Tone

Lost in Space
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I woke up this morning to Bush's press conference. As I lay there listening to him lie about his Social Security privitization scheme, there was one thing that really hit me. His tone. He sounded like he was annoyed that he had to be explaining things. He was put out. Questions were not an opportunity to clarify, they were unwelcome and irritating. He has obviously forgotten that he is a servant of the people. Instead, we are expected to just fall in line.

He was speaking down to me. I don't know about you, but I do not appreciate being spoken to in that tone of voice.

50% More Flawed

Weren't they supposed to be MORE accurate...

A South Florida Sun-Sentinel analysis found that touch screen voters were 50 percent more likely to cast a flawed ballot than voters using pencil and paper.

Our Classy President

from WaPo

U.S. Tells D.C. to Pay Inaugural Expenses

Other Security Projects Would Lose $11.9 Million

D.C. officials said yesterday that the Bush administration is refusing to reimburse the District for most of the costs associated with next week's inauguration, breaking with precedent and forcing the city to divert $11.9 million from homeland security projects.


Federal officials have told the District that it should cover the expenses by using some of the $240 million in federal homeland security grants it has received in the past three years -- money awarded to the city because it is among the places at highest risk of a terrorist attack.

King Georgie must have his party!

or you could just paint it

Paint your house to shield your WiFi

As wireless networks have proliferated, computer security companies have come up with increasingly complex defenses against hackers: password protection, encryption, biometrics. Insulating the interior of a house, apartment or office from radio-wave interference is a simpler concept that has yet to become a popular consumer strategy, but a new product called DefendAir from Force Field Wireless could change that.

Available online at forcefieldwireless.com, the product is a latex house paint that has been laced with copper and aluminum fibers that form an electromagnetic shield, blocking most radio waves and protecting wireless networks. Priced at $69 a gallon and available only in flat gray (it can be used as a primer), one coat shields Wi-Fi, WiMax and Bluetooth networks operating at frequencies from 100 megahertz to 2.4 gigahertz.

Two or three coats will achieve the paint's maximum level of protection, good for networks operating at up to five gigahertz. Force Field Wireless also sells a paint additive ($34 for a 32-ounce container, enough to treat a gallon of paint) and $39 window-shield films.

Harold Wray, a Force Field Wireless spokesman, said the paint must be carefully applied. "Radio waves find leaks," he said.

It should be applied selectively, he said, because it might hinder the performance of radios, televisions and cell phones.

A Tinfoil Hat for Your Passport?

So our new high-tech passports are going to be accessable to anyone with WIFI or an RFID reader.