31. October, 2003 - Happy Halloween
- Apple patches Panther but not older OS, which means that 10.2 will have a security flaw lurking in it. Unless Apple changes their policy and issues a security patch. From a software developer’s point of view, it’s nice that Apple’s encouraging everyone to upgrade every year so I don’t have to worry as much about supporting older versions of the OS, but as a user, having to pay $129 every year to upgrade might make me a little nervous. And yes, I’m already running Panther — as a developer, I get upgrades as part of my subscription with Apple. Thankfully, my FireWire hard drives don’t use the Oxford 922 chip. [vowe]
- Police brace for homecoming disturbances, but don’t really expect a riot this time. More likely is just a bunch of parties scattered around the neighborhood, complete with the normal assholery, while the cops sit around waiting in Dinkytown videotaping everything Just In Case.
- U.S. to Install Biometric Screens at 115 airports and 14 seaports to check identities of millions of foreign visitors by checking their fingerprints and check their picture to make sure they’re not bad guys.
It will be used for the estimated 24 million foreigners traveling on tourist, business and student visas who enter through an airport or seaport.
Hey, it’s not a police state if it’s only foreigners we’re stomping with the jackboots, right? But remember, it’s all so we can feel more secure!
- U radio station passes the test with ‘real music-lovers’:
The difference between Radio K and KQRS is the difference between a taste of Melt Banana and 10 helpings of Fleetwood Mac.
[press-patch]
- esr thinks hackers need an Appropriate Hacker Emblem and has a proposal. I like the choice, but I’m not so sure about the need. Then again, I probably don’t qualify as a hacker most of the time anymore. [accordionguy]
- Military Uses Hussein Hoard For Swift Aid talks about how the military is redistributing money seized from seized Iraqi assets, the Saddam Hussein regime’s overseas bank accounts and cash stockpiles found in palaces and the walls of government buildings in Iraq. They’re getting the job done quickly and efficiently, and a lot cheaper than reconstruction efforts that are being done with money allocated by Congress, and the people they’re paying to do the work are actually Iraqis, rather than companies from the US. Does this mean “military intelligence” is becoming less of an oxymoron? [instapundit]
Copyright 2008, Dave Polaschek.
Last updated on Fri, 31 Oct 2003 06:52:25.