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...Shackleton's ship, Endurance, got locked in the ice of the Weddell Sea and eventually broke apart and sank. Shackleton led his 28 men on an 18-month frozen odyssey, camping on disintegrating ice floes, living on blubber and cold penguin legs while killer whales eyed the expedition from below, speculating that men might taste as good as seals...
...truth is, Millennium won't be winning any prizes at Cannes. At this point in its development--it's also scheduled to ship by summer--it has no flash and little innovation. Where Aqua has rethought the way Mac users interact with applications--using something called a "dock" that behaves like the Windows task bar, only with intelligence and flair--Millennium looks almost identical to Windows 98. The main differences are under the hood. One thing I liked: bugs that plagued my home network magically disappeared after installing Millennium, thanks to its emphasis on home networking. But while Millennium...
...commerce winners of 1998 were those with the slickest websites, the strongest players in 1999 were those who knew how to warehouse merchandise and pick, pack and ship customer orders in a timely manner. "Order fulfillment became very critical," says Anand Sharma, president of TBM Consulting Group, a firm that specializes in improving production lines. "You cannot win in this business without a supply chain that supports a quick turnaround...
...guys are more likely to use a Piper Cub to deliver a weapon of mass destruction than a long-range missile, which always has a return address," says Thompson. "If they did use a missile they?re more likely to fire it at short range from a cargo ship so nearby that this system couldn?t stop it. So we?re spending most of the money countering the least likely 10 percent of potential threats to this country...
...TIME. Amazon.com is the best shopping website, bar none. After ordering from a toy company online on Dec. 2, thinking that was plenty of time to ship my items, I found out on Dec. 21 that not only were my items not going to arrive for Christmas, but that my order had been canceled. I immediately went to Amazon.com and guess what? I got the same items on Dec. 22, gift wrapped and ready to put under the tree. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, and his name is Jeff Bezos. ELAINE FLORES Stamford, Conn...