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Just change "www" to "archive" and it works without registering on NYT:

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Think they won't jail a "potential terrorist?"

Think again!

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Look people, this is the New York Times. They're putting their articles and content, which is their entire business, on the web for free, and all they ask is that you register with them. Unlike many other sites, you can really trust that the info you give the NYT will be confidential; they're not going to risk losing any of their reputation for a few lousy bucks. Privacy policy here.

In other words: If you're going to mooch their content, do it on their terms instead of using a stupid loophole in their system.

After reading the article, I can say I feel mislead. I clicked expecting to find something about how the government has just built some giant gravity-defying rooms, but instead I find that the goal of the military is to make our soldiers fight without even knowing their fighting.

IMHO, they got the wrong things out of Enders Game. There is value in soldiers not knowing the reality of fighting... But that makes any Big Brother scenario all the more scary.

It reminds me a little of the movie Toys (Plot Outline: An eccentric toymaker finds his family business horribly misused by his militaristic uncle who is bequeathed control of the company). Where a has-been general trains some youngsters to play video games, while in fact they're controlling RC weapons of war.

Scary, isn't it!

An online Starcraft RPG? Only at

Bill Shatner? Is that you? And what is your problem with Phillip J. Fry?

(-1, awful)

Oh, and so not to be completely offtopic, No registration required link.

Like so

Bush, the closest thing to fascist we've ever had.

Just remember what it was like 3 years ago: Economy was good, we had jobs, the President was brokering peace between Israel and Palestine, and our biggest worry was that the President had consentual sex with his adult intern. Oh my.

Today: Economy is crashing, > 6% unemployment rate is common in urban areas across the country, we're in a questionable and bloody war for oil, the same people who bolstered Saddam into power are in control today, Israel and Palestine aren't even on the map, the Bush administration is silencing political critics, and the government wants to investigate your private life to make sure you are not a terrorist, headed by Big Brother himself.

So much has been lost in just 3 years.

Just subsitute "archive" for "www" in the server name - works for all the NYT articles. here's the link.

You can bypass the NYTimes registration and read the article here...

1) ???
2) Start war with Iraq
3) Profit!

"We killed a lot of people.... We dropped a few civilians," Sergeant Schrumpf said, "but what do you do?" [In one incident], he recalled watching one of the women standing near the Iraqi soldier go down. "I'm sorry," the sergeant said. "But the chick was in the way."

I thought this was a troll too, but it's real. Check it out:

NY Times link

Like this New York Times article, The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Deer (money required).

Today's NY Times has an article about analyzing those recently found tapes. It says that there was something like 20 seconds from the loss of voice contact, and the shuttle's breakup.

CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 11, @01:53AM
from the now-here's-where-it-get-interesting dept.
admiral2001 writes "Here is is a NYTimes story about AOL-Time-Warner's plans for a TiVo-killing 'Mystro TV' (nytimes annoying free registration required). They plan to begin rolling this out sometime in the next two years. Their major features are the simple pause, rewind, and fast forward that all PVRs have. However, they've taken the obvious stance to "let[s] networks set the parameters, dictating which shows users can reschedule, and it also creates ways for networks to insert commercials." The article even mentions how they could get an advantage in pushing their product because "viewers could try out Mystro TV by pushing a button on their remote"."

What does Slashdot think?"

That you cannot consider the subject merely in the context of US IT jobs, but rather, you need to see your single-issue tarriff in the overall context of US-World trade.

The US can, or course, impose a tarriff. However the cost of so-doing will be whatever penalty is levied by the World Trade Organisation. That penalty will be in terms of explicit permissions given to other nations to impose retaliatory tarrifs on US imports.

The US is a member of the WTO for self-interested reasons (as are all members, presumably). It has to accept the obligations of membership as well as the benefits.

An illustration of the immediate effect of the unilateral imposition of tarriffs is yesterday's ruling indicating that the US will be severely penalised for imposing tarriffs on certain sorts of steel imports. (The US is appealing...)

Another was the recent WTO award to Europe of the right to impose $4 billion worth of trade sanctions against the US for giving tax breaks to American exporters through foreign sales corporations.

Meanwhilse the historical perspective (and reasonably orthodox economic market theory) is that protectionism is not a good thing; specifically, that it generally fails to protect whatever it was that needed to be protected; that it adds costs & disbenefits to all sorts of other things; and that it impedes global trade, which itself is a bad thing, since trade is normally profitable.

Ultimately, I see your question as being not so much about the narrow issue of jobs in the IT sector, but rather whether it would or would not be in the US national interest to adopt an isolationist trade policy. The orthodoxy is that it would be peverse in the extreme for it to do so; and by that yardstick, it would be peverse in the extreme to sanction tarrifs to protect one industry sector - even our own sector.

And whilst it does remain in the US national interest to take part in the WTO, then it must anticipate the possibility that specific sectors - IT jobs, for instance - will from time to time be affected adversely.

