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I may have blogged this article earlier, but this is different. How? The New York Times has this as its lead story for the technology section on thier homepage.

Very cool check it out:

The New York Times > Technology > New Economy: Observers Wonder If Apple Plans Low-Cost Macintosh: “IN what might be the next episode in Silicon Valley’s longest-running soap opera, Apple Computer’s chairman, Steven P. Jobs, is planning to surrender to the computer industry’s received wisdom and introduce a sub-$500 Macintosh, according to several published reports.”

Check out this post article on the emerging use of hydrogen cars.

Automakers Put Hydrogen Power On the Fast Track (washingtonpost.com): “The brakes are controlled by a computer, so the car can stop a full length shorter than most. Each rear wheel has its own motor and can turn by itself, which not only improves traction but also makes parallel parking a snap. And the only thing this car emits is water vapor.”

Read the now infamous conversation where some people believe that Bill Gates is relating copylefters and communists. I’m not so sure Bill is drawing that line, but I’ll have to re-read to make sure. I’ll say that the true sign that Open Source has won is when Microsoft releases its own version of Linux.

Gates taking a seat in your den | Newsmakers | CNET News.com

Another CES gadget. Kodak’s big screen easy share swivel-cam. Very cool, check it out.

Photos: CES gadget glitz – page 5 | CNET News.com: “Kodak’s new EasyShare-One digital camera, on display at CES, is designed as much for swapping pictures as for snapping them”

Wow, Hip-hop is the current marketing tool of any thing “cool”. From the Sidekick ads featuring, Snoop, Big-Boi, Wayne Newton, et al to Xzibit as a presentation partner with Sony at CES. It is a truely amazing transformation in the last 50 years in America.

Photos: CES gadget glitz – page 3 | CNET News.com: “Sony’s Kaz Hirai and rapper Xzibit demonstrate the PlayStation Portable’s music capabilites at a CES press conference Wednesday.”

I think we need a permanant solution to enable us to protect the US, have reservists return to a normal life, and secure our international commitments. Now lets see if Bush uses his “politicial capitol” for a worthy purpose.

read the story for yourself:

Reservists May Face Longer Tours of Duty (washingtonpost.com): “the Army probably will ask Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld in the next several months to change the policy on mobilization of reservists.”

Here is a snip of the story the New York Times is doing on CNN’s move to cancel Crossfire and get rid of Tucker Carlson.

The biggest news is the reference to Jon Stewart’s appreance on Crossfire by CNN president Jonathon Klien. Apparently Mr. Stewart hit too close to home, when he said that Crossfire was “hurting America”.

Read the story for your self:

NYT > CNN Will Cancel ‘Crossfire’ and Cut Ties to Commentator: “‘CNN is a different animal,’ Mr. Klein said. ‘We report the news. Fox talks about the news. They’re very good at what they do and we’re very good at what we do.’

Mr. Klein specifically cited the criticism that the comedian Jon Stewart leveled at ‘Crossfire’ when he was a guest on the program during the presidential campaign. Mr. Stewart said that ranting partisan political shows on cable were ‘hurting America.'”

Wow, I am hearing way too much about Open Source, Free Software, and Linux talk. Maybe it becuase I’m a nerd and I’ve been a Linux user since 1998.

Nerds ready to declare 2005 (some even 2004) the year Linux has crossed the chasam to main stream users.

well see, but check out the store for yourself:

Linux and Open Source: The 2005 Generation: “Sometimes people don’t know when a revolution has happened until afterwards. Then, the historians tell us that 2004 was the year that open source started to become computing’s mainstream.

Sounds hard to believe? Well, IDC analyst Al Gillen recently said that ‘Linux is no longer a fringe player. Linux is now mainstream.’ He made that observation because IDC’s research predicts that Linux’s overall revenue for desktops, servers and packaged software running on Linux will exceed $35 billion by 2008.”

109th Congress Convenes (washingtonpost.com): “After the swearing-in of new and returning lawmakers who won their contests in the Nov. 2 elections, the House promptly took up rules changes proposed by the majority Republicans.”

Here is a wonderful post from a fellow UMM-er. This was post from Oct 30th one week before the election. It is the best summary of the general sentiment in America at the time.

the_letter_zi: Negative Post: “Negative Post

I hate X, why does X exsit!? I think everyone should get their heads out of their asses and realize my point of view is far superior to theirs. If everyone thought what I thought, X would no longer be a problem. I can’t believe how retarded some people are. No, it’s always I love X, and X is the greatest. FUCK, WHAT FUCKING MORONS. Can’t they make up their own minds about something, can’t they see that X is obvioulsy just plain wrong!”