] A federal appeals court has agreed to hear a request from
] the woman formerly known as "Jane Roe" to reconsider the
] 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade that
] legalized abortion.

CNN.com - Effort to reopen Roe v. Wade - Feb. 19, 2004

If you notice strange monkeys hanging around Google's main page today, that is because it is the chinese new year, and it is now the year of the monkey.

Year of the Monkey

Very pointless...yet somehow compelling.

virtual bubble wrap

Whoa....lots of fire in Cali....this pic is cool

NASA - NASA Satellites Watch California Wildfires

Go Elonka:)

STLtoday - News - Story

] Heads up, sharers of music, video and software files: If
] a prominent Michigan lawmaker has his way on Capitol
] Hill, you will soon be a felon.
]
] U.S. Rep. John Conyers, a Detroit Democrat, is the
] sponsor of the Author, Consumer, and Computer Owner
] Protection and Security (ACCOPS) Act of 2003, which
] declares sharing a single copyrighted file online to be a
] felony.
]
] Because the bill doesn't specifically name the type of
] file, you could theoretically become a felon by copying
] and posting this very column on your Web site. (We frown
] on that sort of thing anyway, but webmasters, be warned.)
]
] Giving fake information to the folks who register domain
] names, the basic Internet Web addresses (such as
] freep.com), would be punishable by up to five years in
] prison and a fine. Using a camcorder to record a movie in
] a theater -- whether you share it or not -- would be a
] federal criminal offense.

HEATHER NEWMAN: 60 million file sharers could face prison, fine

It begins! Fly the REAL friendly skies. I wonder if they serve buffalo shrimp on the plane??

HootersAir - We loves us some flying, and it be showing like a mofo

"The maker of an implantable human ID chip has launched a national campaign to promote the device, offering $50 discounts to the first 100,000 people who register to get embedded with the microchip. "

An orwellian nightmare that fits in the palm of your hand. No, I mean *IN* the palm of your hand.

Wired News: Implantable Chip, On Sale Now

"Making music out of computer code is helping programmers to catch the bugs that can cause software to go awry."

I am surprised that the results were significant. Very strange... On some levels it makes sense, but it seems so impractical. I'd love to give it a try. I wish they chose a more practical language then pascal.

Making Music from Code

"Researchers have shown that a new combination of techniques for manipulating light can increase the amount of data squeezed through the fibre optic cables laid in cities by more than 100 times "

This article sucks but the tech is great. At the bottom you'll see that they are doing polarisation division multiplexing. Every advance in fiber optics technology means more trouble for the telecom industry.

New Scientist: New fiber optic transmission method