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doing nothing but boosting my confidence in airport security when twice in one week people have been found to smuggle themselves into airplanes..... wonder if that means that they could stash an explosive or something like that in there. ya think??? Dead body found in British Airways jet in US
The Village Voice: NYC Annual Manual
Anne's dog kills Queen's corgi
Looks like the Isreali's are realizing that the simple math of their occupation plans doesn't work. Israeli Leader Warns of Settlement Fight
French Move against Headscarves Ridiculed as Missing the Point
Ben enters the draft
Israel May Move Some Settlements
It seems to me to be a stretch to go from "Saddam poses an imminent threat and has WMD in hand" this quote: "Pressed to explain why his administration had asserted Saddam possessed weapons, when at best fragmentary evidence of programmes had been found, Mr Bush replied: 'So what's the difference? 'If he were to acquire weapons, he would be the danger,' he said in an interview with ABC News' Diane Sawyer." what a suprise.... NOT! :
more horror stories from the world of e-voting. i mean, all the idiots have to do is hook up a little printer and give us a printed record! what is so hard, why are they fighting it tooth and nail????? Voting machine maker dinged
hmmm, we put our young people's lives at risk, get shit on by the rest of the world, and now they want to ride our train to SUE SADAM?!?! WHAT THE F$%& IS THIS WORLD COMING TO?!?!?!?! Iraq's Aggrieved Neighbors Line Up to Sue Saddam
So, on the one side of the coin you have stories about ballplayers like Joe Horn using his cell phone to celebrate a touchdown and guys like Gary Sheffield holding out for an extra million a year.... and then there are sports stories like this one. wrasslin
Convicted felons worked for electronic voting companies
he's too old and she made the mistake of her life by not doing this with me!! Supermodel Heidi Klum pregnant
Late Sen. Strom Thurmond's family accepts black woman's claim as daughter
Why the West once supported the tyrant
The Odd Conflict over E-Voting
ugghh Dolphins singing bad tune
wonder why the writers feel threatened? just look at the average quality of writing on television today! Fans Helping to write the shows they love
didn't realize this, and don't really like the sounds of it. of the 22 players who started in the season finale against Pitt - 10 were seniors and another 4 juniors will most likely leave early. Big East Season review - Miami
YEAH...... RIGHT!!!! Davis has no regrets in picking Green over Portis
Boxing - especially in the heavyweight class - is gasping for attractions
VoIP goes mainstream
yet one more reason to hate the telecom companies!! Not Switched, but Still on Hold
Pettitte's departure major blow
wow - a pretty strong look at what pettitte had to offer the yanks Yanks better with Brown
more spectacular work by the US government in it's quest to screw up the rest of the world as much as possible New Iraq army hit by resignations
you gotta read it to believe it China orgy suspects go on trial
Voting Machines Gone Wild!
John Chambers @ Cisco - "cautious optimism".... wouldn't that be sweet? Catchphrase of the Recovery
these guys are science superfreaks Scientists freeze beam of light
A fictional BCS Playoff bracket from our friends at Page 2
Ultimate Gift Guide
Vonage drops Cisco VoIP adapter
fascinating ancient manuscripts in coptic monastary in egypt
first game of his second season after breaking a leg - Vick records third highest scrambling number for a QB in the history of the NFL..... sick, just sick Atlanta vs Carolina
interesting. first phone to have MS Windows Smartphone OS. Wondering when Sprint will have one. They are such morons about Samsung and Sanyo phones though - I don't have alot of confidence. The one Sprint phone that would compete against this uses the Palm OS and is about $500 - way overpriced. Motorola MPx200
Miami playing FSU in the OB
hmm, what a surprise that the isreali's screwed up their estimates about iraq, i can't believe it!! Israelis 'misread' Iraqi threat
Let's go FAU!!!! Two Florida football programs join Sun Belt
chris folwer rules Strange Days
honestly, what is the world coming to? Are you ready for some football?
