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...could conceivably jam thousands of these micromirrors into a soccer ball and have enough capacity to connect everyone on the planet simultaneously to everyone else without the time and expense of converting the light to electronic impulses and back again--as today's networks require. Kick that around. Declares Bell Labs scientist David Bishop, who led the development team: "You will either have a technology that does this, or you will have a going-out-of-business sale...
Opponents of the boycott, which include guide publisher Lonely Planet (now also a target of activists for its stance), argue that since state control of the industry loosened, visitors hand money directly to tens of thousands of ordinary Burmese who depend on it. Since when, they add, was isolation good for human rights? Think North Korea. And when did any leader, even such a beacon of resistance as Aung San Suu Kyi, speak for an entire party or people? The nld is split on the issue. The Burmese, who extend Southeast Asia's warmest welcome to tourists, are clearly happy...
Fong also mentioned that, "You're only Asian because you think you are!" That's an awesome mindset, but realistically, it is far more complicated. There are obstacles like prejudice that are still rampant on the planet and especially within the United States, obstacles that overwhelm even the best of us. Nevertheless, I suggest that Fong try mingling with Asian people; he'll realize that they are not so strange...
...human genome, following on the end of the Cold War, the disintegration of the Soviet Empire, and the waning of the threat of nuclear world war - these things stand in such contrast to the previous lives of older Americans as to represent a metamorphosis, a passage to a new planet, also called Earth but unknowably different from what the elders knew when young...
...President Bush is no environmentalist, and he's putting the stark choices on the table: If the U.S. wants to maintain its current lifestyle and consumption habits, saving the planet may have to wait. Cleaning up the environment will come at a cost to corporate profits and to consumers, and despite what he said on the campaign trail - indeed, despite what administration officials such as EPA chief Christie Whitman were saying as recently as 10 days ago - President Bush has now made clear that he believes the gain isn't worth the cost. Back to you, America...