Tuesday, September 30, 2003

Sun goes down on rise of cheaper rivals (FT.com). FT.com - Fresh evidence that Sun Microsystems may be the biggest casualty of the rise of Linux and a new generation of standardised computer systems prompted a sharp drop in the company's share price on Wall Street on Tuesday. [Yahoo! News - Technology]

lj:) Another FUSM article. CYA!


10:42:42 PM    

Dixie Chicks Turn Their Backs On Country Genre (LAUNCH). LAUNCH - The Dixie Chicks want out of the country music scene, according to comments group member Martie Maguire made to German magazine, Spiegel. She said, "We don't feel part of the country scene any longer, it can't be our home any more." [Yahoo! News - Most Emailed]

lj:) Madonna, Three more distraught and confused recruits to be frenched and signed to your harem!


10:40:44 PM    

Report: Nazis Used Hospitals for Killings (AP). AP - Nazi Germany used hundreds of hospitals and clinics to kill at least 200,000 handicapped, mentally ill and other institutional patients who were deemed physically inferior, researchers said Tuesday. [Yahoo! News - Top Stories]

lj:) Bloodbath


10:39:14 PM    

Microsoft's Media Center Targets Living Rooms (Reuters). Reuters - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) launched a major upgrade to its multimedia personal computer software on Tuesday, aiming to bring more computers out of offices and into people's living rooms. [Yahoo! News - Technology]
10:37:37 PM    

The dirty bomb beneath our feet, thousands of miles of ageing sewers

Deep beneath the clock tower in Leicester city centre, Martin Webster shines his torch on the stream of human waste coursing through the Victorian sewer. Faeces, clumps of toilet paper and sanitary pads slip past in a muddy, ceaseless flow, as a methane monitor checks the warm, foul air and emits a steady, reassuring shriek...

lj:) Oh Shit


10:36:47 PM