If you are a heavily codependent personality you probably are scaring
them off.

OK, I searched and searched... even using the search box for "brooks"
got nothing.

What is the ARTICLE ????

Sushi,

Which article is it? Please give the name of the article and the URL...

I am looking for it...

OH boy - once you get to the site there are quite a few interesting
articles up now... just scroll down!!!

The title should read:

Research project could help create computers that run on light

Attosecond technology -- tech that enables light pulses to be fired
every billion-billionth of a second -- could be the key to making
computers that run on light. A team of physicists at the University of
Bath in the UK are to carry out research into this high frequency
technology which could potentially bust through the upper limit of
Moore's Law. The ultimate aim of the research is to find a way of
manipulating light waveforms into different shapes, and expanding the
area known as "photonics" (in other words, getting light to usefully
convey information). Currently it's only possible to create lightwaves
in a conventional sine form: the hope is to create waves that are square
or triangular, which have far greater value for communication within a
computer. The fine details of the research project go way above our
heads, but it's safe to say that it involves a bunch of crystals,
fibres, and friggin' lasers (minus the sharks). Right now attosecond
tech isn't the only platform that looks to light to solve problems like
Moore's Law's limit: check out previous posts where we look at
condensing light for super storage, using lasers to boost computing
power, and slowing light to create photonic computers. From where we're
sitting, the future of computing is full of light: whether or not that
light is full of hot air is still unconfirmed.

MORE article and pics are here:
http://www.engadget.com/

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WOW!

REDMOND, Washington (March 14) - Video gamers who use PCs will soon have
access to some Xbox 360 titles, and in some cases will be able to
challenge opponents playing the same game on the Xbox console, Microsoft
said Wednesday.

The Redmond-based software maker's first move to broaden cross-platform
play is set for May 8, when Microsoft begins selling "Halo 2,"
originally designed as an Xbox game, for PCs running the new Vista
operating system.

In June, Microsoft said it will offer its own shoot-em-up game,
"Shadowrun," for PC and Xbox users, followed by a PC version of "Uno"
later this year.

PC gamers who play "Shadowrun" and "Uno" will be able to connect to both
Xbox and PC gamers using a service Microsoft calls Games for Windows -
Live, a parallel to an existing service for the Xbox community. Gamers
can create an identity, see which of their friends is online and invite
them to play games.

Article location:
http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_a/microsoft-to-launch-xbox-games-for-pc/n20070314182609990007?cid=2446

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OK, this is good news for fans of xbox games and gamers in general.

I just want all the lemmings games to run on XP!

LOL garden! We could do with less lawyers...

A good one net! Fortunately I learned the meaning of "hype" a
looonngggg time ago!

I ran shirtless with the kool-aid man because im sexy as hell

No sweat message.

I meant to say SUBscription! lol.

Verb

I doubt spay will be THAT much of a bother, as I will be packing heat...

A fly swatter will do for him though. Just a slight pest, he is. LMAO
too! OH, I know, Flypaper for spay. We can keep an eye on him that
way...

Just yanking ur chain spay!

SAN FRANCISCO (March 15) - Google Inc. is adopting new privacy measures
to make it more difficult to connect online search requests with the
people making them - a thorny issue that provoked a showdown with the
U.S. government last year.

Under revisions announced late Wednesday, Google promised to wrap a
cloak of anonymity around the vast amounts of information that the
Mountain View-based company regularly collects about its millions of
users around the world.

Google believes it can provide more assurances of privacy by removing
key pieces of identifying information from its system every 18 to 24
months. The timetable is designed to comply with a hodgepodge of laws
around the world that dictate how long search engines are supposed to
retain user information.

Authorities still could demand to review personal information before
Google purges it or take legal action seeking to force the company to
keep the data beyond the new time limits.

Nevertheless, Google's additional safeguards mark the first time it has
spelled out precisely how long it will hold onto data that can reveal
intimate details about a person's Web surfing habits.

While Google will still retain reams of information about its users, the
changes are supposed to lessen the chances that the company, a
government agency or another party will be able to identify the people
behind specific search requests.

Privacy experts applauded Google's precautions as a major step in the
right direction.

The rest of the article is here:

http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_a/google-to-adopt-new-privacy-measures/20070315061509990001?cid=2446

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I hope this is not a ploy to allow terrorists and pedifiles to roam
free...

Privacy is one thing but hindering criminal investigations is another
matter entirely.

Your Opinions?

Count me in, I'll bring a dictionary and encyclopdia volume.

I find it disgusting that so many hide their political agenda's behind
"freedom of speech."

Sure everyone can say whatever they think. It is also treading on my
basic freedom for musicians/entertainers to besmirch the memories and
honor of our lost soldiers who gave their lives to support their hate
speeches to "captive audiences" who paid good money to hear MUSIC and
not "hate speech."

If I want to hear a speech about my president, my country and my
contrymen I will go to city hall and political meetings.

I have not purchased a Dixie Chicks CD, listened to their music or
supported them in any fashion for years.

And that is my right to FREEDOM FROM HATE SPEECH and the basic freedom
of choice.

Red Hat Launches 'Customer-Friendly' Linux System

RALEIGH, N.C. (March 15) - Red Hat Inc. has unveiled the latest version
of its Linux operating system as the open-source software company
continues to combat Microsoft 's market-dominating Windows platform.

Developers for the Raleigh-based company touted Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 as more flexible and more manageable than its prior versions, and said
they worked for two years on the product.

"Our customers are an integral part of the development process," said
Paul Cormier, Red Hat's executive vice president for engineering,
echoing the open-source tenet that users be allowed to view and edit the
software's code.

Resoundingly, Cormier said, customers wanted less complexity.

The new operating system supports "virtualization," which Red Hat said
will help companies consolidate their technology workload onto one
server - saving energy, space and money.

