Goodbye Slaughterville, hello Veggieville? (Reuters)
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Town Won't Change Name to Veggieville
(AP)
Town Won't Change Name to Veggieville
(AP)
02/18/2004 10:52 AMAP - A truckload of veggie burgers wasn't enough to get a small
Oklahoma town to change its name to Veggieville.
PETA Has Beef With Town of
Slaughterville (AP)
PETA Has Beef With Town of
Slaughterville (AP)
02/13/2004 07:54 AMAP - Residents of this central Oklahoma community have a beef over an
animal rights group's attempt to raise awareness of animal abuse.
Goodbye 747?
Goodbye 747?
08/15/2004 11:20 AMIs this
old bird about to get its wings clipped?: The venerable 747 is
finding itself less and less popular these days.
...airlines don't like the 747's fuel bills. It burns
about 3,200 gallons of fuel per flight hour, about one-third more than
the Boeing 777 [...] Air carriers also have a hard time finding
400-plus paying passengers to fill flights.
This is too bad, as the 747 is a majestic plane. I still remember
having to walk underneath one of them to get to a customs shuttle when
returned from New Zealand once — it was just breathtaking how
big the thing was.
Sadly, The popularity stats are sobering.
...airlines fly 635 of the jumbos in passenger service, down 21%
from the peak year of 1997...
The number of U.S. carriers flying the bulbous-nosed giant has
fallen to two: United and Northwest. There were eight as recently as
1990. The number of daily domestic flights on the 747 has dropped to
just 10, down from a peak of 102 a quarter of a century ago, Back
says.
While the cargo version remains popular, airlines haven't ordered a
passenger version of the 747 since November 2002.
And what does this mean for the future of the Airb
us A3XX? That plane is designed to seat 555 people. Singapore
Airlines ju
st ordered 16 of them.
While the A3XX is massive, the thing that made the 747 look big was
the "hump" over the front of the plane. (I remember an old joke about
why the hump was there: because the pilots had to sit on their wallets
— it was funny when I was seven.) But if you look closely at
the A3XX, it is a true two-story plane all the way down the fuselage,
while the 747 just had an upperdeck towards the front, under the
hump.
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Goodbye, Bob ...
Goodbye, Bob ...
04/30/2004 05:01 AM
A glowing
tribute honoring Bob Edwards on his final day as anchor at NPR's
"Morning
Edition" ... from the
bastards people
who
fired reassigned him in the first place. (Sorry
to start your Friday on a downer.)
Hello GDS, Goodbye YDS
Hello GDS, Goodbye YDS
03/14/2005 05:02 PM Finally there's a desktop search product that's actually useful to
me: Google Desktop. I had tried the previous version of GDS a bit, as
well as the company dog food (Yahoo Desktop Search or YDS). But both
lacked the ability to search the most important asset on my computer:
my e-mail archive. Being one who does not use Outlook, that meant I
was on my own until now. The latest GDS release has the ability to
index Thunderbird mailboxes....
Goodbye London
Goodbye London
06/09/2004 02:33 AMHad a "lovely" time in London. Goodbye and thanks for all the
chips.
I'm off to Finland today. I'll be giving a talk at the EVA
conference tomorrow.
Hello Kitty, Goodbye God
Hello Kitty, Goodbye God
02/01/2005 09:01 PM"Cats are not advisable as pets or companions for Christians ... While
the animal itself may be unaware of this tragic condition, it serves
only its true master -- Satan."
"Goodbye, Dragon Inn"
"Goodbye, Dragon Inn"
09/16/2004 09:20 AMThis stunning film from Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-Liang is
virtually wordless, yet speaks volumes about what it means to love the
movies -- and the cavernous theaters in which they once played.
Goodbye San Mateo
Goodbye San Mateo
12/24/2004 01:10 PMSix Apart moved into our new offices today, and though he doesn't blog
often, he gets it right when he does: Ben covers my thoughts exactly.
I'll be spending the next week with family and friends, but today I
want to say happy hoildays to all my friends at Six...
Say Goodbye to TechTV
Say Goodbye to TechTV
05/07/2004 05:42 PMAs
reported by Mr. Laporte on his blog, TechTV laid off
285 workers yesterday as part of its acquisition by
G4, a
subsidiary of
Comcast. All the employees were given 60 days notice
and 100 of the existing jobs will be posted for those willing to
relocate to LA. No word on which shows will survive or which hosts
will be kept on.
Goldberg: Goodbye to All That
Goldberg: Goodbye to All That
09/14/2004 06:36 PMnationalreview.com/goldberg/goldberg200409140649.asp
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Circuits: The Last Goodbye
Circuits: The Last Goodbye
03/24/2005 02:53 PM
I had intended to write some short note about the passing of
the New York Times' Circuits section, now set to be dismantled
and set to work throughout the paper like nerdy orphans. I was going
to write about my sadness at its departure, so quickly after a
crowed-about redesign, but before it had a chance to grow into the
accessible but technical resource it had the potential to become.
