] Florida college professor said to be a top leader of a
] group the U.S. government calls a Palestinian terrorist
] organization was charged Thursday with racketeering and
] other terrorism-related activities, Attorney General John
] Ashcroft said. Ashcroft said Al-Arian was also the
] secretary of Palestinian Islamic Jihad's worldwide governing
] body.

Look at all the fun stuff you can learn from this Computer Science professor. How to Jihad your C code. :)

CNN.com - FBI charges Florida professor with terrorist activities - Feb. 20, 2003

Covad is getting HAMMERED on the new FCC ruling!!!!!
down 38% today!

Yahoo! Finance - COVD.OB

] The FCC commissioners, voting 3-2 with Chairman Michael
] Powell dissenting, agreed to let the states maintain a
] strong role in regulating the Bells.]
] Under current rules, the Bells have to let rivals use
] their local networks at sharp discounts. They also have
] to let rivals "share" their local phone lines to deliver
] high-speed Internet service.]
] The FCC did rule that line-sharing rules will be phased
] out over three years, with the Bells allowed to raise
] prices "incrementally" each year on the portion of copper
] wire used to deliver high-speed Internet. But the agency
] stopped short of the more drastic changes the Bells
] wanted.

FCC largely keeps phone rules intact

] He said he was jailed for 11 years by Saddam's regime for
] refusing to develop banned weapons but that he escaped
] from Iraq in 1991. He now lives in London.
]
] Shahristani said his information came from former
] colleagues and dissidents who had recently fled the
] country.

I am not really all that interested in hearing the suspicions of someone who hasn't even been in Iraq for over 12 years. As for the colleagues and dissidents that he mentions, I *am* interested in hearing what they have to say. Supposedly, there are recent defectors that we are getting this information from. How about getting one of them to come forward to the media? Disguise their voice, their face if necessary, but get them to give a statement, in their native language, with translations available.

It is my firm belief that one of the main causes of a rift between the Arab and Western worlds, is the language barrier. As difficult as it is for us to read what's going on in Arabic newspapers, it's doubly difficult for the people on the street there to understand what we're saying in ours! If we do have sources of information about Saddam's weapons, that can be presented in language that the Iraqi people can understand, let's present it. I'm sure they'd be far more interested to hear such news from someone speaking in their native tongue, and would give it far more weight, than just hearing it from an english-speaking politican.

*I* know to trust most of what I hear from Colin Powell. They, however, have not had the opportunity to build up that level of trust. Let's figure out a way for them to get the news from someone they *do* trust, speaking a language that even the common people can understand.

Iraq Scientist Says Saddam Hiding Arms Underground

] The Bush Administration is planning a secret meeting to
] discuss the construction of a new generation of nuclear
] weapons, including "mini-nukes", "bunker-busters" and
] neutron bombs designed to destroy chemical or biological
] agents, a leaked Pentagon document reveals.]
] A meeting of military officials and nuclear scientists at
] the Omaha headquarters of the United States Strategic
] Command in August would also decide whether to restart
] nuclear testing and how to convince the public new
] weapons are necessary.

Secret Pentagon plan for new nuclear arsenal

An extremely rare Apple I -- one of only about 30 still in circulation -- will be auctioned on the Vintage Computer Festival website.

For Sale: A Piece of APPLE History

] The Federal Communications Commission plans to vote today
] to uphold a strong role for states to regulate local
] telephone service, sources said yesterday, a system that
] has led to recent price wars between the major regional
] phone giants and their rivals. ]
] The vote would be a defeat for the more deregulatory
] agenda of FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell, and for the
] former Bell local telephone monopolies that lobbied the
] FCC relentlessly during the past year to abandon rules
] that require them to lease their networks to rivals at
] discounted rates set by the states.

Divided FCC Set To Force 'Bells' To Keep Sharing

] India could be faced with a shortage of a quarter-million
] information technology workers in five years unless there
] is reform in technical education, warned an IT industry
] association in the country. The supply of IT workers in India
] will likely reach only 885,000 in five years, translating to a
] shortfall of 235,000 professionals, according to Nasscom.

Isn't this a good thing? As IT people in the US will have more jobs?!

India could face IT staff drought

] Kara Blanc thought she was being chased by a space alien
] on her way to a posh Hollywood party and was terrified.
] But the alien turned out to be an actor in a monster suit
] and the party was phony as well. ]
] So now the Los Angeles grade school teacher and aspiring
] actress is fighting back, suing the new reality TV series
] "Scare Tactics," claiming she suffered severe emotional
] damage, court papers said Tuesday.

Woman chased by fake alien sues show - New Reality Show

] Apple Computer stopped putting floppy drives in Macintosh
] computers several years ago, but other PC firms,
] including No. 1 personal computer maker Hewlett-Packard,
] still offer them. Dell says the floppy will first be phased out
] on higher end computers because those users are more likely to be
] utilizing flash memory, portable hard drives, and other
] alternative portable storage devices.

Thank you!

Dell saying bye to floppy disk drives