US/Canada Power Outage Task Force Event Timeline

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US/Canada Power Outage Task Force Event Timeline

Posted by michael on Friday September 12, 2003 @08:58AM from the alone-in-the-dark dept.

bofus writes "The U.S./Canada Power Outage Task Force issued the Aug. 14, 2003 Sequence of Events at noon today. While no conclusions are drawn at this point, it does paint a pretty good picture of what happened and when it happened."

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Oh the humanity by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-12 08:59 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I just heard some sad news on NPR - Pope John Paul was found dead in his Vatican home this afternoon. Apparently, he was in the garage and fell off a ladder trying to retrieve some vintage Jack Tripper outfits to reinact the Three's Company scene where Jack's balls fell out of his shorts. Scary. Who hasn't done the exact same thing on countless occassions? I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular religion. Truly a Catholic icon. A Johnny Cash/Warren Zevon/Barry White tribute album is planned. Stay tuned for details.
Relevant? by devphaeton · 2003-09-12 08:59 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Though this is entertaining to read, is it News for nerds, stuff that matters?

Oh yeah, FP!

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SLASHDOT MYTH #4 VS. REALITY by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-12 09:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

MYTH #4: "If you're truly working on something high-tech, today's high-tech, you'll never have to worry about your job moving."
Per nasscom.org, "A recent study on the biotech market by business intelligence firm, Ernst & Young, has shown that India has the potential to become a leading hub of biotech projects. Indian companies have the capability to enter segments such as manufacturing biogenerics, contract research services, clinical trials and even areas such as bio-informatics.
poo by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-12 09:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

all your grids are belong to us.
SCO/LUNIX IS ON TEH SPOKE!!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-12 09:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

hooo-aahh
John Ritter dead at 54 by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-12 09:03 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I just heard some sad news on talk radio, sci-fi/horror writer John Ritter was found dead in his Maine home today. There wern't any more details. Even if you didn't like his work you can't deny his contributions to popular culture, truly an american icon.

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Sad news ... John Ritter dead at 54 by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-12 09:05 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Actor John Ritter was found dead in his LA home this morning. Apparently, he was in the garage and fell off a ladder trying to get out his old Jack Tripper outfits to reinact the Three's Company scene where his balls fell out of his shorts. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
Details slowly emerge: by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-12 09:05 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Apparently, he was in the garage and fell off a ladder trying to get out his old Jack Tripper outfits to reinact the Three's Company scene where his balls fell out of his shorts.
Re:Are you down? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-12 09:06 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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Obligatory Line by Eberlin · 2003-09-12 09:08 · Score: 0, Offtopic

5:00:00 - Profit!!!
BASH is on to your antics! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-12 09:08 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Defeat the GNAA! Join Landover Baptist Church's very own B.A.S.H. (Baptists Are Saving Homosexuals) Ministry!
While we at BASH are yet unable to cure niggerism (or any other such God-inflicted curse of skin pigmentation), we have had record success turning limp-wristed, "Queer Eye" watching nancy-boys and bull-dyke lesbians back in to straight, God-fearing, Republican-voting human beings!
All we need is your pious financial support, plenty of imprecatory prayer and a good-sized, Leviticus-charged stone or two, and soon the GNAA will be a thing of the past!
To join, go here and read all about how you can start saving gay Negroes from Satan's clutches!
This post was brought to you by a Landover Baptist Church Member.
If you or anyone you know exhibits these signs they may be a homosexual and at risk of joining Satan's Army, or the GNAA.
Re:text version (aka karma whoring) by inertia187 · 2003-09-12 09:11 · Score: -1, Offtopic

7:10:23 - 7:50:14 PM - CmdrTaco gets up off the john, horrified because the bathroom fan still isn't on.

It's funny because it rhymes, and it's about CmdrTaco pooping.

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No white smoke for you! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-12 09:17 · Score: -1, Offtopic

We're watching the Pope. He's in Slovakia.
God I miss the 80's, new pope and Soviet premiers every time you freakin' turned around. The pagentry!
Draft Wesley Clark for President by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-12 09:18 · Score: -1, Offtopic

This guy, a West Point graduate(1st in class), a Rhodes Scholar in economics, politics and philosophy. he is also a Vietnam Vet and 4-star general and former NATO commander.

It would be stupid not to get him in.

http://www.draftclark2004.com/biography.asp
1. Re:Draft Wesley Clark for President by CausticWindow · 2003-09-12 09:27 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Yet Another War Nut
  
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2. Re:Draft Wesley Clark for President by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-12 09:35 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  This guy has apparently been educated way beyond his intelligence.
  
  It would be stupid to get him in.
  
  http://www.fuckclark2004.com/biography.ass
  
  I'll remind you of this until either Clark goes away or the election is over. This is a man who doesn't know the difference between Marx' "Communist Manifesto" and the U.S. Constitution. He says that "America was founded on the principal of progressive taxation." He's wrong. Communism, not America, was founded on the principle of progressive taxation. It's right there in the Communist Manifesto. A progressive income tax was not permitted under the U.S. Constitution. It didn't happen until politicians managed to talk American myrmidons into approving an amendment allowing it. Wesley Clark needs a crash course in the history and formation of the country he wants to lead. ~ Neal Boortz ~ boortz.com
Stuff that matters? by stratjakt · 2003-09-12 09:21 · Score: 0, Offtopic

This is stuff that matters.

You guys wanna talk about dual use? Tommy Chong is off to the slammer for 9 months for selling pipes. Not drugs, but pipes.

choice quote:
He admitted once having "a drug problem with marijuana" but said he beat it by redirecting his energy to salsa dancing.

Fuckin lame war on drugs. Yeah, Cheech and Chong are dangerous lunatics and definately need to be taking up cell space.

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1. Re:Stuff that matters? by xchino · 2003-09-12 09:28 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  While it most certainly sucks Chong got busted, it has nothing to do with the technical nature of slashdot. That's something you find on fark.com. Also, if he wouldn't have geared his marketing gimmicks towards indicating these devices were to be used for marijuana, he wouldn't be in the mess he is in now. All it would have taken was a "For tobacco use only" disclaimer and he could have joined the hundreds of legal water pipe dealers.
  
  Aside from that, the measure of the sentence is ridiculous, apart from the idiocy of anti marijuana laws in the first place.
  
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Draft Wesley Clark for President by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-12 09:24 · Score: -1, Offtopic

This guy is a West Point graduate(1st in class) and a Rhodes Scholar in economics, politics and philosophy. He is also a Vietnam Vet and 4-star general and former NATO commander.

It would be stupid not to get him in.

http://www.draftclark2004.com/biography.asp
So who the hell... by GeneralEmergency · 2003-09-12 09:37 · Score: 0, Offtopic

...declared this to be an "SCO Nonsense Free Friday"?

Stumped, I am!

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Canada topic/icon? by Mr.+Neutron · 2003-09-12 09:41 · Score: 1, Offtopic

This is a US and Canada story. I notice it has the USA topic/icon, but not a Canada topic/icon. Is there a topic icon for Canada? What should the Canada icon look like?
-The Canadian flag?
-A maple leaf?
-A Mountie hat?
-A hockey stick/puck?
-Celine Dion's head?
Any other ideas?

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frost psot by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-12 10:26 · Score: -1, Offtopic

i am the frost post