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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Steven Adler</H4>
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While not building <a href="http://www.phenix.bnl.gov">detectors</a>
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in search of the quark gluon plasma, Steve Adler spends his time either
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4 wheeling around the lab grounds or writing articles about the people
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behind the open source movement.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Larry Ayers</H4>
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Larry Ayers lives with his family on a small farm in Northeast
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Missouri; he is a woodworker, fiddler and general
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jack-of-all-trades. He can be reached at
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layers@vax2.rainis.net.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Eugene Blanchard</H4>
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Eugene is an Instructor at the Southern Alberta Institute of
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Technology in Calgary, Alberta, Canada where he teaches electronics,
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digital, microprocessors, data communications, and operating
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systems/networking in the Novell, Windows and Unix worlds. When he is not
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spending quality time with his wonderful wife and 18 month old daughter
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watching Barney videos, he can be found in front of his Linux box. His
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hobbies are hiking, backpacking, bicycling and chess.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Pedro Paulo Ferreira Bueno and Antonio Pires de Castro Junior</H4>
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Pedro is a Science Computer Student from Catholic University
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of Goiás (UCG- Brazil) and the manager of LinuxGO, the Goiás
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Linux User Group and the network card moderator at Linux Knowledge Base. He is
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a maniac linux user since he started with Linux in Kernel 2.0.7. When he is
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not in front of his linux machine he is probability playing soccer. He can be
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reached at
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<A HREF=mailto:pedro.bueno@persogo.com.br>pedro.bueno@persogo.com.br</A>.
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<P> Antonio is a masters degree student at UNICAMP. He is co-founder of LinuxGO
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and his favorite research topic is Network Communication. He can be reached
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at: <A HREF=mailto:apcastro@dcc.unicamp.br>apcastro@dcc.unicamp.br</A>
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Jim Dennis</H4>
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Jim is the proprietor of <A href="http://www.starshine.org">
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Starshine Technical Services</A> and is now working for <A
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HREF="http://www.linuxcare.com/">LinuxCare</A>.
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His professional experience includes work in the technical
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support, quality assurance, and information services (MIS)
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departments of software companies like
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Quarterdeck, Symantec/Peter Norton Group and
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McAfee Associates -- as well as
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positions (field service rep) with smaller VAR's.
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He's been using Linux since version 0.99p10 and is an active
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participant on an ever-changing list of mailing lists and
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newsgroups. He's just started collaborating on the 2nd Edition
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for a book on Unix systems administration.
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Jim is an avid science fiction fan -- and was
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married at the World Science Fiction Convention in Anaheim.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Alex Heizer</H4>
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<A HREF=mailto:alex@nostromo.cc>Alex</A> is a computer enthusiast living in
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New Jersey. He began on UNIX mainframes at his father's company as a child in
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the '70s and has worked on most varieties of desktop computers. Although most
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of his experience in the past 10 years has been on Microsoft (yecch!), his
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first ISP in 1994 ran Linux, and he has used and advocated Linux exclusively
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for more than a year.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Peter Lukas</H4>
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Peter currently works as a Security Engineer for a large Midwestern
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Internet Service Provider. When he's not fighting crime on-line, he enjoys
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writing and improving his golf game. He can be reached by sending mail to
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<A HREF=mailto:peter@math.umn.edu>peter@math.umn.edu</A>.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Vladimir Makarov</H4>
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Vladimir has been a member of GCC team of
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<A HREF="http://www.cygnus.com">Cygnus</A> since March 1998.
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He has worked in the compiler field since 1980. He has been a Linux user since
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1993.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Bill Mote</H4>
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Bill is the Technical Support Services manager for a multi-billion dollar
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publishing company and is responsible for providing 1st and 2nd level
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support services to their 500+ roadwarrior sales force as well as their
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3,500 workstation and laptop users. He was introduced to Linux by a good
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friend in 1996 and thought Slackware was the end-all-be-all of the OS world
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... until he found Mandrake in early 1999. Since then he's used his
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documentation skills to help those new to Linux find their way.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Mark Nielsen</H4>
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Mark founded The Computer Underground, Inc. in June of 1998. Since then,
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he has been working on Linux solutions for his customers ranging from custom
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computer hardware sales to programming and networking. Mark specializes in Perl,
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SQL, and HTML programming along with Beowulf clusters. Mark believes in the
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concept of contributing back to the Linux community which helped to start his
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company. Mark and his employees are always looking for exciting projects to do.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Jesper Pedersen</a></H4>
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Jesper lives in Odense, Denmark. He is the author of the book "Sams Teach
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Yourself Emacs in 24 Hours", the program "The Dotfile Generator", the Emacs
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package "Power Macros", and is the chairman of the Linux User Group on Funen in
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Denmark. In his spare time, he enjoys drinking wine and listening to music
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(esp. Depeche Mode) with his girlfriend Anne Helene, and walking in the nature.
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For more information on Jesper, the Emacs book, The Dotfile Generator or
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Power Macros, please visit <A HREF=http://www.imada.sdu.dk/~blackie/>
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www.imada.sdu.dk/~blackie/</A>.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">JC Pollman</H4>
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I have been playing with linux since kernel 1.0.59. I spend way too much
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time at the keyboard and even let my day job - the military - interfere once in
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a while. My biggest concern about linux is the lack of documentation for the
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intermediate user. There is already too much beginner's stuff, and the
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professional material is often beyond the new enthusiast.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Bob Reid</H4>
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Rob is doing his Ph.D. in Astronomy at the University of Toronto, where he
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was a system administrator on the side for a while along with running his own
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Linux boxes at home and school since 1995.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Anderson Silva</H4>
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<A HREF="http://www.4christ.org/anderson.html">Anderson</A>
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is a Senior at Liberty University majoring in Computer Science.
