] "The United States should be aware that the choice of a
] pre-emptive attack is not only theirs," the North's
] official news agency quoted the state-run newspaper Minju
] Joson as saying. "To stand against force with force is
] our unswerving method of response."

Sweet - let it begin. I'll go make some popcorn.

N. Korea Won't Rule Out Pre-Emptive Attack - Yahoo! News

] aleNowOn writes "Rather than use expensive cgi techniques
] to make the light sabres glow for their home movie. This
] couple instead used fluorescent tubes filled with petrol.
] Which they then set alight. If they don't survive they
] must be Future Darwin Award winners. It makes me proud to
] be British." And me embarassed to be a Star Wars geek.

HAHA - British people are funny.

Slashdot | Home Made Star Wars Movie Injury

] Funnyfox, three humorous video clips showing web surfers
] using the browser for the first time, is the slickest
] contribution to date. Designed to be emailed to friends,
] the videos -- one of which shows a user's head falling
] off -- have proved so popular extra servers had to be set
] up to cope with the load.

Funny stuff.

Wired News: Fans Flock to Firefox Flix

] Satellite images with 45-degree-angle views of buildings
] and neighborhoods

Go check out the 45 degree angle screenshot - very nice. This looks even better than maps.google.com - but unless it's as fast as google's, I probably won't use it.

MSN Virtual Earth To Take On Google Earth

] HOUSTON -- A 68-year-old Pennsylvania man was arrested on
] charges he tried to build a bomb and sell it to an agent
] he thought was a member of Al-Qaida, officials said
] Monday

What the hell is going on here?

Pa. Man Accused of Trying to Sell Bomb

] Finally I gave the conference on the university
] cafeteria, for 5 hours, in front of 150 people."

Who cares about P2P.

What I want to understand is .....FIVE HOURS? He got 150 people sit to around for FIVE HOURS and hear him talk? Wow, the only assumption I can make from this is he's got to be a really good speaker.

Slashdot | Teacher Fired for P2P Lecture

] uba will gradually switch to the open-source Linux
] operating system for its state computers, eliminating its
] exclusive use of Windows, the government daily Juventud
] Rebelde reported Tuesday.

A serious blow to Microsoft.

Hack In The Box - Keeping Knowledge Free - www.hackinthebox.org

] The slope shows an unbelievable decline in computer
] science majors," Astrachan said. "There are smart people
] no longer even signing up to take our introductory
] courses. We need to fix it, or there's not going to be a
] U.S. work force in computer sciences."

Huh? Just like 3 years ago it was nearly impossible to get an IT/CS job due to the tech bubble busting - now we're talking about a shortage of employees?

heraldsun.com: IBM, colleges: More top students needed

] Is Windows cheaper to patch than open source software?

At this point in time I think Windows is more expensive to patch due to all of the reboots required. Longhorn is supposed to require MUCH less rebooting - but then again Longhorn is supposed to have a lot of stuff that it probably ain't gonna have.

Slashdot | Windows Cheaper to Patch Than Open Source?

] The service, similar to offerings from its competitors,
] lets users aggregate information, search, E-mail, and
] other content in their own personal portal to the Web.

I really like this homepage by google - it's google'ish in the sense that it's minimalistic, fast, and easy to use. And it integrates with Gmail.

InformationWeek - Google - Google Gets Personal - May 19, 2005