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Journal Journal: Idle Friends Purge 6

Journal by bill_mcgonigle on Thursday April 15, 2010 @06:30PM

I'm removing non-fan friends who haven't posted in two years since I'm at my limit and I use friends to game the scoring system to see more interesting posts.
Any of you who have been discontinued - send me a note if you start posting again and I'd be happy to re-friend you.

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Journal Journal: Signal to Noise Ratios

Journal by bill_mcgonigle on Tuesday August 07, 2007 @06:50PM

Slashdot user padonak discontinued his relationship with me today. I have no idea if he was a fan or a freak, but I went to look at his page and found this:
http://slashdot.org/~padonak/
wow. And his account is still active.

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Journal Journal: Addicted to Slashdot? 1

Journal by bill_mcgonigle on Tuesday August 07, 2007 @06:49PM

Try this.

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Journal Journal: My Real Journal is Here

Journal by bill_mcgonigle on Tuesday February 06, 2007 @04:50PM

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Journal Journal: iPod Shuffle Clone Shown at CeBit

Journal by bill_mcgonigle on Thursday March 10, 2005 @05:57PM

An outfit out of Taiwan, Luxpro, has introduced a digital music player, the Super Shuffle, that's a no-tradedress-barred physical clone of the iPod Shuffle. Available in .5 and 1GB models, it lacks AAC but adds WMA, FM Radio, and Voice Recording. Playlist has the story.

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Journal Journal: Atlantic Mega-Tusnami to Hit North America

Journal by bill_mcgonigle on Tuesday December 28, 2004 @12:26PM

Scientists at the Benfield Hazard Research Center have determined that a Mega-tsunami will hit the coast of North America when the Cumbre Vieja Volcano and part of the Island of La Palma in the Canary Islands collapse into the sea. The wave hitting North America will be up to 50 meters (164 feet) high and surge up to 20km (12.4 miles) inland while Brazil will see 40 meter waves with up to 100 meter waves on the West Saharan shore (ILM Rendition). Insurance losses are estimated to be in the multi-trillions, yet the landslide has been completely unmonitored since 1997. The BBC has an FAQ on the Mega-tsunami.

[edit: rejected by Slashdot 2004-12-28 17:22:50]

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Journal Journal: Massive Solar Flare Headed Straight For Earth

Journal by bill_mcgonigle on Tuesday October 28, 2003 @02:20PM

At 1110 UT this morning, the third largest solar flare on record erupted from the Sun, sending a coronal mass ejection directly towards Earth at 5 Million MPH (picture, animation), and starting a solar radiation storm. We may see bright auroral activity tonight. Passengers on high-altitude airplane flights may receive chest-x-ray-level dosages of radiation.

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Journal Journal: You're In A Political Party's Database 1

Journal by bill_mcgonigle on Tuesday October 21, 2003 @03:13PM

The Democratic and Republican parties have 158 and 165 Million voters in their databases, "DataMart" and "Voter Vault", respectively. They track how you vote, what issues you're concerned about, demographics about your home and family, and who you associate with. From it they mount door-to-door, telemarketing, spam, and junk mail campaigns offering customized versions of the political party to appeal to your passions, while avoiding issues that might offend you.

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Journal Journal: W32.Blaster linked to Blackout

Journal by bill_mcgonigle on Friday September 05, 2003 @08:48AM

The first of the problems that eventually cascaded into the blackout began at 1 p.m on August 14th. "The inability of critical control data to be exchanged quickly across the grid could have hampered the operators' ability to prevent the cascading effect of the blackout," said Gary Seifert, of DOE's Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory. "It didn't affect the [control] systems internally, but it most certainly affected the timeliness of the data they were receiving from other networks. A former Bush administration adviser who has consulted with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on the power grid issue said the Blaster worm also hampered the ability of utilities in the New York region to restore power in a more timely manner because some of those companies were running Windows-based control systems with Port 135 open. The control systems ... are often based on Windows 2000 or XP operating systems and rely on commercial data links, including the Internet and wireless systems, for exchanging information.

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