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I Love the CIA..

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/globaltrends2015/index.html 2015 Outlook: Enough Food, Scarce Water, Porous Borders By ELAINE SCIOLINO [NYT] WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 – In a sweeping projection of what the world will look like in 2015, the intelligence community...

New Economy, Same As the Old Economy

If you’re not depressed yet about the decline of the new economy companies, check out this link: http://vtoreport.com/other/wasteland.htm Most of these companies are down between 80%-98% of their peaks… it’s ridiculous. Well, actually, it’s...

DVD For The Masses?

Well, maybe not. You still have to buy a Writable DVD drive for $4k, and because there are still three DVD standards out there, of course you’re going to pick the wrong one.. -Ian. ——— http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/001207/ca_spruce_.html Thursday...

[Red Herring] Blackberry picked to be the American I-mode

http://www.redherring.com/companies/2000/1205/com-rim120500.html Blackberry picked to be the American I-mode By Om Malik Redherring.com, December 05, 2000 Michael Dell has one, Marc Andreessen does not leave home without it, and it is a must-have accessory for every...

“Internet Craze”

[ahem] It seems like there are fewer pure Internet Crazes these days.. probably because of the decline of the dot coms and a co-incident growing general disinterest in the internet in North America, where it’s no longer “new”. Last year we had Mahir,...

A Friend Passes

Those of you who know me well know that I’m not much for melodrama, but somewhere here there’s a lesson to all of us, so I thought I’d share it. It’s also a bit of catharsis because I’m feeling blue. Two days ago, a friend of mine named...

Who Wants To Be an ISP?

http://www.fuckedcompany.com/extras/1stup.cfm Dear My-FreeNet customer, As we communicated earlier this week, the My-FreeNet service provider, 1stUp.com, will be shutting down their business by the end of next week. We are in the final stages of making arrangements to...

Hey! Go See a Movie..

I was talking to Tottle the other night. He says that the sequel to “Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels” is out — it’s called “Snatch”. http://www.snatch-themovie.com/ http://us.imdb.com/Title?0208092 The predecessor, if you...

Fwd: Who will be king of the game consoles?

Apparently, while SONY’s PSX2 hardware platform is vastly superior to most of the other 3rd Generation platforms, the development environment leaves a little to be desired. As a result, many developers who are porting games to the platform are not taking...

Re: Why do 19″ Monitors Suck?

So does that come with a color-matched keyboard and mouse? If not, forget it bub. Actually, EJW found a company that makes cooler ones, and they can array them in any layout you want. -Ian . At 9:28 AM -0800 11/16/00, Mark Winder wrote:>...