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- Oct. 24 - Many investors burned from the tech fallout are hesitant to plow money back in speculative names, says analyst Bernie Schaeffer. |
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- Oct. 28 - For the first time in its history in the U.S., 'Marie Clare' will put a man on its cover. The lucky guy, none other than actor Tom Cruise. |
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- Oct. 28 - Legendary 'Price Is Right' studio announcer Rod Roddy has died. Roddy lost his ongoing battle against both colon and male breast cancer. He was 66. |
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- Oct. 28 - HBO hit 'Sex and the City' may be getting a bit sexier as producers are trying to get Latin sensation Enrique Eglesias to appear on the show. |
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- ... es ist ja immer wieder erheiternd. wenn auch der "gaengigen" literatur unlesbarkeit oder zumindestens ein verminderter zuleserstrom attestiert wird (gemeinhin schnappt man da zuerst richtung "experimentelle literatur"). so wird befuerchtet. dass david foster wallace buch "everything and more" (hauptprotagonist ist ein mathematiker) nicht freiwillig eine grosse zahl von leserinnen anziehen wird bei saetzen wie diesen: Cantor shows that... |
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XM PCR (Oct 28 2003 23:50 GMT) - While wandering through the mall yesterday, I noticed that the XM Satellite Radio vendor in the mall had a device they called "XM PCR". It's an XM receiver for your PC (running Windows). Cool user interface: It worked fine last night, and is working fine again today. However, during the hours in which sunlight was shining into the room, it resolutely refused to work. |
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- Oct. 27 - Horror spoof 'Scary Movie 3' smashed October box office opening records, taking in nearly $50 million. 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' finished 2nd. |
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- Oct. 27 - Oscar award winner Halle Berry stars in the new suspense thriller, 'Gothika.' She plays a criminal psychologist who awakes to find herself a patient. |
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- Apple on Tuesday offered Security Update 2003-10-28, intended specifically for Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther" and Mac OS X Server v10.3 users. The update is now available for download through the Software Update system preferences pane. |
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- Mail makes me happy... a Netflix DVD, Invader Zim DVD, free stuff from Victorias Secret, free stuff from Bath and Body Works, and no bills. I couldn't get the new Sims today because after sitting on hold with Best Buy... |
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- When the data is in, it may turn out that internet political fundraising favors the specific over the general. It seems to favor Howard Dean over the Democratic party, it seems to favor investment in specific, targeted political television ads over general contributions to MoveOn. org. |
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- If experience at the major league level means anything, then ex-Phillies manager Terry Francona has a distinct advantage in his bid to become the next manager of the Baltimore Orioles. |
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- One of the pre-requisites of obtaining an FMLA leave is that the employee be employed for 12 months with the employer. The facts present a textbook case of fine distinctions making the difference. Kimberly Babcock started work for BellSouth on June 1. The following May 19th she took a leave of absence for a health condition. On May 22, she told her supervisor that her doctor was recommending that she be off for six weeks. |
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- I'm on a Laszlo kick lately. The more stuff I see being built with this the more convinced I am that this platform is going to really take off. Speaking of taking off, I spent a few hours and created the beginnings of a space shooter reminiscent of R-Type or Galaga. You can also view the sourcecode if you like. Be sure to check out the way cool zoetrope layout used to create the scrolling background. |
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data ifyer (Oct 28 2003 23:48 GMT) - One of the really cool features of Netscape/Mozilla/Gecko-based browsers is the ability to view images that are "embedded" or actually encoded in the page you are viewing. Using base64 encoding, you can point to a string of characters in the page and have the browser render that as an image. This little form allows you to generate urls that you can in turn embed into anything.. form posts, emails, etc. as long as you know the user on the other side has a gecko-based browser. |
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- I'm sure you've heard of fan fiction - where someone brings together say Star Trek and BattleStar Galactica or something like that. Fan art, however has not reached that same level of awareness. As bandwidth stretches off to the horizon, downloading tons of images is no longer that big of a deal. Thusly, I bring to you a site that could eat up a good part of your day as you poke around literally thousands of artists who have posted their carefully drawn or rendered artwork. Elfwood is one of the oldest and largest fan-art communities around. |
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- After reading this article in New Scientist it appears that the dominant force in our universe is "Dark Energy" with a tiny amount of Dark Matter, and an even tinier amount of "Regular Matter". Our universe gets wierder and wierder every day... |
