Year: 2003
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The Progress Paradox
Time magazine also had an exclusive excerpt from a new book: The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse, by Greg Easterbrook (Random House, 355 pages)The points he made are very interesting; I think I shall have to read the bookThe revolution of satistifed expectations — Most people judge their well-being not…
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Big Fat Greek Problem
In preparing to be host of next summer’s Olympics, Athens has faced the usual hurdles, like finding enough hotel space and finishing construction on the venues. But some less conventional problems have cropped up too. Initially, the government planned to license extra brothels to meet surging demand during the Games (at the Sydney Olympics[2000], 10,000…
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Is Dr. Phil Oprah’s slave?
In the 15 December 2003 issue of Time magazine; in the interview column; the interviewer asked Oprah Winfrey the following question: "What do you think of your boy Dr. Phil’s diet book?"Man alive! The question seems a little insensitive given the good doctors age; let alone the historical racial undertones of the word "boy."
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Where shall I begin?
The white rabbit put on his spectacles. "Where shall I begin, please your majesty?""Begin at the beginning," the King said gravely, "And go on til you come to the end; then stop."Lewis Carroll (Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland)
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SCO Site Downed By DDoS Attack
A distributed denial-of-service attack brought down SCO’s web site. Story @ InternetWeekLooks like SCO is getting what they deserve for claiming they own the intellectual property to the Linux OS.
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Precious little girl
A precious little girl walks into a pet shop and asks in the sweetest little lisp, "Excuthe me, mithter, do you keep widdle wabbits?"As the shopkeeper’s heart melts, he gets down on his knees so that he’s on her level, and asks, "Do you want a widdle white wabbit or a thoft and fuwwy bwack…