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Download Free Tech Books

Here is a great resource for free tech and computer science books. Topics include: Linux, Java, Microsoft, C/C++, Perl and Python, Science and Engineering, Networking, Security, and Databases.

Links:
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Cat Stevens Finally Booted out of America

Yusuf Islam, who became famous in the 1970s as the pop singer Cat Stevens, left the United States on a United Airlines flight to London yesterday after being denied entry because he was on several government watch lists, U.S. officials said. Read more

Update pictures of Jake and his swingset

A couple of images of Jake and his new swingset. Of course the first thing he wanted to do was climb up the ladder to the monkey bars and wanted me to catch him when he jumped. Click on smaller image to see a larger image.

Jake in the garden

Jake’s swingset is done

Thanks to Tim, Grandpa Mike and Ryan.

Let’s Just Hope the President isn’t Lying

A day after CBS News presented documents questioning President Bush’s National Guard service, the veracity of those papers is coming into question.

The development comes in a campaign in which charges continue to fly about the authenticity of Bush’s time in the Guard and Sen. John Kerry’s Web site listing of medals and naval service.

On “60 Minutes II” on Wednesday night, CBS’ Dan Rather introduced four documents he claimed were written by Lt. Col. Jerry Killian, 1st Lt. George W. Bush’s superior, establishing that Bush failed to meet the standards required by the Texas Air National Guard in the early 1970s.

These appeared to support charges by Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe and Kerry that Bush had been “AWOL” and had failed to meet his Guard commitments.

The documents were presented by CBS as coming from Killian’s secret personal files. In them, Killian appears to complain that he was being pressured by his superior officers to “sugarcoat” Bush’s substandard performance in his official records and described how Bush had asked him “how he could get out of coming to drill,” among other things.

Forgery experts take a look

The morning after the “60 Minutes II” airing, the Internet was buzzing with claims that the documents were forged.

Powerlineblog first aired speculation that there was persuasive evidence from the typefaces and spacing that the documents supposedly prepared in the age of typewriters in the early 1970s showed the unmistakable characteristics of computer printing.

Another blogger, Bill Ardolino at INDC Journal, who had read Powerline, said, “I decided to find a top typeface expert and ran his analysis on my Web site.”

Ardolino’s expert, Philip D. Bouffard, is a nationally recognized forensic authority in typewriter and electronic typefaces.

Bouffard has the largest collection of full letter impact typewriter specimens in a private collection today. Having worked at NCR and a forensic laboratory for more than 30 years, Bouffard still works with entities such as the State of Ohio on Medicare fraud cases.

Bouffard said the CBS documents appear to have been copied about 10 times in the state he saw them. Nevertheless, he states, “All the documents have been created on the same printer. And the proportional spacing and the common characteristics of numbers like 4 and 7 and letters like lower case c and upper case G are beyond the capabilities of any of the typewriter impact specimens I have in my collection. The centering of headings is also beyond the capabilities of any typewriter I know of.”

His conclusion: “It is remotely possible there is some typewriter that has the capability to do all this … but it is more likely these documents were generated in the common Times New Roman font and printed out on a computer printer that did not exist at the time they were supposedly created.”

Bouffard is a registered Democrat planning to vote for Kerry.

In a related story, the Associated Press has reported that the son of Killian, Gary Killian, has questioned the authenticity of the documents as well and said they didn’t come from his family.

CBS says it stands by its story and claims that the handwriting and document experts it consulted believe the documents are genuine.

Tom Brady came up Big, 335 yards and 3 TDs

In a game in which the offenses seemed to move at will, defense saved the New England Patriots.

The Super Bowl champions moved within three wins of setting the NFL record for consecutive victories Thursday night with a 27-24 win over Indianapolis.

Tom Brady was uncannily accurate as usual, throwing for 335 yards and three touchdowns, but that wouldn’t have been enough if not for two big plays by a defense that had been pushed around all night.

