Not exactly political, so I threw it in Anarchy. It's a pretty funny read.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=545687

Think this will help or hurt him? Was this the right person for the job, or were you hoping for maybe Dean? I was hoping Bush would pick somebody different as well, since we're on the VP topic.

Ok, besides the obvious 'doorstop', I think this is a neat idea, but I wouldn't eat the finished product.

http://www.phys.ncku.edu.tw/~htsu/humor/fry_egg.html

Just a heads up, guys and gals. If you've got a Windows\System32\Data or Winnt\System\Data directory, take a look and see if there are any .jpg files with dates as names on them. Here is a cut-and-paste from the article describing it:

WinXPNews.com (article about halfway down)

Spyware Photographs Your Windows XP Desktop

We received a very disturbing letter from a WinXPnews reader last week:

"I was cleaning out the "unerase files" that Norton Anti-Virus holds when I happened to look through them. I found a number of jpg files in the list. They were named something like "2003-7-2_1-5-45.jpg," a record of a date and time. I traced the folder to WINDOWS\system32\data. In it were more files like this. One was created EXACTLY every five minutes. They also have a thumbnail version. When I viewed them, I was shocked. There was a perfect screenshot of my computer at that time! What if I have credit card numbers or a private email on the screen at that time? Anyone with the right hack could find these files and exploit them! Is this something that Microsoft is doing to keep an eye out? My virus software can find nothing. Please, let the readers know if it is a security issue."

Looks like someone installed a very malicious spyware program on this user's computer. These kinds of screen capture spy applications are very effective for capturing credit card information, user names, document and file system data, and email reconnaissance information. There's a good chance that the program is sending these screen shots to someone "out there" for review. That's why it's so important to have a good spyware and scumware blocking application. It doesn't matter which one you use, just use one!

 
It won't be detected by NAV or McAfee, so you'll need to search for it manually. I'm sure most of you already use some type of "ad-aware" like software so you should be ok.

I've got an old 5GB Ipod and want to hook it up through my truck's stereo. I've bought, and returned, two transmitter type things already. Since I can't remember who made them, I'll just describe them. One of them plugs into the 5v adapter and a little usb thing plugs into that. Then a cord runs from the usb thing to the Ipod's headphone jack. Utter crap. Staticy like crazy. Then next one I tried plugged into the headphone jack and required batteries to transmit to 88.7 FM. Utter crap again. 90% static, barely any sound. I know it's not the stereo, as it works fine. I've fiddled with the settings and tried all possible combinations. Has anyone had any success with these type of devices. The one Apple sells seems only to work for the newer Ipods and not my old one. I don't care who makes it, as long as the quality is good and not all staticy. Thanks a bunch!