Airplane... or missile?

I am inclined to agree with the sentiment of this post, being an opponent of the war in Serbia back in the 90's. However, that being said, I don't think it makes the point it's trying to make.

So, against that country, the US gov't unleashed a campaign of savage bombing,
including bombing the private residence of that country's leader. And, one
faithful day, some remote-controlled little planes, carrying thousands of
pounds of high explosives, flew through the windows of the local TV station and
exploded inside killing lots of totally innocent civilians, including men,
women and children too.

Every reference I can find to the attack on the TV station (which has been questioned internationally as to whether it was a war crime) says that the building was hit with missiles, not airplanes.

Now if there is new evidence that I haven't seen before that the attack was actually carried out with airplanes, then a link would be nice, because that's truly news.

If the claim is that "missiles are just little airplanes, after all, and attacking people is evil no matter how you do it", then the claim that this was "the first experiment of airplanes flying into buildings" is nonsensical. Clearly missiles have been used to attack buildings before.

I feel so lame now

Just got this in a spam.

You've probably heard of the term "blog" or "weblog". It's a page that displays (in chronological order) a series of writings on whatever the author wants to write about. While a normal blog also allows others to add their comments to yours, you don't have to offer that functionality.

Set up a page where you regularly add your thoughts on all sorts of issues - or just one issue - with the most recent post at the top of the page. Include these items in an RSS feed, and you've got a whole new audience for your pearls of wisdom.

I stand out in a crowd

Men Are Better Than Women at Ferreting Out That Angry Face in a Crowd

Trying to get someone's attention? Looking angry may be the key. The face most likely to stand out in a crowd is an irate one, according to a new study, and men are better than women at picking up the anger that a face conveys.

On the other hand, women are more adept at detecting more socially relevant expressions that communicate happiness, sadness, surprise and disgust.

What's interesting to me is that anger is not a socially relevant emotion. Could have fooled me. Jerk.

Obviously it's not working

It would be trite to say I've gotta try this, but I've gotta try this.

The Department of Homeland Security allowed a man to enter its headquarters last week using a fake Matricula Consular card as identification, despite federal rules that say the Mexican-issued card is not valid ID at government buildings.

Bruce DeCell, a retired New York City police officer, used his phony card -- which lists his place of birth as "Tijuana, B.C." and his address as "123 Fraud Blvd." on an incorrectly spelled "Staton Island, N.Y." -- to enter the building Wednesday for a meeting with DHS officials.

Mr. DeCell said he has had the card for four years and has used it again and again to board airliners and enter government buildings, without being turned down once. But he said he was surprised that DHS, the agency in charge of determining secure IDs, accepted it.

"Obviously, it's not working," Mr. DeCell said.

(Thanks Kibo.)

Better than Godzilla vs. Frontrow

Kitten vs Frontrow

Everyone go back to school and relearn history

Minoan civilization was more important than you thought. 

The new results suggest that the sophisticated and powerful Minoan civilization (featured in the legend of Theseus and the Minotaur) and several other pre-Homeric civilizations arose about a century earlier and lasted for longer than previously thought.

The new timeframe also downplays Egypt’s role in the region, suggesting that the cultures of the Levant, the stretch of land that includes Syria, Israel and Palestine, may have been a more important outside influence.

Attention readers who are running VoIP servers

Hacker Said to Resell Internet Phone Service

Instead of buying access to other networks to connect his clients' calls, Mr. Pena paid about $20,000 to Robert Moore, the man arrested in Spokane, to create "what amounted to 'free' routes by surreptitiously hacking into the computer networks" of unwitting Internet phone providers, and then routing his customers' calls over those providers' systems, according to the federal complaint.

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Mr. Pena, however, appears to have used the money he received from his customers to go on a spending spree, buying real estate in south Florida, a 40-foot Sea Ray Mercruiser motor boat, and luxury cars including a BMW and a Cadillac Escalade.

That's OK I wasn't thinking of flying any time soon

Pictures: GE investigates cause of American Airlines Boeing 767-200 uncontained CF6-80A engine failure that led to aircraft fire

Save us from the Mexicans

PRESIDENT DUNE BUGGY, SAVE US FROM THE MEXICANS

I really don't hate the guy, but you have to admit this is pretty funny.

Will he... or won't he?

Geronimo's family call on Bush to help return his skeleton

The great grandson of the Apache leader Geronimo has appealed to the big chief in the White House to help recover the remains of his famous relative - purportedly stolen more than 90 years ago by a group of students - including the President's grandfather.