This really belongs on Ripley’s Believe It Or Not. The United States has been airdropping food over Afghanistan. The food comes in a plastic-wrapped square yellow container. Guess what else comes in yellow? That’s right, unexploded cluster bombs. So now, the United States is broadcasting warnings over radio trying to teach illiterate Afghanis the difference…
October 31, 2001
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Gamespot has a detailed review of Civilization III. I was really hyped about the game until I got to this part, Also, as the game neared completion, Firaxis decided not to ship with multiplayer support. It has suggested that multiplayer features might be added later, but if you’re looking for a multiplayer grand-strategy game, then…
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ZDNET has a story about Amazon.Com’s use of Linux which the companys says saves it a lot of money. If you read the fine print, though, the main reason it saves them money is because the OS is free in dollar terms — they claim it costs them about as much to administer as Windows…