"Customers have figured out that they've got rooms full of racks and
servers," said Nick Carr, the marketing director for the operating
system. "They're taking up heat and power and space, but they're only 15
percent loaded. They want to know how they can use what they have more
efficiently."

For desktop computers, Red Hat touted its advances in security to
protect systems from external and internal attacks.

Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft, which recently launched its long-awaited
Windows Vista operating system, still dominates the software market. Red
Hat says Linux can be found in the majority of Fortune 500 companies,
where savvy tech departments have switched to Linux to cut down on
costs.

Along with the new Linux product, Red Hat launched several new service
programs to help companies migrate their data centers to Linux and to
help customers get support for a variety of different open-source
programs.

Red Hat's business model is based around service. Unlike Microsoft's
proprietary software, Red Hat delivers its products for free but makes
money by selling subscription packages for service.

Shares of Red Hat fell 19 cents Wednesday to close at $22.52 on the New
York Stock Exchange.

The article can be found here:

http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_a/red-hat-launches-customer-friendly-linux/n20070315092009990012?cid=2446

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Something we have been talking about recently and makes sense to me. I
would be willing to buy a prescription pack to make my life easier, have
more freedom and SIMPLIFY.

Verb

Just a portion of the article...

NEW YORK (March 14) - Here's a tip for the guy who beat up a
101-year-old woman in a walker and took off with her purse: Get out of
New York.

The vicious mugging, caught on surveillance tape, has sparked outrage in
a city where people are accustomed to hearing about strange and violent
crimes. Police have launched an all-out manhunt, but it's not just the
cops who want the villain's head.

"I could hold him, and let the woman beat him up," said Joe Sarju, 59,
who lives in the Queens neighborhood where the attack occurred. "I'd
love to beat him, but then they would lock me up."

The heartlessness of the March 4 attack is clearly conveyed on the
grainy, black-and-white videotape, which has now been broadcast well
beyond New York.

In it, 101-year-old Rose Morat is trying to leave her apartment building
to go to church. The mugger, a man who looms over the senior citizen and
is holding onto a bicycle, pretends to help her get through the
vestibule.

Then, he turns to grab Morat's head and delivers three hard punches to
her face, and swipes her purse. The dazed victim tries to reach for her
purse when the mugger hits her again, pushing her and her walker to the
ground.

He got away with $33 and Morat's house keys. She suffered a fractured
cheekbone and spent time in the hospital. The attack didn't break
Morat's spirit, though: She has said in the days since that if she had
been just a bit younger, she would have gone after the guy.

The rest of the article can be found here:

http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/new-yorkers-livid-over-attack-on-woman/20070314090609990001?cid=2194

I would love to get a hold of this guy in a dark alley with 5 big guys
to help me...

Oops! Sorry, we got crossed up on that. Yikes!

Mike, that song was "One Piece At A Time"

Here are the lyrics:

Well, I left Kentucky back in '49
An' went to Detroit workin' on a 'sembly line
The first year they had me puttin' wheels on cadillacs

Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by
And sometimes I'd hang my head and cry
'Cause I always wanted me one that was long and black.

One day I devised myself a plan
That should be the envy of most any man
I'd sneak it out of there in a lunchbox in my hand
Now gettin' caught meant gettin' fired
But I figured I'd have it all by the time I retired
I'd have me a car worth at least a hundred grand.

CHORUS
I'd get it one piece at a time
And it wouldn't cost me a dime
You'll know it's me when I come through your town
I'm gonna ride around in style
I'm gonna drive everybody wild
'Cause I'll have the only one there is a round.

So the very next day when I punched in
With my big lunchbox and with help from my friends
I left that day with a lunch box full of gears
Now, I never considered myself a thief
GM wouldn't miss just one little piece
Especially if I strung it out over several years.

The first day I got me a fuel pump
And the next day I got me an engine and a trunk
Then I got me a transmission and all of the chrome
The little things I could get in my big lunchbox
Like nuts, an' bolts, and all four shocks
But the big stuff we snuck out in my buddy's mobile home.

Now, up to now my plan went all right
'Til we tried to put it all together one night
And that's when we noticed that something was definitely wrong.

The transmission was a '53
And the motor turned out to be a '73
And when we tried to put in the bolts all the holes were gone.

So we drilled it out so that it would fit
And with a little bit of help with an A-daptor kit
We had that engine runnin' just like a song
Now the headlight' was another sight
We had two on the left and one on the right
But when we pulled out the switch all three of 'em come on.

The back end looked kinda funny too
But we put it together and when we got thru
Well, that's when we noticed that we only had one tail-fin
About that time my wife walked out
And I could see in her eyes that she had her doubts
But she opened the door and said "Honey, take me for a spin."

So we drove up town just to get the tags
And I headed her right on down main drag
I could hear everybody laughin' for blocks around
But up there at the court house they didn't laugh
'Cause to type it up it took the whole staff
And when they got through the title weighed sixty pounds.

CHORUS
I got it one piece at a time
And it didn't cost me a dime
You'll know it's me when I come through your town
I'm gonna ride around in style
I'm gonna drive everybody wild
'Cause I'll have the only one there is around.

(Spoken) Ugh! Yow, RED RYDER
This is the COTTON MOUTH
In the PSYCHO-BILLY CADILLAC Come on

Huh, This is the COTTON MOUTH
And negatory on the cost of this mow-chine there RED RYDER
You might say I went right up to the factory
And picked it up, it's cheaper that way
Ugh!, what model is it?

Well, It's a '49, '50, '51, '52, '53, '54, '55, '56
'57, '58' 59' automobile
It's a '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67
'68, '69, '70 automobile.

OMG. Too FUNNY!

LOL to Oldsage and Duffy too.