] For the work that began on that yellow pad, the
] Association for Computing Machinery plans to announce
] Wednesday that Vinton G. Cerf and Robert E. Kahn will
] receive the 2004 A. M. Turing Award, widely considered to
] be the computing field's equivalent of the Nobel Prize.

Not so surprising

Laurels for Giving the Internet Its Language

] MP3 4U is a network of music lovers called "sources" who
] search the Internet for MP3s that are available as free
] and legal downloads. When a source finds a song they like,
] they post it on their MP3 4U Page. They also create a song
] card containing a brief reason for the posting and a link to
] download the MP3

Musical Memestreams

MP3 4U - About Us

] This is the preliminary stages of Alexi's flamethrower.
] This is merely the pilot light for the flamethrower
] itself. Originally I wanted the biggest flame ever on a
] portable device...then, well, I learned about some of the
] shit they pull at Burning Man called the ICP's, these are
] massive flamethrowers that run through 30 gallons of
] kerosene per second and are extraordinarily dangerous. So
] then I started thinking "Well, maybe I'll just be happy
] with my moderately sized flame for now..."

Some pretty hot mods to a hearse

New Page 1

] Light Reading reports that America Online will start
] offering a VoIP service sometime in March this year. The
] service will use the Level 3 network.
]
] AOL better do this fast, before they lose all the
] remaining subscribers and not have a service to sell. My
] feeling is that they would like to tie it closely with
] their ICQ and AIM instant messaging clients as well, as
] they fight off the likes of Skype.

Om Malik on Broadband � AOL VoIP in March

] China is poised to develop the world's first commercially
] operated %u201Cpebble bed%u201D nuclear reactor after a
] Chinese energy consortium chose a site in the eastern
] province of Shandong to build a 195MW gas-cooled power
] plant.

FT.com / World / Asia-Pacific - China to pioneer %u2018pebble bed%u2019 N-reactor

] In essence, the Federal Communications Commission gave
] SBC permission to get telephone numbers directly from
] their official source--a privately run, quasi-government
] agency known as the North American Numbering Plan
] Administration. It's a much cheaper alternative.
]
] Before the FCC's action, only those Net phone providers
] certified by states could approach the agency directly.
] The SBC division selling Net phone services argued that
] it wasn't fair; the calls actually use the Internet and
] are therefore off-limits to any regulation. Also,
] requiring certification multiplies the already onerous
] amount of expensive state and federal telephone
] regulation.

FCC lets SBC dial direct to get Net phone numbers | CNET News.com

] By now, many of you will have gone and tried out the new
] Google Maps application. By and large, you have to admit
] that it's pretty damned slick for a DHTML web application
] -- even my wife was impressed, and that's not easy with
] geek toys. So, in the spirit of Google Suggest and GMail,
] I've decided to have a quick peek under the hood to
] figure out what makes it tick.

as simple as possible, but no simpler: Mapping Google

] Almost every email client in existence today has the
] ability to verify a digital signature in either S/MIME
] and/or PGP. S/MIME is arguably the more ubiquitous of the
] two, as most enterprise-level email clients come with
] S/MIME built in, including a repository of root
] certificates to form the basis of trust in verifying a
] digital signature on an incoming message.

Hi, this is what I do.

Digital Signatures Key to Solving Email Woes

] Amazon Prime: "All You Can Eat" Express Shipping

$79/Yr for free 2nd Day shipping, $3.99 overnight.

Fascinating economic voodoo at work here.

Amazon.com: Amazon Prime Sign Up

] Objective: Climb the ranks as a gangland sociopath by
] ruthlessly solving a series of intricate puzzles
] dispersed throughout the fantasy worlds of "Myst." But
] that's just the game's narrative dimension. Half the fun,
] of course, is exploration for its own sake, so if for
] some reason you're losing interest in, say, valves and
] knobs, just take a break from the storyline and wander.
] The realms of "Myst" aren't mere pixilated backdrops, but
] vivid and highly interactive landscapes. If you simply
] dash from screen to screen, you'll miss out on many of
] the game's treasures, not to mention some nicely situated
] sniping perches.
]
] Start: The game begins simply enough: You find yourself
] on an island. You don't know how you arrived in this
] magical place -- you've only been out of the joint three
] hours, and you hope to fuck you're not in Jamaica because
] you know way too many Rasta men with scores to settle.
] But unraveling the astonishing truth will take all your
] wits.

Grand Theft Auto: Myst