Found this on
Slashdot:“Here’s an interesting way one Napster user is causing problems for Napster. In a nutshell, he’s creating songs that are exactly the same length as a legitimate song, but with an annoying cukoo sound in place of the song. An interesting way to protest copyright infringement. …Lots of Fingerbang fans are gonna be really annoyed when they waste all that download time!”
12:07 p.m.
Tag: excerpts
The Bad News:
DURBAN, South Africa (AP) — Nearly 28 million children in Africa will have lost at least one of their parents to AIDS by the year 2010, causing a social nightmare for these countries for decades, according to a report released Thursday.
“The HIV pandemic is producing orphans on a scale unrivaled in history,” said Susan Hunter, an author of the “Children on the Brink 2000” by the U.S. Agency for International Development. A summary was released at the 13th International AIDS Conference.
1:06 p.m.
“What a… stimulating exploration of ever-shifting social attitudes.” That’s probably what he said:
NEW YORK — Bryant Gumbel is back on conservatives’ hit list for what appeared to be a profane remark about a guest on his show.
The host of CBS’ “The Early Show” was interviewing Robert Knight of the Family Research Council, who backed the recent Supreme Court decision allowing the Boy Scouts to ban gays as leaders. When the interview ended Thursday, Gumbel was heard saying “What a …” before his microphone was turned off.
Knight said he thought Gumbel ended the remark with a profanity and the word “idiot,” which a videotape reportedly supports. The American Family Association wants the network to give Gumbel the boot, and Knight wants an apology.
A spokeswoman for Gumbel said he left Thursday for vacation. She didn’t know what he said.
Neither, apparently, did CBS News, which released the following statement: “He was making a casual remark of some sort, but it is unclear what the comment was and, in any case, it bears no relevance to the content of ‘The Early Show.'”
11:10 a.m.
Mighty Girl 