links for 2008-04-16

• Users fight to save Windows XP - Yahoo! News
  Others used the comments section to rail against the very idea that Microsoft has the power to enforce the phase-out from a stable, decent product to one that many consider worse, while profiting from the move.
  (tags: tech news microsoft)
• KuklasKorner : Canucks and Beyond : Fallout of Nonis Firing
  Nonis must really be a nice guy, because I can’t remember a time in Canucks history where so much hockey media actually thought a Canucks GM should not be fired.
  (tags: hockey canucks)
• The Hockey News: Headlines: Nonis fired because Canucks needed new leadership, owner says
  One of the first decisions for the new general manager is whether or not to keep head coach Alain Vigneault. Vigneault was named coach of the year last season but his trait of criticizing some players in the media ruffled some players this year.
  (tags: canucks hockey)
• FT.com / In depth - China defends torch security ‘volunteers’
  It was still unclear on Tuesday whether China’s “security runners” would be issued visas to enter Japan.
  (tags: china olympics japan)
• Too Many Daves - the 'Nucks need a new Dave as Nonis cut loose | Hockey Northwest - Home of the Canucks Outsider Podcast
  Pat Quinn is more likely (Is Quinn back IN? by Ian Bell), nevertheless i am leery of going back in time to attempt to recreate lost magic.
  (tags: hockey canucks)

Comments

[Stevo]

It's shameful that the Chinese goons "protecting" the olympic torch were allowed into the UK in the first place and it beggars belief that the States gave out visas, decent law abiding folks have huge difficulty getting into America at the best of times.
I hope the Japs tell em to fuck off.