holy shit - da Boss is gonna have major aggita Rangers willing to deal A-Rod to Boston
fascinating idea Innovator pushes undersea energy source
i think this means that the chinese are nto joking around here China Threatens War over Taiwan Referendum
yet anothe reason that JetBlue rules over ALL OTHERS!!!!! wireless hotspot - JetBlue
just make sure you have the volume turned up Joe Cartoon : Gerbil in a Light Socket
screw em if they don't like it! Israelis Unhappy at Powell Accord Meeting
giving wild bill some agita Asian pirates take on Microsoft
'Virtual' Exam as Effective As Standard Colonoscopy
College football in the state of Florida Partly cloudy in Sunshine State, but forecast sunny
I...... LOVE...... TIVO...... Tune in to the new TV religion
OK, the voting is over. Tiger is not only the most talented golfer but the luckiest of the male species ON THIS PLANET!!! Helping Tiger avoid wedding hazards
something strange is afoot at ESPN Page 2 Broncos DQ'd; Michigan wins bracket
when you need that Miami fix!! University Wallpapers
Hurricanes shut down Fitzgerald
So, the Canes are the de-facto Big East champs... regardless of what any other school thinks!! Big East Tie-Breaking Procedure
New Format War Looms as DVD Forum Chooses Standard
may not be a glamorous consulting gig - but it sure seems interesting. Accenture Makes A Market On EBay
the DoD looking for converged communications Urge to Convergence
An interesting side note here is what Steinbrenne will do since he broadcasts Man U games on the YES Network Man Utd confirm Glazer's stake
nothing like a good political scandal to freshen up my day - especially when it involves FRANCE Book delves into frigate scandal
L.A. suburb dials up VOIP
it's a sad, sad day...... Mourning needs kidney transplant, NBA career over
lolololololol Roast Your Rivals!
a review of the eight memorials submitted for the WTC site. The Eight Memorial Finalists
A live map of all wireless users on the Carnegie Mellon Univesity campus
sweet BUCKSTOP LEATHER BLAZER
Trump is such a prick - I LOVE IT! Trump vs. Time Warner
we may have ourselves a REAL center playing for the canes! OCSN Interactive
How A-Rod's 'value' was determined
I only have one question about this story. It closes by"After all, if Google conducts an auction and the price proceeds to plummet, investors will blame Google, not its bankers." My question is - wouldn't they blame Google either way? Who was standing there and yelling at the I-banks when Webvan and TheGlobe were tanking? No one complained about the i-banks till much later in the game and not for their lack of support for the shares but instead for portioning out shares to their friends. I think that Google will be a big enough deal that they will find a way to make one of the big bankers into Google marketmakers along the way, the only difference is that they will have to work for their money instead of skimming it all off the top. Will Google be giggling?
Go Vote!! Vote for best rivalry
i never would have believed it if i hadn't read it - i am still a little skeptical that this is some kind of hoax of a press release. a place like this doesn't really exist, does it?? College Holding First Dance in 143 Years
intereseting point of view.... and i agree with parts of it Winslow given unfair treatment
interesting. don't know what it really means, but interesting none the less. Saudi Blast Drives Push for Democracy
Advances in car technology bring high-class headaches
Bus Bunching
the buzz here in NYC is the "what if" of picking up A-Rod and having him move to 3rd. Rangers Open to Trading Rodriguez
Retailers Get the Download Fever
Google and it's Dutch auction
oh yeah - this is going to f#$%ing RULE!!!!!!! Alien vs. Predator
this is a new movie that i haven't heard anything about - it could be BAD ASS!!! The Day After Tomorrow
Crudup replaces Berlin
i want a dog Network the Dog
Plasma TV Buying Guide: Plasma vs. LCD Comparison
wow... Lost city near Machu Picchu found
excellent move by Dean - campaign finance reform isn't done yet and if he didn't do this then the republican cash machine would have crushed him. Dean skips public funding for White House bid
this sucks ass - now we know Clemens won't be working it in athens! US baseball is stunned, fails to make Olympics
evidence of superior thought process New Kobe T-shirts: Cause for moving the trial?
