18th November 2000 Archive
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Florida election returns blocked until Monday
State Supremes save Gore's bacon
The long-expected certification of a winner in Florida's presidential race will not be enacted this weekend, as the state's Supreme Court ruled unanimously late Friday that Republican Secretary of State Katherine Harris may not announce a winner as she had been straining to do, "until further notice." Harris had fervently hoped …
Music and Media 18 Nov 2000, 04:31
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The Bastard hits Cruise Control
Episode 38 Was a programmer once
BOFH 2000: Episode 38 SO I'm debugging an App I've only just cobbled together to monitor the browsing histories of senior management (just prior to contract renegotiation time as it happens) when the company cruiser walks in. I hate the company cruiser. And every company has one - the person who doesn't really have a job outside …
BOFH 18 Nov 2000, 08:42
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ZDNet wakes up and smells P4 shocker
What's that? Intel launching new chip on Monday?
Intel's Pentium 4 will only be capable of running in single processor configurations, thunders eWeek's Ken 'Scoop' Popovich. Well gosh and goldarn it. Those ZzzzzzzzzzzDNet folk are catching up fast. The Reg only ran the story in mid-September. Now listen up, Popovich. P4 at 0.18 micron (Willamette) will never be SMP capable. …
Bootnotes 18 Nov 2000, 10:14
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Four triumph in Codebreaker comp
Laurels for crack quartet
It's been a long, hard month for our would-be codebreakers. I dread to think how many potentially productive hours have been spent bashing our encrypted text into keyboards spattered with tears of frustration. It's a lovely image. John Elder first cracked he code on 2nd November. Jan Iven was only minutes behind, so we're not …
Site News 18 Nov 2000, 14:27
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Codebreaker crypto correspondence
Madness, pleading and exploding brains
The email traffic regarding our Codebreaker competition has kept all at Vulture Central amused during the dark days of winter. First up, a nod to Staffan Ulfberg, Lars Ivansson and Fredrik Almgren. All three cracked the code and got it into Spanish. However, they failed to read the rules and provide the English. With hearts …
Bootnotes 18 Nov 2000, 14:28
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Benefit from blinding Bluetooth blag
Cutting edge kit up for grabs
If you're one of those people - and let's face it there's a lot of it about - who likes nothing better than a juicy bit of state-of-the-art kit, today might be your lucky day. Vulture Central has teamed up with GN Netcom to give away the latest GN 9000 Bluetooth headset. This sexy wireless beast will operate within a range of …
Site News 18 Nov 2000, 18:30
