24.1.5 - 24.1.9

Steph and Matt watched 24, season 1, episodes 5-8 last night without me--forgot to call me up. :P So, I went over tonight to borrow disc 2 to catch up, and because Matt had dozed through some of it last night, we watched episodes 5-9 there. Soo good! Would've watched more, but Matt has to get up for work around 6am. And next time, they'll try to remember to call me up when they want to continue. :)

Funny airline maintenance

Here are some actual logged maintenance complaints by QUANTAS* pilots (P) and the corrective action recorded by the service team (S). By the way, Quantas is the only major airline that has never had an accident.

P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.

P: Test flight OK, except auto land very rough.
S: Auto land not installed on this aircraft.

P: Something loose in cockpit.
S: Something tightened in cockpit.

P: Dead bugs on windshield.
S: Live bugs on back order.

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Disturbing invasion of privacy/free speech

Anonymous No More On AOL?

NEW YORK - Warning to anonymous critics on Internet chat boards trying to sink stocks: We may soon know who you are.

At least that's the message from a Virginia Supreme Court ruling yesterday rejecting an argument by the America Online unit of AOL Time Warner (nyse: AOL) that, under the first amendment, it does not have to disclose the identity of one particularly opinionated investor among its 35 million subscribers. The subscriber, known now only as scovey@aol.com, had written on a Yahoo! (nasdaq: YHOO) bulletin board that Hong Kong manufacturer Nam Tai Electronics (nasdaq: NTAI) made "low tech crap," among other opinions. AOL now has ten days to either unmask "scovey" or appeal the decision.

"We feel very strongly that online speech is protected by the first amendment," said Nicholas Graham, an AOL spokesman. "We're considering our legal options."


Brought to my attention by evilbitchnews here.

Shh! Don't talk about anything sexual in public, ever!

It's one of those hidden laws, see, and should stay that way!

Makes me want to smack his smug, wants-to-stay-ignorant self. I'm much more inclined to agree with the pundits who feel this country is far too sexually repressed--not all "social norms" need to stay the way they've been.

Two entirely unrelated links

Funny from elf:
Dark Side Switch Campaign

Serious from wyrmbait:
Plurality voting is bad, mmkay? No, really, just about anything else is better.

Now there's a "duh".

Well, maybe you don't live or die for LiveJournal,
but it's what gets you up in the morning.

Guilty of reloading your friends page over and over
throughout the day? Thought so.

Quick, get some fresh air - before you become a full fledged addict!

Are *You* Addicted To LiveJournal?

And now, to save this from being just a quiz posting, Hundreds upon hundreds of names you should never, ever give your child. (From yournailbunny)