Month: April 2003

Man, this guy is just too easy to make fun of: “The U.S. military has not taken Saddam International Airport, nor are their tanks streaming through the streets of Baghdad. Also, the Boston Red Sox bullpen looks to be in great shape.” –Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, Iraq’s Information Minister. via SportsPickle.com “I would like to stress again that…

“How do we strengthen the Second Superpower? What are the next vital developments we need to make? ” [Jim Moore’s Weblog] Even more interesting are the comments from the audience here. Rahul Dave throws  down the idea of a Blog News Network which my friends can tell you I’ve also had designs on for a…

The damn cable TV in the office is down. I’m waiting “24-48 hours” for repairs. Meanwhile, kudos to the Feedroom for high quality streaming video from multiple sources. They even have RSS feeds to tell you what’s on. Example: Saddam Hussein Statue Downed Apr. 9 – In a sweeping, symbolic gesture of the end of…

‘Human shields’ fear for airport The Iraqi regime could employ a “human tide” to fight US-led forces at Baghdad’s airport, the leader of British forces in the Gulf warns. [via BBC News | Front Page | UK Edition] I was, unfortunately saying the same thing at lunch. I predicted this strategy as a way for…

Important New Internet Standard Internet security guru Steve Bellovin proposed today an important new Internet standard, RFC 3514, which creates a new “evil bit” in Internet Protocol packet headers. The evil bit is required to be set in all malicious packets. RFC 3514 fully examines the ramifications of this innovative proposal, including a discussion of…