tue 29 oct 02
the 19th century: the new imperialism. methods of control, motivations, justifications ... what's changed? i hear the strains of "everything old is new again" ...
cnn money: consumer confidence plunges.
that's all for now.
ny times: we are only one of many universes. "outlandish as it sounds, such notions are testable."
ibm developerworks: exploring alternative syntaxes for xml.
nj.com: 'freedom' arrives in afghanistan ... snooker, table football, video games.
virtualsky.org.
guardian.uk: genocide film sparks controversy and ban on young. not surprising, i guess. in the 60's/70's, from 5th through 8th grades, we got pelted with rather harrowing holocaust films on a yearly basis. but the horrific black-and-whites didn't compare to the color carnage we observed from vietnam every evening on the news. for myself, it was the statistics, the unbelievable *numbers* of dead that clarified the holocaust; my realization came in 10th grade history, i believe.
os news: review of red hat 8 professional.
eonline: "jackass", the boycott. i doubt my nonattendance would help; wouldn't waste my time or money on this anyway.
freshmeat: apache denial-of-service evasive maneuvres module, youpee's one unlimited html preprocessor, the saxon xslt processor.
slashdot: intel pushes pentium past 3 ghz, but the real news is hyperthreading.
slashdot looks at dynamic html, the definitive reference 2nd ed. another phone book for my already-strained wall shelves.
ny times: in search of good health? try bad attitude. "defensive pessimism." yep ... we're seeing a lot of that these days.
salon: origins of halloween.
chronicle of higher ed: general education for graduate education.
washington post: cassette is dead. "blank cassettes were supposed to ruin the record industry, the way almost every technological shift is, at first, supposed to ruin the record industry."
ny times op-ed: the greatest threat. is north korea. and i agree.
ny times letters to the editor: cure for low turnout.
ny times: dangers of 'decorative contacts.' who could possibly be dim enough to share contacts? uninstructed teens, that's who.
ny times: u.s. crime rate rises 2%. "... one would have hoped it was an indication of improvements in society, but that didn't happen. the economy is a big part of the story."
ny times: bills by snail mail will cost you.
santa fe new mexican: panel votes to close santa fe plaza to traffic. it's a good move, but the question is ... will tourists *walk*?
times of india: u.s. working on a new generation of biological weapons. your tax dollars at work.
times of india: north korea intransigent over nukes. "... saying that nuclear weapons were needed for defence against the united states' hostile policy."
ny times: don't blame columbus for all indians' ills. agriculture and urbanization limited diversity in diets, and: "... hard work on low-protein diets left most people vulnerable to illness and early death." they're looking all over the western hemisphere, at pre-columbians. but this is of note: "equestrian nomads of the great plains of north america in the 19th century seemed to enjoy excellent health, near the top of the index." the noble *healthy* savage remains.
reuters: reckless driving is a sin.
reuters: pro-islamic hackers gear up for cyber war, say experts.
cnn: sites protest strict new net law. the real end of the 'free ride'?
terrible dynamic range, that. but you get the idea.
sunrise:
up early, at six. lots of work to accomplish.