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- I use stickies as my personal database if clippings, little pieces of data I need to remember, passwords, etc. Until now I've not found anything that I could consider a stickie replacment. This application allows you to paste just about anything into a little clipping and then make it searchable. It's not the kitchen sink of applications, but it does make storing and retrieving basically random information really easy. |
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- The title of this site touts: "Video Games, Big Chicks, Mad Scientists..". You'll get that and more at this quirky web-comic site. It's pretty funny, and entertaining to boot. |
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- Worried that the world is ending? Sunspots got you down? You may find an outlet for your apprehensions by looking at current pictures of the sun. It's interesting to watch how it changes from day to day. |
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- Quote: "The highest court in the United Methodist Church ruled yesterday that an investigative committee made an 'egregious error' when it decided not to bring... |
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- An integral part of the Trans Canada Highway network, the 12.9 kilometre Confederation Bridge is the longest bridge over ice-covered waters in the world. Officially opened on May 31, 1997, this historic landmark carries two lanes of traffic 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Come see the wonder of the cam |
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- Stranger and stranger.This year, Mattel is upping the ante by making the B-Book into a full-fledged desktop replacement targeted specifically at toddler through preteen girls who are currently Windows users but may be seeking alternatives, possibly due to increasing licensing fees or out of a desire to break free of vendor lock-in.You have to read it... |
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- President Bush told U.S. troops in Qatar on Thursday that their duty and sacrifice had liberated the people of Iraq and helped in defeating global terrorism. |
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- A giant cardboard Kool-Aid Man smiled and waved to campus visitors briefly yesterday, greeting them with homemade signs reading "Oh yeah" and "Oh no."The homemade sign replaced the Fear The Turtle marketing banner that covered the gaping hole left in a wall by the university's Paint Branch Parkway entrance in a car accident Aug. 25. The Kool-Aid Man has been seen breaking through brick walls during Kool-Aid commercials.With picture |
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- This is Jeannie Shawl with Tuesday's report on what's new in international law. Sudan has ratified the Mine-Ban Convention, committing itself to destroying all stockpiled antipersonnel mines within four years and clearing all mined areas within 10 years. |
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- You'll notice I added a new flag to the US and Israeli flags on the sidebar. Since the Iraqi people... |
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- Box cutters were found on US Airways planes in Boston and Philadelphia on Tuesday, and federal officials said they were investigating how the tools made it on board. In Boston, the flight crew found a box cutter on a US Airways Express plane and it was turned over to authorities, said Deborah Thompson, spokeswoman for US Airways. |
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- Oct. 28 - Jurors saw a video Tuesday of dancing women, male models and singer Jimmy Buffett at a $2 million party for the wife of former Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski. |
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- Oct. 28 - President Bush blamed both loyalists to Saddam Hussein and foreign terrorists for the recent rash of devastating attacks in and around Baghdad. |
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- Oct. 28 - A Soyuz space capsule carrying an American, a Russian and a Spaniard to Earth from the International Space Station landed in Kazakhstan Tuesday. |
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- Oct. 28 - California officials, who suspect arson in the state's wildfires, released a sketch Tuesday of one of two people they are searching for. |
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- Oct. 28 - After California governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger toured one of the state's fire-hit zones, he said he would push for immediate federal assistance. |
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- Oct. 28 - The White House is coming under fire by Democrats for allegedly stonewalling a probe into 9/11. But officials say the information is classified. |
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- Oct. 28 - The series of brushfires continue to spread all along Southern California down to the border with Mexico. So far at least 15 people have died. |
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- Oct. 28 - At least 17 deaths are now being blamed on the California fires, 15 in Southern California and two in Mexico as the wildfires continue to rage Tuesday. |
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- Oct. 28 - Flames moved within feet of a high school in Lake Arrowhead Tuesday morning after one California wildfire jumped Highway 18. (taped earlier) |
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- Oct. 28 - 'The Hulk'is now on DVD, featuring some deleted scenes and digital effects used to create the Hulk. |
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