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Henry David Thoreau Quotations - The Quotations Page |
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7:53 pm EDT, Jun 7, 2002 |
"Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something."
Henry David Thoreau
"What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?"
Henry David Thoreau Thoreau rulez! Henry David Thoreau Quotations - The Quotations Page |
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Winemakers pop corks; say screw it |
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11:38 am EDT, May 22, 2002 |
SAN FRANCISCO, May 21 Breaking with centuries of winemaking tradition, Bay Area vintners are starting to pull the plug on corks, hoping screw-on tops end cork-related spoilage.
A GROWING NUMBER of California wineries from Oakville to Santa Cruz are starting to seal even vintages selling at up to $100 a bottle with a screw cap, something long associated solely with cheap jug wines. Vintners are frustrated at the moldy smell and taste caused by cork taint but they are also worried that tradition-minded customers may flip their lids.
Cork taint, as it is known in the industry, ruins a bottle of wine. It also means the winery may lose a customer, no small risk at a time when producers are trying to sell an abundance of California wines in a slow economy flooded by inexpensive imports.
This is about making sure wine in the glass is as good as it can be, said Terry Adams, winemaker for Sonoma-Cutrer Winery. Winemakers pop corks; say screw it |
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Copy-proof CDs foiled by a marker |
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9:13 pm EDT, May 20, 2002 |
LONDON, May 20 Technology buffs have cracked music publishing giant Sony Musics elaborate disc copy-protection technology with a decidedly low-tech method: scribbling around the rim of a disk with a felt-tip marker. Copy-proof CDs foiled by a marker |
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3:32 pm EDT, May 8, 2002 |
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Political leaders in Washington are casting about for measures to ensure that the Enron debacle will never be repeated. Unfortunately, one of the main ideas being considered requiring companies to treat stock options as expenses on financial statements addresses an issue that not only had nothing to do with Enron's failure but is, in fact, not a problem at all. Leave Options Alone |
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10 Questions With Prudent Bear Fund Manager David Tice |
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12:16 pm EDT, May 8, 2002 |
"I think it could be Dow 3,000 or below, and the Nasdaq below 500. People think it can't happen, but it can. That's the way markets work; that's the way economic history works; that's the way companies work." 10 Questions With Prudent Bear Fund Manager David Tice |
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Only Some Will Survive the Telecom Shakeout |
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2:52 am EDT, May 2, 2002 |
How do you tell the difference between the companies that are going to survive the shakeout among telecommunications service providers and those that will go belly-up? Every CEO running a phone company has studied the problem. When some number of customers stops buying, a company's remaining customers often come looking for discounts. It's exactly this double whammy of falling demand and falling prices that has hit telecommunications providers. ... Verizon will survive; Qwest is a definite maybe; WorldCom is on the ropes. ... Falling prices: $3,000 for an OC-3. A little over $12,000 for an OC-48. And dropping fast. I read an article earlier this week that mentioned a price of $2,000 for an OC-3. Cheap, cheap, cheap! It wasn't too long ago that all you could get for ~ $2k was a T-1. Only Some Will Survive the Telecom Shakeout |
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'Max Headroom' Is Coming to TechTV |
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12:43 pm EDT, Apr 30, 2002 |
He-he's b-back. Max Headroom, the original virtual character, is coming out of retirement. See the full series of this sci-fi classic beginning Friday, 5/3 at 6 p.m. Eastern only on TechTV. 'Max Headroom' Is Coming to TechTV |
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Salon.com Technology | Make a million, lose a million, who cares? |
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7:04 pm EDT, Apr 15, 2002 |
April 11, 2002 | The thing that amazes me isn't that I
lost a million dollars, but that I had it to begin with. My career
path looked more likely to lead to a night manager's job at
Border's than to financial success. I racked up a solid C
average as an English major, then temped at law firms,
proofread, taught English in Prague and reported for a small
newswire service. Salon.com Technology | Make a million, lose a million, who cares? |
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