February 2006 Archives

Jane Lane from Daria takes the dreaded Kobayashi Maru test from Star Trek.

From here: WSOCTV.com - Charlotte News - Cheney Shoots, Injures Man While Hunting

WASHINGTON -- Vice President Dick Cheney's spokeswoman said Cheney accidentally shot and injured a man during a hunting trip in Texas.

The accident happened at the Armstrong Ranch in south Texas. The property's owner said the 78-year-old victim is "alert and doing fine," after Cheney sprayed him with shotgun pellets while trying to shoot a bird.

Cheney's spokeswoman, Lea Anne McBride, said the vice president is with the victim and his wife at the hospital.

From here: ShoutWire - 17 Year Old Girl Sentenced To Death By Hanging

Tehran, Iran, Jan. 07 - An Iranian court has sentenced a teenage rape victim to death by hanging after she weepingly confessed that she had unintentionally killed a man who had tried to rape both her and her niece.

President Daria Morgendorffer slowly walked through the Oval Office. She had finally done it. After years of hard work, she had won the presidency. She slid down into the chair.

"Ma'am? We need to get you set up with the nuclear weapons codes."

Daria frowned and turned to the Secret Service agent. "Is that really necessary?"

"I'm afraid it is." He lifted a suitcase to the top of the desk. "We call this the Football. An agent carries with him where ever you go. The agent has a special name."

"Let me guess. He's called the..."

The door to the Oval Office opened. In walked Kevin still wearing his football padding underneather the standard dark suit all Secret Service agents wore.

"Hi, Daria. Hey guess what? I'm still the QB!"

Daria hung her head.

From here: AT&T claims MPEG-4 patent infringement, wants Apple to pay up - Engadget

We already knew that between MPEG-LA, Via Licensing and others, MPEG-4 and the H.264 codec were already awash with patent holders and complicated royalty systems, but it looks like there's a new kid on the block that wants its share of Apple, CyberLink, DivX, InterVideo and Sonic Solutions pie. Fresh from its SBC merger, AT&T is going after the big iPod bucks claiming that the device infringes on their patents which they claim are "a core component of MPEG-4." AT&T claims that they're not just after the money and that they're looking to "make sure others are able to take advantage of this technology," but they also state: "what we're doing is pretty common among intellectual property holders," which isn't exactly comforting given the tech industry's history with such things.

Can't we all get along?

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Cakeordeath asked if we could use formatting on the post text. This was an attept to see if we could. Italics works. Can't try bold as my titles are already in bold.

From: KFMB, San Diego, California

What goes on behind their walls is so secret, its Southern California location is kept from the public. In this exclusive, News 8 shows you what it takes to be number one in the DVD rental business.

The goings-on in this multi-million-dollar enterprise is so guarded that we can't reveal its exact location. Cameras are usually banned from the immense space where encoded discs are sent to millions of people.

But it's no secret... Americans love movies. From new releases, dramas, and musicals to the classics, Netflix is bringing movies to millions of people via the internet and the U.S. Postal Service. There's plenty to choose from with 55,000 titles. Netflix is now the world's largest online DVD rental service with over 4 million subscribers.

Originally from here

Every home should have one. From the SPAM-L mailing list:

Republican Talking Points [Bullshit] Generator

Also the Web Economy Bullshit Generator

Taken from here:

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. -- Two men are being held in the Palm Beach County jail in connection with the death of the co-creator of "Curious George."

Chapter 5 of my Daria/ Star Frontiers Crossover - Crash on Volturnus

I'm putting up a table of contents since it appears some of the incoming websites haven't updated yet for Chapter 5.

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5