Daily Archive: February 15, 2002

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Dotcomments, Why Do You Vex Me So?

I had to delete the comment counting function on the dotcomments — it was just too damn slow and was causing PHP to crap out. I think this poor little CompUSA celeron machine thingy...

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Sexbot Fantasies

Sexbots I think the journalist who rather breathlessly wrote-up this ludicrous article is badly in need of some sort of stimulation.

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Imperial Overstretch

Intriguing article here, questioning whether the US’s increased military funding can accomplish its goals without draining the economy through overstretch. Hey, isn’t this what happened to the Soviets in the 70s and 80s? In...

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Forward Planning

So While King Bush the Second maintains there is no such thing as global warming, the US Navy is busy doing its job and thinking about how to deal with a world where the...

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Tough Job

So the Afghan Tourism Minister was killed by an angry mob. Initial reports said it was pilgrims fed up waiting in line at the airport, but now it appears to be a vendetta going...

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Patriot Friday

So Lorien told me when she opened her Crackerjacks box that she found an American Eagle temp tattoo as a prize. Which gave me an idea… Maybe in these difficult times when we all...

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Like Fish In A Barrell

One of the soldiers had clearly had enough and aimed his gun at them. He can’t shoot, we thought; they’re unarmed and they’re only boys. But he did. He took aim and fired directly...