] The router system used to direct internet traffic between
] the world's major networks needs to be upgraded to
] prevent major accidental - or deliberate - disruption, a
] US expert has warned.
]
] Network consultant Stephen Dugan says the Border Gateway
] Protocol (BGP) should be upgraded to prevent the
] possibility of large quantities of network traffic from
] being misdirected. The system underpins the flow of
] internet traffic, with around 12,000 routers using BGP to
] direct traffic between 130,000 networks

This is news now?

New Scientist

cyantist wrote:
] ] BLOOMINGTON, Illinois (AP) -- State Farm Insurance Co.,
] ] the nation's largest auto insurer, is mailing notices to
] ] its 40 million policyholders informing them they are not
] ] covered against nuclear blasts and radiation damage.
]
] WE BRING YOU THE TERROR!!!!

[sing]
and like a good neighbor...
State Farm is scared!

RE: CNN.com - Insurer excludes nuclear damage from coverage - Feb. 26, 2003

] A small ink-and-pencil sketch of Jesus Christ drawn by
] artist Salvador Dali was stolen from the lobby of the
] men's jail at Rikers Island and replaced with a copy

1010 WINS: Dali Sketch Stolen from Rikers Island

A complex of angular buildings and a 1,776-foot spire designed by architect Daniel Libeskind was chosen as the plan for the World Trade Center site on Wednesday, The Associated Press has learned.

New WTC plans

] That pocketknife you surrendered to airport security
] screeners might now be tucked away in someone else's
] pocket -- someone who bought it on EBay.

Bureaucrats get EBay fever / State sells penknives confiscated at airports at online auction

] BLOOMINGTON, Illinois (AP) -- State Farm Insurance Co.,
] the nation's largest auto insurer, is mailing notices to
] its 40 million policyholders informing them they are not
] covered against nuclear blasts and radiation damage.

WE BRING YOU THE TERROR!!!!

CNN.com - Insurer excludes nuclear damage from coverage - Feb. 26, 2003

This is soooo cool. So "cyber"!!!

Luminex

In case you missed it, here are the transcripts and Real Video of the Saddam Hussein interview with Dan Rather.

Transcript and Real Video for the Saddam interview with Dan Rather

] AS MANY AS A dozen baristas will get the chance to
] bare it all this fall as Playboy magazine unveils its
] first-ever Women of Starbucks issue.
]
]Starbucks is a big part of pop culture,%u201D Playboy spokeswoman
]Theresa Hennessy said. It is a fun, lighthearted pictorial that
](should) generate a lot of interest.
]
] The Seattle coffee chain, whose green-and-white
] logo features a crowned mermaid with flowing hair and
] minimal clothing, is not very pleased with Playboy's
] ploy.

Starbucks cool to baristas baring all

Darwin wrote:
] 'nuff said

wow, that's core dude.

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