Of course, there is wide scope for debate; not least, about what will be the makeup of regions, states, supranational bodies, and how will trade work, in the future. Many of the scenarios painted are not particularly pleasant. Your question - and apparent supposition that the idea of protecting US IT jobs by the imposition of tarriffs is even worth considering is, perhaps, a harbinger of the sort of unenlightened self-interest postulated as being one of the drivers for the future.

by Paul Sipiera, a professor of geology and astronomy at Harper College in Palatine, Ill. "For me, it's a dream come true," he said. "I always tell my wife that when I die, I hope I get hit in the head by a meteorite flying through the roof and it came pretty close," he said. Classic. (link)

yeah, its so nice from the US government to be spending on Iraqs reconstruction 5% of what they spend bombing Iraq back to stone age.

the US government must care a lot about iraqi people then.

but thats not news, the US government has been very helpful to Iraq since the 1980s

oh, you meant that this time their sending in relief and supplies to the right people ??? well, please tell your congress theiy are 20 fucking years late!!!

as for your friends on Panama, please ask them if all of it was worth 23 dead students.

That site bugs me. Why don't they count the number of people that Saddam has killed? That is between 200,000 and 2,000,000 since 1979, or up to 240 people per day.

And the ratio of civilian casualties in this war to the amount of allied munitions used in Iraq is the lowest of any war ever. They are doing a damn good job.

Moron.

It is unfortunate that Iraqi civilians have been killed in the war effort. However, if you average out the estimated 1 - 2 Million Civilians that Saddam Hussein has killed in his 23 years of power, it comes out to about 115 - 230 civilians per day.

When I watch the bombs explode on CNN, I realize that these bombs are helping to remove a dictator who is responsible for millions more civilian deaths than we would ever cause.

Hmmm... That might be difficult, since Yugoslavia no longer exists.

but seriously, i agree that it's all almost irrelevant, since we're going to find out sooner than we expect.

archive.nytimes link... or the same article on com.com.com.com

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Don't mod me up, but don't mod me down either. This is just for convenience.

...and the first NYtimes cheat code is... :)

UP-Down-Left-Right-Select-START!! (Correct Link!)

http://archive.nytimes.com/2003/03/27/technology/c ircuits/27chea.html linkified for the lazy

I think we are seeing now in the creation of the 51st state

LOL. Yeah, just like temporary military rule turned Japan into the 51st state. Oops, that makes Iraq the 52nd state. Oh yeah, I forgot, we also conqured Afghanistan. That makes Iraq the 53rd state. Wait a minute, I forgot South Korea. Iraq is what, the 54 state? 55th? 56th?

You can certainly be opposed to the war, but assuming the US does in fact win the war then what would you suggest they do differently than described in the NY times article? If the Sadam government is gone then you need some sort of government to avoid anarchy and disaster. When a war ends the military is in defacto control of the country. It then takes time to create and transition to a new local government.

Suggesting that the US will not transfer control over to a local government is at best totally unfounded speculation. The US has publicly declared that it will hand over control to the Iraqis and that they will not take any of the oil. If the government broke either of those commitments it would be crucified internationally and domesticly.

I can understand some people have fears of "colonialism", but it is simply not the way the US works.

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I will add to this if you please. The portion I am adding reads like a conspiracy theory. Its not. It has been documented in many places, including PBS and the White House itself.

I wont go into details here, I will allow one to read the material themselves. You can also watch the video as PBS online is currently hosting a story frontline did about the mess.

In brief:

The Project for the New American Century is a DC based think tank that has imagined a world under complete US military and economic domination (or "freedom" as it were). They have fiddled with and written documents concerning a post cold war world where the USA has become the Worlds Only Superpower and what that means from a Strategic viewpoint.

In the early days, Paul Wolfowitz produced a document that detailed the expansion of the American empire that seemed too radical at the time and was cleaned up and rewritten and stowed away. Over time, and through the most recent Coup by this incredibly radical group of men, this updated document, with the help of the PNAC, became the National Security Strategy Of the United States. Most chilling about this turn of eventls and policy is the new found policy of "pre-emption". Which I think we are seeing now in the creation of the 51st state.

Also chilling (to me anyway) is the fact that this is the "official story", the one being reported by the obviously biased media.

Anyway.. some more links..

CBC.ca's take.

More Canadian Insight

The Frontline Special

Singapore is quarantining hundreds of people in an effort to stop the outbreak, while the head of the city's hospitals has taken ill with symptoms consistent with SARS.

The NYTimes article mentioned above is apparently referring to Hong Kong, which is currently believed to be largely responsible for spreading SARS globally. Please read the article carefully before posting. (I know, this being /. *sigh*)

To be fair, Singapore is actually quarantining quite a number of people. But hey, this is a city in which you may get fined for not flushing toilet or chewing gum. ;)

Also, anybody cannot just be held without council.

Now if we are talking about US citizens on US soil, with out a warranty and right to council, then you would be entirely correct, such behavior would be entirely unconstitutional.

Tell that to Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen arrested in Chicago, now rotting in a South Carolina naval brig without trial or counsel. (The DoJ is appealing a federal judge's order that he receive counsel; see here and here.) He is being held based solely on the word of the President that he is a terrorist; no public trial has been held and no evidence against him has been presented. This precedent is dangerous; the next person to be so treated could be you!

