] "For a year, Daniel Feussner lived an extravagant life.
] He bought a Ferrari, a Hummer, diamond rings %u2014 and
] the crown jewel, a 51-foot yacht.
] The young Microsoft manager was so proud of his
] possessions he displayed them on a personal Web page.
] But federal agents allege his newfound wealth was derived
] from a scheme in which he ordered $9 million in Microsoft
] software, ostensibly to be used in-house, then sold it on
] the street at reduced prices"

Microsoft manager accused of $9 million fraud scheme

] "The 10th entry in the "Star Trek" movie franchise, and
] the third in which Picard has flown solo, is the dullest
] and drabbest of the lot. Simply plotted and feebly
] directed, it lacks the vigorous action that elevated
] Capt. Kirk's adventures into pulp art or the thorny
] ethical dilemmas that gave the "Next Generation" TV
] series its resonances. "

Maybe Ill just wait for the DVD rental if its that bad.

Review: 'Trek: Nemesis' its own worst enemy

] "A British vicar reduced children to tears and stunned
] their parents when he said Santa Claus and his reindeer
] would burn to a crisp while delivering presents at
] supersonic speed.
] Stand-in vicar Lee Rayfield shattered the illusions of
] dozens of kids when he joked in his carol service sermon
] that Santa and his reindeer would burn up doing 3,000
] times the speed of sound as they delivered gifts to 91.8
] million homes. "

I don't think he accounted for Milk & Cookie time.

Children burned by Santa story

] "The Bush administration approved a modest increase
] Thursday in fuel economy for sport utility vehicles and
] small trucks, beginning with the 2005 model year,
] administration sources said. "

Doubt that will do any good.

Administration requires increase in fuel economy of SUVs

] "While Intel is seeking ways to design chips with
] multiple cores with improved design and better
] insulators, Grove suggested that Moore Law regarding the
] doubling of transistor densities every couple of years
] will be redundant by the end of the decade. Chip makers
] will have to make more efficient use of the transistor in
] order to deliver ever increasing performance, he
] suggested. "

Intel's Grove warns of the end of Moore's Law

] "French is such a rich language that it now has, by state
] decree, two words for "@" -- the "at" sign that has
] become a worldwide symbol for the Internet -- but only
] one official way to pronounce it.
]
] A special commission struggling to defend French against
] the spread of English in cyberspace has decided that the
] popular e-mail sign can be named either "arobase" or
] "arrobe.""

Oh for crying out loud! The bloody French!

cyber.confusion@french.language

] "It spies on terrorists and rogue states, guides war
] fighters to their targets and helps rescue teams during
] disasters, all with an array of space-age technology. "

Wow... Impressive. I wonder if they know what is hidden
in my back yard.

Secretive map agency opens its doors

] "For the first time, the operation is being run from
] outside the United States, in what could be preparation
] for a possible war with Iraq. The high-tech simulation
] started shortly after 7:30 a.m. (0430GMT) on Monday and
] will run 24 hours a day for the next nine or 10 days. "

Nothing like flexing your muscles before a fight.

U.S. kicks off war games in Gulf - Dec. 9, 2002

] "Bush has given us the worst of both political worlds:
] the wasteful tax-and-spend big government of wild-eyed
] liberalism without any of the compassion or desire for
] justice that normally goes along with bleeding-heart
] bureaucracy; the most tyrannical aspects of right-wing
] demagoguery--scapegoating, depriving people of basic
] rights, domestic spying, warmongering--without any of the
] positive attributes that usually accompany it, such as
] attention to reducing waste and balancing the budget."

I would be interested in your feedback on this article.

GEORGE W. BUSH, LIBERAL

] "A jury on Thursday handed a life prison sentence to a
] Texas man who shot and killed a longtime friend he
] accused of drinking the last beer in his refrigerator.

I bet it was cheap redneck beer too.

Texan Killed Friend Who Drank Last Cold Beer