Posted on 11/27/2005 1:04:08 PM PST by paulat
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After a few minutes, Faridah decided to return to her husband, who had gone back into their house to put on his pants. As she walked home, she heard a noise that sounded like an accelerating airplane engine. She scoured the sky, and when she saw nothing, she looked at the distant mountains, her hand shielding her eyes like a visor. Something massive was coming toward the city. It appeared bluish-black, like the color of the peaks through a haze. Had the mountains sprung loose and begun a charge across flat soil?
Faridah had never seen such a thing. Her mind, craving explanation, sorted through the possibilities until eventually the answer became obvious.
This was the end of the world.
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(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
I won't register with the NY Times. You have a login and password I can borrow?
I think the website bugmenot.com can give you a password...at least, that's what I've heard.
I tried 6 of their login/password combinations for the new times but none of them worked
Not being a computer geek, I'm not sure how this works. But, when I use Firefox with the "No Script" extension to block the site's Java, I can view articles on some "Registration Required" sites, including NYT.
One suggestion I got was to register to your junk mail account (free from hotmail, etc.) and lie about the demographics.
EVERYONE should have a junk email account, IMHO.
I used bugmenot for the last year and my firefox browser has the login already cached.
It's a breeze. I only registered with the dummy info sometime in the past year.
Being an old oceanographer, I am interested in the article, but I am not going to register with the NYT to read it - period. Knowing the source, it probably has many factual errors.
The reporter is not on the staff of the NYT. That's why I recommended it.
Wow.
When I right-clicked and clicked on "open in new window" it worked.
right-clicked on the link, that is.
Thanks for the hint: Right click on link and select "Open in New Window."
Hope this works for all.
The NYT is (gasp) outsourcing?!
That's why I recommended it.
And is definitely a good reason to read it :)
Barry Bearak is a reporter for The Times and a visiting professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
It's still a well-written, riveting read.
I'll pass :)
Its been working for me. I'm up to part 3.
Your loss...it is a wonderfully told story.
Not mine :)
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