Friday, January 25, 2002
Latest Indian missile test provokes Pakistan reaction
India successfully test-fired a short-range variant of its nuclear-capable Agni intermediate-range ballistic missile on 25 January to a range of 700km, prompting Pakistan to condemn New Delhi's claims that the test was neitherprovocativenorcountry-specific.
What Really Happened at Enron
Turns out that it was all just a case of bad cellular: Kenny Lay was on his cell phone when he said,ship the Enron documents to the feds, but his associate heard,rip the Enron documents to shreds.
By the way, that's a joke...
Chasing Abu Sayyaf
To Americans who remember the origins of the US war in Vietnam, there is something unnerving about the news that the Pentagon is sending 660 military advisers to help Philippine armed forces overcome the radical Islamic group known as Abu Sayyaf.
The kindest regards for an errant priest
Derrick Z. JacksonThis one mistakeis a shockingly insensitive attempt by McInerny to diminish the 130 alleged cases of sexual abuse, at least 30 of which happened after Law became the archbishop in 1984.
The apologies aren't enough
Brian McGrory
If a government official, educator, or business leader had made choices as flawed as the cardinal, they would have been ousted long ago. [...] It's time for him to go.
A Beautiful Mind
The John Nash of Nasar's biography, while less likable, is far more fascinating and multidimensional than his cinematic counterpart...
Watching the movie (which I thoroughly enjoyed) inspired me to read Nasar's book. Another useful bit of information is his Nobel autobiography.
Former Enron executive dies in apparent suicide
Investigators had wanted to speak with Baxter, according to a source on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
I've got a bad feeling about this...
Restored "2001" reminds us what all the fuss is about
The film's special two-week engagement at the Coolidge Corner Theatre reminds us how mind-expanding watching a work of art unspool in a theater with an audience used to be.
Water Exhibits Strange Behavior When Trapped Between Friend and Foe
The findings may help scientists understand similar tug-of-war situations that water experiences in nature. In certain proteins, for example, some parts of the molecule may be hydrophobic and others hydrophilic.The non-mixing of the two, Granick remarks,is a major mechanism steering protein folding and other self-assembly processes.
White House debating Arafat strategy
President Bush met with his national security team Friday to discuss potential sanctions against or an outright break of ties with the Palestinian Authority, amid concern over what it considers a lackluster response to recent demands that the authority do more to crack down on terrorism, sources tell CNN.
The Case for Defending America
Ron Paul
The problem did not come from failure to follow FAA rules; the problem resulted from precisely following FAA rules.
What is America?
Harry Browne at WorldNetDaily
The growth of government is inevitable because the major issue has already been decided: there is no longer an America of tiny government, voluntary association, and the free market. So the only arguments now are over how the politicians will run our lives - the Republican way or the Democratic way.
Wow
Don Norman likes the iMac.It's a brilliant design, he says. This is non-trivial. Don is the world's leading scourge of bad design ... especially of personal computers.
Normally I ignore email jokes
, but this one is just too funny...
Capitalism
- You have two cows.
- You sell one and buy a bull.
- Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows.
- You sell them and retire on the income
Enron Venture Capitalism
- You have two cows.
- You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/ equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more.
Well, I thought it was funny...
Area Man Not Exactly Sure When To Take Down American Flags
Do I have to wait until all the troops are home?Wenger continued.Because that could take years. I'm not trying to be a jerk - I'm just not sure when to consider this whole thing over.
New Prefs Page: Customized images
Dave Winer
Here's a feature that will make designers happy. You know the permalink icons that are all the same on all Radio sites? Well you can change them now. And yes, you can include them in themes. Another change went in a few minutes ago. The News Aggregator page is now much faster. How did we know how to make it so much faster? The profiler.
I'm not ready to change the permalink icons yet, but I really appreciate the News Aggregator speedup. Now if I could just figure out the perfect blend of newsfeeds...