very cool news! Commission on Presidential Debates Announces...University of Miami
you know, it was a compromise, but did we (the taxpayers) really get that much of a deal? i mean, the whole damn thing was "no-bid" anyhow! Pentagon Agrees to Compromise on Boeing Tankers
google rules! Google Unveils Web-Searching Without Running Browser (TechNews.com)
oh shit - what a fucking mistake.... Miami Marlins? County OKs $73M for stadium
Ananova - New drug 'can reverse heart disease'
shitty career move #2 for Mr. Lowe. First time he gets himself caught on camera making whoopy with an underaged girl, now this. Good call rob, time to get a new agent! NBC axes 'Lyon's Den,' 'Coupling'
i think i have found nirvana... Premiere Home Theatre Surroundings
sweeeettt Michigan's Winged Helmet
I would LOVE to see Google do an online sale of stocks to get around working with the big investment banks. That would be wild - totally turning Wall Street on it's head! Microsoft 'explored Google tie-up'
where is the hope..... Top Israeli Officer Says Tactics Are Backfiring
yeah, even my company is being painted with this brush, i really wish they weren't.... Study: Bush donors rake in contracts
lololololololololololololololol Girls pummel man who exposed himself
ahh, the pleasant stench of corporate welfare going bad again as the politicians and team owners go back and decide to screw over the fans once again!! Yeah, traffic in downtown Miami during rush hour will be a breeze!! North-of-Dade fans: Drive to Miami stadium would be too far
What is the last time you heard about a kid being this straight up and honest? Impressive, I would want to look at recruiting him based on this act alone. High School QB record erased
I've been talking about this since they first started the insane bidding wars on 3G licenses. Unfortunately for the wireless companies, they have actually been TOO successful since that bidding war happened, so many people have signed up and customer penetration rates are so high (85% in UK and 94% in Italy) that the only way to get people to move from their current phone/plan is to offer something truly compelling, and that isn't even close to happening yet. 3G - A Network too far?
Microsoft Longhorn to cost as much as man on moon project, Gates says
The Lowdown on Downloads (TechNews.com)
What does SAIC do?
please Miami, please please please don't give away the farm and prove yet again that you are a bunch of local yokels when it comes to politics and give the Marlins the key to the bank when it comes to financing a new stadium. it's simple, a ball club doesn't generate more income for the area and Miami needs revenue like no one can imagine!! talking new marlins stadium after winning the WS
Big decisions await Marlins
let us hope. if the marlins gut their team again, baseball may have to leave south florida. Gammons: Marlins not one-year wonders
pretty good summary of the situation with the yankees. Yankees entering winter of discontent
Road to the BCS
UM will remain perfect
Schedule will bite Canes
more proof of Miami's status of a bacwards ass political shithole
I think that one of the most telling parts of this article is at the end - where Miami is considering giving free tuition to private schools for the people working at the Freet Trade zone headquarters. Isn't that kind of a negative marketing message? We want you so bad that you don't have to deal with our own crappy educational system?? Miami as the center of the Western Hemisphere??
nothing like turning an important process into a political cluster f$ck. The Globe and Mail
some chicks are just so damn cool! GQ
McKeon is either going to be brilliant or a goat for this decision. Beckett to Start Game 6 for Marlins
it had to happen eventually. Pat Riley Resigns As Miami Heat Coach
ahhh - the joys of scut work for a senior partner at an NYC law firm - it's the SUSHI MEMO!!
