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Lindows, launched by dotcom veteran Michael Robertson with the millions he made selling MP3.com has a few more problems. The bargain-basement $299 Microtel PC comes without a monitor, which will cost you $128 more. If you have a PC, you can pay $99 to download Lindows (at lindows.com) If you have Windows 95 or 98, you can choose to install Lindows without wiping out your original operating system. But here's the catch: Lindows comes into the world pretty much naked. You must download most of the software you'll need through a program called Click...
...Monitor flipped over as it sank, landing upsidedown 240ft. below the surface. The separated turret protruded slightly from under the hull...
Sixteen sailors died when the Monitor sank. Scientists found the human remains in the raised turret, along with a pocketknife, a leather boot and a coat button. They hope to find more artifacts when they clean out the tons of silt that remain in the turret...
Note: The Monitor is shown as it probably apppeared in March 1862. Several exterior modifications were added in the months afterward...
Sources: The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Va.; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; U.S. Navy, Naval Historical Center; U.S.S. Monitor: The Ship that Launched a Modern Navy, by Lieut. Edward M. Miller, USN; Navalships Information Group; The Cambrian Foundation