Category: Politics

  • Another One Bites The Dust

    The whois utility xwhois.com that we have all come to know and love appears to have disappeared. As of September 27, 2006 The dns records have been changed and is now pointing to another stupid advertisement site. You can see the whois info here.

  • Dalai Lama Given Canadian Citizenship

    The following is an exerpt from cnews: VANCOUVER (CP) – The Dalai Lama says he is proud to have been given honorary Canadian citizenship. He was granted the citizenship by Parliament earlier this summer, a move which drew criticism from China. “Wherever I go, it creates some inconvenience,” he told a news conference at Vancouver […]

  • O’Reilly Thinks They Own Netizens

    As you can see from this US Patent Office request. O’Reilly actually tried to patent the word ‘netizens’ back in 1994. Not sure exactly how they planned on claiming ownership but that isn’t what patents are all about (oh, wait. Yes it is).