Very interesting artical about supercomputer project @ Virginia Tech. Them Hokies aren't THAT dumb! Low-Cost Supercomputer Put Together From 1,100 PC's By JOHN MARKOFF SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21 — A home-brew supercomputer, assembled from off-the-shelf personal computers in just one month at a cost of slightly more than $5 million, is about to be ranked as one of the fastest machines in the world. Word of the low-cost supercomputer, put together by faculty, technicians and students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, is shaking up the esoteric world of high performance computing, where the fastest machines have traditionally cost from $100 million to $250 million and taken several years to build. The Virginia Tech supercomputer, put together from 1,100 Apple Macintosh computers, has been successfully tested in recent days, according to Jack Dongarra, a University of Tennessee computer scientist who maintains a listing of the world's 500 fastest machines. The off
me want, me want bad.... New Tiny Treo Has Big PDA Storage
$1 Billion Dollar fundraising campaign for the University of Miami. Momentum Miami
great review of the new iTunes music store. Slashdot | iTunes for Windows Reviews
More High-Tech Firms May Drop Options
The question must now be - why wasn't this taken more into account? State Dept. Study Foresaw Trouble Now Plaguing Iraq By ERIC SCHMITT and JOEL BRINKLEY WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 — A yearlong State Department study predicted many of the problems that have plagued the American-led occupation of Iraq, according to internal State Department documents and interviews with administration and Congressional officials. Beginning in April 2002, the State Department project assembled more than 200 Iraqi lawyers, engineers, business people and other experts into 17 working groups to study topics ranging from creating a new justice system to reorganizing the military to revamping the economy. Their findings included a much more dire assessment of Iraq's dilapidated electrical and water systems than many Pentagon officials assumed. They warned of a society so brutalized by Saddam Hussein's rule that many Iraqis might react coolly to Americans' notion of quickly rebuilding ci
now, this could be INTERESTING. barry bonds is a client of the company being investigated......... Doping watchdog finds huge steroid conspiracy
so - the letters didn't come from as high as i had originally thought - though the fact that the spokesman for the battalion had originally said that there wasn't an organized effort to put these out to the various news sources. that means one of two things - either the sargeant/spokesperson lied or the lt. colonel taking responsability for it lied.... up to you to decide on who. fake letters
an all time favorite!! i had snot bubbles coming out of my nose the day i read this in the computer lab and was trying not to laugh out loud. * 200 Monkeys *
White House trying new public relations approach on Iraq
Bush's war defense relies on old strategy
White House moves fast to manage the debate
Senators rap administration's PR effort on Iraq - Oct. 13, 2003
And the boys from Kazaa are back - threatening the multi-trilliion dollar communications industry instead of the multi-billion dollar entertainment industry this time! r. To Whom May I Direct Your Free Call? By NICHOLAS THOMPSON IN the fall of 2000, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis had not yet earned any powerful enemies, at least so far as they were aware. They were just two obscure Swedish entrepreneurs who had worked with three Estonian programmers to write a file-sharing application called Kazaa. At the time, the free program was merely one of Napster's several weak stepsisters, lumped together in news reports with the likes of Snarfzilla and ToadNode. But a few months later, the record industry and its lawyers swatted down Napster. And Kazaa, with its easy-to-use interface and reliable technology, quickly began scooping up users. Kazaa does essentially everything Napster did, with one important difference. Because Kazaa's file sharing relies on routing re
this has simply reached a new low - the depths of scumminess that the administration and the pentagon are going to now to try and put a positive "spin" on Iraq is disturbing at best, immoral at worst. that they are "spinning" an event in which more and more soldiers are dying every day... it makes me ill. Newspapers sent same letter signed by different soldiers
looking good in the preliminary BCS projections. Road to the BCS
and it's done - we will continue to have BC road trips!! Boston College must pay the price
Parrish to hospital after hit
Gobal Eye -- Red River
my favorite line from the story - "locals have been debating the artistic merit" of the butter-filled shoes. Guess the sun has gone down for the winter up there and they have nothing better to do? Swedes Puzzled by Discovery of Butter-Filled Shoes
So, the doctoral student posts a paper that says defeating the encryption simply takes pushing on the "Shift" key. When the news first broke - the company said they weren't going to sue. Now that this piddly little OTC company has lost $10mm in market cap - geez, what a surprise, they are pissed and have changed their minds. I personally think that the real question is - why did they put out such a piece of shit product?? Princeton Student Sued Over Paper on CD Copying
