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To: Martin A. Haas, Jr. who wrote (34029)	7/5/1999 1:40:00 PM
From: Jon Koplik	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

To all - (off topic) - annual hot dog eating contest at Coney Island. July 5, 1999 Hot Dog Champ Chews Away Competition Filed at 8:50 a.m. EDT By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Most mortals would have serious indigestion after just a tiny fraction of Steve Keiner's hot dog feast. But after winning the annual Nathan's July Fourth hot dog-eating contest by wolfing down 20 1/4 franks and buns, Keiner did something even more mind-boggling: He ate a couple more. ''I feel great,'' said the 317-pound Keiner, of Egg Harbor Township, N.J. ''And one other thing: They were simply delicious.'' Keiner, 50, downed the dogs in 12 minutes on Sunday to beat 134-pound Hirofumi Nakajima of Japan, who'd won the contest the past two years. ''I took the Zen approach,'' Keiner said, acknowledging his competitor's cultural influence. ''I went down a path that the hot dog was one with me, and I was one with the universe. Could I get some french fries now?'' Keiner, an electrical inspector, wrapped himself in the American flag and posed for pictures after winning. ''There are tears of joy in Coney Island!'' said publicist George Shea, who gave a running commentary throughout the all-you-can-eat dogfight. ''The belt is back in America!'' He was referring to a mustard-yellow weightlifter's belt that goes to the annual event's winner. Two contestants tied for second, coming within a mouthful of winning, at 20 hot dogs apiece. Nakajima placed fourth, downing only 19 franks. ''I feel bad, terrible,'' said Nakajima, 24, via an interpreter. ''I don't want to look at a hot dog right now.'' Nakajima, a former noodle-eating champion, said he was retiring from eating contests. ''I'm done,'' he said. ''That's it.'' The contest has been held on Independence Day at the Nathan's flagship store nearly every year since 1916. Many contestants dipped their hot dogs in a lubricating water bath before eating them, but Keiner said he comes from the purists' school. ''I tried that once,'' he said, ''but it ruins the bouquet.'' Like spectators at an air show morbidly poised for disaster to strike, the crowd watched with slightly nauseous fascination as the men competed. ''I was waiting for someone to vomit,'' said Stacey Simcox, as she ate her own hot dog -- just one -- after the winner was announced. And of course no event in New York is complete without a protest. This one had vegetarians handing out fliers. ''It's a pretty disgusting spectacle,'' said Alex Press of New York. ''We love animals.'' Copyright 1999 The New York Times Company

To: Martin A. Haas, Jr. who wrote (34029)	7/5/1999 8:54:00 PM
From: Rick	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

There's also an article in the July issue of WIRED on wireless and autos. And while I've just skimmed it, the only mention of Q I've found so far was the following: "The Qualcomm pdq has similar features." Although they did come close a number of times: 1. "Unlike in Europe, where the GSM digital wireless standard prevails, the bandwidth challenge is compounded in the US by two competing standards." 2. "Next-generation digital services will use spread-spectrum technology, allowing much faster connections that are also more secure from interception." 3. "Any device with all this computing power needs an operating system. Naturally, Microsoft would like to see some version of WinCE in everything portable, but two strong competitors exist. Symbian is an alliance between Psion, and Nokia, Ericsson, and Motorola, while Geoworks Corporation has its own OS in phones by Nokia, Mitsubishi, and Toshiba. Geoworks CTO Adam de Boor calls Symbian "a preemptive strike against Microsoft." So we seem to be safe from the ravages of overexposure. FRED