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It's Friday the 13th in case you didn't realize it.....
My Dance Dance Revolution Dance Mats (wow that has a lot of dances in there) have shipped, and
should be at my house on Tuesday. They still have them in stock, so if you want some, pick them up
at Gamestop.
Wondering why your favorite radio station is no longer streaming it's broadcasts over the internet
today? It's because the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists is wanting royalty payments for broadcasts
over the internet. And since no radio station makes any real money by streaming, they aren't going
to pay it and hence they shut it down. It's so sad that the greed by artists is hurting the
internet. At least I still have my mp3's, and all those internet-only stations.
Microsoft has put out a page detailing their move from FreeBSD to Windows 2000 for
Hotmail. They had tried it with Windows NT and failed, but somehow they got W2K to run it
smoothly. Most of it is typical PR fluff, but there is also some technical stuff. I'd been wondering
when they'd switch over, since it was a constant embarrassment to Microsoft that one of their leading
sites wasn't even running MS software.
Some cities are beginning to ban Dodgeball in their public
schools. I personally applaud this effort, as while dodgeball was pretty fun, it
was also really vicious and I myself have had a few too many cases where people
will try to peg you as hard as possible because you're not cool enough. As long
as the game was played civilly, it was fun, but having a bunch of hormonal
teenage boys throwing things at people is not a recipe for fun.
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