From the Village Voice Best of New York 2003
Perseus - The Blogging Iceberg
now, if this would only result in faster speeds and lower prices... Ruling Opens Cable Lines
thank god they went with the local cell phone standard. if the US coalition would have pushed through a US based standard that would be uncompatible as iraqi's travel outside the country - it would have been a moral, ethical, and PR disaster. Iraq Awards Mobile Telephone Contracts
holy cow... Jordan as a Laker? Jackson might make call
You must be registered to access this. Registration is free and the NY Times is one of the worlds best newspapers - so just do it. The New York Times: Italy
The day I get my Tivo, I need this book!!!!! Hacking TiVo
ahh, the soft and subtle smell of failure, how pleasant!! American run TV in Iraq
This can't be good for either side. I think I am going to skip any trips to the Greek Olympics. Wonder what the odds are now on a serious terrorist incident over there? 2004 security at risk
yup - believe it. Backfire Ignites Dog, Dog Sets Grass Fire
interesting investment strategy most admired companies
Excellent article on iTunes vs. MusicMatch Mac.Ars takes first-mover advantage (10/06/2003)
I just have one thing to ask - would the real Miami Hurricanes please stand up this Saturday?? message thread at CBSSportline.com re: Miami vs. FSU
FSU trying even harder to come into our backyard to get better
must....get.....new.....Palm..... Organizing With Upgrades
I am actually sad today as I have come to realize that I can place no faith - at all - in the people in Washington DC. I had, for whatever screwed up reason, kept in the back of my mind this thought that maybe they would be honorable at some level. Unfortunately, that hope, that belief, it's been totally shredded. The first time around, it was the lies about the "yellow cake" uranium. They sent someone over to Africa to investigate. When he didn't bring back what they wanted to hear, they dismissed him and said the opposite. Then, when he said that they were lying, the White House (or someone it controls) exposed the name of both his CIA agent wife as well as the name of the front firm that she works for - possibly exposing a number of other agents as well. So this time around, several groups started making estimates of how much oil revenue Iraq was going to be able to generate to offset the cost to the American taxpayer. We have been told all along that the Ir
And Bush says that he was right after all becaue one vial of a common source of food poisoning is found in a refrigerator. I wonder what the difference is between and a weapons program?? Theories Abound for Failure to Find WMD
Rush, are you upset about getting dogged in the media? Come on buddy, can you push it but not take it?? Rush: 'Trust me'
wow Tiger gashes Siegfried's Roy
that delightful smell of irony is in the air!! Telemarketing Execs On Do-Not-Call List
Thumbs up to those morally pure folks over at the White House that are pushing farther and farther, faster and faster, to prove that they have the common sense of a crack head child molester. They get upset about something and decide - let's expose an undercover CIA agent and see what happens!! Good choice. I hope the bastards that did this go to a REAL prison and are Bubba's bitch by dinner time.... Leak of Agent's Name Causes Exposure of CIA Front Firm
Tiger has a monster day at the AmEx Tiger opens five-shot lead at AmEx
Isn't it an oxymoron that someone that attempts suicide not once, but TWICE, in the past year is emotionally stable?? You have got to be freakin kidding me!! Also - the budget for the DA to prosecute Kobe was already $2.1mm - and it's going up?!?! I would think that if your case was that good that you wouldn't NEED to spend that much money! Bryant's accuser attempted suicide twice, but is emotionally stable
SSWEEETTTTTT - but where is TimeWarner?!?! Cable Web Services Get Faster
Miami's Gore Out for Season With Injury
i wouldn't mind this at all!! Big East awaits ACC decision on Boston College
Leading Cardinal Says Pope in 'Last Days'
Interesting part of this is that, in theory, any adult Roman Catholic can be elected pope, while for centuries it has only been a cardinal. The great question is which will happen first: 1 - black pope from Africa 2 - Latin pope from South America 3 - Anglo pope from North America The Papacy
Please remember reading this article the first time that one of the planes flying into or out of Iraq is shot down - and realize that it most likely could have been prevented if the President gave two shits... Sept. 27, 2003 | Even as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made headlines this week by announcing that up to 20,000 fresh troops may be called to Iraq, President Bush and members of the congressional leadership were quietly abandoning a plan to protect troop-transport airliners from missile attack by terrorists or Saddam loyalists. The measure, first advanced by the Pentagon, would have begun an ambitious program to equip the commercial airliners that are used for troop transport with advanced technology to protect them from the shoulder-fired missiles. Confused by disarray in the administration's plans to protect airliners from missile attack, the House of Representatives slashed the original $25 million request to $3 million. Congressional officials say the Bush ad
Dartmouth Intros Wireless VoIP
Cisco's newest snack?
