My Secretary is Actually a Cold-Virus Incubator

[Shalome]

I have come to the conclusion that I need to start washing my hands after I touch the office coffee pot. I've gotten more colds since the new secretary got hired a few months ago than I have in the past three years. Things for you to read while I shiver under a blanket while sipping tea:

Surpressing Science in the name of the War on Terror: The federal government asked the National Acadamy of Sciences not to publish a research paper on bioterrorism prevention because terrorists might use the information to learn how to put botulism toxin in milk.

Citibank just up and fucking loses 3.9 million customers' personal data. The bank lost backup tapes that included customers' Social Security numbers, names, account history and loan information about retail customers and former customers.

Another DVD decrypter bites the dust due to a takedown order from an unnamed corporation.

Florida judges are throwing out DUI tickets because Breathalyzers aren't open source -- how they work and are calibrated are closely-kept industry secrets, so whether or not they are functioning correctly cannot be determined.


More News and BotD

[Shalome]

The geniuses at MIT's media lab generously want to give laptops to poor kids in impoverished areas of third-world countries. How humanitarian of them! Unfortunately, they have apparently overlooked the fact that they're targeting areas with no power, no internet access, no tech support, and with a largely illiterate populace, thus making said laptops utterly fucking useless.

So that's how Sigalert works.

A cheap, disposable, 5 ounce pocket-sized camcorder is now available at CVS drugstores. It uses a memory chip that can hold up to 20 minutes of video and its contents are transferrable onto DVD.

"F DUBYA" license plate offends the State of Washington, who issued the plate in the first place. Same thing happened in California last year. Wonder if that guy in the red sports car is still driving around Missouri with his "REICH 4" plates and iron cross bumper stickers after I sent an anonymous email to the state DMV calling them Nazis for allowing it.


Babe of the Day: Tuesday Two-for-One! (NWS) Suicidegirls Reagan and Quinne, who are both just fucking adorable. (it's one of the free preview pics, kids, so no, SG won't sue or any crap like that)

[Manic Velocity]

Originally posted by Shalome
"F DUBYA" license plate offends the State of Washington, who issued the plate in the first place. Same thing happened in California last year. Wonder if that guy in the red sports car is still driving around Missouri with his "REICH 4" plates and iron cross bumper stickers after I sent an anonymous email to the state DMV calling them Nazis for allowing it.

In Utah you can't have a custom plate that says "3M TA3" because it is offensive when reflected in a rear-view mirror.

[medfield]

Not that I agree with those plates, but you start to sensor them and well say goodbye to simple freedoms...whats next freedom of the press and someone accidently clicks on a link to this page and gets offended (like that has happend). Hello manipulated internet, need a login just to enter the site like it was some project...I say if you have a problem with something dont tell the big brother to go do something, go kick his ass yourself if its that much of a problem, and deal with the results ;/ If not...it just aint worth it, but then again Im probably wrong but this is my opinion

[idbeholda]

That's it. After reading these news articles, I'm convinced our country is headed for imminent fucking revolt, or a good portion of us (mainly the WASPs) will die by choking on air, thanks to their own terminal stupidity.

[idbeholda]

Originally posted by medfield
Not that I agree with those plates, but you start to sensor them and well say goodbye to simple freedoms...whats next freedom of the press and someone accidently clicks on a link to this page and gets offended (like that has happend). Hello manipulated internet, need a login just to enter the site like it was some project...I say if you have a problem with something dont tell the big brother to go do something, go kick his ass yourself if its that much of a problem, and deal with the results ;/ If not...it just aint worth it, but then again Im probably wrong but this is my opinion

No, you're absolutely right. The main problem is, that these days, it appears that not only is the government trying to slowly erode its own citizens' rights, but also, they're trying to "teach" the children by enlightening them with a glorious absence of the knowledge of personal freedom, meaningful expression, human rights, and two strange things (I know that most people aren't aware that either of these exist) that our country was founded on, called Common Sense, and The Consitution.

[Manic Velocity]

Originally posted by idbeholda
No, you're absolutely right. The main problem is, that these days, it appears that not only is the government trying to slowly erode its own citizens' rights, but also, they're trying to "teach" the children by enlightening them with a glorious absence of the knowledge of personal freedom, meaningful expression, human rights, and two strange things (I know that most people aren't aware that either of these exist) that our country was founded on, called Common Sense, and The Consitution.

Bullshit. It's the damn self-hating baby boomer generation that's passing the ideals of 30 years ago down to their offspring. If you want to see a generation that has contributed nothing to the world, look no further than the baby boomers. The sad thing is that a lot of the shit they preach is taking root in the disaffected 20-something's of today, and it's producing an echo-boomer generation that feels the government can't do anything right for anybody.

It's not the government that's eroding your rights away, it's your neighbors and co-workers that need to have everything just a certain way. And if everything isn't just so, and if it's not just so within the next five minutes, then somebody needs to be brought up on charges.

The government doesn't care if you have a "Fuck Bush" bumper sticker. It's the nosey soccer mom who doesn't appreciate the word "Fuck" used in any context. Her opinion of Bush could go either way, but it'll be a cold day in hell when she allows the word "Fuck" to be displayed in public. So she takes it upon herself to be the rallying cry of mothers everywhere to protect all children from seeing the word "Fuck" on a bumper sticker.

In all actuality, she couldn't give two shits about another person's kids and she may not even care about her own. She just can't stand the fact that someone dared to have the audacity to put "Fuck" on a bumper sticker.

That's not the government telling you to remove your bumper sticker. That's some nosey bitch down the street telling the government to tell you to remove your bumper sticker.

Every nation in the history of history has made mistakes, the United States included. People just like to scream about how the mistakes we've made far outweigh any good we've ever done and will ever do. Like nothing is ever worth it because we did something 200 years ago that we probably shouldn't have done.

Stop arguing about who bought the faulty tire, get down on the ground, and help fix the damn thing so we can all get the car moving again.

[aadil]

Those Suicidegirls are indeed very pretty.

[cold]

Originally posted by Shalome
Babe of the Day: Tuesday Two-for-One! (NWS) Suicidegirls Reagan and Quinne, who are both just fucking adorable. (it's one of the free preview pics, kids, so no, SG won't sue or any crap like that)

Shalome, I can't thank you enough for finding me another SG pic, mainly one of Quinne, my earlier requests. Thank you, thank you!