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"The Internet is now the single most important growth driver in the computer industry

"The Internet is now the single most important growth driver in the computer industry. The Internet is as important to Intel's future as silicon was in our past." - Paul Otellini, executive vice president and general manager, Intel Architecture Business Group predicting that the one trillion dollars would change hands across the Net by 2002.

"We currently do not see a danger of unauthorized or inadvertent launch of ballistic missiles from any country due to Y2K problems." - Air Force General John A. Gordon, the CIA's deputy director in a CIA report, International Issues Associated with the Year 2000 Problem, obtained by NBC News. The reports also states that many Russian industries - including nuclear power - do not intend to deal with Y2K issues until after January 1st, 2000.

"I totally reject the defendants' attempts to justify their actions as an expression of opinion or as a legitimate and lawful exercise of free speech." - US District Judge Robert E Jones in a judgement prohibiting contributions to an anti-abortion site The Nuremburg Files. He also described the site as "blatant and illegal communication of true threats to kill." Three doctors whose names appeared on the Nuremburg Files were murdered.