Found this link from the Presurfer. This site will test your password
and tell you how secure it is. It looks like they are just checking
your password against a few of their guidelines to judge how strong
your password is. Cute but I wish it was a bit more informative instead
of their strength meter.
How strong is your password?
Oct 31, ’03
11:58 AM
The Unabomber’s life in prison
Oct 31, ’03
11:50 AM
The Smoking
Gun has a fascinating story about the Unabomber’s time in prison.
They have a ton of letters he has written, mostly complaints, about
small problems in jail. The first one I read is his complaints about
the mail system they have there.
Here is a man who terrorized and killed people by the mail and he is
complaining about the way they handle outgoing mail.
Some other highlights is his complaining about being shortchanged a
1/2 pint of milk,
his fitness report,
and loud neighbors.
I especially liked how the missing 1/2 pint of milk turned into a 3
page correspondence.
He also receives love letters
from women. I will never understand people who send letters to serial
killers or anyone in prison for a high profile crime. What kind of guys
are they meeting that they think to themselves, "Hmmm John is a
nice guy but that Charlie Manson…WOW".
Zero Tolerance
Oct 31, ’03
9:49 AM
From cnn.com.
A 14-year-old student disciplined for writing a fictional account
of a student who falls asleep in class and dreams of killing a teacher
is moving to another school, her father told CNN Thursday
Zero tolerance is basically saying "We are far too stupid to try
to figure out what is right and what is wrong so anybody who goes near
a grey area will pay the consequences". I am starting to get sick
of these stories where students are being arrested or expelled because
of doing a little creative writing. That is all it boils down to. There
is nothing wrong with writing about anything, no matter how horrible
it is. Writing about someone killing a teacher DOES NOT MEAN THAT SHE
IS GOING TO KILL ANYONE!!!!
Sick of waiting at red lights?
Oct 30, ’03
10:58 AM
There is a gadget now for sale that is similar to what emergency vehicles
have that change lights to green so they can go through.
(from The Presurfer)
Fair and Balanced Lawsuits
Oct 30, ’03
10:47 AM
FOX nearly sued themselves when Rupert Murdoch took offense at a Simpsons
episode.
Great sense of humor FOX.
GDP up to 7.2%
Oct 30, ’03
9:45 AM
Will be an interesting day on Wall Street since GDP looks very good
for the 3rd Quarter. The question is will this be sustained? Will this
lead to job creation? So far good economic news has not halted companies
from laying off workers.
Armed nine year olds
Oct 29, ’03
11:43 AM
Some nine year old kid was waving a toy gun around while his mom was
inside getting her hair done when a cop came by, pulled his service
revolver, and had the kid lie down on the ground as he arrested
him. I can understand being cautious approaching someone who may be
armed but the kid was nine for goodness sakes. And then why was he arrested
when he found out it was a toy gun? That is what children do. They play!!.
I don’t think I could have grown up in this day and age. I had enough
toy guns to invade a make believe "axis of evil" country.
Positive People Day Update
Oct 29, ’03
10:45 AM
A friend of mine just passed me some links about positive people day.
Here is the Globe’s article
about it. Apparently this is the sixth straight year of Positive People
Day. Nancy Purbeck, optimist extraordinaire, says she wants Postive
Peoople day to "rank alongside Christmas or Valentine’s Day".
Here is their homepage.
Victory Over Violence, Inc. is a national organization dedicated
to creating a positive force in the media to offset the cynicism and
negativity, which create a climate of violence. We are the creators
of Positive People Day…
Oh good, I guess they solved the problem of violence in the world.
These people have too much time on their hands. Getting rid of cynicism
and negativity by handing out flyers? INGENIOUS. And why choose Underdog
as your champion? I guess he hasn’t worked in 30 years so he was free.
And do you think that paying someone a compliment is going to stop violence?
Where are these people from?
Solar Flare
Oct 29, ’03
10:41 AM
Be sure to look up in the sky tonight if you have clear skies. The
tremendous solar
flare should make for some really nice aurora. It will be interesting
to see how well communication satellites will work later in the day.
How would you like to work for this guy?
Oct 29, ’03
9:56 AM
George Steinbrenner arrived at the Yankees’ minor-league complex
in Tampa yesterday at 9 a.m. and fired the first low-level staffer who
came in the door after him. From the NY
Post.
