Some web sites drop connections from the guest, without returning anything (even headers).  This happens with twitter.com when run from

    * VMWare Fusion 2.0.2 on an OS X 10.5.5 host, with bridged networking, from a Windows XP SP3 guest

    * VMWare Player 2.0.5 on a Windows XP SP3 host, with NAT networking, from a Windows XP SP3 guest

This behavior is independent of the tool I use to send the request to the server:

Sen. Charles Grassley (R. Iowa) has said that he thinks AIG execs shouldn't be taking bonuses, and would prefer that they resign or kill themselves.

The interesting thing is, that awhile back, under the guise of "deregulation," the House and the Senate and the President... All worked together to pass legislation that made it possible for AIG to begin dealing in credit default swaps, via the Commodity Future Modernization Act of 2000.

Time Machine on my Mac started giving the "The backup volume could not be found" error when backing up. To make matters worse, it never gave a big "Backups are NOT HAPPENING" type of error dialog.

It turns out that I had disabled the built-in Ethernet, when I was testing a USB-Ethernet adapter. Time Machine apparently relies on the MAC address of the built-in Ethernet. Re-enabling the built-in Ethernet corrected the problem.

Buttons:

 +----+
A|    |B
C|    |D
 +----+

• Receive atomic clock now -- Hold D until it chirps.
• Receiving tip - West window, 12 toward the window, motionless while receiving (2-3 minutes).
• Daylight Saving Time - the watch does auto-DST based on the atomic clock signal.  If DST isn't right, it didn't receive the signal last night.