Apparently all of MGM’s ‘theatrical wide screen’ DVD releases for the last few years have been the pan-scanned versions with the top and bottoms cut off. I checked this against my copy of CQ, and it’s true. The list (PDF) of butchered movies includes almost every Woody Allen film, Silence of the Lambs, and both [...]
Archive > January 2005
Party At Mrs. Johnson’s!
Cool “mom” charged after hosting year of sex, booze, drug shindigs.
Well she isn’t exacly Rachel Hunter, but she does have the party going on.
Worm Hits Windows Machines Running MySQL
A report on the Australian whirlpool forum suggest that a worm is currently taking out MySQL servers running on Windows. We have seen this happen with MSSQL before (not just ‘Slammer’, but also SQLSnake that used SA accounts without password). The SANS Internet Storm Center suggests that a rise in port 3306 scans can be [...]
Bridging India’s Digital Divide With Linux
Since Nick is in India this story is for him. India’s increasing use of Linux. They mention a battlefield PDA running Linux, making Linux the standard OS for students, and some more about the Simputer.
Web hosting
OK, if I’m hosting your site use the paypal button for each domain you have and it will paypal me the $6 for each domain every month and you don’t have to send me a check every month.
The button is on the right hand side at the bottom. ———————>
Vick manages to lose the Play-off game
Vick did it! He lost the game for the Falcons. His attempts at running the ball got him sacked 4 times.
The defense also did a great job of not tackling at all.
Falcons are really a losing team, Eagles help to prove it. Falcons inherit the Braves losing ways.
Low-bandwidth Net Radio
Slate has an article about Internet radio stations that use the aacPlus codec from XM satellite radio instead of MP3. Some of the ones they link to sound pretty good even at 24 kbps.”
P2P Operators Plead Guilty
In the first such criminal convictions in the U.S., two peer-to-peer hub operators have pled guilty to conspiracy to commit felony copyright infringement. The two men were subjects of raids last August after Department of Justice investigators downloaded content valued at US$25,000 retail from their servers, the Movie Room and Acheron’s Alley. They face sentences [...]
New House
Well after a little back and forth they have accepted our offer on the new House. It’s on a little over 5 ach.
I’ll have a few pictures once it is done. Cool think is we are less than 10 min… from the lake.
Jail Time For P2P Developers?
A Califorian bill introduced last week would, if passed, expose file-swapping software developers to fines of up to $2,500 per charge, or a year in jail, if they don’t take ‘reasonable care’ to prevent their software from being used to commit crime. C|Net has the story, as well as a link to the actual bill. [...]
