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] You are in an open field west of a big white house with a
] boarded front door.
]
] There is a small mailbox here.

This is the most leet 404 error ever. Yes, you can in fact play this. Could be better designed, but in general, two thumbs up.

PHP Zork

Thanks to advances in nanotechnology, RF and MEMS, researchers say a cloud of miniature self-organizing sensors could monitor chemical spills or tell you your milk is sour.

Dust 'Motes' making their way into modern technology

Imagine what would happen if the filthiest bastard in Russia decides to one up Brittany Spears/Christina Agulera for the sick-mother-fucker pseudo-underage-porn shit. Well, dude succeeded, if that's what you call it.

Pervert popstar manager confesses all

Here's an article from this weeks Atlanta edition of Creative Loafing, regarding the ongoing battle between local NPR lovers and the nominal NPR affiliate (insofaras they pay NPR for a rebroadcast licence) WABE, also the city's classical music station.

If you're an atlantan with any love for either NPR or Classical music, you've probably gotten yourself embroiled in this already. Certainly Tim was a vocal opponent of WABE's not being a full NPR station, and most others i've met seem to agree that they hate WABE for what it is not.

I have mixed feelings on the issue... i absolutely understand the value of NPR programming, and the importance of a relatively unbiased source of news and talk. On the other hand, i like classical music too, and often listen on my way to work in the morning, or streamed on my PC while here. That being said, i could care less about NPR's "general news" segments, because google gives me the world and national news i care about at the pace i want, rather than slowly and piecemeal. However, NPR's in-depth issues' shows i often like, because they offer more than a cursory look at an issue. Anyway, in my world, WABE continues to play classical for my morning commute, and interrupts that programming only for the indepth, or perhaps sometimes the artistic (prairie home companion, though i find it intolerable, is much loved) shows. At the very least, it seems there is a good fiscal argument for more NPR during the day, which is that many people (my roommates, both past and present, to name a few such) would be more inclined to actually give them money.

at any rate, this is something atlantans might want to weigh in on, and perhaps sign the Atlanta Public Radio Initiative's petition. Or write to John Sugg and let him know how you feel.

Creative Loafing Atlanta | NEWS & VIEWS | BACH OFF, YOU NPR SCUM

] What is the worst lie a president can tell?
]
] "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss
] Lewinsky."
]
] Or ...
]
] "He has weapons of mass destruction -- the world's
] deadliest weapons -- which pose a direct threat to the
] United States, our citizens and our friends and allies."

a link to the full excerpt is available at the bottom of the page (after watching an ad }:-P )

Michael Moore - Dude, Where's My Country Excerpt

] Georgia Tech will soon have its very own nanotechnology
] research and development center thanks to a $36 million
] pledge from an anonymous donor.

HOT DAMN!

Georgia Tech gets $36M for Nanotechnology Research Center - 2003-10-21 - Atlanta Business Chronicle

] Nano-velcro could hold objects together as tightly as a strong
] adhesive, say US researchers.

The real question is, would the inventor of velcro make a few more billions by exercising patent rights? (read as: half joking)

Nano-velcro binds faster than strongest glues: Super-strong adhesive planned with hooked carbon strands.

] If tests run true, then one day diabetics may never have
] to prick their fingers to test their blood sugar.

nice.

La. Tech researches 'smart tattoo' to benefit diabetics

"Letters To The Editor:
Sometime next year, the Supreme Court of the United States will make a decision on whether the words “One nation under God” should be taken out of the Pledge of Allegiance. What's next, removing “In God we trust” from our money?"

I just -love- the headline.

Godless Nation Will Travel The Road To Hell

] Seoul, South Korea - Kim Won-jung walked up to a vending
] machine and bought an orange drink. But rather than
] insert coins, she paid with the press of a cellphone
] button.

given how the US lags behind most everyone in cell phone tech, how long 'til we can do this here?

IOL : Do you accept cellphone payments?