It'a already being called Sarah's "sniper" moment, referring to Sen. Hillary Clinton's false assertion she was under sniper fire when she visited Bosnia 12 years ago.McCain-Palin campaign admit VP candidate Sarah Palin never went to Iraq, only Kuwait.Obama camp says...
From SF Reviews, I pulled this summary of Asimov's best story IMHO, "Liar," where ..."Other strange crises emerge: in "Liar!",
Susan Calvin encounters a robot that by some fluke is able to read minds.
Unfortunately, in its interpretation of the...
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This is such a groovy thing that I don't know whether to put it in the "technology", "culture", "people", or "politics" section, but viva the 100 dollar laptop."Five years after the concept was first proposed, the so-called $100 laptop is poised to go into mass production."
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"Five years after the concept was first proposed, the so-called $100 laptop is poised to go into mass production.
Hardware suppliers have been given the green light to ramp-up production of all of the components needed to build millions of the low-cost machines.
Previously,...
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"Robert Heinlein's last novel, Variable Star , will be released in September. Completed by Spider Robinson at the behest of Heinlein's estate, the novel is based on the notes and outline created by Heinlein for the novel over 50 years ago. It was set aside and forgotten when...
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