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A L S O__T O D A Y Confessions of an online sex columnist By Patrizia DiLucchio Sure, talking about sex is fun. So is telling people what to do 21st Log Slate rejoins the Web - - - - - - - - - - T A B L E__T A L K Is Opera the best browser around? Find out more about this desktop contender in the Digital Culture area of Table Talk - - - - - - - - - - R E C E N T L Y The scandal domain name game By Patrick J. Shields Viewed through the lens of domain registrations, Monicagate looks tawdry in a whole new way (02/11/98) To catch a thief By Wagner James Au In this new 3-D game, the emphasis is on stealth instead of shooting (02/10/98) Let's Get This Straight By Scott Rosenberg Video killed the Microsoft star: The company's tape demonstrated its own ruthlessness (02/09/98) Lawyers, guns, money? By Janelle Brown Pundits and insiders reveal their personal preparations for the Y2K disaster (02/08/98) Let's Get This Straight By Scott Rosenberg Why is it so hard to find a valid yardstick for measuring Web traffic? (02/05/98) - - - - - - - - - - BROWSE THE 21ST CHALLENGE ARCHIVES - - - - - - - - - - _______

- - - - - - - - - - - - J U D G E S'__C O M M E N T S What if trial lawyers were paid per simile, instead of by the hour? In Challenge No. 18, we asked you to submit legal briefs for the Microsoft antitrust case, in haiku form. It wasn't really that much of stretch. We already knew two things: 1) Many of you would rather write haiku than work, and 2) Most of you have strong feelings about our neighbors from the North. Once again, our faith in your creativity was rewarded. Case closed. - - - - - - - - - - - - W I N N I N G __A R G U M E N T S Innovation, like a river, must be restrained to produce power -- Arnie Cachelin Honorable Judge, How can you write your decree Without our program? -- Jim Crutchfield - - - - - - - - - - - - H O N O R A B L E __M E N T I O N S You can still buy Macs, so there's no monopoly. Q-E-fucking-D. -- Keith Ammann Life before Windows? Go ahead, exclaim how great. Dust off typewriter. -- Catherine Courtemanche Market share? Browser? Far more esoteric than The meaning of "is" -- Josh Pollack Dependent on you? You're wrong; I install "Office" Wherever I can. -- Lynn Schnitz Competition swirls; Linux, Netscape/AOL. Death by paper cuts. -- Adam R. Brooks (for the defense) It does not matter where you want to go today we are in control -- Chris Losinger Bespeckled Gollum Soulless machine snags market Pull his evil plug. -- Bill Heald Windows needs IE to run; you can't take it out, even if you did. -- Tom Davidson Bundling discouraged, Industry leverage weighed, Will MS be Bell'd? -- Adam Fields A big shadow falls Across computer desktop. Curtains for Windows. -- Tom Sackett (friend of the court) N E X T_P A G E .|. Bill Gates testifies in haiku! And much more