different strings"different eyes see different things, different hearts beat on different strings" -- Neal Peart(Untitled)- October 29, 2002 ATTENTION: different strings is now located at it's new home - http:www.differentstrings.info. I hope you'll join us there, and thank you for visiting! Kriseldahttp://www.differentstrings.info/2002/10/29.html#a96 We're Number One- October 29, 2002 Draft Charter for Europe Points the Way to a Bigger World Role. A draft constitution for an enlarged European Union was unveiled on Monday, pointing the way toward creating a greater European presence on the world stage. By Paul Meller. Headlines From The NY Times (10292002) As the European Union plans its growth, the United States will need to re-evaluate our own position in the world as a whole. As noted in the NY Times: With about 445 million citizens, the European Union will...http://www.differentstrings.info/2002/10/29.html#a95 Link Leeches- October 28, 2002 When the Spam Hits the Blogs. The latest trick of bulk e-mail marketers is to hit the referral logs of popular weblogs, and the bloggers are hopping mad. By Michelle Delio. Wired News Joy of all joys, spammers are now trying to use referral logs and automatically updated link-back listings as ways of spreading their own trash. So far, I haven't had any such problems on any of my blog sites (but then again, I don't have that much of a readership yet), and I very much hope that I won't. ...http://www.differentstrings.info/2002/10/28.html#a93 The FBI and tips- October 28, 2002 In Trail of Red Flags, an Ex-Friend's Warning to the Authorities Stands Out. A former friend of John Allen Muhammad said on Sunday that she drove him to a backyard gunsmith last fall to have a semiautomatic rifle made shorter and silent. By Charlie Leduffand Dean E. Murphy. New York Times: National Between all of the missed clues before 911 and the missed clues we're learning about now regarding the sniper, I'm beginning to think that maybe the TIPS program that John Ashcroft wants so badly...http://www.differentstrings.info/2002/10/28.html#a92 Laughter with Razorblades- October 27, 2002 And now, this breaking news report on something By HOWARD TROXLER, Times Columnist &169; St. Petersburg Timespublished October 23, 2002 ... ANCHOR: And now here's a roundup of other news. There's war with Iraq, the midterm elections for control of Congress, a reeling economy, forgotten corporate scandals and the World Series. Okay, that covers that. Now back to our round-the-clock coverage. Wait a minute . . . we're hearing now that there might be a new fact in the case. ...http://www.differentstrings.info/2002/10/27.html#a88 Guns- October 26, 2002 Sniper Suspect Obtained a Rifle Despite a Restraining Order and Gun Laws. Under federal law, John Allen Muhammad was barred from buying or possessing a firearm because his second wife had taken out a domestic-violence restraining order against him in March 2000. By Fox Butterfield. New York Times: National As with most things, my views on gun control tend to lean towards the left. I think that Americans should have the right to keep and bear arms, but that the government has the right to.http://www.differentstrings.info/2002/10/26.html#a87 Follow up on media speculations- October 25, 2002 WashPost: Almost everything sniper pundits told media was wrong. So much for the so-called experts. Paul Farhi and Linton Weeks write: "The important question is, was the orgy of speculation harmless -- or was there a very dangerous undercurrent to it By saturating the public's consciousness with phantom images of thirtyish white men, did the media profilers distract attention from a more general and possibly open-minded search for the perpetrators" A CNN senior veep says: "We have no regrets..http://www.differentstrings.info/2002/10/25.html#a86 Be on the lookout for Permissioned Media- October 25, 2002 First Worm with a EULA. ErikRed1488 writes "There is a new virtual postcard from Friend Greetings, owned by Permissioned Media that prompts you to install their software to view the ... Slashdot Now this is a clever trick. Since most people don't read the end-user license agreement (EULA) for software that they install, people who get this software will most likely install it without realizing that they're giving permission to Permissioned Media to send out mails to people in their...http://www.differentstrings.info/2002/10/25.html#a85 The Wellstone Crash- October 25, 2002 Two years ago in Missouri, the former Democrat Governor, Mel Carnahan, was killed in a plane crash shortly before the 2000 elections. Since they were unable to get a new official candidate on the ticket in time, Carnahan's widow, Jean, agreed to accept the Governor's appointment to the Senate to serve her husband's term should he win the election. Which he did - beating John Ashcroft (and I've never ceased wondering why on Earth Bush would want to appoint a man to his cabinet who...http://www.differentstrings.info/2002/10/25.html#a84 Fitting In- October 25, 2002 Bare bellies provoke a wobbly. Last week a group of angry young women stormed the offices of The Newcastle Herald to protest against columnist Jeff Corbett and his opinion of female midriff fashions, "belly blubber" and "horribly deep navels"... "At an age when girls should be striving to be pleasing to the eye, the male eye, these young women were going to serious lengths to expose an acre of wobbling excess. Haven't they looked in the mirror"... Then he described exposed bellies as a form of.http://www.differentstrings.info/2002/10/25.html#a83 |