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Mac OS X has been leading secret double life. Every Mac project build for Intel and PowerPC. Every release of Mac OS X has been built for both Intel and PowerPC-based Macs. For the last 5 years. Mac OS X is cross-platform by design. Apple's demo is on an Intel-based system. Jobs shows all Mac OS X Tiger features are already compatible with Intel-based processors. Not done yet. Will put into the developer hands to help Apple finish it.

Just received an e-mail reminder from the Thune campaign to watch the debate with Daschole tomorrow on Meet the de-Press-ed.

Another check of the iTunes music store today and they have now posted the speeches from Thursday, including President Bush's! It is completely unedited (1 hour 2 minutes!). They are being made available as free audiobook downloads. Requires iTunes for Mac (OS X) or Windows (2000 or XP) (available here) plus an iTunes account. If you already have iTunes software and an account, clicking on the source URL for this thread should take you to President Bush's speech. Search "RNC" to find all 21 speeches available.  

I checked the iTunes music store today and they have finally posted the speeches from Wednesday, including Zell Miller's! They are being made available as free audiobook downloads. Requires iTunes for Mac (OS X) or Windows (2000 or XP) (available here) plus an iTunes account. If you already have iTunes software and an account, clicking on the source URL for this thread should take you directly to Zell's speech. Search "RNC" to get a list of all nineteen speeches offered to date.

I checked the iTunes music store today and noticed that all of the RNC speeches are being made available as free audiobook downloads. Requires iTunes for Mac or Windows (available here) plus an iTunes account. If you already have iTunes software and an account, clicking on the source URL for this thread will take you to Rudy Giuliani's speech. Search "RNC" to get a list of all speeches offered.

I was browsing the iTunes music store today and noticed that all of the DNC speeches are available as free audiobook downloads. Requires iTunes for Mac or Windows (available here) plus an iTunes account. If you already have iTunes software and an account, clicking on the source URL for this thread should get you to the page with all of the audiobook titles from the convention.

Using several new technologies and more than 1,000 dual-processor Power Mac G5 computers, Virginia Tech University is building a supercomputer cluster that is likely to rank among the fastest in the world.In addition to the G5 machines, the university said it is using a beta version of the latest release of OS X, new networking hardware from Mellanox and Cisco, and cutting-edge configuration and cooling technologies to build the powerful cluster for a fraction of the price of a traditional supercomputer."The total price tag is probably a factor of 10 lower than a machine in this class in the past,"...

<p>SAN DIEGO (AP) -- An animal rights group has asked the San Diego Padres to back out of a deal giving the Petco retail firm naming rights to the team's new downtown ballpark.</p> <p>People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is leading a boycott against the San Diego-based pet-supply chain, alleging animal cruelty at some of its stores. The group contends a high number of animals have died from disease and crowding at Petco stores.</p>

Northwest Flight 36 bound for Amsterdam. Breaking.

Attention Maryland Freepers:We are now within striking distance of New York, Washington, North Carolina and Wisconsin. Let's pass 'em all today!Boss_Jim found a couple of extra bucks under the sofa cushions this month and decided to issue a matching fund challenge.For every new Maryland donation to the Freepathon of $10 or more received before midnight (EST) tonight (3/11/2001), I will donate $5 (limit of $75).

The administration of U.S. President-elect George W. Bush will include many pro-Japanese officials. This reflects U.S. political history. Many officials of President Bill Clinton's administration had served under President Jimmy Carter, who came to power 12 years earlier. For example, former Secretary of State Warren Christopher was undersecretary of state, and former Secretary of Defense William Perry was undersecretary of defense, in the Carter administration.The Carter years of 1977 to 1981 saw pseudo-detente worldwide following the fall of Saigon to communist forces in 1975, as did Cambodia and Laos later. This marked the end of U.S. military involvement in Indochina. ...