal crash driver dies in jail

Fatal crash driver dies in jail 09/20/2004 02:50 PM
An Inverness man who caused the deaths of three people in a road accident is found dead in prison.

Ex-Rep. Janklow Sentenced to 100 Days in
Fatal Crash (Reuters)

Ex-Rep. Janklow Sentenced to 100 Days in
Fatal Crash (Reuters) 01/23/2004 12:16 AM
Reuters - Former South Dakota Rep. Bill Janklow, convicted of speeding through a stop sign and killing a motorcyclist, was sentenced on Thursday to 100 days in jail, avoiding a potentially lengthy prison term.

Guilty Plea Expected in Fatal Ferry
Crash

Guilty Plea Expected in Fatal Ferry
Crash 08/03/2004 09:51 PM
The pilot of the Staten Island ferry that crashed last October is expected to plead guilty to criminal negligence for his role in the deaths of 11 people.

Milan crash blamed on human error

Milan crash blamed on human error 02/19/2004 01:35 AM
Human error and flawed airport procedures led to a 2001 collision that killed 118 people, report says.

Egypt Plane Crash Kills 148, Technical
Fault Blamed

Egypt Plane Crash Kills 148, Technical
Fault Blamed 01/03/2004 07:09 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 3 2004 6:34AM ET

Technical Fault Blamed as Egypt Plane
Crash Kills 148

Technical Fault Blamed as Egypt Plane
Crash Kills 148 01/03/2004 11:53 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 3 2004 9:31AM ET

Fatal Combination 1.0

Fatal Combination 1.0 02/11/2004 04:25 PM
Lots of action, tension and innovative gaming concepts in this addictive shooting game.

Fight Fatal

Fight Fatal 05/22/2004 04:10 AM
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Man charged over fatal stabbing

Man charged over fatal stabbing 01/04/2005 10:46 AM
A man is charged with murder and attempted murder after one man died and another was injured in an attack.

Fatal PHP errors figured out!

Fatal PHP errors figured out! 06/05/2002 07:24 AM
I am so happy! I figured a way to handle *all* PHP errors (yes, even fatal errors that cannot be caught). My applications will never ever show unfiltered error messages or leave the user confused.

Planetwide Games Brings the 1st Fantasy
Player vs. Player MMORPG "Risk Your
Life" to North American Video Game
Players

Planetwide Games Brings the 1st Fantasy
Player vs. Player MMORPG "Risk Your
Life" to North American Video Game
Players 12/22/2004 01:05 AM
Open Beta for “Risk Your Life” Passes 100,000 North American Registered Player Milestone in 8 Weeks, Joining 1.2 Million Players Worldwide [PRWEB Dec 21, 2004]

Crash Test Videos - View Crash Test
Videos for Cars, Trucks and SUVs -
Insurance Resource Center

Crash Test Videos - View Crash Test
Videos for Cars, Trucks and SUVs -
Insurance Resource Center 04/02/2005 07:32 AM
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Former Bishop of Phoenix Convicted in
Fatal Hit and Run

Former Bishop of Phoenix Convicted in
Fatal Hit and Run 02/17/2004 06:37 PM
Bishop Thomas J. O'Brien, who is to appear at a presentencing hearing on March 12, faces up to 45 months in prison.

Fatal Vision Beer Goggles

Fatal Vision Beer Goggles 08/12/2004 03:25 PM

If you've been dying to experience the trippy visual distortion or the impaired driving ability of being drunk without the side effects people usually get drunk for, you're in luck. Fatal Vision, a company focused on impairment education, has created "beer goggles" and a vehicle which will do just that.

Four different levels of intoxication are simulated by an equal number of goggle types, ranging from a blood alcohol content level of less than .06 to greater than .2. SIDNE, the vehicle, has a delayed response to actions in order to simulate drunk driving. And at $8,495, its a bargain in comparison to downing a couple of margaritas!

Naturally, lengthy disclaimers on the site make it clear that these precise numbers are bunk. The goggles and car "demonstrate the concept of impairment and the dangers of impaired driving" -- but don't precisely simulate said effect.

At $149 a pop, the "beer goggles" are one expensive trip toy. But what I want to know is: will they make ugly people more attractive? Because if so, I know some married people who could use them.

Miriam Boon is a freelance science writer. She can be reached at miriamboon at nasw dut org

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'Game theft' led to fatal attack

'Game theft' led to fatal attack 03/31/2005 09:35 AM
A Chinese man is stabbed to death in a row over a sword from an online game, say reports.

