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Poliglut.org
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A new twist on the chicken and egg problem (Dec 13 2003 00:59 GMT) - Iowa doesn't recognize gay marriage, but it already has a gay divorce. A district judge in Sioux City has approved a divorce for two lesbians who were united in a civil union last year in Vermont. Judge Jeffrey Neary's decree has angered some lawmakers, one of whom wants him thrown off the bench. |
Poliglut.org
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P2P legal in Canada (Dec 13 2003 00:59 GMT) - In a ruling released Friday, copyright regulators in Canada said downloading copyrighted music from peer-to-peer networks appears to be legal under Canadian law but that uploading is still prohibited. |
Advanced Combo Tricks
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Whale nursery discovered in Chile (Dec 13 2003 00:57 GMT) - BBC NEWS: Whale nursery discovered in Chile Scientists have made the extraordinary discovery in Chile of a hidden nursery where blue whales go in large numbers to rear their young and to feed. The find, in the south of the country, will help researchers understand the behaviour and migration of blue whales, aiding conservation measures. The iconic blue whale is the largest mammal on Earth and was driven to near-extinction by commercial whaling. Details of the find are published in the scientific journal Biology Letters. |
TWiki.Codev
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MultipleWebs (Dec 13 2003 00:57 GMT) - I see multiple webs as being a key to scaling TWiki to 100's of users. Consider each web to be an area in which to get agreement between a group of people working ... |
Cronaca
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Heads-up displays for cyclists (Dec 13 2003 00:56 GMT) - This really should be no surprise -- everything trickles down sooner or later (it's only a matter of time before you get a throwaway mobile phone with a Happy Meal): Fighter pilots have long been |
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We Can Rebuild Her (Dec 13 2003 00:56 GMT) - Big Brother hippy chick, Nush Nowak, will have a 12" rod of steel surgically removed from her body this coming week, but you would be wrong to think it was a publicity stunt for a new late night adult game... |
Internet Opina
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El rodillo del eje franco-alemán (Dec 13 2003 00:56 GMT) - El ECOFIN no se ha atrevido a aplicarles a Francia y Alemana las sanciones previstas en el Pacto de Estabilidad para los países de la Zona Euro que superen el 3% de déficit sobre su PIB. El Pacto de Estabilidad es un empeño particularmente germánico, el tope máximo de déficit es una exigencia genuinamente francesa. Las sanciones económicas para el país que no cumpla, también. |
Internet Opina
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Italia aprueba controvertida ley sobre reproducción asistida (Dec 13 2003 00:56 GMT) - El senado italiano aprobó el jueves una controvertida ley sobre derechos reproductivos, que prohibe el uso de esperma y óvulos de donantes y las madres de alquiler, a la vez que restringe los procesos de fertilización asistida sólo para parejas heterosexuales "estables". "Ahora seremos el país más retrasado de Europa", dijo Gavino Angius, portavoz de los Demócratas de Izquierda en el Senado. "Las condiciones para un ataque contra la ley (del aborto) han sido creadas". |
Internet Opina
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Un colaborador de Ben Laden confirma que Al Yazira obedece órdenes de Al-Qaeda (Dec 13 2003 00:56 GMT) - Según ha publicado el diario en árabe Al-Quds Al-Arabi, que se edita en Londres, un colaborador de Osama ben Laden ha confirmado que el canal de televisión qatarí Al Yazira "está obligada a emitir todos los vídeos que le enviamos". El próximo podría emitirse a primeros del año que viene. Se supone que Ben Laden aparecerá coincidiendo con "un gran suceso" previsto para el 2 de febrero. |
Internet Opina
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Fundamentalismo laico (Dec 13 2003 00:56 GMT) - No quiere el señor Chirac, y con él más o menos la mitad de los franceses, que se haga ostentación de la propia confesión religiosa, ni proselitismo en ningún lugar público, en defensa del laicismo. Sin embargo, el laicismo no es la negación de la religiosidad, sino la separación de la Iglesia(s) y el Estado, con una relación de mutuo respeto. |
Ensight - Jeremy C. Wright
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Tunarez Spamming (Dec 13 2003 00:54 GMT) - I blogged, rather negatively, about Tunarez a while ago. Well, today I got 3 spam messages from them to my comments. I did, of course, promptly delete them, I'm just very disappointed that a company would go to those lengths. I mean, it's probably because Ensight shows up as the #3 result for Tunarez on Google and they didn't want their clients to feel their service was bad (all the comments were long diatribes on why Tunarez really is fantastic, and no bad as I supposed). Ah well, chalk up another top 10 result for Google which is negative about Tunarez.... |
defective yeti
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Homeland Security Update (Dec 13 2003 00:54 GMT) - Because of the burgeoning debt, the United States Congress has agreed to dramatically scale back the scope of the "Star Wars" Missile Defense Program. This is what it will now consist of: On the bright side, the new system is... |
defective yeti
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Homeland Security Update (Dec 13 2003 00:54 GMT) - Because of the burgeoning debt, the United States Congress has agreed to dramatically scale back the scope of the National Missile Defense Program. Here's a preview of the new version: On the bright side, the new system is expected to... |
tweep.com
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He Who Hesitates (Dec 13 2003 00:54 GMT) - On the Sixth Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: six DVDs a-playing, five stylin' shirts, four Tolkien books, three mini-rovers, two Bebop dolls, and a comic in a pear tree, |
tweep.com
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Here, Kitty (Dec 13 2003 00:54 GMT) - I thought I'd try my hand at making something scary for a change, as a sort of artistic exercise. I sorta gave that up midway and went for cute instead. |
linkfilter.net
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Domo Kun (Dec 13 2003 00:54 GMT) - Who/What is Domo-kun? Domo-kun is a small brown open-mouthed monster hatched from an egg who lives with a wise old rabbit underground. He really, really likes TV and also enjoys rocking out to Guitar Wolf. |
TWiki.Codev
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OpenSource (Dec 13 2003 00:54 GMT) - Open Source The practice of making the source code for software freely available to all, so that anyone can fix or improve it TWiki is an example of this, since anybody ... |
jwz
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James Kunstler rants good (Dec 13 2003 00:53 GMT) - I just discovered Kunstler's "Eyesore of the Month" page, where he ridicules architectural monstrosities. Here are some of my favorites. (Also, if you haven't read his anti-sprawl article Home from Nowhere, do so.) August 1999: Here we see the nearly complete metamorphosis of the two-family house into an industrial loading dock. |
Critical Section
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Friday, 12/12/03 04:52 PM (Dec 13 2003 00:52 GMT) - So what to you think about the Pentagon's decision to bar French, German, and Russian companies from bidding on Iraqi construction work? Seems appropriate, and I'm surprised anyone would be surprised. So how about Canada? |
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