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First, a computer virus is inserted into the aggressor's telephone-switching stations, causing widespread failure of the phone system. Next, computer logic bombs, set to activate at predetermined times, destroy the electronic routers that control rail lines and military convoys, thus misrouting boxcars and causing traffic jams. Meanwhile, enemy field officers obey the orders they receive over their radios, unaware the commands are phony. Their troops are rendered ineffective as they scatter through the desert. U.S. planes, specially outfitted for psychological operations, then jam the enemy's TV broadcasts with propaganda messages that turn the populace against its ruler...
...life is indeed a song, then Garcia and most of his older fans played it in different styles: studio version and free-form concert improv. Because the fans learned to play life straight, they will get by. Because he saw life as a long jam session leading to harmony or anarchy, he died--long after he might have, long before he should have. But as a force for good music and good vibes, Garcia can go to heaven and keep on truckin'. Like the song says, he will survive...
...first journalist allowed to tour the $70 million plane, found the fuselage stuffed with more electronics than a mallful of Radio Shacks: secure fax machines and computers, cassette decks, compact disc and VHS tape players, and powerful transmitters. This gear allows the plane's 11-man crew to jam a country's TV and radio broadcasts and substitute messages--true or false--on any frequency...
...mountains, giving an edge to those seeking to frustrate the pullout. Masses of refugees, fearing slaughter once the U.N. forces leave, would also hamper an operation. "The Muslims know that once the pullout is over, genocide is just around the corner," a Pentagon official says. "Hundreds of thousands will jam the roads, impeding our exit -- it's just going to be chaos." Serbs and Croats might also be eager to strike and plunder U.N. weapons...
...Milwaukee shows, it turns out, are part of a local festival whose tickets are being sold by ... Ticketmaster. A Pearl Jam spokesperson said the band was simply honoring a "pre-Ticketmaster-controversy commitment" and had no future plans to use the ticket service. But a press release from Ticketmaster announced "Pearl Jam Sells Out" --before coyly explaining it referred to the shows, not the band's values. Its fans will have to judge the latter...