Intolerance - Certain parts of China still hate Japan for the Nanjing Massacre, and Japan’s recent return to militarism has got to make them nervous. So it’s understandable that people got cranky when young actress Zhao Wei wore a dress printed with the Japanese war flag. But to have some self-righteous old man […]
Shorty - Who would have thought that a toddler would be terrified by a robot dog? One could teach the child to overcome the fear by kicking the dog, but that seems a bit cruel, even if the dog is artificial. Maybe future versions of these dogs could be programmed to do something […]
Northworst - Northwest Airlines doesn’t actually have a significant presence in the northwest. They are pretty much the only carrier in Detroit, though, so I’ve had the misfortune of flying them too many times. Every time I’ve flown Northwest, I vow to never do it again. It is impossible to enumerate all […]
Serious - Well, I guess I wasn’t the only one who saw the nasty implications in the latest round of bugs. The FBI is alerting people to be extra careful. And siliconvalley.com reports that Dept. of Defense was in on the action too. I find it comforting that the FBI is taking […]
Yikes! - Apparently Windows XP has a security hole in UPnP that lets hackers get control of a machine. Add this to the IE6 security hole that was recently patched, and you have a very serious situation. These aren’t trivial bugs. A talented hacker could build a worm atop these two vectors […]