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...Computer College is a pioneer in Philippine computer education. It's an up-by-the-bootstraps kind of place, where young people in a poor country can strive for the middle class. But AMA is also home to GRAMMERSoft, an underground computer group that provides programming to small businesses and allegedly sells thesis projects and homework to other students. De Guzman was a GRAMMERSoft member. Michael Buen, 23, whose thesis (accepted by the school) allowed users to make many copies of a single file, may also have been. Officials suspect that the Love Bug was formed by combining de Guzman...
Advertising will change profoundly over the next couple of decades, although there's a good chance you won't notice the difference, since the most meaningful changes won't be visible to the casual observer. It's the changes that are happening underground that will count, and they're the ones we should be aware of. Advertising in the future will be surgically, stealthily and eerily targeted, and disturbingly omnipresent...
...March 4, Jrg Haider's far-right Freedom Party joined a coalition with the conservative People's Party to form what one columnist called Austria's first "underground government"--referring to the fact that to be sworn in, the new government had to use a secret tunnel joining its offices with the President's residence to avoid facing demonstrators on the square above. The next day, the 14 other member nations of the European Union (EU) downgraded Austria's diplomatic status, the U.S. temporarily called back its ambassador for consultations in Washington and Israel withdrew its entire embassy...
...quick Internet search for "5/5/2000" brings up a company called The Survival Center, which maintains a website for the author and sells copies, posters and videos as well as other books with contradictory cataclysmic predictions for the millennium. It also sells Y2K-era survivalist equipment--food, water, medical equipment, underground shelter kits--all the while telling readers how to survive the catastrophes by ordering "Basic Preparedness," which is $16.95 plus $2.95 shipping and handling...
Fiberstars, based in Fremont, Calif., offers a pool-lighting package through contractors that typically costs $800 to $1,200. The system is simple: A small box 15 feet from the pool houses the bulb and the reflectors. Fiber-optic lines run underground from the box, surfacing where traditional lighting would normally be installed. Those going for a "Star Trek" effect can opt for glowing tubes mounted along the pool's rim. If you're more curious about the extremes of mood lighting, try experimenting with individual or rotating color filters placed in front of the light source. Psychedelic, baby...