] A study released Sunday found that 31 percent of
] Americans are "highly tech-savvy" people for whom the
] Internet, cell phones and handheld organizers are more
] indispensable than TVs and old-fashioned wired phones.

interesting

Survey places nearly one-third of Americans in 'tech elite'

] Get ready for a nasty fight. Not on the ice between
] opposing players. We're talking about a labor fight
] between players and hockey team owners.

nothing new, but it's interesting that this is making the biz press now.

Hockey's Possessive Labor Brawl

] Fox is considering a plan to resume production of Family
] Guy

What the Deuce?

'Family Guy' may return

] Fans, choose the starters for the 2004 NHL All-Star Game!

Don't forget to VOTE!!!

2004 NHL All-Stars

] Gretzky, for one, is particularly excited about the
] exhibition because it will be the first chance for his
] children to see him play wearing an Oilers' jersey. And
] even Gretzky admits this Heritage Classic just might be
] the biggest sporting event north of the border since he
] and Team Canada won the gold medal at the 2002 Olympics.

tickets aren't even available on Ebay!!!

Pond hockey game Saturday will set NHL attendance record

] Why flying cars, jetpacks
]
] haven't taken hold ... yet

Seven flights of fancy that fizzled

] A universal garage door opener is not in violation of the Digital
] Millennium Copyright Act, even if used on a system made by
] another company, a U.S. District Court ruled Thursday.

Finally, some good news!

Opening Doors With the DMCA

] What is undoubtedly true is that memory, like everything
] else in biology, is an evolved, functional response. If
] individuals tend to be better off by not remembering
] certain things, natural selection will tend to construct
] their brains that way. Indeed, the existence of
] post-traumatic stress disorder suggests that individuals
] are better off without those memories. And in fact, most
] people do come out of trauma with their psyches intact,
] so it is possible that what has happened to PTSD
] sufferers is that the memory-prevention mechanism has
] gone wrong.

Memory and emotion

] In 2002, 80 percent of streams sampled by the U.S.
] Geological Survey showed evidence of drugs, hormones,
] steroids and personal care products such as soaps and
] perfumes. The U.S.G.S. tested 139 rivers in 30 states.

We're fucked.

Frogs, fish and pharmaceuticals a troubling brew

] Powers of Ten

nifty! Makes you feel really small...

Science, Optics and You