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I tell you, buy a Microsoft penis enlargment kit, and you'll increase in size by this amount in one day.

One World, One Party, One Operating System

When I want your opinion, I'll give it to you

A lot of bad things can happen to a company using non-windows Operating Systems, you know. We wouldn't want that to happen now would we?

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, we've got a customer who doesn't want to renew their software licenses. What are we going to do?

• Giant Food Inc. was caught providing its customers' prescription purchasing info to marketers
• A customer's alcohol buying habits was brought up by Von's (part of Safeway) when he sued after slipping on spilled yogurt in their store (it didn't make it to court)
• You could get rejected for health care coverage if you have a heart condition and your insurance company finds out that you've been filling your cart with potato chips and desserts.
• Any number of other problems from the sharing of your purchasing information between business partners.

The current ruling could set a useful precedent... with someone finally having the guts to intervene against illegal abuse of monopolies, Microsoft may finally have to pay for the damage it has done to the software industry and users

It's funny... My friends and I are into both cars and computers. I'm thinking of one friend in particular who has the fastest car in the crowd... he is also the only one among us who likes to overclock his stuff. It all started a few years ago when he had a motherboard that allowed him to set the speed with some jumper settings. He said, "Hmmm... This CPU is only supposed to go up to X mhz" (I think it was, like, 233 or something) "but let's put it on 300 and see what happens." Apparently, it worked fine, so he's been pushing his computers ever since.

Funny thing about reliability vs. performance, too: Among our group of friends, he has had the most hard drive disasters, and has also had the most transmissions break in his car (physically break--as in a loud BAM!!! from power-shifting too much). Both are mechanical systems... I wonder if there is any correlation.

On the other hand, there are programmers who don't know a screwdriver from an impact wrench, and there is the story I recently read about how new cars' computer codes frustrate mechanics. Most of these guys are purely mechanically inclined. I think there is a serious need for people in each of these two industries to familiarize themselves with the other.

"As you can see, we've had our eye on you for some time now, Mr. Anderson. It seems that you've been living three lives. In one, you're Thomas A. Anderson... The second life is lived in computers, where you go by the hacker alias Neo... The third life is lived at drag races and car shows, where you are known as Smoked Chevy and have made every moving violation we have a law for."

A link to same story not on that-paper-that-requires-a-registration

I was reading about this earlier today. This article, FCC Reverses Ruling On Bono Profanity, Hits Howard Stern With Maximum Penalty talks about the reversed decisions of the FCC. Apparently (Howard Stern Show is not in my city anymore) Howard has changed a large portion of his show to criticize the Bush administration. He was a supporter for the actions in Afghanistan and Iraq, but the censorship has pissed him off. He's urging his 8 million listeners to vote bush out. Here's the link: Does Howard Stern Have More Political Muscle Than Ralph Nader? Last, here is a Q&A about crackdown on indecency If you can walk around in your community and not be offended, you are not living in a free society.

I am reading from here:

The commission, as well as rival software makers, have argued that bundling programs such as Media Player into Windows is anticompetitive, because it puts rival music and video players such as Real Networks' RealOne Player and Apple's QuickTime at a disadvantage.

Does anyone know if this is can be compared to the whole Internet Explorer uninstall battle? I've never had any problems with WMP interfering. Realoneplayer and quicktime all provide free versions, what competition is there? Quicktime by default doesn't even play most video codecs. I don't understand exactly how this will change the way general people use WMP, realplayer, or quicktime. And does the EU enforcing their rules even effect the US at all?

Kay McFadden is a respected TV show reviewer in the Seattle and had this to say, among other things:

"The stories tend to lean on loopholes -- cases and laws post-dating 2004. By any entertainment standards, the writers do a middling job of courtroom preparation and a really bad one with soap-opera histrionics.

At the end of tonight's episode, the verdict is clear: "Century City" is an argument against the kind of research that leads networks to mindless replication. Just say no to cloning."

More robot news along the same lines.

American robotics engineering teams (mostly University students) participated in a DOD sponsored race for semi-autonomous vehicles. They had to get from point A to point B, using all manner of guidance systems and obstacle-avoidance.

Unfortunately all of them failed to arrive at point B, but there you are.

Well, I know of at least one other: Honda. There was a story on NPR last week about how they were testing the waters for lightweight jet engines. The story indicated that any profits would be decades away. I found an online story about it that also addresses Toyota's (!) advances into the market. While I could not find the exact quote I heard on the radio, this one is equally telling:

"This is a pure research-and-development program. We don't have a commercial plan" for the HondaJet.

