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Chron.com | 'Intelligent design' barred from biology classes
Of course, had Judge Roy Moore been the presiding judge in this case, the outcome would probably have been quite different. Caveat emptor.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Sony BMG repents over CD debacle
"Sony BMG repents over CD debacle". Crocodile tears, anyone? The ones who should be repenting right alongside Sony are the antivirus software houses who cut a deal with Sony to let this atrocity slide by without warning.
Anti-virus/spyware/adware detection should be totally honest in reporting when some sleazy vendor is trying to slip something onto your system without proper notification, even if that sleazy vendor is one of the biggest media comapnies in the world, or some newly minted spyware cum "browser helper" scumball like Claria (formally Gator, one of the most reviled spyware perpetrators in the business).
The fact that these anti-virus companies are willing to give a pass to malware if the company pushing it is big enough (or, in Claria's case, litigious enough) puts their integrity and products in serious doubt.
But the one thing that stands out is this: all these schemes rely on Microsoft products being the weak link to allow your system to be invaded. If you don't run Redmond Crapware, you have little to worry about from these bad actors.
Linux is free; life is good.
Here's an odd and sad follow-up to the murder of Johnny Flobeck that I just noticed: News 8 Austin | 24 Hour Local News | LOCAL NEWS | $79 million judgment against Ryan Grady
The parents of a student at The University of Texas killed in 2002 will get up to $79 million.
A judge ordered Ryan Grady to pay that amount to the parents of Johnny Flobeck.
Grady was acquitted last year of murdering Flobeck but found guilty of aggravated assault.
During a fight, Grady hit Flobeck over the head with a steering wheel anti-theft lock device.
Both men were UT students at the time. Flobeck's parents filed the wrongful death suit after the criminal trial ended.
A promising life cut short by an act of rage and stupidity.
Jim Schutze tells a story about what dicks the Dallas transit cops are: dallasobserver.com | News & Features | Schutze | Bus Gestapo | 2005-12-08
Remember the scene in 2001 - a Space Odyssey when the apes react to the monolith that appeared in their presence? Well, that scene is being reenacted in Alaska: Wired News: The Cyclotron Comes to the 'Hood