Archives for 2001

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February 12, 2001 by Michael Boyle

is great – but lately it has been taking too long to load, and delaying the presentation of the whole page. So, for now, it’s gone.

Wow.

February 12, 2001 by Michael Boyle

To a guy who studied political theory for years, the uncovering of long-lost works – including Aristotelean dialogues – is amazing. Digital technology baby!

from the Military-Intelligence community in the US: Feds Say Fidel Is Hacker Threat. They also manage to work in the “evil Islamic terrorists are using crypto and stego” angle. Declan McCullagh must have had to shower after wading through that crap.

It’s obvious

February 9, 2001 by Michael Boyle

that I don’t read Disinformation enough – I missed this sad story about a recent internecine Dead Kennedys event – the rest of the band v jello biafra & Alternative Tentacles. Evidently Jello refused to allow Levis to use Holiday in Cambodia for a jeans ad, so East Bay Ray, Klaus Fluoride and Peligro sued his ass, alleging that he wasn’t promoting their back catalogue enough as head of ATR.

The Zeldman mentions that

February 8, 2001 by Michael Boyle

The Zeldman mentions that Netscape 6.01 has been released, but also that it is incompatible with ATM on the Mac. From the release notes: “There is a known conflict with Adobe Type Manager, which causes windows to appear blank. Workaround: Uninstall ATM before you start Netscape 6.”

Uh, yeah. Hmmm. By my compass, releasing software that is incompatible with ATM is like releasing nothing at all. I don’t know of anyone who runs their Mac without ATM installed. Thanks guys, see you when you get that sorted out.