$2 trillion fine for Microsoft security snafu?

Doubtful it’ll happen..

Microsoft’s latest security lapse with its Passport information service could trigger a $2.2 trillion fine on the company courtesy of the US government.

Microsoft on Thursday admitted that a flaw in the password reset tool of its Passport service could compromise the information stored on all 200 million users. It scampered to post a fix and is looking into potential exploits, but the damage to Microsoft may already have been done.

IRC snippets

Just so you know that Linux users don’t bash on Windows users alone. We bash on other Linux users too! Thank you Kevin for keeping this recorded.

<kelvin> any slackware users around?
* martin raises hand
<kelvin> i have a question on it…
<martin> kelvin: Alot of people here are un-socialble muppets who use red hat. lol
<kelvin> oh, so no one knows slackware?
<martin> red hat, use there up2date, apt-get, and loves rpm based distro’s
<martin> kiddiot’s dream
<martin> gues it takes the learning out of things eh?
<martin> kelvin: I said I did.
<kelvin> ah, good. then you can answer a question on slackware?
<martin> sure
<kelvin> ok, so why do only lame muppets from kerry use slackware?
<martin> wanker

(Apologies to my readers from Kerry, and Slackware users!)

Saddam's mouthpiece 'seeks surrender'

It looks like the Americans Won’t arrest Comical Ali!

US President George W Bush has admitted that he enjoyed Mr Sahhaf’s briefings so much that he used to interrupt some of his meetings just to watch him.

His son is working in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, where he’s earned the nickname “Surgical Ali”.

‘My father is a good guy. He is a very friendly guy,’ he said. ‘He knows he is responsible for his own decisions but, as a father, he is a very good man.’

Grandma beats up Airport Security Guards

Hehe. According to this story, an 83 year old woman beat up airport security guards when they tried to search her!

Witnesses said she was cackling, “Put your hands on an old lady, will you?” as she bashed both guards. The tape also showed a fourth guard attempting to grab Gordon’s wheelchair. Gordon removed a knitting needle from her purse and stabbed him in his left buttock. “What a wimp,” she told reporters. “He started screaming and grabbing his butt and running like a puppy that someone kicked.”