Atom: The Fatal Flaw No One Has Yet
Noticed

Atom: The Fatal Flaw No One Has Yet
Noticed 10/28/2003 11:08 PM

Atom: The Fatal Flaw No One Has Yet Noticed

Now given that atom doesn't really exist yet, it may be early to make a draconian statement like "Fatal Flaw" but this is fairly awful from my perspective.  I was being interviewed for Under the Iron and the interview brought this to my attention.  The (most excellent) question was:

Q: When Atom/Pie/nEcho is officially a spec and people start to use the real extensive metadata possible with it, will you need to adapt Feedster to searching more efficiently? Also, since Atom/Pie/nEcho supports content as sound files, pictures and even video, do you plan to look into those files and index their metadata as well?

For the answer to the 1st part of the question, you'll have wait for the interview.  But the flaw to me was here "Atom supports content".  Now I don't have any problem with content being supported -- but -- Atom supports encoded content.  And that, to me, is a fatal flaw.

Here's the entry from the Atom wiki at: http://www.intertwingly.net/wiki/pie/content?action=highlight&;value=encoding.  And here's a sample entry:

<content type="multipart/alternative">
  <content type="image/jpeg" encoding="base64">
  xo+Hello0AFWeblogh5FWorldh1mImagedsTbrVbF3
  </content>
  <content type="text/html" xml:lang="en-us" mode="escaped" rel="fragment">
  <![CDATA[<p>Hello, <em>weblog</em> world! 2 &lt; 4!</p>]]>
  </content>
  <content type="application/xhtml+xml" xml:lang="en-us" rel="fragment">
  <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
  Hello, <em>weblog</em> world! 2 &lt; 4!</p>
  </content>
</content>

Now if you notice the "base64" I'd have to assume here that they actually intend to support an image file within the RSS feed.  Now what happens when people start to actually use this.  You'll see issues like this:

• Every single user has to download that image.  Even if they don't want it. This both increases bandwidth and removes control from the reader.  It makes syndication more like email.  Oh that's a good idea !  Sheesh.
• Bandwidth usage with increase for everyone -- provider and reader. 
• There's no way to control who downloads that image (or video or audio) -- its all in the one syndication file and you have to download the file to see it
• If users are disabled (blind or hearing impaired) they still have to get the media.  That makes sense.  Yeah sure it does.  What was Mark Pilgrim thinking?  He even understands these issues.
• What happens when someone embeds something illegal or a pirated audio or video clip into their syndication file?  Who's liable?  At least when its linked you can choose not to follow it.  Now you could end up with stuff on your hard disc you have no idea was there.  And don't think it won't happen.  What about pr0n in the workplace?
• When you're a blog author do you have to choose every time that you want a media item to go in your feed or as a linked item?  Sure there can be defaults but what you really want is your tool to say something like this:
  
  This jpeg is 1.2 megs.  Your feed is downloaded on average 2500 times per day and this will cause X megabytes of bandwidth to be used costing you $154.37.  Do you want this in the feed where everyone will see it or as a link where only 25% (expected probability) will click on it.
  
  Shame no one will ever write that dialog box.  Good for hosting companies though.  Sure I want to give them more bandwidth.
• Let's play "Crash that Aggregator"!  Just wait until someone starts fiddling with encoding options and your aggregator is told to expect a jpg file and gets an EXE instead.  Think email is a security minefield now?  Guess what -- your aggregator is headed the same way if it supports encoded content. 

Atom support for encoded content.  What were they thinking ?  Sounds good in theory but in practice?  Yikes.  Just because you can do something technically doesn't mean you should.

Man Arrested for Fatal Fire in Colorado

Man Arrested for Fatal Fire in Colorado 12/29/2003 10:32 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 29 2003 9:39PM ET

Fatal riot in central Sri Lanka

Fatal riot in central Sri Lanka 04/29/2004 05:01 AM
Police open fire in rioting in central Sri Lanka in which at least two people are reported killed.

Fatal collision plea to truckers

Fatal collision plea to truckers 09/05/2004 05:58 AM
Police appeal to the UK's road hauliers to find a hit-and-run lorry driver after a collision which killed a boy of 10.

A Fatal Blow to Shrinkwrap Licensing?

