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Censure motion introduced in House over Iraq, torture.

Ranking House Judiciary Democrat Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) has introduced a motion to censure President Bush and Vice President Cheney for providing misleading information to Congress in advance of the Iraq war, failing to respond to written questions and potential violations of international law.

The resolutions were quietly introduced Sunday evening along with a third resolution (HR 635) to create a Select Committee to investigate the administration�s intent to go to war prior to congressional authorization. The committee would also be charged with examining manipulation of pre-war intelligence, thwarting Congressional oversight and retaliatory attacks against critics. As part of this resolution, House Judiciary Democrats seek also to explore violations of international law as pertaining to detainee abuse and torture of prisoners of war.

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Oracle to 'Fortify' its source code


Oracle, recently under fire from security researchers for the state of its product security, is further automating its bug-checking process.

The Redwood Shores, Calif.-based enterprise software maker has started using technology from Fortify Software to analyze the source code of some of its products for potential security vulnerabilities, the companies announced Tuesday.

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**************LAN PARTY ANNOUNCEMENT**************
Re: Winter LAN Larty 2005/2006
When: December 30th - ???
Where: Housman Residence, the 2 car garage LAN hut.

Heating: We will have a Kerosene heater & the salamander but it is STRONGLY advised to bring blankets so we don't all die of fumes as I would like to try to run the salamander as little as possible.

Equipment: Please bring a chair and an ethernet cord for yourself(I seem to be in short supply of them).

***GAMES TO BE PLAYED***
If you have any of these games, try to have them pre-installed, patched to the latest version and cracked if necessary. If you don't have them, do not fear, I have made images of them already and they will be available on the network for you to mount as a virtual drive.

DIABLO 2 (We're bringing back the classics)
Serious Sam 2
Call of Duty 2
Flat Out
Unreal Tournament 2004
Warcraft 3
Starcraft
Age of Empires 3
Civilization 4 (Civ4 and AOE3 are just time killers for the few fans of these games)

So far the people who are coming are: Jacob, Jonathan, Ryan, Ken, Robbie, Neil, Steve, Mike Jamison, Craiggers, and myself.

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So I gots home wednesday night and alls well. Get computer hooked up- on the net. Hmm I thinks. Charter sure is slow. Went to bed. Gets up next day. Sleet/Snow/Ice - schools closed/works closed .... everyone appears to be home. Internet is again slow- charter probably me thinks.

Time lapses.

I get in about 1:00 am tonight(friday night/sat morn) from seeing Narnia at VView. Internet is fast....

Conclusion: You people need to get off the internets, you're slowing it down for me! At least if you're a charter customer.

Just a bit of late night hypothotheorumishwisdom. Goodnight.

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Renewal of anti-terror law blocked in Senate

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, demanding increased protection of civil liberties, defied
President George W. Bush on Friday and blocked legislation to renew the USA Patriot Act, a centerpiece of his war on terrorism.
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On a Senate vote of 52-47, mostly Republican backers of the measure fell eight short of the needed 60 to end debate and move to passage of the legislation.

YAY