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Warm Welcome for Returning Lucent CEO

Welcome the new boss, same as the old boss. I’m fairly certain that having “Lucent” on your curriculum vitae and “VP” beside it as your title will just about qualify you for a position as a Barista at Seattle’s Best Coffee[1]. Try...

iPOD Does Windows

http://www.anandtech.com/audio/showdoc.html?i75 The holiday season is typically the time that manufacturers pull out all the stops in an attempt to produce the perfect holiday gift. Consoles from Nintendo and Microsoft finally hit the shelves after much anticipation,...

21st-Century War

I disagree with the article below, but thought I’d post it anyway. How you go about fighting a war depends greatly in part on what your objectives are. The objective of Operation Desert Storm was to decrement the military strength of the world’s third...

Nike

Nike now lets you personalize your shoes by submitting a word or phrase which they will stitch onto your shoes, under the swoosh. So Jonah Peretti filled out the form and sent them $50 to stitch “SWEATSHOP” onto his shoes. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *...

Quote…

>From Gersham Meharg, 9:07PM 01/08/02: “Half of the problems in the world are created by politicians. The other half are created by programmers.” -Ian.

Bin Laden Captured

Tuesday January 8 11:44PM PT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Law enforcement authorities today announced the positive identification and capture of Al Qaeda leader and alleged terrorist Osama Bin Laden. Bin Laden is also widely believed to be the mastermind of the...

Home-wireless boom could boost Wi-Fi

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/cn/20020108/tc/home-wireless_boom_could_boost_w i-fi_1.html Tuesday January 08 09:00 PM EST Home-wireless boom could boost Wi-Fi By Sam Ames CNET News.com Researchers are anticipating a boom in people setting up wireless networks in their...

He’s No Col. Sanders…

…but I will remember him every time I bite into a Spicy Chicken Sandwich. —– http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20020108/ts/leisure_wendys_dc_3.html Tuesday January 8 1:35 PM ET Wendy’s Founder Dave Thomas Dies of Cancer By Deborah Cohen CHICAGO...

Hilarious SPAM War..

It takes some time to read through this thread, but I find it to be quite cathartic. Throughout, Shifman exhibits a rather impressive degree of stupidity in the face of obviously overwhelming intellectual resources. I just checked my now-dead me [at] ianbell [dot] com...