13. May, 2003 - 12 years since system 7.0

• Thanks to the Today-in-History page of Scope Systems, I remembered (or was reminded) that it was twelve years ago today that Apple released System 7. I keep thinking that I should someday write one of those “on this day” things, but it never quite gets done. The hardest part is populating the database with interesting events, and not just everything.
• The Fault that could Fracture the Conservative Coalition talks about the differences between libertarians and conservatives and how the current alliance could be on shaky ground. The way I see it, it’s always been something of a shaky coalition. Sure, the Republicans are pro-gun, and that’s an important right. But they’re also pretty much pro-big-government, pro-stricking-their-noses-into-other-people’s-business, and generally a pretty reliable ally of the nanny-state. The Democrats aren’t any better, with their lust for an even bigger and more protective government.
• Feds Doing More Secret Searches under FISA. 30% more in 2002 than in the year before.
• I’ve wanted A TiVo Player for the Radio for a while, but unlike the writer, my primary use would be to replay something from a few seconds ago. What was that? Oh, okay. Well, I’d probably set it up to record Cosmic Slop, too.
• SEC reaches deal in spam fraud case. The important bit was the fraud, not the spam.
• Sneaky virus spreading rapidly. Fizzer is a new windows virus going around. Glad I don’t much use Windows.
• 99 Bottles of Beer: programs in 515 different computer languages that generate the lyrics to 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall. [boing boing]
• How could we have missed Modern Drunkard Magazine for so long? It includes the Clash of the Tightest in which dead celebrity drunks are competing for the coveted title of Greatest Boozer of all time. They’re down to the finals–Charles Bukowski vs. Jackie Gleason. Gleason’s favored, odds are 3-2. [jim]
• Well, I don’t know how Jim missed it, but I pointed to Modern Drunkard on December 20 last year and February 16 and April 13 of this year. But sadly, the search I have on the site doesn’t find words within URLs, so it’s hard to know that unless you can grep all of Dave’s Picks.

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