A row, a racket, a rumpus in the old white cabin...

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MP fingers O2 in overcharging rumpus

MP fingers O2 in overcharging rumpus 09/13/2004 10:47 AM
Calls on users to check their bills

IVF report provokes 'designer baby'
rumpus

IVF report provokes 'designer baby'
rumpus 03/24/2005 08:28 AM
Parents should choose sex, committee says

Mamamontezz's Mental Rumpus Room: John
Kerry Acceptance Speech Drinking Game

Mamamontezz's Mental Rumpus Room: John
Kerry Acceptance Speech Drinking Game 07/29/2004 10:02 PM
John Kerry Acceptance Speech Drinking Game .. Mamamontezz's Mental Rumpus Room

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What a Racket

What a Racket 06/09/2004 05:15 PM
The average PC printer's ink costs more than 16 times as much as an equivalent amount of vintage 1985 Dom Perignon champagne.

Burning down the Log Cabin

Burning down the Log Cabin 06/03/2004 09:18 AM
Assailing the "cabal of geniuses" who cooked up the gay marriage ban, one of the GOP's only openly gay leaders breaks with his party.

The obesity racket

The obesity racket 05/01/2004 12:48 AM
The Guardian has recently published excerpts from a new book by Paul Campos entitled The Obesity Myth. The book argues that the claim so often repeated by your TV, that two thirds of the population of the United States is "overweight" or "obese," is an elaborate hoax designed to move the product. From the perspective of a profit-maximising medical and pharmaceutical industry, the ideal disease would be one that never killed those who suffered from it, that could not be treated effectively, and that doctors and their patients would nevertheless insist on treating anyway.

The new domain name racket

The new domain name racket 12/30/2003 11:09 PM
Internet Works Dec 30 2003 9:40PM ET

Secret cabin to be destroyed

Secret cabin to be destroyed 07/26/2004 03:50 AM
Secret Cabin to Be Destroyed .. Paradise Lost .. E.L.M.O.T.M

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ev's bl0g cabin

ev's bl0g cabin 07/27/2004 12:49 AM
this is very close to where a spaceship from krypton landed with a baby ev inside

The obesity racket || kuro5hin.org

The obesity racket || kuro5hin.org 05/02/2004 03:10 AM
The obesity racket

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The Online Protection Racket

The Online Protection Racket 11/12/2003 01:34 PM
For a few years now, people have been warning about the increasing number of "zombie" machines out there that have been infected with trojan horses that let hackers control their machines. In many cases, it sounds like these machines are being used in a modern update to the old protection racket where big guys with baseball bats would walk around to local businesses and threaten to break your kneecaps unless you paid up. The difference now, is that the scammers threaten to take down your website, using a denial of service attack from thousands of zombie machines. Right now, the attacks are mostly focused on things like online casinos where the incentive to pay up is pretty high.

Pair guilty of gun racket

Pair guilty of gun racket 01/26/2004 12:41 PM
Two antique dealers are convicted of selling deactivated guns to criminals, with tools to make them live weapons.

Air cabin security policy eased

Air cabin security policy eased 04/03/2005 06:00 PM
Ministers relax rules on British airline passengers carrying sharp objects on flights.

Baby steps from the Log Cabin
Republicans

Baby steps from the Log Cabin
Republicans 08/30/2004 01:35 PM
The Log Cabin Republicans stepped outside the GOP's big tent Monday morning -- but just a little bit. Amid rumors that the pro-gay Republican group will decide not to endorse George W. Bush, the Log Cabiners scheduled a press conference Monday morning to make a "major announcement." The anticlimactic news: The group is launching a television ad today warning that the right wing is hijacking the GOP.

The Noisy Cabin: Picocells in Planes

The Noisy Cabin: Picocells in Planes 04/09/2004 03:57 PM
A consortium is working to build an airplane-based cellular picocell technology that supports GSM and Wi-Fi: Cell users with GSM phones would connect via the picocell and calls would be relayed by satellite. Wi-Fi service could also be offered. WirelessCabin (Airbus, Siemens, Ericsson, and others) might have commercial clients by next year. The Economist notes dubiously: Perhaps aircraft will offer "phoning" and "non-phoning" cabins. Still, what better way to drown out the noise of a screaming baby in the next seat than to phone a friend?...

How-to clinics provide treatment for
cabin fever

How-to clinics provide treatment for
cabin fever 02/07/2003 10:41 AM
Too depressed even for that? Have access to a computer connected to the World Wide Web? Use the search mode (Google is particularly helpful). ...

Avalanche Kills Couple in Idaho Cabin

Avalanche Kills Couple in Idaho Cabin 01/02/2004 07:22 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 2 2004 6:44PM ET

Xeni Flies Zero G #9: You are now free
to float about the cabin.

