From jericho at attrition.org Sun Feb 5 23:52:05 2006 From: jericho at attrition.org (security curmudgeon) Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 23:52:05 -0500 (EST) Subject: [attrition] music review: Juliette and the Licks - Speaking My Language Message-ID: Yes, after two years, we've finally posted another music review. Remember, we take movie and music reviews from anyone. They are subject to our editorial bias and decision, but so far we've taken most =) http://attrition.org/music/jlewis/speaking.html Juliette and the Licks Speaking My Language 2005 From jericho at attrition.org Mon Feb 6 01:43:46 2006 From: jericho at attrition.org (security curmudgeon) Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 01:43:46 -0500 (EST) Subject: [attrition] music review: Free Dominguez Message-ID: http://attrition.org/music/fd/freedoming.html Free Dominguez Freedoming SOFree Records - 2004 From jericho at attrition.org Fri Feb 10 19:24:40 2006 From: jericho at attrition.org (security curmudgeon) Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 19:24:40 -0500 (EST) Subject: [attrition] The origin of the :-) Message-ID: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~sef/Orig-Smiley.htm Original Bboard Thread in which :-) was proposed Here is the original message posted by Scott Fahlman on 19 September, 1982 [..] From jericho at attrition.org Fri Feb 10 20:00:07 2006 From: jericho at attrition.org (security curmudgeon) Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 20:00:07 -0500 (EST) Subject: [attrition] The origin of the :-) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: : http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~sef/Orig-Smiley.htm : : Original Bboard Thread in which :-) was proposed : : Here is the original message posted by Scott Fahlman on 19 September, 1982 : : [..] Courtesy of cji (one of the many attrition fluffers): http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/06/technology/06cingular.html Cingular Seeks Patent on Icons in Text Messages By MARIA ASPAN Published: February 6, 2006 To their many users, emoticons those combinations of typed symbols used to depict a smiley or sad face in e-mail or text messages are worth a brief laugh. Now Cingular Wireless hopes they might be worth a little more. According to recently released documents, Cingular applied provisionally for patents of shortcut steps used to transmit emoticons in 2004. Six months later, in March 2005, the company filed a claim to patent "a method and system for generating a displayable icon or emoticon form." Cingular is the second major company to apply for patents for technology relating to emoticons, which are so common as punctuation marks in electronic communication that trying to patent them almost seems like trying to copyright a speech tic. In January 2004, the Microsoft Corporation filed an application to patent "methods and devices for creating and transferring custom emoticons," or the special symbols created by individuals to electronically express their feelings. The United States Patent and Trademark Office published Microsoft's application last summer and Cingular's application on Jan. 19. [..] I would say that September of 1982 would fall under "prior work" and invalidate any such patent claims. In short, expect the USPO to grant such a patent to one of these companies. From jericho at attrition.org Thu Feb 23 10:12:37 2006 From: jericho at attrition.org (security curmudgeon) Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:12:37 -0500 (EST) Subject: [attrition] Girl's Science Project May Make You Rethink That Drink Order Message-ID: Girl's Science Project May Make You Rethink That Drink Order By MICHELE SAGER , The Tampa Tribune Tampa Bay Online TAMPA - Those ice-cold drinks from favorite fast food restaurants may not seem as refreshing after a seventh-grader's science project reveals what may lurk inside the cup. Benito Middle School student Jasmine Roberts examined the amount of bacteria in ice served at fast food restaurants. Her project won the science fair at the New Tampa school, and she hopes to win a top prize at the Hillsborough County Regional Science and Engineering Fair, which starts Tuesday. The 12-year-old compared the ice used in the drinks with the water from toilet bowls in the same restaurants. Jasmine said she found the results startling. "I thought there might be a little bacteria in the ice, but I never expected it to be this much," she said. "And I never thought the toilet water would be cleaner." Her discovery: Seventy percent of the time, the ice had more bacteria than the toilet water. [...] URL: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11318353/