The biggest was the last — a 13-yard sack by Willie McGinest on Peyton Manning that forced Mike Vanderjagt to attempt a potential game-tying field goal from 48 yards. It went wide right, the first miss by Vanderjagt after 42 successes.

“Willie always seems to be there when we need him,” coach Bill Belichick said of the 32-year-old linebacker, who last year stopped Edgerrin James on fourth-and-1 in Indianapolis to preserve a 38-34 win.

The win was the 16th straight for New England, including the last 12 regular-season games plus two playoff games and the Super Bowl last season. That puts the Patriots two short of the NFL record of 18 set by five teams, most recently Denver in 1997-98, with games at Arizona, at Buffalo after a bye and Miami at home coming up.

Brady was 26-of-38 for 335 yards and three touchdowns — one each to Deion Branch, David Patten and Daniel Graham. Corey Dillon, obtained from Cincinnati to revive the Super Bowl champions’ running game, carried 16 times for 86 yards.

But the Patriots’ defense bailed them out after a horrible first half, although the 446 yards they allowed were more than they gave up in any game last year.

Three times they stopped the Colts after turnovers, the second time after Branch fumbled a punt and Asante Samuel was called for pass interference to put the ball at the 1. But Eugene Wilson knocked the ball loose from James and rookie Vince Wilfork recovered with 3 minutes, 43 seconds left, avoiding what looked like a sure touchdown.

Then came the sack, enough to win but not to satisfy the New England defenders.

“We can do a lot better and we are going to do a lot better,” McGinest said. “When the offense get 27 points, it shouldn’t be that close.”

That was evident from the yardage, especially on the ground. The Colts rushed for 202 yards, 142 on 30 carries by James. Manning was 16-of-29 for 259 yards.

Brady suggested that Vanderjagt’s miss may have been caused by swirling winds.

But that meant nothing to the Colts’ kicker.

“When you crash, you crash and burn,” he said. “I blame it on no one but myself.”

This game was a repeat of last season’s AFC championship, a toughly played 24-14 New England win that spurred the NFL to tighten up on holding and bumping by defensive backs.

But the first flag on a defensive back didn’t come until four minutes into the third quarter, when the Colts’ David Thornton was called for holding one play before Brady hit Patten for a 25-yard TD to give New England a 20-17 lead.

The Colts led 17-13 at halftime and it could have been more if not for another big play by the New England defense, Tedy Bruschi’s interception of Manning’s pass with the Colts at the New England 6 on their first possession.

That was eerily like last season’s title game, when Rodney Harrison did that to Manning from the 1 on the first series.

Adam Vinatieri’s 32-yard field goal gave the Patriots a 3-0 lead on their first possession, but Vangerjagt equalized it with one from the same distance.

The next Indy drive was a stunner — 66 yards in nine plays, all of them runs and most of them up the middle. The score came on a 3-yard run by Dominic Rhodes.

Back came the Patriots, scoring on Brady’s 16-yard pass to Branch. Manning’s 3-yard TD pass to Marvin Harrison made it 17-10 and Vinatieri made it 17-13 at intermission.

New England seemed to take control in the third quarter when the defense stiffened and Brady threw TD passes of 25 yards to David Patten and 8 yards to Daniel Graham.

Manning came back with an 8-yarder to Brandon Stokley to cut it to three points 3:55 into the final period.

Then Branch fumbled a punt, giving the Colts the ball at the New England 33. But Samuel forced the fumble to stop that drive and then came McGinest’s play.

“We did a good job in a lot of areas, but when you’re not fundamentally sound, it’s disappointing,” coach Tony Dungy said. “They stopped us a couple of times but basically we were moving up and down the field.” ^NOTES:@ Dungy challenged a call on a fumble by James in the third period, his first challenge since 2002. He lost it. … Manning went over 25,000 yards passing for his career in his 95th game, the second fastest to that mark. The only one quicker was Dan Marino, who got there in 92 games. … Dungy’s wife was hospitalized in Indianapolis on Thursday but the coach said she was fine. “She is doing a lot better than we are right now,” he said. … Brady, who did not throw an interception in eight regular-season home games last season, was picked off by Nick Harper in the fourth quarter. It was his first interception since 2002.

