I Think Jeff Jacoby has it right.

Why should we relegate the perfectly useable word **Minority** to the trash heap for the sake of political correctness!

I love it!

What fun to watch my referrer logs and watch the hits come pouring in from Scripting.com. Ok, it isn’t like I’m being overwhelmed here. After all, how many people are that interested in an Emacs/Blogger interface? I’m guessing not that many.

But that is just because they don’t understand that Emacs is similar to Userland’s Radio in that it is all about progressive revelation.

It’s about time!

Based on findings in the lower courts, Netscape Corporation has decided to sue Microsoft for illegal business practices that led to the destruction of the Netscape browser.

Forget the call, they may loose their head coach.

John Gruden has told his agent that he won’t be back after the ’02 season. It’d really be a shame if Oakland looses such a talented coach.

Here’s what some other’s have to say:

• **Ann Killion, SJ Mercury News**: [Once anger subsides over ‘travesty,’, more questions will confront Raiders](http://www.bayarea.com/c/category/sports*and*recreation/columnists/killion/docs/killion20.htm-) They trudged off the field, their season coming to an improbable end in football Siberia. And within seconds their footprints were covered by snow, as though the Raiders had never been there at all.
• **Tim Kawakami, SJ Mercury News**: [Incorrect? Yes, Conspiracy? Not so fast](http://www.bayarea.com/c/category/sports*and”recreation/columnists/kawakami/docs/kawakami21.htm-) Conspiracy theorists, take note! The review-reversal-fumble-tuck-no-tuck fiasco, which played like a scene from “Seinfeld* and sent the Raiders home from Foxboro, Mass., in righteous apoplexy Saturday night, wasn’t about the NFL vs. Al Davis.
• **Skip Bayless, SJ Mercury News**: [Reversal of Fortune](http://www.bayarea.com/c/category/sports*and*recreation/columnists/bayless/docs/bayless20.htm-) New England’s 16-13 overtime win turned into the biggest steal in New England since John Havlicek’s. This was like Rosie Ruiz’s corner-cutting Boston Marathon victory being allowed to stand. This was nearly as big a rip-off as the Yankees acquiring Babe Ruth from the Red Sox.

Peter Jackson has been nominated by the Director’s Guild of America as Best Director for his work on Fellowship of the Ring.

Go Peter! You really deserve this honor.

I wonder if this foretells a nomination from the Academy?

From Palmer to Tryon, there’s a lot of great stories this year in the world of golf.

Not the least of which is, can Garcia pull off what he expects from himself?

I guess I’m not the only one!

Many of the posts here are just way to harsh, but there’s some good insight as well. I’m just keeping my fingers crossed for a new series out of the deal. I mean, [[B5]] started with [[The Gathering]], a mediocre effort at best, and look what it got us: the best science fiction series ever put on television!

In sum, I think that Rangers is not a bad effort.

Let’s just hope the series gets the green light!

Possible pilot for a new series, takes place a few years after the events of the main storyline in the original series.

##A good starting point

The [Lurker’s Guide](http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/guide/117.html) has way more information on this than I have. Look there if you want to know more.

The [[SciFi]] channel broadcast the first of its self-produced Babylon 5 stories, *Legend of the Rangers*, and overall it was a passable effort. The story was tight, the acting OK and the production values far surpassed the original series.

All in all, this movie is a good starting point for a series to launch, and hopefully it got enough viewers so that [[SciFi]] descides to move forward with it.

###The Weapons System

I’ve read a lot of stuff bashing the weapons system of the new ship. Personally, I think it’s a really cool idea that wasn’t quite pulled off in the movie, but that has great potential in the future. Take a look at this article on [The VRUI Weapons System](http://www.scifi.com/bboard/browse.cgi/1/5/2414/265.) It goes into great detail as to why what is portrayed is very accurate as to how such a system might be made to work.

##The Hand

Well, probably not. But evenso, I was pulling for it.

It was nice to see Peter Jackson at the awards. Here’s hoping you do better at the Oscar’s Peter!