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Sep. 29th, 2003 02:43 pmToday is Boomtime, day 53 in the season of Bureaucracy, 3269.
In lieu of original content, have a bunch of news links for now:
I'm sure we're all shocked to see that VeriSign is ignoring ICANN's request that they suspend their SiteFinder service.
Sprint PCS and Nextel have agreed on a number portability process.
A computer security expert who contributed to a paper deeply critical of Microsoft has been dismissed by his employer, a consulting company that works closely with the software giant. . That employer would be @Stake.
The White House claims it didn't release the name of a CIA operative as retaliation against her husband. I believe the Washington Post article said that at least six journalists were cold-called with the information, and most declined to publish it.
If you're hoping to get in on a trip to Cuba using the exemption for educational and cultural tours, better get moving. The administration has done away with that exemption as of Dec. 31 of this year and Bush has apparently vowed to veto the House-passed amendment that would restore those permits.
In the "oh, you meant life in dog years" department, the man who masterminded the killing of Anwar Sadat has been released from prison. He was sentenced to life in prison, but according to Egyptian law "a life sentence normally means 25 years. The prison year, however, is calculated as nine months, meaning that Zohdy was overdue for release."
In lieu of original content, have a bunch of news links for now:
I'm sure we're all shocked to see that VeriSign is ignoring ICANN's request that they suspend their SiteFinder service.
Sprint PCS and Nextel have agreed on a number portability process.
A computer security expert who contributed to a paper deeply critical of Microsoft has been dismissed by his employer, a consulting company that works closely with the software giant. . That employer would be @Stake.
The White House claims it didn't release the name of a CIA operative as retaliation against her husband. I believe the Washington Post article said that at least six journalists were cold-called with the information, and most declined to publish it.
If you're hoping to get in on a trip to Cuba using the exemption for educational and cultural tours, better get moving. The administration has done away with that exemption as of Dec. 31 of this year and Bush has apparently vowed to veto the House-passed amendment that would restore those permits.
In the "oh, you meant life in dog years" department, the man who masterminded the killing of Anwar Sadat has been released from prison. He was sentenced to life in prison, but according to Egyptian law "a life sentence normally means 25 years. The prison year, however, is calculated as nine months, meaning that Zohdy was overdue for release."