Month: March 2004

Trident missile was dropped while being loaded into a submarine. The base was sealed, the President notified, and a whole slew of reaction teams called into place. Heads rolled… Now the problem. Not that a missile was dropped–it happens, but that the person blowing the whistle has “a past” as we used to say on Capitol Hill. People happy in their work and whatnot rarely come forward with tales of problems in their agency, so you are often left having to deal with people who might have a grudge (and thus, tell their story through that view). One thing we always learned was that no one told the whole story–you never got both sides–when we were investigating things like this. However, in this case, it appears the writer is correct–the story has been verified by the Pentagon (grudgingly). So now all the Northwest is up in arms about a possible nuke accident they didn’t know about. Wonder how many other times it happens that we don’t know about?]]>

Sydney Papers are all over this story, but it hasn’t made it stateside. GODZILLA IS REAL! GODZILLA IS ALIVE! DATELINE–Port Moresby
Reports are that a live dinosaur had been sighted on a volcanic island of Papua New Guinea prompted the deployment of heavily-armed police in search of the mystery creature. Villagers in the superstitious island province of East New Britain this week said they fled in terror after seeing a three-metre tall, grey-coloured creature with a head like a dog and a tail like a crocodile. Hmm..maybe it’s Gadzooky.
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BusinessWeek is confirming that Microsoft executives were behind Baystar VC fund’s decision to invest in the lawsuit happy SCO group. SCO, for those just waking up, is suing LINUX users for copyright violations, a suit most geeks thinks has absolutely no merit. Now that MSoft is seen with dirty hands in arranging the Baystar transaction, expect a war cry to go out on the net against Redmond.]]>

SeatGuru which has reviews of all seats on all aircraft of all airlines. We’re kind of stuck in coach on the way over to Tokyo (drat) but we will have a power outlet in the seat which will let me watch my own movies if I want. On the way back though, I managed to get the holiest of exit rows possible and will have no one in front of me for the 13+ hours back to LAX. LAX-IAD is going to be pretty good too as I got another exit row, including the “weird” seat they sometimes have that has no person in front of it. Amazing what having 200k miles can do for a trip. Free flights, hotels, etc. I’m looking forward not only to seeing the new tech toys in Tokyo, but also a chance to see the state of the net in China (wonder if I can get an 802.11 signal). We’ll also hit the Cherry Blossoms in Tokyo (which sounds really pretentious in DC– “I’m passing on the Tidal Basin this year and off to Tokyo to see the real Cherry Blossoms). Hehehe… More to come. ]]>

News24 out of South Africa has the story. It also has this quote from the foreign minister about the US sanctions on Zimbabwe produce: “I am flattered that these hamburger-eating imperialists are interested in my tomatoes… but I am sending them to Mbare Musika” Maybe I should get out my DVD of “The Dogs of War” and watch it a few times, or just send it to the Zimbabwe embassy as a hint.]]>