] Global media networks have also changed their tune.
] Unlike in the days and weeks immediately after the
] September 11 attacks, news anchors and reporters are
] taking pains to talk to people from the "other side":
] correspondents and experts on Arab affairs are being
] asked about the repercussions of the war on the region;
] Iraqi people are being interviewed on what war would mean
] to them; and suddenly the US actions are
] themselves being scrutinised.
] What brought on this introspection and self-analysis?

Good article. It goes off in a direction that doesn't support itself, but does ask the right questions and make a point.

The war on Iraq is not a war against terrorism or dictatorship.

] The biggest congestion charge scheme ever to be
] undertaken by a capital city has got off to a relatively
] trouble-free start in London.
] Motorists travelling into central London on Monday
] morning faced a £5 daily charge for the first time.
] The scheme designed to alleviate traffic gridlock in
] London is being watched closely by cities across the UK.

Smooth start for congestion charge

He also called President Bush an ?idiot? and ?the Pharaoh of this era,? accusing him of waging a ?new crusade to divide the region for the sake of Israel.?
       ?The September 11 attackers destroyed the idols of infidel America and rubbed the nose of the United States in the dirt,? the newspaper quoted bin Laden as saying.
       ?They proved that it (the United States) could be defeated and humiliated,? he added. ?Oh Muslims, do not fear America because we have defeated them repeatedly and they are the most cowardly of people when you meet them face to face.?

BIN LADEN: BUSH IS AN ?IDIOT

That's the conclusion two Cornell University computer scientists came to after finding that computer networks tend to be "selfish" when each tries to route traffic by the fastest pathway, causing that path to become congested and slow.

If the routers that direct the packets of data could be programmed with some altruism, the information might be able to reach its destination a little faster while allowing other packets to also move more quickly.
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Damn Selfish Routers!

'Selfish' routers slow the Internet

] Washington -- Enron Corp.'s 200 highest-paid executives
] received total compensation of $1.4 billion in 2000, more
] than triple the amount the year before, and more than the
] company's $979 million in reported corporate profit,
] according to a three-volume report the congressional
] While its compensation strategy was erasing tax bills in
] the late 1990s, Enron was turning its tax department into
] a profit center, the report found.

Enron's top 200 execs paid themselves $1.4 billion in 2000 / Panel hears how Texas firm arranged to avoid almost all federal taxes

] Real patriots don't hack. Uncle Sam says only he can do
] that.
] The FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center
] warned Wednesday that growing tensions between the United
] States and Iraq could lead to an increase in global
] computer hacking activities on both sides.
] "Regardless of the motivation, the NIPC reiterates such
] activity is illegal and punishable as a felony," the
] agency warns on its Web site. "The U.S. government does
] not condone so-called 'patriot hacking' on its behalf

Government warns 'patriot hackers'

Motivational posters for the sober challenged.

Inspiration Through Inebriation!

] Unfortunately, trying to control Dirk is a game in itself.
] And not a fun one.
...
] There are other problems -- including repetitive game
] play and Daphne's overly annoying voice -- but there's no
] need to drive the point home any further. "Dragon's Lair
] 3D" is not worth your time or money, and it's certainly a
] shame for fans of this once-groundbreaking series.

That sux! :(

New 'Dragon's Lair' Game disappoints

] Even the humble Sage of Omaha, Warren Buffett, who holds
] only a 21.4 handicap, rewards his CEOs, maintaining
] loyalty with games for Jack Welch in Nantucket or Bill
] Gates in Pebble Beach. The saying, If you really
] want to know a man, play a round of golf with him,
] has apparently been taken to heart by executives such as
] Sun Microsystems - CEO Scott McNealy, who reportedly
] plays 300 rounds a year.

Why a bad golfer makes a better CEO

] Wall Street wisdom says fears of a war in Iraq are
] forcing down stock prices. Ironically, it might be
] postwar rally hopes artificially holding stocks up.

Believe it or not, this is the war rally