del.icio.us links for 2005-10-24

• NCAA Football Polls - CBS SportsLine.com: AP Top 25, Coaches Poll, BCS, Harris Interactive, SportsLine 119 (football ncaa poll reference sports)
• Oddly Enough News Article | Reuters.com: Cory Burnell wants to set up a Christian nation within the United States where abortion is illegal, gay marriage is banned, schools cannot teach evolution, children can pray to Jesus in public schools and the Ten Commandments are posted publicly. (charlestonsc politics religion southcarolina us weird)
• Tony Bourke - Super Smack: Super Smack is a benchmarking, stress testing, and load generation tool for MySQL (and PostgreSQL). Super Smack was originally written by Sasha Pachev, and then hosted and maintained by Jeremy Zawodny. (benchmarking database mysql postgresql sql tool)
• Money for Nothing: Billions of dollars have disappeared, gone to bribe Iraqis and line contractors’ pockets. (bush evil iraq politics war)
• Concurring Opinions: Making Universities Pay for Government Surveillance: The federal government is requiring universities, online communications companies and cities to overhaul their Internet computer networks to make it easier for law enforcement authorities to monitor e-mail and other online communications. [via Politech] (calea evil infrastructure liberty network politics surveillance telephony voip)
• The H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society: Cthulhu LIVES! (cthulhu movie)
• MySQL AB :: MySQL 5.0 Now Available for Production Use: MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, today announced the general availability of MySQL 5.0, the most significant product upgrade in the company's ten-year history. (database gpl mysql software sql)
• NASA - How We'll Get Back to the Moon: Before the end of the next decade, NASA astronauts will again explore the surface of the moon. And this time, we're going to stay, building outposts and paving the way for eventual journeys to Mars and beyond. (moon nasa news science)
• Inside the Mind of a Censor: Five Reasons Jack Thompson is Right: ...and Five Reasons Why He's Not (culture gaming rant)
• Worldandnation: Ruining my credit was easy, thief says: "Using my identity, he charged more than $40,000 in just a few days: suits, computers, an all-terrain vehicle, lawn equipment, stereo equipment, you name it. It took more than a year and untold hours of exasperation to clear up my credit." (crime economics evil fraud howto privacy)
• Brent Scowcroft "Breaks Ranks" with George W. Bush in Major New Yorker Article: This critique by Scowcroft hardens the foundation of critique that others have recently put in place -- particularly from Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former State Department Chief of Staff under Colin Powell... (bush evil iraq politics us war)