time time time never ask what's become of it

I won't be in tomorrow - oh wait, that's today, now. I've got a lot of work to do. I've wasted too much time this week (and not just here at LJ). Okay, it wasn't exactly wasted - not all of it, anyway - but I've got to stay on track.

Have a good friday, and I'll be back soon.

a little cross posting

I posted about my irises in both livejardin and freekeesgarden

doing business

It's kind of scary when you tell purchasing what vendor you want to buy from and they ask, "will they do business with us?"

That policy of waiting three months to pay our bills really makes it difficult to get our own products out on time.

Graf wins case over fake nude photos

Bogus nude photos of former tennis superstar Steffi Graf appeared last year on a Web site operated by Microsoft Germany.

Microsoft Germany responsible for site’s content, court says

ASSOCIATED PRESS
BERLIN, May 28 Former tennis star Steffi Graf won a court case against Microsoft Germany on Tuesday over fake nude photos of her that were posted on a Web site run by the company.

THE STATE APPEALS court in Cologne upheld a ruling last October by a lower court, which had ruled that Microsoft Germany was responsible for the content of the site and must ensure that such pictures don’t appear there. (MSNBC is a Microsoft-NBC joint venture.)
The company would have to pay a fine if similar photos emerge on the site in future, court spokesman Christian Grueneberg said.
The photos - computer manipulations that put Graf’s head on a nude body - appeared last year on the site operated by Microsoft Germany where users could post pictures and texts to share with others.
The photos were taken down in June at Graf’s request, but the company declined to sign a formal agreement that they wouldn’t appear again, and Graf sued.
Microsoft Germany spokesman Bernhard Grander said the company disagrees with the court’s decision and said it endangers the existence of live-chat and private (Internet) communities.
Grander said Microsoft is examining further legal steps.

(c) 2002 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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According to this law, LiveJournal would be held responsible for the crime I just committed in republishing this story.

Federal judges reject online porn law

Public libraries won’t be forced to install blocking software

ASSOCIATED PRESS

PHILADELPHIA, May 31 Three federal judges on Friday threw out a federal law that would have forced public libraries to equip computers with software designed to block access to Internet pornography.

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I'm glad someone has finally stood up against the budget blackmail and won.

quote of the day

From someone (husband and father of five) talking to someone (new husband with a baby on the way) who is looking to buy a new home:

"Resale value?! You tried talking to her about the resalve value? From the moment she saw the place, all she could picture was her daughter running down the front steps in her wedding gown!"

Happy Birthday!!!

It is kernerator's golden birthday today. He is 31.

I only learned about such a commemoration from Cyn, this past year.