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March 1999
Monday, March 29, 1999 Censoring science? "The private corporations that increasingly foot the bill for university research often demand silence from scientists, claiming proprietary control over the results. And the US government has held onto its secrecy fetish despite the end of the Cold War." [Wired] Yeltsin sends top ministers to Belgrade in attempt to find political solution to conflict. [Reuters] Russia to end Y2K cooperation with US in protest over air strikes. [Chicago Tribune] Wednesday, March 24, 1999 War in the Balkans... [Reuters] Found on Usenet: Don't think of it as world war three -- think of it as adding bleach to everyone's gene pool." Browser branding blues. [PC World News] Ain't it hard enough to install and uninstall current browsers without getting into all this customization blather? Code blue for D.C. General? [Washington Post] One of our local well-drilling companies advised today that prices on hand pumps (for an existing well) have approximately doubled in the last several months due to increased demand. The herd is starting to shuffle its feet... Sunday, March 21, 1999 Remembering Three Mile Island [Reuters]... Has it already been 20 years? The semantic niggling over the "m" word [meltdown] reminds me of the verbal games currently being played by the spinmeisters in regard to the Y2K problem. War games in Alabama? [Anniston Star News] Happy Vernal Equinox! |
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