It takes really deep pockets and big, brass cojones to think in these terms. I say more power to 'em.

you know that USA is already under sanctions (for the first time ever in history) from the EU over "fair trade" (or the lack of it) and its starting to bite

do not piss off those who feed you, 6bn people can continue without 280m troublemakers if that is what it takes for fair world trade.
the present administration has set your standings in the world back by at least 20years if not more, the EU (or the rest of the world) doesn't believe a word you say and Buisness is realising it too, trust once lost is very hard to regain, all in the space of 4years.

shame really because the old America was fun to know

• 1. Movie to missle complex in WA State
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June 2003, the failure rate for the New York State Math 'A' regents exam reached all time highs. Apparently the test was no more difficult than it ever was in the past. It's trig and algebra, people. Apparently some 65% of high school students didn't get it. read the report

"I think we have to be really careful about grading, that we don't do things that really devastate children and don't give an accurate reflection of their work." -Chief Instructional Officer Sandy Johnson (Tennessee), supporting a proposal to change the grading guidelines so that the lowest grade you can receive for anything is a 50/100. That's right! Don't even show up for class and get a 50%!

Nashville was also contemplating dropping the Honor Roll program because of fears of slipping student morale: story

(Haven't followed up on that. Did they actually do it?)

What about that story about 1337 speak in schools? That kind of functional illiteracy is barely accepable online, but it's okay for english papers?

I also remember reading somewhere about parents complaining about a school hanging other student's aorks in the hallways. Apparently it made their kids feel bad to not get their stuff hung up too. I'll see if I can track down that source.

That's just what I can think of off the top of my head. I haven't had breakfast yet...
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I am uncertain why you suggest the parent read a newspaper or turn on the television news, considering your implication that it would prove you correct. Instead, it proves that your theory is a conspiracy denied countless times. The NY Times, Washington Post and other newspapers you're referring to have all consistently reported that this theory has been denied. Most cable news channels have had limited coverage altogether, reporting on the status of the Marines stationed in Haiti and noting only briefly Aristide's quaint claim that he was kidnapped, followed by a quotation of the Pentagon's denial and subsequent dismissal. I watch daily CNN, FNC and MSNBC, meaning those are the channels I refer to. Located here is an editorial which covers the majority of the material. For the record, both the Seattle Times and San Francisco Chronicle are respected in the industry, but the NY Times is included here as well.

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There are occasions in which skepticism is warranted, in which the government is lying to you in order to further its agenda. There may even be times in which the White House spokesman can casually lie to you without showing an iota of remorse, although that would be remarkable. This is not one of those times, as is obvious to those of us who are paying attention. Pull your head out of your ass.

Besides, apple wants to make money on the music, not the hardware.

• "So our philosophy is that traffic to the music store will lead to iPod sales and iPod sales will lead to the sale of Macs."

• "Apple's goal with iTunes -- which has yet to make a profit despite sales of more than 15 million songs -- is not to sell music but to sell its music player, the iPod."

I think that this is it, but you'll need a NYT-style free login.

Actually, this article puts Microsoft's cash (not assets, just cash!) at $49 Billion as of Summer 2003. So yes, $100 million is chump change to them, as appalling as that may sound.

As for accounting, I don't think you'd have to get too creative. Baystar Capital Partners is an investment firm. If MS gives them money, it just looks like money they're investing. Any strings that might be attached to that money wouldn't have to show up in the balance sheet.

Here is a post from the IWW news mailing list that includes the text of an article from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer about the case. In fact the details dealt with butchers rather than deli workers (a deli may sell precut/prepared meats exclusively thus not requiring butchers).

So, contrary to your whining, there are 17 MILLION MORE PEOPLE WORKING now that there were 10 years ago.

Looking at your own statistics, there are also 10 MILLION MORE PEOPLE NOT WORKING now than there were 10 years ago. Let's put that into some perspective: 10 years ago, 65.1% of the total was employed. Now, 64.8% of the total is employed. That's slightly worse than before.

You should also consider the fact that 10 years ago we were just recovering from another recession in 1992. How long has our current recession been going on?

They forgot the class currently being taught at the University of Washington (which I am taking at the moment). It looks at Google from a wide variety of standpoints-- including looking at Google as a 'Ravager of Worlds'-- and is definitely a nice departure from the traditional "learn how to Google stuff" class.

