Web (& Print) Log (2008 C.E.)

Gene Michael Stover

created Saturday, 2008 January 19
updated Wednesday, 2008 February 20

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Contents

• 1. 2008 January
  • 1.1 Saturday, January 19
  • 1.2 Saturday, January 26
  
  
• 2. 2008 February
  • 2.0.1 Monday, February 11
  • 2.1 Saturday, February 16
  • 2.2 Sunday, February 17
  • 2.3 Monday, February 18
  • 2.4 Tuesday, February 19
  • 2.5 Wednesday, February 20
    • 2.5.1 Cuban embargo
  
  
• 3. 2008 March
  • 3.1 Monday, March 3
  • 3.2 Monday, March 24
  
  
• 4. 2008 April
  • 4.1 Sunday, April 6
  • 4.2 Thursday, April 10
  • 4.3 Friday, April 11
  • 4.4 Sunday, April 20
  
  
• 5. 2008 May
  • 5.1 Monday, May 12
  
  
• 6. 2007 June
• 7. 2008 July
• 8. 2008 August
• 9. 2008 September
• 10. 2008 October
• 11. 2008 November
• 12. 2008 December
• A. Other File Formats
• Bibliography

1. 2008 January

1.1 Saturday, January 19

1. US Housing Crash Continues. [20]

1.2 Saturday, January 26

1. An Anarchist FAQ Webpage. Version 12.1. [1]

   Who'd have thought that anarchists & a socialist^1.1 would agree? In particular, I enjoyed Section C - What are the myths of capitalist economics?.

2. 2008 February

2.0.1 Monday, February 11

1. a rant by ``mimus'' about the 2008 Democratic candidates in the 2008 presidential election.

2.1 Saturday, February 16

1. ``Where Friedman Went Wrong''. By Antal E. Fekete. 2006 November. [5]

   I read Fekete's essay for the first time in 2007 September. It's excellent. Also, if it really was written before 2006 November, then his prediction of a ``credit collapse'' was remarkable.

   He discusses more than the predicted credit collapse. He also discusses Milton Friedman's concept of floating currency, problems with that concept, credit, self-liquidating credit & how it was used for payrolls. Fascinating & educational.

2. ``Some Microsoft Office File Formats Join Open Specs''. By Elizabeth Montalbano. 2008 February 16. [18]

3. ``Amazon's cloud storage hiccups''. 2008 February 15. [25]

4. ``Phone viruses to spread as telecom, computer worlds merge, say experts''. By Adam Plowright. 2008 February 16. [21]

2.2 Sunday, February 17

1. ``Iran-backed groups using secret arms stores: U.S.''. By Mohammed Abbas. 2008 February 17. [2]

   I remember hearing that the U.S. military declined to clean up lots of weapons stashes after invading Iraq. Could Shi'ite militias be using these, instead of newly imported weapons financed by Iran? If so, the claim of ``Iran-backed'' weapons is just more war-making on the part of the United States, a further claim in the US's attempt to do whatever it can to make the public approve of invading Iran.

2. ``Old JFK documents may stir controversy''. 2008 February 17. [29]

3. ``USDA orders nation's largest beef recall''. 2008 February 17. [22]

4. ``California packer makes largest U.S. beef recall''. By Abbott and Doering. 2008 February 17. [3]

2.3 Monday, February 18

1. What the Hell is a ``Liberal Fascist?'' [7]. By grassroots.. Monday, 2008 February 18.

2.4 Tuesday, February 19

1. Court orders whistle-blower site offline in U.S. [17]. By Elizabeth Montalbano.. Tuesday, 2008 February 19.

2.5 Wednesday, February 20

2.5.1 Cuban embargo

Some people are asking President Bush to lift the embargo against Cuba. Also, Bush says that he won't lift the embargo.

1. The Cuba embargo stays: Bush [24]. By Richard Sisk.. 2008 February 20.

2. White House rejects calls for an end to embargo [6]. By Suzanne Goldenberg.. 2008 February 20.

Some people, plus Bush, forget that the embargo is a law, enacted by Congress in 1962, & the president has little to say about it. Congress may lift the embargo, but the president cannot.

From what [6] says, it sounds like even 100 members of Congress have forgotten that they, not the president, make the laws.

