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News - Tired of GI Joe dolls? Check out Construction Jack: http://www.constructionjack.com/ Comment - Soon to be offered in a special Village People (http://www.villagepeople-official.com/ News - Slashdot is run by three guys in Ann Arbor area: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/14/technology/14SLAS.html?todaysheadlines Comment - Slashdot is a super computer geek blog. I think it's neat that it's based in Michigan. News - New York Times tries to make some money off their online articles: http://www.nytimes.com/timestopics/mysteries_universe.html Comment - The price is not bad. I've already read some of these Mysteries of the Universe columns, but if I had not, I'd be tempted to buy this collection. You can download them and read on your computer. Sky and Telescope magazine has a similar system, where you can buy copies of articles from back issues. Click here to see current comments and add your own. 12:25:56 PM 
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News -- Flat transparent speakers are a big technical breakthrough. The speaker in a TV set could be the screen itself. And, car speakers could be spread across the inside of the roof: http://makeashorterlink.com/?Q3E621A12 Comment: It's almost science fiction come to life. No more big bulky speakers on the walls or floor. News - Interesting article in Detroit Free Press says U.S. botched the Tora Bora attacks on al Qaeda: http://www.freep.com/news/nw/cave14_20021014.htm Comment - Highlights: most of al Qaeda escaped into Pakistan (that's not really news), our Afgahn "allies" did little fighting, U.S. goofed by refusing to commit our Marines to block the exit routes. One interesting finding is that there is no Tora Bora "cave complex" as widely reported in the media. Looks like we dispersed but did not destroy al Qaeda. At least we eliminated Afghanistan as a safe base for them. Lessons? I'm not sure any apply to the upcoming attack on Iraq, unless it's the hazards of relying too much on native troops. But that does not seem to be much of the plan in Iraq, anyway. Click here to see current comments and add your own. 7:19:50 AM
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