Actually, both Bush and Kerry have said that they oppose gay marriage. I'm sure I don't need a link to show Bush's stance, but here is a story on Kerry's. Apparently, he's been flipping around based on public opinion. Man, I wish we could get a candidate that people could really get behind. I guess I'll have to go third party on this election.

Since no one really cares about RFID, except for low-level Wal-Mart executives (oh, excuse me, associates) and some liberal whiners, waving the privacy flag (so that the world doesn't find out the truth about their sexual preferences) let's discuss a different RSA-related story.

New Windows log-on increases security

RSA Security of Bedford, Mass., plans to introduce a product today that will let computer users log onto machines running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system with the combination of a personal ID number and a frequently changing code, rather than a static password.

Once again, Linux is left out, but by the year 2009 hopefully a proper driver will be provided to implement security policy for a desktop machine, whether at office, or home.

Man that was tough ;)

Do we really need this stuff? I could see arguments for more communications hardware up there, but hypervelocity weapons and lasers?

Iran has a secret nuclear weapons program, long range missiles, calls the US "The Great Satan," and would no doubt love to nuke, in order: Israel, the US.

Libya had had a secret nuclear weapons program for years, long range missiles, a history of terrorism. It was only the example of Iraq, diplomatic pressure from the US & UK, and Libya's hope to rejoin the civilized world that is causing them to drop it. Will they reverse course? Who knows.

North Korea has had secret nuclear weapons program for years, claims to have nuclear weapons now, has long range missiles that could reach the US. This is also a country with which the US is still technically at war. It has pursued expensive nuclear weapons programs while it let as many as 2,000,000 people starve to death over the last couple of years, conducted experiments with chemical weapons on prisoners, and other atrocities.

Pakistan has developed nuclear weapons, long range missiles, and is in danger of falling under the power of Islamist extremists.

Space based defense probably won't help much against Al Qaida's nuclear weapons, if they really have them, but maybe space based surveillance capability will be useful.

Brazils leftist government has been making anti-American noises and has publicly indicated an interest in nuclear weapons. They already have some of the most advanced capabilities in South America.

There are a number of other countries pursuing nuclear weapons, some of which may be hostile to the US.

What we could put in the field now may be good enough against the wacko nations like North Korea. We've waited long enough.

Do we really need this stuff? I could see arguments for more communications hardware up there, but hypervelocity weapons and lasers?

Iran has a secret nuclear weapons program, long range missiles, calls the US "The Great Satan," and would no doubt love to nuke, in order: Israel, the US.

Libya had had a secret nuclear weapons program for years, long range missiles, a history of terrorism. It was only the example of Iraq, diplomatic pressure from the US & UK, and Libya's hope to rejoin the civilized world that is causing them to drop it. Will they reverse course? Who knows.

North Korea has had secret nuclear weapons program for years, claims to have nuclear weapons now, has long range missiles that could reach the US. This is also a country with which the US is still technically at war. It has pursued expensive nuclear weapons programs while it let as many as 2,000,000 people starve to death over the last couple of years, conducted experiments with chemical weapons on prisoners, and other atrocities.

Pakistan has developed nuclear weapons, long range missiles, and is in danger of falling under the power of Islamist extremists.

Space based defense probably won't help much against Al Qaida's nuclear weapons, if they really have them, but maybe space based surveillance capability will be useful.

Brazils leftist government has been making anti-American noises and has publicly indicated an interest in nuclear weapons. They already have some of the most advanced capabilities in South America.

There are a number of other countries pursuing nuclear weapons, some of which may be hostile to the US.

What we could put in the field now may be good enough against the wacko nations like North Korea. We've waited long enough.

The car is mine, and while on my private property I should be able to do whatever I like with it.

That's why there's Segway and an increasing variety of Slo-Go mobility devices.

Cars are for responsible drivers the government can designate and trust. Consider, a car irresponsibly driven can be a flying missile, is often used by terrorists as weapons (ever hear of a car bomb?), can potentially outrun officers of the law, are used by pedophiles and other criminals to abduct persons, and in general is much more responsibility than most citizens are equipped to handle. Timothy McVey drove a car to flee the scene, and drove a truck to destroy innocent citizens. We don't let people own grenades or missiles, and owning a car or truck has become nearly as dangerous.

Unlike developing EU measures to restrict car ownership to by fiat (forcing the masses to take public transportation), early US national and municipal studies recognized that US citizens were unlikely to abandon transportation forms that restricted their liberty. Hence the Federal subsidies and purchasing support for Segway and similar low-speed, low-risk mobility devices (aka "Slo-Go").

