Daily Archives: August 2, 2003

It took me a long time to come up with these.  Additions appreciated: Wooly BullyHanky PankyThe Name GameHelter SkelterDo the Hokey Pokey(special Donovan section)Mellow YellowHurdy Gurdy ManJennifer JuniperLittle Boy in Corduroy Additions? Corrections?

Increasingly nervous about an escalating series of security flaws with the potential to make the Internet insecure at best and unusable at worst, an elite group of “black hat” hackers and security experts are meeting in Las Vegas to try … Continue reading →

A Healthy Glow A fluorescent mouse family is on display during the Bio Taiwan 2003 show at the World Trade Center in Taipei, Taiwan, on July 26. The mice, provided by Level Biotech Inc., had a fluorescent gene implanted in … Continue reading →

After several false starts and software glitches, SEVIS, the national system to track foreign students in the United States, has gone online. As the Aug 1 deadline passed, there are isolated reports of long waits for the now-obligatory interviews and … Continue reading →

A new survey from the Pew Internet and American Life Project shows that 67 percent of file sharers are unconcerned about copyright issues, up from 61 percent in 2001. Among high-school and college students, the number rises to around 80 … Continue reading →

According to a "bold and entirely plausible theory " just posted by the New York Times, Saddam ordered his weapons of mass destruction destroyed before allowing in the UN weapons inspectors, to deny the US an excuse to invade, while … Continue reading →