I sincerly hope that the US Government remembers that successful PR means actually doing something - not just blasting out the same message over and over again: U.S. Must Counteract Image in Muslim World, Panel Says By STEVEN R. WEISMAN WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 — The United States must drastically increase and overhaul its public relations efforts to salvage its plummeting image among Muslims and Arabs abroad, a panel chosen by the Bush administration has found. "Hostility toward America has reached shocking levels," the panel stated in its report, which will be released Wednesday. "What is required is not merely tactical adaptation but strategic, and radical, transformation." The report added that "spin" and manipulative public relations "are not the answer," but that neither is avoiding the debate. A copy of the report was made available Tuesday to The New York Times. The panel warned that the war in Iraq and the intensified confl
wondering if services like this foretell the coming acceptance and explosive growth of VoIP in a similiar way that email started off as a kitchy side note and became the net's killer app.... Talking In The Free World
State keeping quiet on flaws in machines
he isn't entirely inaccurate in the review of our scoring this year. Miami scoring
This falls under the heading of things that you can't make up!! I think that my favorite line is "He added later that he made a major mistake in judgment." School Apologizes for Nazi Display by Band
this isn't good... Pope's Health 'In a Bad Way'
The next office that they have to check out is the new pseudo CIA that Rummy created when the others (NSA, CIA, etc.) wouldn't give him the answers he wanted regarding Iraq. Congress Shuts Pentagon Unit Over Privacy By CARL HULSE WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 — A Pentagon office that became steeped in controversy over privacy issues and a market in terrorism futures was shut down by Congress today as the Senate passed and sent to President Bush a $368 billion military measure that eliminates money for it. The Pentagon spending plan for 2004 adopted by the Senate says that the office, the Information Awareness Office, which had been headed by Adm. John M. Poindexter, should be "terminated immediately" while a few projects under its control could be shifted elsewhere within the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The House passed the measure on Wednesday. "They turned the lights out on the programs Poindexter conceived," said Senator Ron Wyden, Democr
The joy of powerpoint!! The Level of Discourse Continues to Slide By JOHN SCHWARTZ Is there anything so deadening to the soul as a PowerPoint presentation? Critics have complained about the computerized slide shows, produced with the ubiquitous software from Microsoft, since the technology was first introduced 10 years ago. Last week, The New Yorker magazine included a cartoon showing a job interview in hell: "I need someone well versed in the art of torture," the interviewer says. "Do you know PowerPoint?" Once upon a time, a party host could send dread through the room by saying, "Let me show you the slides from our trip!" Now, that dread has spread to every corner of the culture, with schoolchildren using the program to write book reports, and corporate managers blinking mindlessly at PowerPoint charts and bullet lists projected onto giant screens as a disembodied voice reads • every • word • on • every • slide. When th