With a Segway (or comperable Slo-Go mobility device), drunk driving consequences are reduced to a few bruises or possibly a broken bone. Death to innocent parties in a collision? Absolutely not. Road rage at 10 mph? Equally limited consequences.

Fleeing law enforcement (in autos) in a Segway would only be a few minutes of absolute amusement for the officer involved, before the fleeing party was apprehended. Road wear and a variety of other issues with big vehicles would all be eliminated.

Congressional studies suggested an initial step in the next five years to dramatically hike auto registration/ownership taxes beyond the reach of many, creating a market preference shift for slow-go devices. Blanket auto ownership restrictions would probably meet extreme initial resistance, so punitive taxes gradually increased would be the most effective way of shifting ownership and encouraging the growth of the slow-go market.

The car experiment has been a collosal 100-year failure. Transition to Slo-Go is the only proper way for letting the masses drive. If you agree, be sure to check out the leading Slo-Go website EVWorld.com

"We have had ongoing discussions with Microsoft about supporting their Xbox Live functionality. It really comes down to a difference in philosophy about the business model. They're creating a new revenue and profit stream. They want to use our intellectual property. They don't want to compensate us for the use of our intellectual property. We think that's a little unrealistic. It would be akin to someone starting a new cable channel and going to HBO or ESPN and saying, we're going to use your content, but you're not going to be compensated for that. I doubt that they would get much of a reception from HBO or ESPN. And so, we've been having ongoing discussions. The negotiations continue to this day. We're moving closer and closer together in terms of a business model that we think is palatable. I think we'll eventually get there. In the meantime we are very, very strong on the Sony platform, supporting their functionality."

So, I'd say I have a somewhat firm grasp as to what is going on.

In World-War II, despite laws to the contrary the Census Department's data was used to locate and round up Japenese Americans for "interment" (see here) And, while the truth has indeed come out as most sanctimonious defenders of PATRIOT Et al, insist it will, it came out 50 years later. The pendulum it seems is quite slow.

Try reading this Seattle P-I article written by Todd Bishop.

You linked a follow-up article direct from the AP wire.

"The movement of American factory jobs and white-collar work to other countries is part of a positive transformation that will enrich the U.S. economy over time, even if it causes short-term pain and dislocation, the Bush administration said yesterday."

Translation ( Bush to American workers): Go Away.

I say we help Bush family share the "short-term pain and dislocation" by putting their sons out of work as well.

Steve

They already have:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/140945_aclu 24.html

Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates must submit to questioning under oath by lawyers for Burst.com Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc. as they prepare antitrust claims against the world's largest software maker, a U.S. judge said Friday.

U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz in Baltimore ordered Gates to undergo the pretrial questioning for three hours.

Burst.com has sued Microsoft, accusing the company of breaking antitrust laws to prevent competition for software used to broadcast sound and audio programs over the Internet.

Motz noted that a federal appeals court has limited use in private suits against Microsoft of evidence from the government's antitrust case against the company. Given that, lawyers for Sun and Burst must have a freer hand to prepare their own evidence, he said.

"It seems to me you ought to be able to depose Mr. Gates or anybody else deposed by the government as much as you want to," Motz told Lloyd Day, a lawyer representing Sun Microsystems.

Motz accepted Burst's argument that Gates "is no Lee Iacocca" and should be forced to answer questions about allegations that Microsoft illegally stifled competition.

Iacocca, when he headed Chrysler Corp., was excused from being questioned under oath in a product-liability lawsuit after arguing that he wasn't personally responsible for the alleged design flaws in cars that were at issue in the case.

Of course these facts come for the absolute UNDISPUTED source of proven independant facts, Microsoft.

While reading some news I stumbled on this article:
The best part is: "...of The SCO Group, a small Utah software company."

However, absentee voting has this same problem!

Too true, and one reason most states' election laws put fairly strict limits on who may get an absentee ballot, and for what reasons. I suspect the justification is that we'll pay the price of a few paid-for ballots in order to extend the vote to that much larger population which can't get to the polls in person.

As a result, I'm suspicious of the few experiments with mail-in ballots. It exposes the entire electorate to the same problems. See, for example, a California town's forum and A news column on Washington State's state-wide mail-in balloting.

Neither.

To put it another way, get past your TV addiction. Read a book or listen to some real music (no, the latest indie band or rap crap doesn't count) instead. Trouble is, those activities require an attention span, something TV robs you of!

