There are numerous sites debating whether it was a left or right attack on a US federal politician this morning. The cowardly attack involved a semi-automatic weapon fired into a crowd standing and talking peacefully outside a grocery store. The main target, Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, was shot in the head from about four feet … Continue reading Terrorist Shoots to Kill Congresswoman
Jim Getty, who was an inventor of the X Window System in the 80s, has a bone to pick about performance of his networks. He suspects there is a problem with TCP buffers related to network congestion and round trip time (RTT). …you don’t see the full glory of TCP RTT confusion caused by buffering … Continue reading Network Buffer Bloat
There was the ludicrous accusation last year by Egypt of Mossad-trained attack sharks to hurt their tourism industry. Then there was the rock accused by Lebanon of being an Israeli listening device. Now Saudi Arabia is getting in on the action. They report, according to the Israelis, that a vulture has been detained for being … Continue reading Saudi Arabia Accuses Israel of Spying with Birds
The lawyer who rose to fame when he sued Kraft Foods and McDonalds for trans fats has filed a last-minute objection to delay Marin’s plastic bag ban San Francisco attorney Stephen L. Joseph, who was not present at Tuesday’s board hearing, told the [Marin] Independent Journal his group is “doing everything that we can to … Continue reading Lawsuit Threatens Marin Pastic Bag Ban