Instead, here is a picture of David Pogue crawling through his
backyard in a fur cap from an indeterminate animal source. If that was
good enough for his last piece in the Circuits section, then
it's good enough for my last mention of them. If you need a shoulder
to cry on, Circuits writers, I'm here for you, hatless.
Th
e Last Circuits [NYTimes]
Say goodbye to being single
Say goodbye to being single
06/22/2005 01:54 AMReports were circulating last week that Apple declared an
"end-of-life" to the 1.8 GHz Power Mac in late April when it
reconstructed its Power Mac G5 line to include 2.0 to 2.7 GHz dual
processors. Back in April the company said it would continue selling
the single-processor 1.8 GHz Power Mac, but on Wednesday, the model
was quietly removed from Apple's online store.
Apple provided a statement to CNET News.com on Monday confirming that
it has discontinued its single-processor Power Mac G5 system in favor
of an all dual-chip lineup.
"The 1.8 GHz Power Mac G5 is no longer available at the online Apple
Store but is available in other channels while supplies last. The
Power Mac G5 line is now all dual processor and delivers the ultimate
in performance for our most advanced customers."
Apple also noted that consumers looking for a single-chip machine,
should look at "the new iMac G5" as it "is a very popular solution."
Apple's iMac G5 is presently the top-selling product through the
company store and is available in models up to 2.0 GHz.
goodbye aaron
goodbye aaron
09/09/2004 01:49 AMi don't know why we have to lose the good ones
Goodbye to Privacy
Goodbye to Privacy
04/09/2005 08:54 PMIn the past five years, what most of us only recently thought of as
"nobody's business" has become the big business of everybody's
business.
A Son's Goodbye
A Son's Goodbye
09/14/2004 06:18 PM
A
Son's Goodbye Pierre Elliott Trudeau was Canada's Prime
Minister from 1968 - 1984. He was a flamboyant man who believed in
one Canada and a strong federal government. His son Justin delivered
this very touching eulogy at his funeral in 2000.
Goodbye, Tucker
Goodbye, Tucker
01/05/2005 10:06 PMIt has been a depressing week for Democrats. Shirley Chisholm and Bob
Matsui died over the weekend. A slew of new Republican lawmakers were
sworn in Tuesday. John Kerry announced Wednesday that he won't
participate in any formal protests against the presidential voting by
electors from Ohio. Alberto Gonzales will begin his road to
confirmation as attorney general Thursday. And if all that's not
enough, Trent Lott has announced that a singer from "The Lawrence Welk
Show" will perform John Ashcroft's "Let the Eagle Soar" at George W.
Bush's inauguration.
Goodbye 2004
Goodbye 2004
12/31/2004 08:53 PMWell, this will probably be the last entry of 2004. This year we
posted 1,530 entries and you posted 2,962 (!) comments. As the
comment count should verify, Gadgetopia went buckwild this year.
According to Google Adsense, we push about 100,000 page views a month to
the HTML version (and they have to parse JavaScript to register with
AdSense, so all of those are likely human visitors), and God only
knows how many visits to the RSS feed. Last time I did some informal
stats, RSS got 75% of the traffic, so figure 300,000 RSS requests.
Search engine saturation has remained accidentally fantastic. We
get visited by the Googlebot something on the
order of 300 times every day. Thanks to everyone who has contribued
to our PageRank (we
bumped from a five to a six sometime this year. How far can seven
be?)
At any rate, thanks for a great year. The goal has always been
5,000 posts, and we're about 70% of the way there, so stay tuned.
My New Years resolution for Gadgetopia? A new design. Jonathan
has graciously offered to share his, and I may take him up
on it.
Firefox - Say Goodbye (again) to Pop-Ups
Firefox - Say Goodbye (again) to Pop-Ups
04/06/2005 11:47 AMA lot of people have been reporting a new breed of pop-ups on the web.
This increasing menace is rooted in the pop-up capabilities of
plug-ins like flash and Java. If you're seeing pop-ups and pop-unders,
you're probably visiting sites that have flash or other plug-ins and
those plug-ins are being exploited by advertisers to abuse you with
annoying pop-ups and pop-unders.
Firefox has the capability to disable these pop-ups but it wasn't
enabled by default in Firefox 1.0 because we had concerns about
websites that rely on plug-in triggered pop-ups for legitimate
functionality. Give that these pop-ups and pop-unders have really
started to spread on the web, we're testing a quick patch that enables
the Firefox pref to block them.
News source:
Asa Dotzler's (Mozilla Developer) BlogRead full story...Goodbye Napoli
Goodbye Napoli
06/06/2004 04:44 AMI'm about to leave Naples. I had a wonderful time. The total chaos
of the city, the extremely warm and interesting people, the great food
and the wonderful weather was just delightful. I'm sure I only
scratched the surface, but I really enjoyed the Napolitan style. I
only wish I could speak Italian.
