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Napster Goes Unmourned to the Grave

Morpheus got slammed because it installed “GATOR”. Gator is evil. It tracks your web surfing, “sells” unused cycles on your computer, and targets banner advertising. As an added bonus, it’s buggy, is a memory pig, and the company is run...

Napster Goes Unmourned to the Grave

The death of Napster is not so much a signifier of the victory of the RIAA over the infidels as it is of the defeat of companies which had no identifiable business plan.. -Ian. ———–...

Survey: Europeans Say U.S. Partly to Blame for 9/11

Of course, France — the country that brought us popular existentialism — thinks that the US brought September 11th upon themselves. Perhaps that’s an overstatement , but it does seem to be widely felt in places other than the US that such an attack...

Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful…

Thanks to new FOIBer but old friend of Ian Bell for this piece. -Ian. ……. http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020814/4358473s.htm Global warmth for U.S. after 9/11 turns to frost Wed Aug 14, 8:33 AM ET Ellen Hale USA TODAY OXFORD, England — On a...

Asteroid May Hit Earth but Don’t Panic

Where’s Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck? ——- http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20020724/sc_nm/space_asteroid_dc_1 Expert: Asteroid May Hit Earth but Don’t Panic Wed Jul 24, 9:01 AM ET By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – A...