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...thought. But what if I stuck the Palm in its cradle and both Palm and PC got fritzed? I know that static electricity can be a potential death blow for computers; that's why you're supposed to ground yourself by touching the metal casing before installing a new graphics card, sound card or internal drive. I also know it would have to be a huge long-shot for an electric current to somehow pass from your body to the Palm's casing, down the cradle cable and into the computer. It's not like this will affect Palm...
...right frequency for their ears. I don't doubt it's possible that some thousandth of a percent of users are affected. Just as I don't doubt my lottery number might come up, or that I might have touched enough laundered linens and walked on enough carpets to blow up my Palm and PC. In a universe where nothing from the speed of light on down is stable, not even a Palm Pilot can be relied upon with the kind of blind faith most users invest in it. Personally, I'll be handling my HotSyncs with kid gloves from...
...Spain, the militant Basque separatists of the ETA present the same problem. NATO plans to disarm Albanian rebels in Macedonia appear somewhat optimistic, despite last week's political peace agreement. And the Islamists of Hamas and Islamic Jihad appear to have no shortage of young Palestinians willing to blow themselves up in order to make a bloody political point...
Etna will too. It rumbles and smokes regularly but is a relatively friendly volcano, giving plenty of warning when it's about to blow. The damage, however, can still be severe. Since the start of this year's eruption, lava has destroyed a ski lift and a couple of summer homes, and threatened Rifugio Sapienza. Don't try to ski there next winter: the slopes will remain too warm to hold enough snow...
...what more conspicuous a target than Welch, who had enjoyed the Administration's largesse this summer and will soon retire anyway. "It's something you can give Pataki at the same time you're standing up to one of the largest companies in the world [and] striking a blow for the environment," says a top Republican consultant. "What am I missing...