3. 2008 March

3.1 Monday, March 3

1. ``Why the bosses system can't sort it out''. By Andrew Blackmore.

   Enjoyable 30,000-foot overview of Marxism, complete with a couple of connections to historic events which occurred in my life-time.

3.2 Monday, March 24

• OOXML stalemate may lead to cliff-hanger ending
• Software Notebook: Microsoft's Ultimate Extras overhyped, users underwhelmed
• Microsoft sounds bug alarm, confirms Windows-Word attacks
• Netflix down for at least five hours
• Center for Public Integrity
• ``Alternate reality gaming''. By Kim, Allen, & Lee. Communications of the ACM. 2008 February. [12]

4. 2008 April

4.1 Sunday, April 6

1. Congress Freaks Out Over Second Life Terrorism, by Sharon Weinberger in Wired blog network.

   Summary: Congress fears what it doesn't understand.

4.2 Thursday, April 10

1. ``Stonehenge dig turns up new clues''. [31]

2. ``Virtual world offers bands global stage''. By Dominique Vidalon. At Reuters. [35]

3. ``Congress weaker, and it's to blame, speaker at UGA says''. By Lee Shearer. [23]

4. ``Watch Congress Pretend It's Relevant on Iraq''. By Joseph A. Palermo. At Huffington Post. [19]

5. ``Citigroup card customers can't access Web site''. At Reuters. [27]

4.3 Friday, April 11

1. ``Top officials OK’d harsh interrogation tactics''. At MSNBC. [32]

2. ``Jury watches `martyr' video in airline bomb plot''. At MSNBC. [28]

3. ``Windows is `collapsing,' Gartner analysts warn''. By Gregg Keizer. [11]

4. ``Broken Microsoft Windows Will Decline, Analysts Say''. By Jennifer LeClaire. At Yahoo! News. [13]

4.4 Sunday, April 20

1. ``Bush should come to grips with checks and balances''. By William M. White. [38]

2. ``Adventures in lightweight Internet app development''. By Galen Gruman. At Yahoo! News. [8]

   Somewhat interesting, but it's almost a sales ad for some scripting product.

3. ``Senate Considers Striking Down 'Common Carrier' Exception''. By Richard Martin. At Yahoo! News. [15]

   Sounds like a good idea at first, but hasn't the FTC unleashed privatization & free markets on the resources under its protection in the past decade? If so, submitting wireless carriers to the FTC could be a step towards deregulation, & if we have a problem now, we'll have a worse problem then.

4. ``Sinking housing market maroons homeowners''. At MSNBC. [30]

5. ``Apartment rental costs are all over the map''. By Jane Hodges. At MSNBC. [9]

6. ``Bush winning war on Congress''. By Clarence Lusane. [14]

7. ``Bush rosy on Iraq no cause for optimism''. [26]

8. ``Microsoft Office Format Wins ISO Nod Despite Protests''. By Paul McDougall. At Yahoo! News. [16]

9. ``States Have Access To Info About Millions, Including Secret Files''. By K. C. Jones. At Yahoo! News. [10]

10. ``You looking at me? Paranoia really is pervasive''. At MSNBC. [34]

11. ``Pig book puts pet spending in spotlight''. By Tom Curry. At MSNBC. [4]

12. ``Waste Management Sues SAP Over Software Failure''. At Yahoo! News. [33]

13. ``SAP Software A Complete Failure, Lawsuit Claims''. By Mary Hayes Weier. At Yahoo! News. [37]

14. CL-Yacc . a LALR(1) parser generator for Common Lisp

5. 2008 May

5.1 Monday, May 12

1. ``SAP Embraces Software-Plus-Services Vision''. By Mary Hayes Weier. At Yahoo! News. [36]

6. 2007 June

7. 2008 July

8. 2008 August

9. 2008 September

10. 2008 October

11. 2008 November

12. 2008 December

A. Other File Formats

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Bibliography

1

An anarchist FAQ webpage.
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1931/.

2

Mohammed Abbas.
Iran-backed groups using secret arms stores: U.s.
Reuters, February 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/2fxpnq.

3

Charles Abbott and Christopher Doering.
California packer makes largest u.s. beef recall.
Reuters, February 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/378mor.

4

Tom Curry.
Pig book puts pet spending in spotlight.
MSNBC, April 2008.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23923948/.

