On Tuesday, Airespace became the first wireless LAN (local area network) equipment maker to announce support for IPv6, or Internet Protocol version 6, on its products. Other Wi-Fi equipment makers, such as Aruba Wireless Networks, say they will be adding the feature sometime next year.

Until recently, IPv6 support wasn't really needed on Wi-Fi gear, said Alan Cohen, vice president of marketing for Airespace. In the past, most wireless access points simply forwarded traffic upstream to an Ethernet switch or IP router. It was at this point, deep in the network, when devices read the full IP address to forward traffic to its final destination. But as Wi-Fi networking equipment gets more sophisticated with advanced features that track individual users, it's important to support IPv6, Cohen said.
cnet.com

In 1920, 57% of Hollywood movies billed the female star above the leading man. In 1990, only 18% had the leading lady given top billing.

Here is a great way to keep your lingerie and linen drawers smelling clean and fresh. Place your favorite bar of soap in the drawers. Works Great! Smells Awsome. 
  
CATHOLIC REASONING 

A married man goes into the confessional and says to his priest, "I had an affair with a woman...almost..."
The priest asks, "What do you mean, almost?" The man says, "Well, we got undressed and rubbed together, but then I stopped."
The priest says, "Rubbing together is the same as putting it in. 
You're not to see that woman again. For your penance, say five Hail Mary's and put $50 in the poor box." He pauses for a moment and then starts to leave. The priest, who was watching, quickly runs over to him saying, "I saw that, you didn't put any money in the poor box!"
The man replies, "Yeah, but I rubbed the $50 on the box, and apparently that's the same as putting it in." 

Maybe the browser wars really are back. 
Bart Decrem, a spokesman for the Mozilla Foundation, told ZDNet UK on Friday that he expects the browser's market share to reach 10 percent by the end of 2005. 

"I think we'll get to 10 percent over the next year. We don't have 10 percent of the Web at the moment, but we have the momentum," Decrem said. 

He said he is confident of hitting this goal because interest in the browser has been accelerating over the last few months. He said this momentum can be seen in the increasing number of downloads for each version of Firefox: 
Version 0.8 was downloaded 3.3 million times in four months; 0.9 was downloaded 6.5 million times in three months; and the pre-release version was downloaded 5 million times in just one month. 
FLFLHTC: Mozilla browsers currently account for just under 5% of the viewers on this site.

Judge keeps Pennavaria's prison time the same

By Matthew Junker
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Friday, October 29, 2004

A former used car dealer from Murrysville was sentenced to no additional time in prison Thursday on top of a 46-month federal sentence for laundering money for a drug ring that sold cocaine throughout Westmoreland County.

Thomas Pennavaria, 59, of 101 Bartlett Court, Murrysville, originally was charged with more than 50 counts for his role in a drug ring that authorities say distributed nearly $7 million in cocaine between 1998 and 2000.

The ring included Jon Edward Scalzitti, 63, of North Huntingdon Township, a businessman authorities believed was an organized crime figure and a member of the Pagans motorcycle club.

He pleaded guilty to six charges in Westmoreland County in January 2003 in exchange for the recommendation by prosecutors that his sentence be concurrent with his eventual federal sentence.

Pennavaria was sentenced in August after a guilty plea at that level, and Westmoreland County Judge Richard E. McCormick Jr. sentenced him to 18 months to 10 years in jail.

Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison were all 27 years old when they died.  

CHRISTMAS AT BILTMORE ESTATE 
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November 6, 2004 - January 2, 2005 Asheville, NC http://www.biltmore.com 800-543-2961 More than a century ago, George Vanderbilt celebrated the holiday season by unveiling his new home to family and friends. The Christmas Eve celebration in 1895 was a joyous event filled with music, laughter, and memories. Today, the estate continues the tradition with a larger-than-life Christmas celebration that includes holiday music, miles of evergreen garland, hundreds of poinsettias and wreaths, brass ornaments, and gifts. Make this holiday an event to remember by creating special memories with family and friends at America's largest home. 

Every year, the rooms of Biltmore House receive a new holiday look. This year's décor includes a 35-foot Fraser fir in the Banquet Hall surrounded by a small forest of deciduous and evergreen trees. Crystal ornaments, white birds, and snowflakes adorn the branches of each tree. In the Tapestry Gallery, the different seasons are represented with four giant trees adorned with natural accents. Holiday music from ensembles and the Banquet Hall organ fill the halls with Yuletide cheer.

Word of the Day

argosy \AHR-guh-see\ noun

1 : a large ship; especially : a large merchant ship
*2 : a rich supply
Example sentence:
Uncle Ken is always armed with an argosy of jokes, and he keeps the family entertained for hours.
Did you know?
Looking at the first sense of "argosy," you might assume that this word is a close relative of "argonaut," but that isn't the case. Although both words have a nautical sense, they have different etymologies. The original argonauts sailed on a ship called the Argo to seek the Golden Fleece; their moniker combines the name of their ship and the Greek word "nautēs," meaning "sailor." "Argosy" comes from Arragosa, the English name for the city that is now Dubrovnik, Croatia. Over time, the Italian name of the town, Ragusa, was gradually modified into a noun for the laden merchant ships that sailed from that port in medieval days, and later still into one denoting any merchant vessel or rich store.

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