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7 December 2001
Filed under:Uncategorized at10:11 am

The absurd and costly spectacle of well-meaning people searching for body parts in the rubble of the WTC prompts Anne Karpf to write in the Guardian:

“They say death is a great leveller. They’re wrong. Inequality pursues us after life too…

“$121m has been paid out of the American Red Cross’s Liberty Fund so far, averaging a $25,000 payment to 25,000 families of those bereaved or affected by the WTC attacks.

Contrast this with the average $1,300 compensation a head for the 14,824 Indians killed by toxic gas fumes from the American-owned Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, the site of the world’s worst industrial disaster in 1984. For several hundred thousand people still disabled and diseased, the average payout has been $580. Last week it was announced that those who watched on television their relatives die in the twin towers attack would receive $20,000 compensation…”

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6 December 2001
Filed under:Uncategorized at2:25 pm

Just for light entertainment here is a highly amusing piece on establishing the location of the definitive “Armpit of the US” (the answer is Battle Mountain, Nevada).

“When The Washington Post calls to say it is thinking of identifying as the Armpit of America the city or town in which your career is unspooling, negativity often yields nicely to sputtering indignation. At least, that was the way it usually worked.

I telephoned Lorrie Baumann, editor of the Battle Mountain Bugle, and told her my idea.

“The Armpit of America?” she said.

“That’s sort of the, um, concept.”

Silence.

“Sounds about right,” she said.

But it’s a such a big country, I said, with so many crappy places. How could I be sure this was the ‘pit?

Lorrie’s response was as dry as a desert full of toilet brushes.

“I think a quick drive around downtown will answer any questions that might be lingering in your mind.”

3 December 2001
Filed under:Computer Games at3:54 pm

My review of Civilization III is now available as Mindjack’s cover story. In a nutshell? It’s Civ II with a little (admittedly welcome) tweaking and no multiplayer support (boo!)

Filed under:Uncategorized at1:12 pm

This is the mysterious “Ginger”?! A two wheeled electric scooter costing $3000? The New York Times bends over backwards to be kind, but as far as I can tell this will make its inventor, Dean Kamen, a laughing stock.

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