Monday, January 28, 2002

Israel turns up the heat on Iran. Worried about a possible thaw between Washington and Iran, Sharon warns that the Islamic regime poses an urgent threat to Israel. [Salon.com] 3:51:27 PM    DEBKA is reporting that Israeli forces are in advanced stages of preparation for a large-scale operation and that Palestinians are about to fire Qaesom rockets at Israeli population centers this all just didn't go away over the weekend 2:54:33 PM    SecureMac.com is a site devoted to Macintosh security. [mac.scripting.com] 12:11:52 PM    this Direcway satellite downlink we have for Net access is starting to blow beets -- especially on Mac OS X with IE 5.1 -- the throughput just drops off to nothing as a file of any size is downloaded no problem on the PC, no problem via dialup on the Mac and no problem in 9.2 so it's either an OS X thing or an IE problem -- hmm, speed drops off to zip with Opera too digging this didn't use to be a problem a few weeks ago hmmmm -- so what's new in the mix? 11:34:43 AM    the Saudi's now have new mutual defense and trade arrangements with Iran, Iraq and Syria -- and are about to formally demand that the US pack it's bags and withdraw all its military from the Saudi kingdom knuckleheads wrong choice by the way -- 100 of the Al Qaeda detainees in Cuba are Saudi's 11:04:13 AM    Fast Hookup With Cellphone - Verizon Wireless is expected to announce the availability of the nation's first commercial "third-generation" wireless service. [NY Times] 10:33:34 AM    Palm unveils 'BlackBerry killer' [IDG] 10:32:17 AM    Lagos blasts leave 500 dead. Explosions at a munitions dump in the Nigerian city of Lagos leave hundreds dead, many of whom drowned as they fled headlong into canals. [BBC] 10:30:21 AM    Israeli Security: Israeli security forces flooded downtown Jerusalem on Monday, taking up prominent positions on sidewalks and rooftops a day after the latest bomb attack. Israel's government weighed a response as it tried to determine the political affiliation of the female bomber. [AP] 10:29:32 AM    back we got air -- and sang and danced it was nice not turning on the computers all weekend -- except once, and it happened to be for this perfectly timed post from Sensei Curry: Confucius. "The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved." 9:27:28 AM

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