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...which home defense is enthusiastically practiced. The glow of good feeling fading, I wind down the hill to NAN No. 2, at an intersection in the leafy neighborhood of East Washington Village. I pull up to the southeast corner and unleash my laptop's sniffer. Nothing. Feeling increasingly foolish, I wheel my car to the three other corners, which yield nothing, nothing and nothing. I look at my odometer. I have driven 52 miles. I head for home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Not Try Wi-Fi? | 4/22/2002 | See Source »

...make 3G obsolete. It's impractical to blanket a city with hot spots. In Asia, access is provided by a hodgepodge of private businesses and independent operators, some offering it for free, others charging small fees. Nevertheless, some think that mobile network operators would be foolish to ignore it. Carriers "can roll out [Wi-Fi] services much quicker than 3G," says Shamir Amanullah, program leader at marketing consultancy Frost & Sullivan in Kuala Lumpur. "3G networks cost up to $1 billion to set up and that won't give them lots of pricing flexibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Static for 3G | 4/15/2002 | See Source »

...enough to prompt, justify a military strike. In July 2001, Bush refused to sign an international agreement designed to enforce a ban on biological weapons that had been in existence since 1972. This action alone makes any claims of concern over biological weapons by the president appear hypocritical and foolish. American citizens cannot let Bush’s double standard act as a call to battle...

Author: By Michael A. Capuano, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Don't Attack Iraq | 4/15/2002 | See Source »

...Miss Teen USA fiasco created a difficult time in my life, but it did unite me with my second (and also fourth) wife. We were young and foolish, she more foolish than I. That’s why I had an affair. The affair and subsequent divorce created yet another difficult time in my life, but it did unite me with my third (and also 15th) wife...

Author: By Vali D. Chandrasekaran, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: {untitled} | 3/7/2002 | See Source »

...It’s foolish and backwards to assume that the Unofficial Guide will serve everyone’s needs,” Losier said. “You wouldn’t want it to. That’s assuming that students aren’t nuanced...

Author: By Sarah M. Seltzer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Black Guide Planned for Spring | 2/27/2002 | See Source »

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