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...market for ultra-high-density floppy drives is doubling every year, according to Bob Amatruda, a senior analyst at International Data Corp. That's partly thanks to the hordes of folks who are buying sub-$1,000 PCs that come with teensy hard drives. Likewise, as more people download games, music and video from the Web, they're fast running out of room. Some 7.8 million ultra-high-density floppy drives will sell in 1998, IDC predicts...
...Bob Hope is lucky to be alive. In addition to recently celebrating his ninety-fifth birthday, Hope was able to receive a taste of the postmortem praise that awaits him. As was widely reported, due to a darkly comic technical snafu, the Associated Press prematurely announced Hope's death on its web site. Some members of Congress got wind of this and rushed to extol his virtues for the sake of the Congressional Record and C-SPAN audiences everywhere...
...course, to paraphrase Mark Twain, rumors of Bob Hope's demise were greatly exaggerated. Despite the momentary trauma it probably caused his family, friends and fans, the AP's grave error (no pun intended) did allow Hope the chance to hear Congressman Bob Stump (R-Ariz.) solemnly announce on the floor of Congress that "I have the sad responsibility to tell you this afternoon that Bob Hope passed away. We will all miss him very much." Adding a bipartisan twist to the tribute, Congressman David Bonior (D-Mich.) echoed Stump's sentiments. "We are all saddened by his passing," said...
...Bob Hope's case of death-by-media is an apt example of the over-the-top business of celebrity death today. In the absence of wars, economic problems or the O.J. Simpson trial, the media vacuum is conveniently and easily filled by morbid, yet highly-rated, coverage of a famous one's passing...
...spaghetti for lunch. And a hamburger for dinner. We passed by a Bob's Big Boy on the way to work today--I haven't seen one of those greasy spoons in years. Greetings from Japan...