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When It Raines It Pours…

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/06/06/nytimes/ Behind the fall of Raines Scandal-scarred and resented by a newsroom fed up with his arrogant style, the top New York Times editor finally pays the price. – – – – – – –...

Going To War With Halliburton..

*http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/04/25/60minutes/main551091.shtml Halliburton: All In The Family* April 27, 2003 After dropping more than 28,000 bombs on Iraq, the United States has now begun the business of rebuilding the country. And it promises to be quite a...

Fiction and The New Journalism…

The print media seems to be eating itself alive. In the drive for more sensationalism, more gripping headlines, more compelling stories, and most importantly more readership, editors are being effectively romanced by ambitious young writers seeking to make names for...

Do me a favour…

Can everyone who has time please send an email to demo [at] geekmail [dot] cc ?? Just write a witty subject line and leave the message blank. Don’t worry, nothing stupid’s going to happen to your email address…. -Ian.

Satellite Radio Taking Off…

For Satellite radio to compete with terrestrial radio and (what I perceive to be their real competitors) MP3 players, they need a merger. Sirius is in the weaker market position but the stronger cash and technology position, and XM owns the market. I believe this...

AOL Slaps Nullsoft AGAIN!

Begin forwarded message: > From: Gregory Alan Bolcer > Date: Sat May 31, 2003 3:57:02 PM US/Pacific > To: FoRK > Subject: Re: waste testbed > Reply-To: gbolcer [at] endeavors [dot] com > > Wow. Deja Vu all over again. Those dang > Nullsofter’s causing the exact...

Au Revoir, Sucker

I still contend that Patrick Roy’s biggest enemy is his tremendous goaltender’s ego. He couldn’t WAIT to divert attention away from the Stanley Cup Finals, announcing his retirement (two years too late, in my view). His career will forever be marred...

Everest Needs a Break From Us Humans…

http://www.plastic.com/article.html?sid/05/27/22442500 ‘Because It’s There’ Is No Excuse — Everest Needs A Rest found on MSNBC written by timnet, edited by John (Plastic) [ read unedited ] posted Tue 27 May 3:43pm Environment “Mount Everest...

the google cluster architecture

Begin forwarded message: > From: Bill Stoddard > Date: Wed May 21, 2003 6:24:42 AM US/Pacific > To: Fork > Subject: the google cluster architecture > > picked this up from a former apache http server collegue > > http://www.computer.org/micro/mi2003/m2022.pdf > > The...

Beam Me Up, Jurgen

> From: Jeff Pulver > Date: Fri May 16, 2003 7:48:00 PM US/Pacific > http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2003/021203/ > Teleportation_goes_the_distance_021203.html Teleportation goes the distance February 12/19, 2003 By Eric Smalley, Technology Research News You can’t...