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UWB Standards Continue Their Roil (Dec 11 2003 21:21 GMT) - The leading two proposals for ultrawideband within the IEEE 802.15.3a task group are still far apart: International spectrum issues might render the IEEE outcome problematic for use outside the US, while both camps of UWB standards could commercially develop their respective approaches irrespective of the IEEE's standard.... |
Dancing with Dogs
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All hail Sheed! (Dec 11 2003 21:21 GMT) - ESPN.com - NBA - Rasheed: Teams eye ‘dumb and dumber’ players Wallace added that teams are drafting high school players because they want athletes who are “ |
Kensho Godchaser
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Tolerance in Deed, Not Just Name (Dec 11 2003 21:20 GMT) - Good discussion on Resurrection Song about the secularization of American culture in the name of the Establishment Clause. I'm a staunch Pagan, and I too worry about this trend toward secularism in our culture. Too often it's simply a prejudiced reaction against Christianity - an understandable, yet still unfortunate, backlash against decades of Christian prejudice. So now, instead of having tolerance and respect for a plurality of faiths, we have a surreptitious war. On the one hand, there's the case of India Tracy, who faced harrassment from administration and classmates when she refused to participate in an extracurricular Christian revival. |
Axis of Greeblie
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How Am I Doing? (Dec 11 2003 21:20 GMT) - I feel like someone shoved a funky smelling size 17 sneaker into my sinus cavity. And I think a camel spit down my throat while I was sleeping. On top of that, the world is trying to break my balls and I gotta boil on my ass the size of Cleveland... But you know me, I can't complain... UPDATE: |
MSNBC
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NASA to add sensors to shuttle (Dec 11 2003 21:20 GMT) - NASA plans to add sensors to the wings of the remaining space shuttles to detect any damage from debris, an oversight panel said Thursday. |
W6
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Skeptics of Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Michael Moore, and Helen Keller (Dec 11 2003 21:20 GMT) - From the Thursday Threesome department: There are a lot of books available for sale today. Too many. No one person can reasonable expect to keep up with even just the best-sellers and still carry on anything like a normal life. But every now and then a book or an author stands out from the crowd, and sells a lot of books. |
Blogator.com
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First-ever public demo of an open-source PC on Monday (Dec 11 2003 21:20 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - The OpenCores movement, which produces open-source-licensed "code" for producing chips using Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) has built a complete RISC computer that runs Linux using open source libraries to describe the hardware characteristics. This means that your open source operating system can now run on open source microprocessors. |
Northwest
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Berkeley Peace walk and Vigil (Dec 11 2003 21:19 GMT) - Ongoing since the invasion of Afghanistan…take a stand against the “War Of Terror.” Say “No!” to empire. Every Wednesday: 6: |
Northwest
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weekly vigil for peace (Dec 11 2003 21:19 GMT) - A continuing weekly vigil since November 2001, each Friday on the public square in Moscow (Friendship Square). We stand among colorful peace flags of... |
Population: One
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Biting the hand (Dec 11 2003 21:19 GMT) - We're restricting Iraqi rebuilding contracts to coalition countries. That's pretty short-sighted. Bush's take on it: "Coalition, friendly coalition folks risked... |
Handakte WebLAWg
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Abgesenkte "Ostbesoldung" (Dec 11 2003 21:18 GMT) - Zwei Beamte aus Sachsen-Anhalt, die die Gewährung eines die abgesenkte Besoldung im Beitrittsgebiet ergänzenden ruhegehaltsfähigen Zuschusses begehrten, waren mit ihren... |
apostropher
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Ancient Chinese Pouches (Dec 11 2003 21:18 GMT) - The world's oldest marsupial fossil has been found in northeast China, dated to about 125 million years ago - about 50 million years older than the previous recordholder. The fossil of the mouse-sized Sinodelphys szalayi, a sort of protopossum, if... |
Judicious Asininity
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Kyoto: Notable Quotes (Dec 11 2003 21:17 GMT) - Here are a few quotes from persons directly involved with Kyoto and the global warming debate: “I’m becoming more and more convinced, as time goes by and we look at the research, that global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people and the world.” “Kyoto and its policies are inconsistent with freedom, prosperity and environmental policy progress” Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., Chairman of the U. |
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