Editorial
Buffoonery -- Is This Proof?
I'm going to make a very bold and sweeping statement that, given a certain
executive's propensity to sue, could even result in defamation action:
"Domainz doesn't even know what day of the week it is."
but I'm safe -- because
the proof
could be seen on the Domainz website at 6:30 am this morning (read it carefully).
I've also been reliably informed that Patrick O'Brien seems incapable of
correctly addressing his email. It would appear that he recently "guessed"
the domain name of a customer and the messages, which could have contained
sensitive commercial information, ended up at entirely the wrong place.
Bufoonery? You decide -- although ultimately I suspect the matter will
be resolved in a courtroom -- at Mr O'Brien's insistence no less.
How embarrassing might that be I wonder?
The Australian INCIS?
Politicians and bureaucrats are a breed largely unaltered by geographical
divides. The proof of this assertion can be found across the ditch in
Australia where they appear to be having
their own version of the INCIS blow-out.
Completely Off-Topic
Just a personal observation this morning -- the government has raised the price
of cigarettes by $1 a pack and it's been suggested that the tobacco industry
will equal this increase to bring the total price hike closer to $2 per pack.
I'm wondering if this will not drive an increasing number of nicotine-addicted
low-income earners to take up dope instead?
While I'm all in favour of pricing tobacco off the market and taxing recreational drugs
such as tobacco and alcohol rather than hard work -- I really think the government
has (yet again) gone off half-cocked, without thinking through the possible ramifications
and long-term effects of this move.
Free republic-ation rights available
on request :-)
General News & Current Events:
TODAY'S KEY NET-NEWS HEADLINES
Investigators Forced To Release Alleged Virus Writer
Philippine investigators, frustrated by a lack of evidence and claims
by a number of security consultants that they had arrested the
wrong man, have been forced to release Reomel Ramones, the
27-year-old man suspected of launching the ILOVEYOU virus...
7am.com
New Domainz system should arrive by midday
The .nz domain is due to regain a working
registry by midday today, when the new
Domainz Registry System should be opened
to the public...
IDG
Solution 6 CEO says media misrepresented his personal history
Solution 6 Holdings chief executive officer Chris Tyler has criticised journalists for
recent reports which he said misrepresented his personal history...
Fairfax
Yahoo, others move to diffuse email password-stealing threat
Free email Web sites are scrambling to protect account holders from an exploit
that could trick them into handing over their passwords...
CNet
Gamers can gloat online over Sega phones
Sega wants to make sure you can tackle your friends online and then let them
hear you gloat afterwards...
CNet
Gates Trumpets Smart Card Transformation
Gates says smart cards are the key to security on
the ever-growing transactional Internet...
TechWeb
Internet Frenzy Drives 25-Cent Painting to $135,805
A ``wild abstract painting'' bought at a garage sale and auctioned off over the Internet with a starting
bid of 25 cents sold for $135,805 after sparking a frenzy among bidders hoping it was an undiscovered
work by the late modernist master Richard Diebenkorn...
Yahoo/Reuters
Intel plans aggressive 'Willamette' intro
The eventual replacement for the Pentium is
scheduled to come to market in the second half of the
year...
ZDNet
Real Cybersquatting Really Sucks
When Bell Atlantic and Vodafone launched their
wireless entity they thought they were prepared
for any negativity that might come down the pike.
But they didn't count on someone registering the
domain name verizonreallysucks.com...
Wired
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