A Fatal Blow to Shrinkwrap Licensing? 12/22/2004 01:52 AM
This from InfoWorld’s writer Ed Foster- Having so often been the bearer of bad news from the legal front, I am thrilled to have some good news to report for a change. The old-fashioned shrinkwrap license appears to have suffered from what may well be a mortal wound. Microsoft, Symantec, Adobe, CompUSA, Best Buy, and Staples have agreed in the settlement of a California lawsuit to change their ways, and you can already see the…

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Fatal attraction--browsers and the
beguiled

Fatal attraction--browsers and the
beguiled 04/13/2004 11:30 AM
ZDNet Apr 13 2004 3:20PM GMT

Probe into fatal coach accident

Probe into fatal coach accident 09/21/2004 01:19 AM
Spanish Police investigate a crash which killed two tourists and injured dozens more in Gran Canaria.

Pupils witness fatal shooting

Pupils witness fatal shooting 06/03/2004 05:06 AM
A man is shot dead in front of children arriving at a primary school at Derriaghy near Belfast.

Handling fatal and parse errors in PHP

Handling fatal and parse errors in PHP 12/02/2002 11:15 AM
PHP has a decent mechanism for error handling, but its implementation has one fatal flaw: it doesn't work with all errors. Some errors (namely, fatal and parse errors) simply slip through directly to the user. Fortunately, there are ways to overcome this problem: I will show you a trick to catch all errors.

A Fatal Blow to Shrinkwrap Licensing

A Fatal Blow to Shrinkwrap Licensing 12/22/2004 01:52 AM
YEEAAAH! ED FOSTER’S GRIPELOG Having so often been the bearer of bad news from the legal front, I am thrilled to have some good news to report for a change. The old-fashioned shrinkwrap license appears to have suffered from what may well be a mortal wound. Microsoft, Symantec, Adobe, CompUSA, Best Buy, and Staples have agreed in the settlement of a California lawsuit to change their ways, and you can already see the first results…

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Fatal care home fire 'recreated'

Fatal care home fire 'recreated' 04/18/2004 08:27 AM
A care home fire which caused the deaths of 14 people is being reconstructed in a bid to prevent a repeat of the tragedy.

Howard Dean's fatal system error

Howard Dean's fatal system error 01/22/2004 04:56 AM
The Democratic candidate generated waves of money and enthusiasm via the Net, but his dot-com boom went bust in Iowa.

Pair jailed after fatal shop raid

Pair jailed after fatal shop raid 03/22/2005 04:38 PM
Two men are each jailed for 13 years for their role in the raid that left a jeweller dead.

Arrest Made in Fatal Fire Outside Denver

Arrest Made in Fatal Fire Outside Denver 12/29/2003 12:26 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 29 2003 10:52AM ET

Fatal 'cooling off' swim inquiry

Fatal 'cooling off' swim inquiry 06/24/2005 07:06 PM
Police investigate after a 19-year-old man is thought to have drowned while trying to cool off from the hot weather in a pond.

Software Patents: Microsoft's Fatal
Error

Software Patents: Microsoft's Fatal
Error 04/07/2005 02:34 PM
ABCNEWS.com Apr 7 2005 6:11PM GMT

Intellectual property - A fatal flaw in
China

Intellectual property - A fatal flaw in
China 08/23/2004 08:16 AM
Ethical Corporation Online Aug 23 2004 11:14AM GMT

Police Arrest Suspect in Fatal Car Fire

Police Arrest Suspect in Fatal Car Fire 12/20/2003 01:30 AM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 20 2003 0:35AM ET

Repair an imapd fatal error on OS X
Server

Repair an imapd fatal error on OS X
Server 09/20/2004 12:15 PM
I had the email server on OS X 10.3.5 die on me. Checking the log, I found this under IMAP (line breaks added): Sep 17 11:01:19 digitallifestylecenter imapd[3035]: Fatal error: can't initialize mboxlist environment Sep 17 ...

3 Fatal Cases of Rabies Are Linked to
Ill Donor

3 Fatal Cases of Rabies Are Linked to
Ill Donor 07/02/2004 03:16 AM
In what federal officials said was the first case of its kind, three people who received organ transplants in May from a single donor in Texas died from rabies in June.

Ariz. Bishop Convicted in Fatal Accident
(AP)

Ariz. Bishop Convicted in Fatal Accident
(AP) 02/17/2004 04:58 PM
AP - Bishop Thomas O'Brien was convicted of hit-and-run Tuesday for leaving the scene after killing a jaywalking pedestrian with his car, a crash that ended his career as head of the Roman Catholic diocese.
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