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Why Red Light Running Might Not Be Solved With Cameras …0
Jeff posted in General Babble on October 29th, 2006

There is no doubt that red-light running is a big problem. Drivers running red lights account for about 22% of traffic accidents in the U.S., according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. And that number has been growing: Deadly automobile crashes at traffic signals jumped more than 13% between 1993 and 2003. But are Cameras the Answer?

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Tortured into False Confessions, innocent Maher Arar will get no US apology0
Jeff posted in General Babble on October 29th, 2006

Arar, a Syrian-born Canadian, was detained in New York in September 2002 and soon after deported by U.S. authorities, winding up in a grave-like Damascus cell where he was tortured into giving false confessions.

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Court Ruling: RIAA CAN’T Examine People’s Hard Drives!0
Jeff posted in General Babble on October 27th, 2006

Schell ruled that the defendant’s hard drive can only be examined by a neutral forensics expert, not the RIAA’s own “experts”.

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Trying out Performancing for Firefox v2.0!!0
Jeff posted in ...on the Road... on October 27th, 2006

Well, I’m trying out a new blogging tool that’s inside of firefox … it looks pretty cool, and is called Performancing … we’ll see how it does, but so far so good. :)

powered by performancing firefox

Fifteen Exercises for Learning a new Programming Language0
Jeff posted in General Babble on October 19th, 2006

Here are 15 exercises that will help you learn and get familiar with a programming language in no time.

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Cisco administration 101: Understanding Ethernet MAC addresses0
Jeff posted in General Babble on October 16th, 2006

While you’re probably familiar with Ethernet MAC addresses, how much do you know about working with them in the Cisco IOS? In this edition of Cisco Routers and Switches, David Davis tells you how to determine the MAC address, change it, and use it to filter traffic.

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Firefox does not have a memory “bug”, but here’s how you improve mem usage0
Jeff posted in General Babble on October 15th, 2006

Even after at least hundreds of posts on digg.com, even after a Slashdot article there
’s thousands of people out there complaining about the Firefox Memory Bug. Lets get it straight. It’s not a bug. It’s part of the cache feature. Here are some about:config hacks to make Firefox faster and use less RAM…

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Something All Americans Should Watch0
Jeff posted in General Babble on October 8th, 2006

A complete debate - The whole story, nothing taken out of context.

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58% of Americans Now Believe Bush Deliberately Misled Us Into War0
Jeff posted in General Babble on October 3rd, 2006

Number of Americans who believe the Bush administration has deliberately misled the American public about the war in Iraq, according to a new CNN poll.

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