Xeni Flies Zero G #9: You are now free
to float about the cabin. 09/15/2004 12:12 AM
Xeni Jardin: In about 12 hours, I'll be heading into freefall. Before I go, some sage advice for first-time weightless flyers from BoingBoing pal David Rich, a researcher at the UC Berkeley Microgravity Combustion Labs. WTF are Microgravity Combusion Labs? Glad you asked. David says,

"The focus of our work is flammability behavior of materials that could be used for the construction of space craft or facilities on the moon or Mars. We generally look at composite materials like carbon fiber or fiberglass since these have seen increased usage in spacecraft design owing to their high strength and light weight. Unfortunately these materials burn more readily than metals. They also have different burning behavior in zero gravity than on the ground. For these reasons, an understanding of their behavior under conditions found in space craft is important. [Research missions aboard the NASA KC-135 "vomit comet'] allow us to simulate those conditions for short periods and gain some understanding of material flammability behavior. I've been on two previous campaigns and I'm scheduled for an aditional set of flights in October. We are scheduled to send this project up on the ISS in 2007."

And for those about to float, David says:

"Sit with your back against one wall of the aircraft with your head completely motionless for the first few parabolas. Each time you enter the low gravity period you will float up the side of the aircraft so have something to grab and stabilize yourself. Many people find the 2g pullup period to be the nausiating part so continue staring at the opposite side of the aircraft well into the pullup period.

After a few of those you can start moving around but no sudden head movements especially during the pullup. Try not to get your head into an orientation of looking at your feet or above your head, and no rapid head movements.

NASA provides participants with Scopolomine (an anti-nausea medication) and Pseudoephedrine (a stimulant to combat drowsiness resulting from the Scopolomine). I took more than the flight MD's recomended on the first day to play it safe. I strongly suggest you take these medications.

Some frequent fliers eat ginger snaps on the morning of the flight. I ate a light breakfast of yogurt and granola with green tea and that seemed to keep my stomach calm.

If you get sick, don't get discouraged, just sit against the wall for a few more parabolas until you feel better. If you really have a problem, they will get you back to a seat and things should improve. Above all, don't get too stressed about the prospect of getting sick, being relaxed is very helpful."

While the combo of Scopalamine and Dexedrine are a popular measure against "protein loss" (we're talking spacespeak for heave, hurl, keck, lose it, puke, regurgitate, retch, ruminate, spew, spit up, throw up, upchuck), I'm not taking any scopedex speedballs tomorrow morning. In part, because Zero-G Corp.'s "adventure travel" flights seem to focus more on creature comfort -- they're designed for maximum fun, in contrast with the NASA flights, which function more as research missions. It's my understanding that the parabolas will be shorter in duration, and fewer in number (15-20, instead of 30-40) than on the KC-135 flights. These and other factors may reduce the likelihood of lost lunch. Then again, maybe not.

But instead of amphetamines and belladona derivatives (not that there's anything wrong with 'em) I'll be packing ginger chewing gum at the recommendation of NPR "Day to Day" host Noah Adams, and a fist full of Jolly Ranchers I received from the elderly Italian lady who lives next door. She said they always calm her stomach mid-flight. I think she's been holding out on me. All along, I had her pegged as a mild-mannered, arugula-growing, opera-loving, pistachio-cake-baking WWII refugee from Palermo. Secretly, lo these many years, she's been logging those frequent zero-G flyer miles behind my back. That's the thing about experienced space-travelers (Swift Float Veterans for Truth?) -- you just never know. Until they hit you with the secret handshake.

Finally, a moment of sigfile zen. Snipped from the contrails of David Rich's emails:

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
Walden, 1854.

Image: 1957 ad for "Rid-Jid" ironing tables -- Link to more background on the ad.

Previous "Xeni Flies Zero-G" posts: 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Cabin Door Pops Open During Flight (AP)

Cabin Door Pops Open During Flight (AP) 08/27/2004 01:59 PM
AP - Passengers had a terrifying moment when a cabin door blew open at 500 feet during a Boston-to-Nantucket flight, but the airline said no one was in danger because the cabin wasn't pressurized.

Raids smash student visa racket

Raids smash student visa racket 06/16/2004 02:15 AM
Sixteen people are arrested as Scotland Yard carries out a series of dawn raids to end a student visa immigration scam.

Electrified mosquito-swatting
tennis-racket

Electrified mosquito-swatting
tennis-racket 06/05/2005 11:42 PM
Cory Doctorow: This is a rechargable electrified tennis-racket for swatting flies and mosquitos: "Just press on the switch and a live electric current flows through the inner mesh and the moment a mosquito, bug or fly comes touches it, it gets a electric shock and gets zapped. Just wave it around and get hold of undetected bugs and pests." Link (Thanks, Quick Online Tips!)

Police Smash Internet Extortion Racket

Police Smash Internet Extortion Racket 07/24/2004 02:57 AM
MosNews.com Jul 24 2004 7:28AM GMT

Online Casino Protection Racket Busted

Online Casino Protection Racket Busted 07/21/2004 12:59 PM
Last year, news started spreading about how an organized crime group online had set up something of a "protection racket" against online casinos. If an online casino didn't pay up, the group would launch a denial of service attack to take down the casino. While many casinos paid up, some continued to fight the attacks, and now British authorities say they've arrested three men involved in the protection racket and believe they'll arrest more shortly. Of course, at this point, the story is mostly worth noting because of how rare the situation is. It still seems like online criminals are way ahead, skill-wise, compared to online cops.