5

Antal E. Fekete.
Where friedman went wrong.
Safe Haven, November 2006.
http://safehaven.com/article-6411.htm.

6

Suzanne Goldenberg.
White house rejects calls for an end to embargo.
Guardian, February 2008.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/20/cuba.usa.

7

grassroots.
What the hell is a ``liberal fascist?''.
OpEdNews.com, February 2008.
http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/diarypage.php?did=6173.

8

Galen Gruman.
Adventures in lightweight internet app development.
Yahoo! News, April 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/6hjr7k.

9

Jane Hodges.
Apartment rental costs are all over the map.
MSNBC, April 2008.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24098346/.

10

K. C. Jones.
States have access to info about millions, including secret files.
Yahoo! News, April 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/6qjet2.

11

Gregg Keizer.
Windows is `collapsing,' gartner analysts warn.
ComputerWorld, April 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/3lnwb6.

12

Jeffrey Y. Kim, Jonathan P. Allen, and Elan Lee.
Alternate reality gaming.
Commun. ACM, 51(2):36-42, 2008.
http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1314215.1314222.

13

Jennifer LeClaire.
Broken microsoft windows will decline, analysts say.
Yahoo! News, April 2008.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080411/tc_nf/59251.

14

Clarence Lusane.
Bush winning war on congress.
bnd.com, April 2008.
http://www.bnd.com/285/story/310039.html.

15

Richard Martin.
Senate considers striking down 'common carrier' exception.
Yahoo! News, April 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/55kcnv.

16

Paul McDougall.
Microsoft office format wins iso nod despite protests.
Yahoo! News, April 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/5b5juq.

17

Elizabeth Montalbano.
Court orders whistle-blower site offline in u.s.
InfoWorld, 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/2t43z3.

18

Elizabeth Montalbano.
Some microsoft office file formats join open specs.
IDG News Service, February 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/yslnsm.

19

Joseph A. Palermo.
Watch congress pretend it's relevant on iraq.
Huffington Post, April 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/4aptgc.

20

Patrick?
US housing crash continues: It's a terrible time to buy.
patrick.net, January 2008.
http://patrick.net/housing/crash.html.

21

Adam Plowright.
Phone viruses to spread as telecom, computer worlds merge, say experts.
Yahoo News, February 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/ypo9s4.

22

Greg Risling.
USDA orders nation's largest beef recall.
Associated Press, February 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/2hs228.

23

Lee Shearer.
Congress weaker, and it's to blame, speaker at uga says.
Online Athens, April 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/52r3vs.

24

Richard Sisk.
The cuba embargo stays: Bush.
Daily News Washington, February 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/2dy7r9.

25

staff.
Amazon's cloud storage hiccups.
Associated Press, February 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/yntlsl.

26

staff.
Bush rosy on Iraq no cause for optimism.
The Ledger, April 2008.
http://www.theledger.com/article/20080414/NEWS/804140387/1036.

27

staff.
Citigroup card customers can't access web site.
Reuters, April 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/4p5rq9.

28

staff.
Jury watches `martyr' video in airline bomb plot.
MSNBC, April 2008.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24051411/.

29

staff.
Old JFK documents may stir controversy.
Reuters, February 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/29cq28.

30

staff.
Sinking housing market maroons homeowners.
MSNBC, April 2008.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24111066/.

31

staff.
Stonehenge dig turns up new clues.
MSNBC, April 2008.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24049973/.

32

staff.
Top officials ok’d harsh interrogation tactics.
MSNBC, April 2008.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24055778/.

33

staff.
Waste management sues sap over software failure.
Yahoo! News, April 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/5pr6u3.

34

staff.
You looking at me? paranoia really is pervasive.
MSNBC, April 2008.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23920725/.

35

Dominique Vidalon.
Virtual world offers bands global stage.
Reuters, April 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/4bdwgk.

36

Mary Hayes Weier.
SAP embraces software-plus-services vision.
Yahoo! News, May 2008.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080512/tc_cmp/207602362.

37

Mary Hayes Weier.
Sap software a complete failure, lawsuit claims.
Yahoo! News, April 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/5ubom4.

38

William M. White.
Bush should come to grips with checks and balances.
Daytona Beach News Journal, April 2008.
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/Opinion/Editorials/opnOPN70042008.htm.