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Yahoo! News – Asian Pirates Sell Microsoft’s Next Windows System: “Underscoring the scale of U.S. companies’ copyright problems in Asia, CDs containing software Microsoft has code named “Longhorn” are on sale for six ringgit ($1.58) in southern Malaysia.” Haha, he said ringgit.

You never know how hard it is to find an available dumpster until you need one. I just spent 20 minutes driving around a dark and rainy Bellevue looking for such a creature. I needed to dispose of a few plastic containers that I used to move in and our apartment complex only offers a chute for trash bags. These plastic totes barely fit into my hatchback, so they sure as heck were not going to fit down that chute.



Thankfully, there is a large string of medical centers about a block from here because of the hospital being so close. Friday night at 5 PM, the day after a holiday, few people are going to be in the office. I found a dumpster and it found my totes.

Here is the cake: pic1 and pic2.

Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1990s Redux: So many good albums, so many albums I still need to hear. No time for full analysis.

Slashdot: “You spend the first two years teaching a kid how to talk and walk, then you spend the next sixteen years telling them to shut up and sit down. Seems so pointless, doesn’t it?”

Ford to drop SVT Focus, put entire SVT lineup on hiatus: No more SVT Focus! That is a shame because just about every review I’ve read of the car said it was outstanding. I really shouldn’t think about the SVT too much because I want to kick myself for getting the ZX3 instead. The retail price on my ZX3 was MORE than a well-equipped SVT and the SVT is a better vehicle in almost all regards (other than noise and softness of ride). 170 HP, almost as fast as a 911 Carrera in the slalom, okay gotta stop thinking about it. If only I was more comfortable with a manual, I would have bought it back in July…



Anyway, back to the article. The ST model that is mentioned is probably similar to the UK-spec ST170: basically the same engine as the SVT (170 HP) but without the rest of the upgrades (suspension, tires, brakes, interior, transmission, etc).

Motor Trend Names Toyota Prius 2004 Car of the Year. I think I just found a reason to cancel my Motor Trend subscription (six days after I just renewed for two more years…). How in the world is the Prius the car of the year?! I believe that a car with at least a single, glaring issue should not be in contention for car of the year. The issue with the Prius? The back end. Just look at the boot on that car.





Toyota design engineers: “So, we’ve simply run out of ideas. We tried inverting the emblem and the lights and the fender, we’ve tried square tail lights, round tail lights, clear tail lights (damn Altezza), round back ends, square backends, triangle back ends, full trunks, full hatchbacks, half and half, we’ve tried everything! Well, almost everything. Let’s try to ‘reverse psych’ our customers. We are going to take the ugliest rear known in existence, the Pontiac Aztec, and then squish it into half the space and give it clear tail lights! Briliant!” Ugh.

Just tonight, Jeff, Dan and I were discussing who are the worst drivers. It may be stereotypical, but women are not as good of drivers on average as men. Case in point, while waiting to turn left at a light, Jeff and I saw two cars pass that did not have their headlights on: both women, both on cell phones.

“A man will fall in love with some beauty, with a woman’s body, or even with a part of a woman’s body and he’ll abandon his own children for her, sell his father and mother, and his country, Russia, too. If he’s honest, he’ll steal; if he’s humane, he’ll murder; if he’s faithful, he’ll deceive.” – Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

SCO Hints at *BSD Lawsuits Next Year, And More: Best quote from the whole SCO fiasco about Darl McBride, “Darl is like a blind man on the street, swinging a bat, hoping someone will pay him to stop. Hopefully, the cops will get him before he does any real damage.”