Some tech stats for election 2004

CNN.com Election 2004 Using Java and Flash as well as HTML, CNN has set up a pretty nifty looking election results site. Using Netcraft, I determined that CNN.com runs Apache on Linux. Netcraft also has some interesting news about DOS attacks on electoral-vote.com, an electoral college prediction site; plus, the author of the site is Andrew Tanenbaum, the author of Minix.

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Our British election endorsement

Interesting - the Economist favors another Labour victory in the UK's general election.

“Didn’t bring a book? We’ve got you covered.”

The airline announcement then goes on to tout the portable video player they have for rent. It plays TV shows and movies. Hmm? Why not a little book collection for borrowing? Could even be a special “airplane” size for portability. Also known as a paperback.

A dreamscape. A world after collapse, reason unknown.

Tribes and princes. Swords and shields. Horse riding. A ranger, a woman, and a youth. Sometimes the woman writes on a typewriter, which she got from somewhere :) A scene. The ranger has a secret document of some kind. He goes to his locker and hides it in his coat. The leadership of the tribe is suspicious of him, and searches his locker. They find nothing. He realizes he has to leave. Another scene. The three are journeying through the woods, when they are surrounded by a prince and his small retinue. The ranger and his companions are superior, beheading one of the guards, and disarming (literally) another one. Archery is used as well as swordplay. The remaining guards stand down. One of the guards has an iron shield, which saves his life. The ranger hasn't seen such a shield before. The ranger threatens the prince, sword tip under his chin. The prince is defiant: "You savage. Do you not know there are towers that touch the sky from which we once ruled?" The ranger...

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