RANT: If more people did those things, and if our schools taught people to be free thinkers rather than obedient sheep (when they're not grubbing for money), then we likely wouldn't be in the mess we're in!

I find it interesting: the/.ers who caterwaul and bitch the most about the *AA and Hollywood are the first ones to gladly pony up their scarce money for LOTR, Star Wars, etc. In the latter case, George Lucas is Mister DRM!

I'm sure I've committed blasphemy and will be modded into oblivion, but what the hell, I've got karma to burn.

Governor Imposes Stay on MATRIX

Governor ends Utah's roles in database

Matrix FOIA Request to Utah State Police

The MATRIX

Privacy Watch: Matrix

Matrix Updates

Matrix Raises a Stir

But now I enjoy reading Bill Virgin's column at the P-I. (Maybe he and Cringely are half-brothers.)

What the article is saying, is that adding primitives to a collection is slower than adding objects (due to boxing - automatic or otherwise).

Yes, but the title of this article is "Generics in C#, Java, and C++". My question is, what the hell does autoboxing in Java have to do with generics? With generics, only objects can be put into collections. Without generics, only objects can be put into collections. Nothing's changed!

Of course, I think the real point of this article is to use the topic of Generics as an excuse to empahsise the fact that Java collections can't hold primitive types. Considering the other objective advice that's come out of Mircosoft, I can't say I'm suprised.

Darn. I used to like the Seattle-PI. They run two of my favorite comic strips online. And these are King's Features comics, too, so if they didn't there would be nowhere else I could get them in real time, or even look at their three-year-plus archive.

Darn. I used to like the Seattle-PI. They run two of my favorite comic strips online. And these are King's Features comics, too, so if they didn't there would be nowhere else I could get them in real time, or even look at their three-year-plus archive.

You're talking about this, I believe.

....Not to mention forcing their customers to listen to Fox News Lies in their stores and censoring music (but not movies or violent video games.

it's still on the agenda.

a trans-afghan pipeline has been encouraged by the us for years preceding the latest invasion of the country. it may never be built, but it is still being pushed by the US. There has been news trickling in fairly steadily in the past two months about this. eg from times of india jan 12

the kazakhs HAVE a good deal of oil/gas - it needs to get south and west. maybe you're referring to the BTC pipeline project that replaced the first trans-afghan pipeline plan.

the idea put forth by the "conspiracy nuts" is that the US had an interest in occupying the region because their presence means they can fund and participate in the installation of new export infrastructure (like the BTC, in which US-based Unocal is involved). The war in Afghanistan meant bases in neighboring countries like Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and Kyrgyzstan, which allows for a permanent regional presence.

it doesn't really matter where the pipeline runs -the US couldn't have participated as easily if it hadn't established a presence.

maybe the conspiracy nuts should hold off on the apologies after unocal donates a portion of their profits to the poverty and war-stricken afghan people, or towards the all-too-modest $160 million reconstruction plan. (To put this into perspective: this doesn't even approach the size of the defecits some of the US' state budgets run).

Software giant threatens mikerowesoftZDNet.co.uk,UK-8 minutes agoMicrosoft has set its lawyers onto a 17-year-old software writer from Vancouver, called Mike Rowe, because he has registered MikeRoweSoft.com, which the

Microsoft not pleased about mikerowesoft websiteAnanova,UK-3 hours agoA Canadian teenager called Mike Rowe who added the word soft to his name for his website title, has been ordered by Microsoft to hand over the domain.

Microsoft won't go soft on Mike RoweLondon Free Press,Canada-4 hours agoVANCOUVER -- Like any good fledgling businessperson, Mike Rowe knew

Microsoft lawyers threaten Mike Rowe (17)The Register,UK-5 hours agoIn what could easily be mistaken for an Onion story, Microsoft has unleashed the full fury of its lawyers on 17-year-old Canadian high-school student, Mike Rowe

Mike may be Rowe, but 'soft' is troubleSeattle Times,WA-7 hours agoBy The Associated Press. VANCOUVER, BC - Mike Rowe knew he needed a catchy name for his Web-site design company. But the folks

Big bully Gates targets teenTimes of India,India-8 hours agoVANCOUVER: No matter what Shakespeare said on the theme of nomenclature, Microsoft has thought it fit to sue a teenager whose domain name is a lot like the

Microsoft vs MikeRoweSoftIndependent Online,South Africa-10 hours agoVancouver, British Columbia - Mike Rowe thinks it's funny that his catchy name for a website design company sounds a lot like Microsoft.

