Weekend Links - 21/08/2004

• XP SP2 blues [via Scripting News]
• European reactions to US troop redeployments
• A silly "mercy" rule that tries to protect losing Olympic softball teams from humiliation
• Maine - an American presidential election swing state.
  
• This paper details a paradox in American presidential politics - states that take more money from the federal government than they contribute tend to vote for the Republicans.
• What makes a stock "cheap"?
• "How the Google IPO didn't change Wall Street"

I' m working on a project proposal, so blogging will be light for the next few days.