Month February 2004

Settlement near in grocery strike

Settlement near in grocery strike Looks like it’ll be two-tiered. New workers get less pay, and benefits will be cut. We shall see. Whether the grocery companies can get back their previous business is an open question. I’ve found I don’t…

Microsoft monoculture

Microsoft monoculture I’m taking those monoculture warnings about Microsoft products seriously. If everyone runs the same software, especially software notorious for having security holes, then a serious virus could take everyone out. Everyone, that is, except those not running Internet…

Fuck you, Alan!

Fuck you, Alan! Greenspan urges future Social Security cuts. Well, that won’t affect him, now will it? He’s wealthy and already of retirement age. Maybe it’s time he did just that.

Tenet spouts the old and…

Tenet spouts the old and obvious as news CIA Director George J. Tenet warned Tuesday that a wave of smaller, scattered terrorist organizations was eclipsing Al Qaeda as the most serious threat to the United States and its allies, and…

Beyond tacky…

Beyond tacky… Mel Gibson’s “official licensed products” website for The Passion of Christ is selling nail pendants – as in crucifixion nail pendants.