Internet gambling extortion racket
broken up

Internet gambling extortion racket
broken up 07/21/2004 09:43 PM
News.ft.com - Wed Jul 21, 09:24 pm GMT

For the soldiers: Log Cabin creates
online support forum

For the soldiers: Log Cabin creates
online support forum 12/25/2004 04:49 PM
Thecabin.net - Sat Dec 25, 09:05 am GMT

3G Test Flight to Evaluate In-Cabin
Mobile Phone Use

3G Test Flight to Evaluate In-Cabin
Mobile Phone Use 07/20/2004 06:32 AM
3G Jul 20 2004 9:40AM GMT

Police Smash Russian Internet Extortion
Racket

Police Smash Russian Internet Extortion
Racket 07/21/2004 06:24 PM
MosNews.com Jul 21 2004 10:03PM GMT

East European gangs in online protection
racket

East European gangs in online protection
racket 11/12/2003 04:28 PM
Blackmail by DDoS

Log Cabin Republicans Vote to Withhold
Endorsement from President Bush

Log Cabin Republicans Vote to Withhold
Endorsement from President Bush 09/08/2004 02:23 PM
Log Cabin Republicans .. will not endorse .. news release .. decided

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"Log Cabin Republicans Vote to Withhold
Endorsement from President Bush"

"Log Cabin Republicans Vote to Withhold
Endorsement from President Bush" 09/08/2004 08:03 PM

Italy police bust mafia bread racket
(Reuters)

Italy police bust mafia bread racket
(Reuters) 12/19/2004 03:22 PM
Reuters - Naples police say they have broken up a mob protection racket focused on local bakeries and flour makers.

The Velvet Underground's White Light
White Heat

The Velvet Underground's White Light
White Heat 07/23/2004 09:36 AM
The Velvet Underground's White Light White Heat played on banjo, bass guitar, ruler, music box, violin, toy piano, electric guitar, accordion, squeezebox, euphonium, ukulele, kazoo, xylophone, pixiphone, uumskither, mbira, pod, delay, turntable and percussion.

National Hi-Tech Crime Unit smashes
online extortion racket

National Hi-Tech Crime Unit smashes
online extortion racket 07/21/2004 10:59 AM
vnunet.com Jul 21 2004 3:41PM GMT

The New York Times > Arts >
Frank Rich: The God Racket, From DeMille
to DeLay

The New York Times > Arts >
Frank Rich: The God Racket, From DeMille
to DeLay 03/26/2005 05:35 AM
The God Racket, From DeMille to DeLay .. column

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ARINC, Telenor Unveil New AeroMobile
Brand for In-Cabin Mobile Cellular
Service

ARINC, Telenor Unveil New AeroMobile
Brand for In-Cabin Mobile Cellular
Service 04/06/2005 04:38 AM
ZDNet India Apr 6 2005 8:55AM GMT

White Light / White Heat

White Light / White Heat 07/23/2004 11:15 PM

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White men bad; white dogs worse

White men bad; white dogs worse 04/05/2005 09:24 AM

We spent the weekend in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with an anthropologist friend who has two 3-year-old bitches (Lab and Husky) and 4 acres of land on which Alex and Sammy could play with them.  One of the nice things about colleges located in areas where real estate is cheap is that the professors live close to the campus and are available to students for informal dinners and shared extracurricular activities.  Thus over the weekend we encountered a few other Gettysburg College professors.  I asked one of them whether faculty could bring their dogs to work.  She replied "The college's Affirmative Action lawyer, before she left, made up a lot of new rules.  One of them was that junior and senior faculty could not sleep together.  Another was to ban dogs in the buildings."

This is a good measure of how desperate PhDs are for jobs as college professors.  The college pays lower salaries, to people of the same age, as the public high school down the street.  The high school teachers were able to go to work at age 22 without suffering through a long period of starvation wages as graduate assistants.  The high school teachers are union members who ever have to worry about losing their job, compared to the college professors who live for 7 years in fear of being tossed out as a middle-aged has-been ("denied tenure" is the polite term for this event).  And now these poor souls are expected to get through their day without a dog at their side and without the possibility of an interlude with a more senior professor.

[Note to parents:  if you want to know why tuition prices have risen so fast, consider that a very small liberal arts school was paying a full-time lawyer to work on affirmative action; Walmart has a "Chief Diversity Officer" but they had $billions in revenue over which to spread the cost.]

To Liberate From the White House the
White House Press

To Liberate From the White House the
White House Press 03/14/2005 04:35 PM
Dan Weintraub, who covers politics at the Sacramento Bee, wants "an aggressive, curious and analytical press corps, based anywhere (including cyberspace), fact-checking the snot out of the White House and writing critically about the president's statements, proposals and actions."

White-Out

White-Out 07/31/2004 12:18 AM
Over here in Singapore, we call this Liquid-Paper, but the idea is still the same. Here's how you can get a truly-white iPod.
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