I was also excited to meet all of the interesting people and the
level of civil activism that could easily be sparked into an even more
vibrant blogging community.
One thing that was confusing to me was that everyone says "Naples"
when they're speaking in English. Why don't they say "Napoli"? Dean
Martin says "Napoli", why do even the Italians say "Naples". Strange.
In Japanese, we say "Napoli", "Torino" and "Milano" not, Naples, Turin
and Milan.
I'm off in a few minutes for the UK. Look forward to meeting the
folks there.
Special thanks to Derrick and his hosts for letting me use their
place!
Goodbye Safari
Goodbye Safari
12/31/2004 01:24 AMThat Mac users are also switching to Firefox says something very
good about the experience it offers. By Johnathon Williams
Say goodbye to the CDE program
Say goodbye to the CDE program
03/06/2004 01:59 AMLet's pause and shed a tear for the passing of what is (and soon will
be "was") the only certification program in the identity management
space. Novell is closing down its Certified Directory Engineer (CDE)
program.
Goodbye Romania
Goodbye Romania
09/17/2004 11:42 PM
Warning - by visiting
this site, you will destroy it.
Each visit will remove one pixel from these photographs. However, we
will tell you a story. It's a story about Romania, which is to say,
it's a story about change.
Goodbye 2004; Hello 2005
Goodbye 2004; Hello 2005
12/31/2004 12:43 PMGoodbye, Microsoft Millionaires
Goodbye, Microsoft Millionaires
12/05/2003 12:57 AMBill Gates explains Microsoft's new approach to stock options and how
it feels to be Silicon Valley’s favorite target.
Kiss the floppy goodbye
Kiss the floppy goodbye
09/06/2004 11:24 PMglobetechnology.com Sep 7 2004 3:05AM GMT
EDS waves goodbye to 5,200 staff
EDS waves goodbye to 5,200 staff
10/30/2003 09:16 AMPutting on the pink slips
Vobis waves goodbye to HQ
Vobis waves goodbye to HQ
02/16/2004 01:14 PMGerman PC chain shutters shops too
Now it's (almost) time to say goodbye to
Eisner
Now it's (almost) time to say goodbye to
Eisner
09/10/2004 11:19 AMCNET News.com Sep 10 2004 2:44PM GMT
Crap. Goodbye Elliot.
Crap. Goodbye Elliot.
10/28/2003 11:07 PMElliot Smith killed himself today. I
downloaded a few songs of his back in the Napster heyday and ended up
buying a few CDs. I had the opportunity to see him live a few times in
SF, but never went.
Crap, I really liked his stuff.
It's a little weird, in a life-imitates-art sort of way, to realize
his song was used in a suicide scene (in The Royal Tennenbaums), and
now he's gone and done that himself.
Kiss Privacy Goodbye
Kiss Privacy Goodbye
12/27/2004 10:51 AMFortune Dec 27 2004 1:39PM GMT
Goodbye Google News...
Goodbye Google News...
06/10/2004 08:43 PMSearch Engine Positioning and Web Marketing weblog,CA-12 hours
agoRugles was - probably - the first Movable Type weblog to appear in
Google news. It looks like we had our 15 minutes of fame and ...
Goodbye vacuum, hello robot!
Goodbye vacuum, hello robot!
11/10/2003 11:38 PMCNN Nov 10 2003 4:55AM ET
Goodbye, Internet Explorer
Goodbye, Internet Explorer
07/16/2004 01:54 AM
Well, the jury is in -- everybody from security firms to
Microsoft's own online publications say that you're probably better
off leaving Internet Explorer behind, and using Firefox as your
browser.
If you're ready to give it a try, here's a Step-by-step guide to installing Firefox, and securing your
system from Internet Explorer's security problems
Goodbye 2003 Hello 2004
Goodbye 2003 Hello 2004
12/31/2003 10:51 PMI want to Thank all of the editors that have contributed to Geek News
Central this year. As I alluded...
Goodbye bigpond-customers
Goodbye bigpond-customers
10/29/2003 01:15 AMEffective immediately, customers of the Australian ISP Bigpond are
denied access to this site. The reason is simple: Some stupid...
Goodbye tie, hello tech (USATODAY.com)
Goodbye tie, hello tech (USATODAY.com)
06/18/2004 12:45 PMUSATODAY.com - Buying for Dad year after year can become a challenge
no matter how well you think that you know him, but technology is
helping to ease things.
Say Hey, Say Goodbye as Bonds Ties Mays
Say Hey, Say Goodbye as Bonds Ties Mays
04/12/2004 11:21 PMAfter being booed and taking his lumps in Houston and in San Diego,
Barry Bonds returned home and hit home run No. 660.
iMac G5: Goodbye Arm, Hello Slab!
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08/31/2004 11:20 AMGrok Description matches for Goodbye Slaughterville, hello Veggieville? (Reuters)
GrokA matches for Goodbye Slaughterville, hello Veggieville? (Reuters)
Goodbye Slaughterville, hello Veggieville? (Reuters)
