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- Over and over we hear bigger is better. Bigger tires, bigger burgers, biggers screens and bigger units. Online ad sizes have crept up in size over the years from the tiny 88 X 31 buttons to a monsterous page takeovers of today. Jim Meskauskus explores, in this iMediaConnection article, the effect size has had on performance and whether bigger really is better. Like many other conversations on unit size, it's not the size that counts but how you use it. |
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- 'Dans les langues occidentales, le lexique du juron ou, si l'on préfère, le répertoire des locutions blasphémiques, prend son origine... |
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- stw schreibt "RMS und Lawrence Lessig hielten anlässlich des WSIS in Genf Vorträge zum Thema "Free Software, Free Society". Stallmans Rede war eher kurz, und wer die Philosophie von GNU schon kannte, erfuhr nichts neues. Lessig (dessen Rede ich nicht ganz verfolgen konnte), stellte Creative Commons vor. Ausserdem sprachen GNU-Aktivisten aus Südamerika und Afrika. Moderiert wurde der Anlass vom Präsidenten der FSF Europe. |
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- OSNews fand einen interessanten CNET-Artikel, zu den Auswirkungen der kürzlichen Einbrüche in OpenSource-Projekt-Server. Die wichtigsten Lehren: Umstieg auf signierten Quellcode (wie andere und auch ich schon lange predigen - aber nicht umsetzen) und Umstieg von CVS auf SVN zur Reduzierung der Shell-Accounts. |
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- Nachdem etlichen Gerüchten zum Projekt "Looking Glass" kursieren, hat Sun jetzt eine Sneak-Preview auf den Java-basierten 3D-Desktop präsentiert (Kurznotiz bei OSNews). |
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- eudaemon weist uns auf einen Infoweek-Artikel hin, dass IBM E-Mail revolutionieren will, mit Hilfe eines wissenschaftlich erforschten Frontends. "tja, spontane assoziation: neuer lotus notes client ;-) der link zur IBM-Seite enthält aber wirklich einige hübsche ideen..... hoffentlich wird die OSS-community auch so ein projekt in angriff nehmen.... |
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- This hour's show is called Singles Spotlight (Excellent Variety). The main Whole Wheat Radio site is at: http://www. wholewheatradio. |
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- Ingo packt ihn aus, wenn er diesen Monat 10.000 Besucher bekommt. |
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- Bush-haters are against a lot of things, but ask them what they're for and they'll just stammer. What Jesse Jackson did to fail crusading is the act of a anti-war coward, and treachery that will not soon be forgotten by... |
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- Via: CMU Police reports regarding the shooting of actress Lana Clarkson at the home of Phil Spector earlier this year... |
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- (US) Channel4000.com - Canada Just Says No To Pot Refugee Canada Just Says No To Pot Refugee Steve Kubby requested political asylum in Canada, where medical marijuana is legal. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(60%), $propaganda_theme2(60%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $cannabis(100%), $medical_cannabis(100%)] |
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- Pesca Visión es un nuevo portal de servicio enfocado al sector pesquero, con modalidades innovadoras y enfocado a los sectores productivos de la industria pesquera, tales como armadores,a través de este sitio usted puede acceder y entregar información del sector pesquero asà como ayudarlo a tomar decisiones mediante los servicios que ofrecen, haciendo su empresa más eficiente y rentable. |
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- BankingSBA names Utah's top five small business banks --The Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration named Pitney Bowes Bank, Associates Capital Bank, Universal Financial Corp., Advanta Bank Corp. and GE Capital Financial as Utah's top five small-business-friendly banks. |
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- Wavetronix LLC, a Provo-based maker of digital traffic sensors, is moving its corporate headquarters to Lindon in April because of lower lease rates and better freeway access. The company, which occupies a 12,000-square-foot space at 5314 N. 250 West in Provo, signed a five-year lease with WP Carey & Co. |
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- Some 40 workers, who were facing layoffs at a Provo fabricated steel-making plant to be suspended in February, received respite after federal regulators took legal action to block the closure. The Provo plant at 700 S. 550 East is part of assets disputed in an ongoing antitrust lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission in October 2001 against Chicago Bridge & |
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10 (Dec 11 2003 12:01 GMT) - Ex-HealthSouth officials get reduced sentencesBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- A judge sentenced one former HealthSouth executive to five months in prison and four others to probation Wednesday in the massive accounting fraud at the rehabilitation services giant. |
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- A truck terminal and distribution center in Lindon will be auctioned next Wednesday as part of a nationwide liquidation of bankrupt Consolidated Freightways' assets. An open auction is scheduled at the Los Angeles law firm of Latham & Watkins for the five-acre, 12-bay distribution center at 1396 W. |
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- Read these safety tips on outdoor Christmas lighting before plugging anything in! Safety is always a concern with outdoor Christmas lights, since they are exposed to the elements. |
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- Tri-mode chipset due next year |
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- First I will begin with a puzzle game. In this game you have to find the correct solution to the problem, very much like The Incredible Machine game. You can also buid your own puzzles.Let's play Whizzball! Do you ever played in those Flash chats out there where you have your avatar and talk to people? |
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- (in no particular order) advertising, especially: at the movies; pop-up ads; billboards (except the rare funny one); in magazines; |
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- I was looking over the dataGrid thread and was trying to post my replies to some of the comments there (special honors go to Brett for the heavy helping of Fury). But, they were turning into a huge mess..... |
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- Reforma, Independent daily of Mexico City, Mexico |
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- The News, Left-wing daily of Karachi, Pakistan |
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- The Sydney Morning Herald, Centrist daily of Sydney, Australia |
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- The Daily Telegraph, Conservative daily of London, England |
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- Interfax, Government-owned news agency, Moscow, Russia |
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- Al-Jazeera, International broadcaster of Doha, Qatar |
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- Create a Snowman. I often wonder if every single person living in four-seasoned countries has ever made their own snowman... |
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- At first glance this might look like a "press release turned into a story" article since it started with an announcement by I.D.E.A.L. |
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PeScan (Dec 11 2003 12:00 GMT) - New version released... |
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