Singapore is quarantining hundreds of people in an effort to stop the outbreak, while the head of the city's hospitals has taken ill with symptoms consistent with SARS This is half-accurate. It is William Ho, the chief executive of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority (and not a Singapore official), who has fallen ill with (what is now confirmed to be) SARS. It is Singapore that is quarantining people though.

Stupid White Men. 49 consecutive weeks on the NYT best seller list (many at number one).

Yes, Michael Moore is getting rich of the left the same way Rush Limbaugh has been getting rich off the right for a while now.

Peace be with you,
-jimbo

Japanese Technology May Help Islands Reap Pacific's Waters
By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

KYOTO, Japan, March 22 -- A number of Pacific island nations are discussing using new Japanese technology that can both desalinate seawater for drinking and produce electricity by exploiting the difference in temperatures between the surface of the sea and the depths of the ocean.

The Republic of Palau in the western Pacific is working with Saga University in southern Japan to build a system that can produce enough drinking water to meet the needs of its 20,000 residents, while producing electricity, said the country's president, Tommy Remengesau Jr.

The concept was highlighted this week at one of the 350 sessions at the Third World Water Forum, which is under way here. It has attracted 10,000 participants from around the world, along with ministers and some heads of state from more than 150 countries.

The university is preparing to build an experimental power plant off the coast of Palau that brings up cold seawater from the depths of the sea to an evaporator chamber near the ocean surface.

As the water is heated by the surrounding warm surface water, it releases ammonia gas, which then drives the system's power generator, said Yasuyuki Ikegami, deputy director of the Institute of Ocean Energy at Saga University.

Meanwhile, the heated water would be transferred to a separate low-pressure chamber where it boils at a lower temperature, producing steam, which would be condensed and collected as fresh water for human consumption, leaving salt crystals behind.

One experimental system, which produces power but no usable water, is scheduled to be put into use off the coast of India this month, Mr. Ikegami added.

"It works well especially in the western Pacific, where the temperature difference between the ocean's surface and deep seawater is" as much as 43 degrees Fahrenheit, he said. "It is environmentally sound."

With some financial assistance from the Japanese government, the university was hoping to build the experimental plant in Palau for $7.5 million, said Haruo Uehara, president of Saga University, although he declined to disclose details of the financing because it was still being negotiated.

Palau was hoping the plant could be built next year, Mr. Remengesau said.

"It is a big help for us," he said. "When there is rain, we have no problem. But we are hit by the drying effects of El Niño. When there is no rain, where can we get drinking water?"

The fresh water produced by the system will cost less than $1 for more than 250 gallons, Mr. Uehara said. "It is no more costly than regular tap water in other countries, including Japan," he said.

The system, while more expensive than ordinary generators, has raised hopes among leaders of other Pacific islands, which are too small to build many dams to catch water and are trying to cut back on their consumption of oil to run power generators.

Allan Marat, deputy prime minister of Papua New Guinea, said Pacific island nations had fallen victim to global warming, adding that he too was interested in the university's system.

"We are in the middle of the largest body of water" on earth, said Robert Woonton, prime minister of the Cook Islands. "Yet, we are faced with lack of safe potable water." He said he wanted to consider setting up Saga University's system in his country.

Other countries in arid zones have also shown interest, including Saudi Arabia, which was sending a delegation to the university, Mr. Uehara said.

The article here indicates that this company plans to charge $10/year for the service. Cheap, if the system proves to work, but definitely a different business model.

Further, it says that the 7 digit passwd will be sent in a "digital image"; kind of a hassle for those of us with text-only email. (long live pine)

Here is the story

How much longer should the world have waited for diplomacy to work? another 12 years? give me an amount of time? France refused to specify how much longer they wanted to wait.

When you tell a coworker that you need some report done, do you give a deadline, or just say whenever you get it done let me know so work can continue? What about when your kid is supposed to clean his room? Do you just wait patiently for years for him to do it on his own? What about when you order a pizza to be delivered? Do you ask when it will be delivered or do you just trust that they will get to it before tomorrow?

Deadlines have to be made and kept. Otherwise we will sit around for ever and never know if he disarmed because you will just say he needs a bit more time, a few more inspections (of what??), a bit more time.

Oh, and how about them Scuds?! Wasn't that a dandy? At least 4 scuds and one al-fatah were launched by iraq, who told the inspectors they didn't have such banned weapons of mass destruction. (NYTimes) So the inspectors never would have 'found' them because iraq never put them in its list of remaining/destroyed weapons.
But I guess we were just supposed to wait a while longer to see if saddam was going to tell the inspecters to go "look over there, where we keep our banned illegal munitions."

Perhaps you have a credible source that claims the numbers are lower?

Where's any proof that Iraq has funded Terrorism?

areal photos of camp

terrorist links

more ammo

washington times article

links to Al Qaeda

Is that enough? or do you need more?

maeryk

Check out this article. The accompanying photograph shows a soldier raising the American flag with the caption "An American Marine replacing the Iraqi flag today at the entrance to Iraq's main port of Umm Qasr." Looks like the US will fly our flag in their country.