How 9-11 made US babies smaller

Washington - Most of the health problems reported after the September 11, 2001 attacks have involved respiratory difficulties and mental distress, according to an American government report published on Wednesday.

Firefighters and other emergency workers showed long-term respiratory problems, including a syndrome called “WTC cough”. Read more

JakobSavage.com is down

JakobSavage.com is down but not gone.
Seems that I was the recipient of a little hoax that transferred the domain registrar info to another person and if I wanted it back I had to pay them. FUCK YOU.
I know the right people and got an old friend to help me to transfer it back to me for no fee. The weird thing is I still haven’t figured it out how it was done.

UPDATE: ok I found out how they did it and the problem has been patched and secured. Bascially without letting on to how easy this can be done we changed the acocunt info at the registrar and strongly encrypted the password.

Tivo hack to download Netflix movies

Netflix and TiVo are in late-stage talks on a partnership that would let subscribers use the Internet to download Netflix movies directly into their TiVo box.

While the companies are close to striking a deal, making the service available to subscribers is still months away, according to sources. Read more

Yellow Live Strong braclets are sold out

The yellow braclets seem to be sold out at the Lance Armstrong website. Not that they fit me anyway but cool to see many people in sports and the media supporting the Lance Armstrong Foundation.
Intelligent Giving = 1 wristband for $1!
Buy LIVESTRONGâ„¢ Wristbands on our Web site now -
Make sure your money helps the LAF!

Since the campaign began last May, the LAF has sold approximately 11 million LIVESTRONGâ„¢ wristbands. We are thrilled to have the support of 11 million wristband-wearers across the U.S. and all over the world. At his homecoming celebration in Austin, Texas on August 13th, Lance thanked LAF supporters for wearing yellow and said, “I’m never taking mine off.”

LIVESTRONGâ„¢ wristband are available for purchase now. Due to very high demand, it will take approximately 3 weeks to receive your wristband.

It is important to buy your wristband on our Web site instead of an auction Web site. A person who buys a wristband on an auction Web site will pay more and wait just as long. Additionally, the extra cost will not benefit the LAF. Wait in our line instead of theirs. Make sure your money helps people living with cancer.

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WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2 Answer guide

Microsoft is making a major push to get Windows users to embrace the security-focused overhaul to its XP computer operating system. But while most consumers are advised to upgrade to Service Pack 2, there are a few things to keep in mind. Here are the answers to some common questions about the free SP2 upgrade.

Q: What are the basic requirements?

A: The upgrade is compatible with all flavors of XP (Professional, Home, Media Center and Tablet). You will otherwise need a system with a minimum 233-megahertz processor, 64 megabytes of memory and 1.8 gigabytes of hard disk space during installation.

Q: I’ve heard this is a massive update. Is it too much to grab in one gulp?

A: The full corporate install is on the order of 265MB, though the typical home edition is about 80MB. That is why Microsoft is distributing the update in three ways. Consumers who want it immediately can download the whole enchilada from Microsoft’s Web site (www.microsoft.com).

You also can order a CD from the Web. But the most common method of download distribution is to turn on “automatic updates” and receive SP2 as part of a phased rollout. How quickly SP2 arrives on your system depends on your connection speed, how often you use the Internet, Internet traffic and other factors.

Q: How do I know when the download begins?

A: A small icon that looks like a shield appears in the Windows system tray.

You can place the cursor over this icon to monitor progress.

Q: Do I need to fret about compatibility issues with the programs on my PC?

A: Whenever you update your operating system, it is prudent to back up key files and personal data in case unexpected glitches arise.

Many corporations are proceeding cautiously. Companies can install a key in the Windows registry (a file that stores operating system settings) that will block the automatic delivery of SP2 while accepting other automatic updates from Microsoft. This allows them to continue to test the compatibility of SP2 with other software before committing to it.