Microsoft takes on teenNEWS.com.au,Australia-10 hours agoMIKE Rowe thinks it is funny that his catchy name for a Web site design company sounds a lot like Microsoft. "Since my name is Mike

Langford student battles tech giant over use of his domain name: Canada.com,Canada-Jan 17, 2004Mike Rowe, a Langford high school student who does Web site design part-time, is locked in a legal battle with one of the world's biggest companies.

Microsoft vs. Mike Rowe SoftWIS,SC-47 minutes ago(Vancouver, British Columbia-AP) Jan. 19, 2004 - It's Microsoft versus Mike Rowe-soft. Mike Rowe, 17, wanted a catchy name for his Web site design company.

Support CD Babyp2pnet.net,Canada-1 hour agoBecause Mike, who lives in Victoria on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada (and a short drive from p2pnet.net's thriving central base : ) makes a

Microsoft Talk Legal to 17 Year-Old Owner of MikeRoweSoft DomainShortNews.com-2 hours agoMike Rowe, 17, from British Columbia, Canada decided to start up a small web business and called his domain MikeRoweSoft. Smart

Microsoft Corporation vs MikeRoweSoftOfficialSpin-3 hours agoVictoria, British Columbia -- (OfficialSpin) -- 19/01/04 -- A 17 year-old high school student, Mike Rowe, who just so happens to earn a few extra bucks...

Microsoft demands teen to give up domain nameSalem Statesman Journal,OR-7 hours agoVANCOUVER, British Columbia - Mike Rowe knew that he needed

Funny you should say that, because it goes so well with this-- http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/horsey/viewbydate.as p?id=948

You really have to bite your tongue, be polite, keep your opinions to yourself, and be a gracious guest. Saudi justice is not american justice (in court, if it's a muslim's word against a christian's word, the christian can lose automatically) You're NOT a citizen there, and if you forget that detail, you can get yourself in serious trouble.

I don't want to deny the seriousness of your comment at all, and I think overall America is much better than average about how we treat foreigners. But I have a number of Sikh and Muslim friends, and they have similar concerns about the US, even the ones who are citizens, even the ones who grew up here.

They feel the threat not just from ignorant yutzes, but also from the government. Just last night a dear Indian-American friend who grew up in the Detroit area was telling me about her Sikh aunt and uncle's recent visit. Pulled aside for questioning, presumably because of his turban, the uncle did his best to answer their questions in English, a lanugage he's not so familiar with. Long story short, they decided he was being sneaky rather than puzzled and confiscated his passport. A two week visit turned into two months of lawsuit to get his passport back.

Again, I say this not to undermine your point about Saudi Arabia, but just to remind everybody else that it's easy to forget that although we may feel safe in our country and generally trust in the government to behave responsibly, it's easy for foreigners to have a pretty different view of things.

Are you now or ever have been a member of a student organization -- Wall Street Journal | May 29, 2003
That's why people in this rural university town were so surprised on Feb. 26, when Federal Bureau of Investigation agents arrived before dawn in unmarked vehicles at Mr. Hussayen's home to arrest him. The agents rousted him from bed and took him away in handcuffs. Over the next two days, most members of the campus MSA, which Mr. Hussayen formerly headed, were interrogated about their immigration status, extracurricular activities and views of the U.S...

Homeland Defense is protecting you by getting rid of *dangerous* women and children
The wife [..] says she'll voluntarily leave the United States within 120 days. The decision by Maha Al-Hussayen put an end to the government's attempts to deport her and her children. Al-Hussayen's attorney says she made the decision after she was threatened with jail and several character witnesses became too intimidated to testify on her behalf. She must leave by March 6th.

This guy had a *glowing* GPA in grad school here and here
Sami Omar Al-Hussayen, a Saudi national working on his computer science doctoral degree, quietly moved his student office from the Computer Science Department into the school's engineering isotope lab, apparently without his adviser's knowledge, according to the documents.
Al-Hussayen moved into the engineering lab while he was under surveillance by agents assigned to the Inland Northwest Joint Terrorism Task Force, the documents say. Surveillance teams determined Al-Hussayen primarily used the engineering isotope lab after hours.

And 4 other people you DIDN'T hear about

Read here

The sundial from a little while ago helps find tint and all. The pics need calibration.... doesn't sound like a conspiracy to me.

I recently read another guy's story at his journey to try and win the Master Builder position. You can find it here.