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Originally from Brazil, now he works at the University's
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<A HREF="http://www.liberty.edu/itrc">Information Technology
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Center</A>. He is also a member of the <A HREF="http://www.lylug.org/">
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Lynchburg Linux User Group</A> in Lynchburg, Virginia.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Slambo</H4>
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I've been playing with PCs since the early 80s, and got a hold of Linux about 2
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years ago. For the last 7 years I have provided end-user computer support, and
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written documentation mainly for other support reps. In the last year I have
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begun writing for publication, including articles in <I>Linux Gazette</I> and
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contributing some chapters for "Special Edition Using KDE" (Que Publishing, due
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out November 99). I am a member of the
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<A HREF=http://madlug.jvlnet.com>Madison Linux User Group</A> and the
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<A HREF=http://www.oswg.org>Open Source Writers Group</A>. When I'm not
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working or playing on my computer, I am building and operating model railroads
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and attending meets of the <A HREF=http://www.scwd-nmra.org>South Central
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Wisconsin Division NMRA</A> and the
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<A HREF=http://www.msn.fullfeed.com/~slambo/capcity.htm>Capitol City
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"N"Gineers</A>.
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I can be reached via email at <A HREF=mailto:slambo@linuxstart.com>
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slambo@linuxstart.com</A>.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Mark Stacey</H4>
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Mark Stacey <<A HREF=mailto:Mark.Stacey@icl.ie>Mark.Stacey@icl.ie</A>>
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graduated from the University of Limerick, Ireland, in 1998 with a first class
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honors degree in Computer Engineering. His interests include Java programming
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and Web development. He currently works for ICL in the Information Technology
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Center based in Dublin, Ireland.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Alan Ward</H4>
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"Alan teaches CS in Andorra at highschool and university levels. He's
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back to Unix this year after an 8-year forced interlude since he
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graduated -- it makes networking so much easier. His hobbies include
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science photography (both digital and traditional), trekking, rock and
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processor collecting.
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<P> This month's <I>Gazette</I> is again chock-full of articles --- 19 of them,
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not counting the regular columns. Way to go, authors!
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New features this month include the subject index for the Answer Guy, and a
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new series. Slambo has begun a series of web site reviews called "LSOTM (Linux
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Site O' The Month)".
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<P> Professor A Cartelli wrote in about his Italian translation of the
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<I>Gazette</I>, so I took the opportunity to ask how long it takes to do the
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translation and how many people are involved. He said, "Too much time, not
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enough people. We are usually one month late after your magazine. It usually
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takes 6-10 people."
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<P> The <I>Gazette</I> received 389 letters this month. Of these, 104 were
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spam. The <STRONG><I>Linux Gazette</I> Spam Count </STRONG> for November is
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therefore 26%, down 2% from last month.
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<P> Here are excerpts from the more hilarious ads:
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<LI> "The information in this message is private and confidential and
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is intended for the addressed recipient only.... Dear fellow investor,"
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Yeah, right. "Private & confidential".<P>
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<LI> Another "accidentally redirected" e-mail: "Hi George it's Steve.
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I don't know why are you changing your e-mail adress so often ,but I hardly
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keep track of your adress. I finished my site . You said you want to earn
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some money easy way,and you can download that funny gift photo I toled you
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about ."<P>
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<LI> "I net over $400 my FIRST DAY selling the most sought
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after product in the world. As a bonus for joining, I will give you info on a $275 free
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electricity self contained unit that doesn't even need batteries.
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It will run everything in your house when the power goes out.
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You will never have an electric bill again... to get
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fresh water right out of the ocean (with no operating costs to
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make it); heat paint to keep snow and ice off the driveway;
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cooling without using a refrigerant; a mug that converts junk
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food into food that is good for you; a pocket device found
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to protect people from all major: diseases, toxins, chemicals
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and pesticides; and even more.." Sounds like ubik, the reality-enhancing
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spray/ointment/salve in Philip K Dick's novel <I>Ubik</I>.<P>
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<LI> "Look, we don't want to waste your time...or ours You must be
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determined to earn a bare minimum of $10,000 in the next 30 - 45 days and to
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develop a net worth of over 1 Million Dollars Cash in the next 24-36 months...
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Don't bother to call unless you are serious."<P>
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<LI> "TRIPPLE THE SPEED ON YOUR PC !" The web site allows you to order
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by credit card (of course). Price is US$299.00, but if you order before it's
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released November 15, it's a special $19.99. There's just one thing missing from the ad and the web site:
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<EM>what <STRONG>is</STRONG> this product?</EM> Software? Hardware? Is it
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Linux-compatible? Whatever it is, it comes with a 100% guarantee and the
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promise, "The program will not change anything on your PC apar from increasing
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the speed on your PC by 300%." And cows can fly, I bet.<P>
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<P> This edition of the <I>Linux Gazette</I> was brought to you by the Dropkick
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Murphys, Anti-Flag, H20, and Punk-O-Rama 4, which were playing in my walkman
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continuously as I formatted the columns and the Table of Contents.
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