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Regime Changes and Rogue States…

http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story22726 Yes, we need a ‘regime change’ in this rogue state… Its government has no majority. It refuses arms monitoring. Its opponents are locked up without trial Adrian Hamilton 09 August 2002 The idea that a...

Dude, Where’s My Job?

http://www.fortune.com/ indext.jhtml?channel=print_article.jhtml&doc_id 9746 GENERATION X Generation Wrecked FORTUNE Monday, October 14, 2002 By Noshua Watson Ten years ago grunge musicians and college-age Cassandras who had never held a day job preached that...

why is decentralization worth worrying about?

Begin forwarded message: > From: Rohit Khare > Date: Mon Oct 7, 2002 5:09:00 PM US/Pacific > To: fork [at] xent [dot] com > Subject: why is decentralization worth worrying about? > > Why am I so passionate about decentralization? Because I believe some > of today’s...

The Bell Tolls For Thee, Mr. Ebbers…

Ah, the infamous staple of American justice: the plea bargain. As various lieutenants cop to minor pleas and agree to help to indict the guy Eliot Spitzer really wants — Bernie Ebbers. -Ian. —...

TeleDesic Dream Dies..

http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/3343817.html Teledesic shuts down, dimming a dream Helen Jung Associated Press Published Oct 7, 2002 NET07 Envisioned by cellular pioneer Craig McCaw, backed by Bill Gates — and financed in part by their bottomless wealth...

Wireless Carriers Struggle With E911

One year past the deadline and it just isn’t working. -Ian. ———– http://www.wirelessweek.com/ index.asp?layout=story&articleIdÊ243964&stt1 E911 Moving Along, But Not Very Quickly By Mark Rockwell September 16, 2002 Wireless...

Bow-Lingual

http://www.techtv.com/news/computing/story/0,24195,3395378,00.html Can your pet pooch’s barks and growls really be translated into humanspeak? By Becky Worley, Tech Live It’s 8 p.m. and the dog is staring at you as you doze on the couch. He starts to...

Armageddon Time..

Jerry Falwell has a hard-on for World War III. On 60 Minutes, tonight, he will call Mohamed, the prophet of Islam, a Terrorist. So says Ed McAteer, the founder of the Moral Majority and father of the Religious Right in America, adding “I believe that we are...

New York is the Real Capital of America..

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/06/magazine/06NYDC.html October 6, 2002 The De Facto Capital By FRANK RICH The New York Times They got it right the first time. New York was the capital of the nation at its birth. The first presidential inauguration, in 1789,...

Sniper Terrorizing Washington DC Suburb

I’m sure he bought the AR-15 rifle with the extended scope and .223 rounds for hunting elk, though. I almost FOIB’d, but decided not to FOIB, an article a couple of weeks ago about how the manufacturers of some of America’s most powerful sniper...