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Sorry about missing the Monday update: computer problems! News: France Telecom has invented a flexible fiber optic screen that can be embedded in clothes, allowing static or animated graphics to be displayed -- http://www.infosync.no/news/2002/n/1843.html Comment: It's fiber optics woven into textiles. One use I would value would be a PDA screen that would be on the sleeve of my shirt. News: Will bin Laden attack soon? -- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44205-2002May20.html Comment: Who the heck knows? At least some of this is media hype, in my opinion. A danger is that if you cry wolf every time there is a possible threat, and then nothing happens (we hope to God), then people ignore future warnings. But government officials are now running scared of the media, and I think going overboard in issuing alerts. On the other hand...clearly there is no limit to the mischief bin Laden could potentially commit. I'm worried about suicide bombers like the ones used against the Israelis. Our wide-open shopping malls are clearly vulnerable. Another scary possibility is rocket attacks from an off-shore boat. Our best defense is what we did in Afghanistan (and soon will do in Iraq): make it clear to terrorists that we have the means and the will to hunt you down and wipe out your supporters and infrastructure. We should make all Middle Eastern governments terrified about having terrorist camps in their countries. News: Good online chat at Washingtonpost.com with an IT job recruiter -- http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/zforum/02/jobslive052002.htm Comment: Good advice for job seekers in any field about the importance of carefully tailoring your resume for the specific position you are applying for; and the importance of being flexible in terms of both job and location. News: Vibration therapy may prevent loss of bone mass: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1989000/1989461.stm Comment: This sounds goofy, but they are testing the technique for astronauts who lose a lot of bone mass while in space. If we don't solve this problem, we'll never be able to send explorers on long space voyages, like to Mars. And of course, it has a lot of application for people here on Earth who suffer from osteoporosis. Some sharp marketer will latch onto this and sell it on Home Shopping Network. It certainly has more scientific basis than magnetics. Click here to see current comments and add your own. 12:36:21 PM 
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