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...moment he clicked on Send, the entire Microsoft campus in Redmond, Wash., went dark. And the darkness was very great. The a.c. shuddered to a halt. He heard his employees keening and wailing over lost data. His office was filled with creeping things and birds of the air. Beads of sweat dripped from his nose. Acrid smells drifted in, the website burning after a multitude of hits by Hittites, and he heard the clatter of hooves: a herd of crazed swine trotted down the hall, little pink eyes aglow, pagers clipped to their ears. On his way out, he touched...
...That was only the screensaver. There is more where that came from. Obey my commandments or a virus could come to pass that would bring the information age to a shuddering halt. I did a flood once, and behold, I can do viruses. Once men tried to reach heaven by building a tower, and I made their formats incompatible. I could do this again. Or I can do love and redemption. I am, after all, God. P.S. Your move...
Endostatin has been shown to induce the complete regression of tumors whereas other drugs may only prevent metastasis or halt growth when used alone...
...from the air, bombing targets both in and outside of Kosovo. Serb mortars landed in Albania, scattering refugees and relief workers, and Milosevic's armies continued to do battle with KLA troops. "The fighting isn't over yet," said NATO military spokesman Gen. Walter Jertz. "Serb forces will not halt their operations until their commanders give them the order. There is hope that will happen soon." Negotiations over the timetable for Serb troop withdrawals were expected to resume Sunday night and continue, said NATO spokesman Maj. Trey Cate, "through till...
...challenging, on the basis of states rights, a federal law that would stop the release of such motor vehicle information. Privacy watchdogs hope that the court?s decision, which is expected to come down next term, will also have something to say about individual rights -- and put a halt to the release of such information...