Doubt's Log

Yesterday I was with Ben and Mathias in Issaquah, because Ben's car wasn't ready at the Ford dealer, and he needed a ride to my place till Tim could give him a ride. We decided to ride around a bit and check out some stuff. Mathias drove us up this insane road that climbs Tiger Mountain I believe it's SE 54th Street (at least at the start) See this map to understand. He is looking forward to biking it. It's a pretty cool set of roads, lots of turns and trees, with occational views of Lake Samammish. We also went by my house. I endured the "middle of nowhere", and "are we there yet" taunts. For my personal notes, there is a fire hydrant across the street at the corner from my house. This is like 40 yards IIRC.

Best of E3 Awards [IGN]

Inspiring Adventures in SF Wireless Networking [Slashdot]

Mimicking Microsoft's Middleware Strategy. Such companies as Sun, AOL/Netscape and Real misunderstand Microsoft's success. They think that because controlling the API in Windows has been a huge advantage for Microsoft's applications, controlling a media player format should pay off too. [osOpinion]

FBI Analysis: We Don't Compute. Director Robert Mueller bluntly concedes that the FBI is 'years behind where it should be in terms of technological infrastructure.' By Farhad Manjoo. [Wired News]

Japan's Voluntary Shut-Ins [Washington Post]

Liberty Alliance expands membership. The project, which seeks to establish a standard method for online identification, gains five new members and boosts Sun's effort to outgun Microsoft's Passport system. [CNET News.com]

InfoWorld: Oracle, Dell, others, in Linux partnerships. [Hack the Planet]

Become an Xbox Live Beta Tester [BetaNews.Com]

Bug hunter reports flaw in Excel. Security expert Georgi Guninski goes public with an alert on the use of XML style sheets with Microsoft's Excel XP software. The software giant is none too pleased with the word. [CNET News.com]

I really have to wonder what Guninski thinks he gains when he releases a vuln the day after he reports it.

Intel steps back from InfiniBand. All aboard the 3GIO bus [The Register]

As Promised, Microsoft to Offer Concealable Icons. An update to the Windows XP operating system will let users hide the computer screen icons of some Microsoft programs. By Amy Harmon. [New York Times: Technology]

E3 Wrapup [Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters]

Thanks For the Heads-Up. We are the richest, most can-do country in the world, but at home we're pursuing the war on terrorism with a management style more Kmart than Wal-Mart. By Frank Rich. [New York Times: Opinion]

Xbox struggling with math test. For the software publishing industry, video games are a numbers game. And for now, Microsoft is on the losing end. Game publishers say it's a simple matter of economics. [CNET News.com]

Sun bundles app server with Solaris 9. Commoditising [The Register]

Augmented Reality Quake[Source: /.]

Passwords May Be Weakest Link [Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters]

Some semi intresting comments.

Sony trash-talks Microsoft, others. The electronics giant kicks off the game industry's biggest trade show by touting its huge sales lead over rivals with its PlayStation 2. [CNET News.com]

Sun mimics Microsoft in Solaris release. The software maker will announce version 9 of its Solaris operating system on Wednesday, along with a Microsoft-reminiscent strategy to integrate higher-level components. [CNET News.com]

This Modern World's guide to debating the enron scandal for republicans.

Magic Marker kills cd copy protection - violates DCMA? [Reuters]

Isreali geneticist develops a featherless fowl [msnbc/reuters]

Talk about lack of PR spin; passport changes to expose things you didn't have control over before, and by default make it opt-out on new passport creation, then sends out a notice to users who didn't have this choice when they signed on that this is now configurable. The result is that people think they are going to get more SPAM, and microsoft is even more evil. *sigh*

Check out the Wild Life

Motion Computing is a company for developing Tablet PC technologies. See thier Executive Team [source: NeoWin]

Beating Bill and New Rules for Battling a Goliath [Buissness 2.0 via Scobleizer]

Female trout faking orgasms [CBC News]

FF XI Goes Live in Japan [Slashdot]

Debate on Human Cloning Turns to Patents. The University of Missouri has received a patent that some lawyers say could cover human cloning, potentially violating a longstanding taboo against the patenting of humans. By Andrew Pollack. [New York Times: Politics]

AOL to ditch IE on Macs. Not very friendly [The Register]

It appears I've managed to buy a house.

Scripting News hits the nail on the head about what annoys me about Bruce Schneier.

Judge Sharply Questions Microsoft, States [Reuters]

Testing a post from word

Nine Wars Too Many. The biggest problem in resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict is that there are at least 10 different wars being fought over Israel-Palestine, and we need to reduce them to just one to have any chance of making peace. By Thomas L. Friedman. [New York Times: Opinion]

Sun sets course for blades, Infiniband and systems management. [EE Times]

States Urge Judge on Microsoft Memo. Nine states suing Microsoft for antitrust violations want the federal judge overseeing the case to consider an internal Microsoft e-mail that advocated retaliation against ``unfriendly'' computer makers. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Technology]

John Gilmore: The Need to Protect Content. I have not been shy about telling Intel what I think of their efforts to prevent users from making legitimate uses of their products. The heart of the difference between Intel and I on this point is on what you called "the need to protect content". [Tomalak's Realm]

Shock of Sept. 11 Is Making Americans More Supportive of Israel, Polls Suggest. American sympathy for Israel has been on the rise, a trend that has been on display in Congress and in recent opinion polls. By Patrick E. Tyler. [New York Times: Politics]

Microsoft quietly plans to target Linux users with cut-down .net Web Server. [CW360.com]

Acura Integra tops most-stolen list [msnbc]

The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy [This modern world @salon]