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Book Reviews

Wednesday, June 18, 2003

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Guardian On Blix Situation: "Just trying to collect all of the information together on this one... US on the defensive over Blix By Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington for the Guardian U.K. At the United Nations, the retiring chief weapons inspector, Hans Blix, appeared to revel in the embarrassment caused to senior US officials by an exclusive Guardian interview in which he complained he was the target of a smear campaign by some sections of the Pentagon. In Washington, meanwhile, Republicans in the Senate came under fire for resisting Democrats' calls for public hearings to determine whether there had been manipulation of pre-war intelligence [...]" [On Lisa Rein's Radar]

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UN warned over Afghan 'time bomb': "Aid workers urge the UN to take action to curb insecurity - and warn nostalgia for the Taleban is mounting." [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

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Are you David Nelson? 'It seems that a glitch in US airport security is causing headaches for men named "David Nelson." For some unknown reason (supposedly if "they" discussed the matter it would breach security) security computers give a "no fly" or "potential terrorist" warning whenever someone named David Nelson attempts to board an airliner. My favorite workaround: (David Nelson) was stopped in February while flying with his family to Florida for a cruise. The airlines solved the problem for the return trip by making a simple name change. Nelson David passed through security without a hitch.' [kuro5hin.org]

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Taking a Break: "After today, I'm not sure I even want to continue weblogging. The same people who question about my not 'getting well with others on the lists', -- have you ever stopped to notice that it's almost always the same people controlling the discussion? The format? The invitees? Perhaps the issue is not that I don't get along well on these lists -- it's that I don't get along well with certain people, but they're usually in charge." [Burningbird]

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Apple responds to Microsoft dropping Internet Explorer: 'For the first time since Microsoft Corp. made its decision to stop development of Internet Explorer for the Macintosh, Apple Computer Inc. on Tuesday made a statement regarding the decision. "Safari is the fastest browser on the Mac, and has become the browser of choice for millions of Mac users," said Apple in a statement given to MacCentral. "The Safari beta program has been an incredible success, and we will be releasing Safari 1.0 soon."' [MacCentral]

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Who owns the conversation on my web site? "Back on May 15th, I wrote a 221-word entry on my first impression of The Matrix Reloaded. At last count (mid-afternoonish on June 17th), people have left 700 comments in the thread attached to that entry (7 of which are mine). Those 700 comments comprise a total of ~125,000 words (~180 per entry); that's about 3.3 150-page books." [kottke.org]