Daily Archives: December 31, 2004

I finally added my Flickr stream to the right sidebar. It’s likely to be mostly snapshots from my Zire, so that explains the quality.

NOAA is defending itself against critics over the lack of tsunami warnings claiming it didn’t have the phone numbers or staff to warn all the affected nations. Their primary job, obviously, is to keep watch out for US territories and … Read More →

The RIAA and MPAA hire contract companies to seed P2P networks with bad files that look like legitimate ones. But lately, one of those contractors, Overpeer, has been using popup ads and spyware that get around the Windows DRM. If … Read More →

Here’s what happens when you replace knowledge of products with barcodes: Two Tennessee couples charged in a $1.5 Million price-switching scheme. No one in the stores can easily recognize the switch, it’s all just numbers to them.

Ambulances could be running with Virtual Doctors that will use satellite links to beam patient data to trauma centers out of reach of conventional communications channels. Cost, however, is a major stumbling block, especially considering that most ambulances that far … Read More →