Monthly Archives: February 2006

Sirius, Like XM, Posts Massive Loss

Sirius reported its earnings today: Despite Sirius’s expanding subscriber base and rosy forecasts, its shares fell almost 6 percent amid growing investor gloom about costs, after a director at larger rival XM Satellite Radio Holding Inc. (NasdaqNM:XMSR – News) resigned … Continue reading

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Zimmerman Was Right

“If we make encryption illegal, only criminals will have encryption.” Phil Zimmerman, creator of PGP said those very words on Big Thinkers, a show on (then) ZD TV in 1995. Throughout the nineties, we heard about the CALEA on a … Continue reading

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Busted!

Sometimes it’s just awesome to have a video camera. Take for instance this story. A woman is riding down the street on her motorcycle. Some tool in the left lane smacks his brakes and comes skidding across the middle lane … Continue reading

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Good News / Bad News

From C-Net: Revenue more than doubled, and topped Wall Street expectations, but the cost of attracting additional subscribers also rose. The Washington-based company posted a quarterly net loss of $268.3 million, or $1.22 a share, compared with a loss of … Continue reading

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It’s Over, Folks

I was going to sit down and write a thoughtful longwinded post about the new images of torture from Abu Ghraib. Yes, I called it torture. Smeering feeces on someone is torture. Hooking electrical wires to someone’s naked body is … Continue reading

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Animals At It Again

Apparently, the animals think KFC is a Danish newspaper… So a Danish newspaper runs the cartoons, and the muslim animals around the world have so far: 1. Burned an Austrian embassy. 2. Burned US flags. 3. Burned Israeli flags. 4. … Continue reading

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Angie Can’t Hold a Candle

I’d have to agree with Linoge here. The new Lara Croft is a massive improvement over the old one. Honestly, folks, Angelina Jolie is just pitifully funny looking. The new Lara has me doing nothing but drooling. As if there’s … Continue reading

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Joey Cheek Makes Good

A true champion in every sense of the word. Olympic champion Cheek donates prize money to Darfur TURIN, Italy (AFP) – US speedskater Joey Cheek credited his decision to donate any prize money from a Winter Olympic gold medal to … Continue reading

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The Cowards of Cannuckistan

Western Standard causes uproar among Muslims/media by running Danish cartoons JUDY MONCHUK CALGARY (CP) – A small chain of independent bookstores will not sell the current issue of Western Standard magazine, which includes caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that have … Continue reading

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