Microsoft says consumers are not likely to encounter trouble. But you might have difficulties with instant messaging or while competing in multiplayer games over the Internet. It is also quite possible that SP2 will butt heads with existing software on your machine. Microsoft has posted a list of a few dozen programs known to malfunction in some manner on an SP2 machine.

The roster includes the AOL Toolbar, the 2000 edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica Deluxe and Electronic Arts NBA Live 2000. The list changes, so check with the individual companies to see if they have issued any SP2 fixes.

During installation, SP2 will set up a “restore point” that will roll back your PC to a previous state if you do run into snags.

Q: Will my machine be really safe with SP2?

A: Safer, anyway. But the computer is far from invulnerable. SP2 addresses common intrusions and reduces risks. It includes a pop-up blocker, all the “critical” security patches Microsoft has issued since the original XP’s debut three years ago, plus a new Windows Security Center that lets you modify settings on the machine (for example, making sure the firewall and automatic updates remain on). It helps you screen e-mail attachments and block potentially nasty downloads. It flags you if your anti-virus program is turned off or not up-to-date. And it improves Windows’ own firewall, which is turned on by default.

Still, the Windows firewall isn’t as effective as third-party firewalls such as ZoneAlarm. That’s partly because it cannot block outbound data that a spyware program lifts from your hard drive. Without such protection, one of these stealth programs could capture the keystrokes used to type in your credit card number and secretly send them to another machine on the Internet.

You also will have to buy clean-up software to remove existing spyware and viruses on your hard drive.

There have already been some reports of potential SP2 security flaws. Microsoft has released a “hotfix” to correct an issue some SP2 customers encountered running certain applications over private corporate networks.

from: News-Leader.com

Excerpts of John Kerry’s Upcoming Remarks

The election comes down to this. If you believe this country is heading in the right direction, you should support George Bush. But if you believe America needs to move in a new direction, join with us. John and I offer a better plan that will make us stronger at home and more respected in the world. And we need your help to do that.

For three days in New York, instead of talking about jobs and the economy, we heard anger and insults from the Republicans. And I’ll tell you why. It’s because they can’t talk about the real issues facing Americans. They can’t talk about their record because it’s a record of failure.

We all saw the anger and distortion of the Republican Convention. For the past week, they attacked my patriotism and my fitness to serve as commander in chief. Well, here’s my answer. I’m not going to have my commitment to defend this country questioned by those who refused to serve when they could have and by those who have misled the nation into Iraq.

The vice president even called me unfit for office last night. I guess I’ll leave it up to the voters whether five deferments makes someone more qualified to defend this nation than two tours of duty.

Let me tell you what I think makes someone unfit for duty. Misleading our nation into war in Iraq makes you unfit to lead this nation. Doing nothing while this nation loses millions of jobs makes you unfit to lead this nation. Letting 45 million Americans go without health care makes you unfit to lead this nation. Letting the Saudi royal family control our energy costs makes you unfit to lead this nation. Handing out billions of government contracts to Halliburton while you’re still on their payroll makes you unfit. That’s the record of George Bush and Dick Cheney. And it’s not going to change. I believe it’s time to move America in a new direction; I believe it’s time to set a new course for America.

And we have a specific plan to do just that. So tomorrow morning, John and Elizabeth and Teresa and I are hitting the road across America’s heartland. From here, we’ll go out and talk with Americans in towns across Ohio, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Michigan. And because a stronger America begins at home, we’ll talk about our plan to create jobs, cut taxes for the middle class, lower health care costs, and make America safer and more secure.

You got my vote Senator Kerry. Let W go run his Haliburton company which must have made Billion$ in this war. When the economy is struggling, do what ever you have to to profit for your company. Even start a war.

“The vice president even called me unfit for office last night,” he said. “I’m guess I’ll leave it up to the voters whether five deferments makes someone more qualified to defend this nation than two tours of combat duty.” via usndemvet.com

Although funny, this is how politicians kick some ass!!