] Friends say the roots of his success lie in his lateral
] thinking - finding the true appeal of an object, often
] ignoring the traditional approach to design. Inspiration
] comes from almost anywhere. The original candy-coloured
] iMac had its roots in gumdrops. The popular transparent
] Apple mouse came from thinking about how drops of water
] sit on a flat surface. An angle-poise desk lamp helped
] inspire the new iMac. The see-through outer casing of
] recent iBooks came from the look that food has when
] wrapped in clingfilm. The iPod is like a cigarette pack
] for those addicted to music instead of tobacco.

Who is Jonathan Ive and what kind of car does he drive

] WASHINGTON - The FBI is warning police nationwide to be
] alert for people carrying almanacs, cautioning that the
] popular reference books covering everything from
] abbreviations to weather trends could be used for
] terrorist planning.
]
] In a bulletin sent Christmas Eve to about 18,000 police
] organizations, the FBI said terrorists might use almanacs
] "to assist with target selection and pre-operational
] planning."
]
] It urged officers to watch during searches, traffic stops
] and other investigations for anyone carrying almanacs,
] especially if the books are annotated in suspicious ways

Better not carry an Almanac in your car or you will go to federal prision. Almanacs are evil!!!!!

FBI warns police: Watch for almanacs

There is an issue with several iBook units involving failing displays that we first reported on in-depth in mid-March and April of this year. Since those initial postings, Apple's discussion boards and MacFixIt's forums have been inundated with similar reports, leading to the notion that there may be a serious design flaw in Apple's dual-USB iBooks.

The problem most users are experiencing is a design flaw at the hinge to the display. Apparently there isn't enough room for the wires to pass through and handle the friction they receive by opening and closing the lid.

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Sound like your issue?

iBook screen problems: Injured wires, logic board failure

] It costs more than $130 and weighs about 18 pounds, and
] its cover features a pair of chefs hiding in the reeds
] and hunting for flying cows. It is also one of the best-selling
] books of the season -- "The Complete Far Side," a two-volume,
] 1,250-page collection of 14 years of the iconic comic panels
] drawn by artist Gary Larson.

CNN.com - 'Far Side' fans snap up comic compendium

] North Korea's Dear Leader Kim Jong Il, whose sayings are
] followed by his people with a religious fervor, has
] defined three types of fools in the 21st century: people
] who smoke, people who don't appreciate music and people
] who can't use a computer.

What about using nukes?

N. Korea's Kim Jong Il: Learn to use a computer, or be a fool

Berkshire Hathaway and The Washington Post Co. not only meet the Oracle of Omaha's standards, they make our Clean Stocks list as well. Texas Instruments falls a little short.

Clean enough for Buffett, clean enough for me Clean enough for Buffett, clean enough for me

] Digital Decay BBS is dedicated to the lost art of BBSing.
] At one time there were over 50,000 BBSes in the US alone.
] Now we number in the hundreds. My name is
]
] Chris Edwards the SySop of Digital Decay. Now days almost
] all BBSes are telnetable and no longer posses dial-up
] access. So you can go back in the day without having to
] run up your phone bill.

Digital Decay BBS - Chris Edwards the SySop of Digital Decay

A poll released Saturday finds that more registered voters want to see President Bush voted out than kept in office in the next election, but his job approval rating has remained constant.

In the Newsweek poll, 50 percent of registered voters who were queried said they do not want to see Bush re-elected, while 44 percent said they do.

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CNN.com - Poll: Majority of voters would not re-elect Bush - Nov. 8, 2003

Network gear maker Redback Networks filed on Monday a Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan that would erase $467 million in debt.

The plan calls for the company to use a reverse stock split of 73-for-1 to make major creditors Creedon Capital Management, Citadel Investment Group and Ramius Capital Group into owners of a collective 47 million Redback shares.

Redback files for bankruptcy | CNET News.com

Software used by an electronic voting system manufactured by Sequoia Voting Systems has been left unprotected on a publicly available server, raising concerns about the possibility of vote tampering in future elections.

The software, made available at ftp.jaguar.net, is stored on an FTP server owned by Jaguar Computer Systems, a firm that provides election support to a California county. The software is used for placing ballots on voting kiosks and for storing and tabulating results for the Sequoia AVC Edge touch-screen system.

E-Vote Software Leaked Online