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- Myths open source devs tell themselves Superior copyright laws, I tell ya FeedDemon goes gold, yum More good reasons not to like SUVs The power of distributed computing... |
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- The theme today is: poo. You know, some days it's almost enough† to make one want to pick up an automatic weapon (you know, at the Gun-o-tron™ vending machine down on the corner) and start mowing down motherfuckers. |
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- The theme today is: poo. You know, some days it's almost enough† to make one want to pick up an automatic weapon (you know, at the Gun-o-tron™ vending machine down on the corner) and start mowing down motherfuckers. |
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- A memo describing Monammed Atta's training in Iraq, and praising his work, has turned up. The Telegraph has this report (link via Instapundit. |
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Reprieved (Dec 14 2003 03:59 GMT) - But still under sentence of death. That is why I have such mixed feelings about the apparent breakdown of talks to finalise an EU Constitution: European leaders are playing down the scale of divisions at their Brussels summit that made it impossible for them to agree on a constitution for the EU. The can play it up, down or any way they damn well please. This is not the end, merely a brief setback. |
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- Cool Yo-Yo tricks Its a 13 MB file so 56K need not apply. I hope Phil is having fun at the MAP Dinner.... |
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- I went to the winter solstice ritual at church tonight. It was pleasant, but not nearly as good as it's been in other years. It was extremely low-key, and there were less than two dozen people there, including children (audiences in other years have numbered 50-100). It felt like the organizers put it together rather hastily, without expending very much effort. I enjoyed it, but my expectations were higher, so I was kind of disappointed. |
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- The Core: B Movie or Documentary? CNN reports that scientists say that the earth’s magnetic field has decreased 10 percent over the past 150 year and will possibly collapse and later reverse, flipping the planet's poles for the first time in nearly a million years. This topic was also covered by PBS’ |
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- Li Zhi, a former government worker in southwest China, was jailed for eight years for posting essays and comments online criticising official corruption... |
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- Li Zhi, a former government worker in southwest China, was jailed for eight years for posting essays and comments online criticising official corruption... |
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- The UK has taken matters into its own hands and is making it a criminal offence to send e-mails or text messages unless the recipient has agreed in advance to accept them, the law is in effect now. Unfortunately much... |
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- The UK has taken matters into its own hands and is making it a criminal offence to send e-mails or text messages unless the recipient has agreed in advance to accept them, the law is in effect now. Unfortunately much... |
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- Idiot Ex-Zionist Daniel Gavron wishes to "dissolve the Jewish state and establish, in its place, a single Israeli-Palestinian state. " On the other hand, having to take an armored bus to and from your home every day because you live in a Jewish enclave in the middle of the Gaza Strip is also quite inane. |
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- Idiot Ex-Zionist Daniel Gavron wishes to "dissolve the Jewish state and establish, in its place, a single Israeli-Palestinian state. " On the other hand, having to take an armored bus to and from your home every day because you live in a Jewish enclave in the middle of the Gaza Strip is also quite inane. |
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- Virginia Attorney General Jerry Kilgore announced that his office had made its first felony indictment under the state's antispam law. The charges were filed against North Carolina resident Jeremy Jaynes, also known under the pseudonym Gaven Stubberfield, for allegedly using... |
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- Virginia Attorney General Jerry Kilgore announced that his office had made its first felony indictment under the state's antispam law. The charges were filed against North Carolina resident Jeremy Jaynes, also known under the pseudonym Gaven Stubberfield, for allegedly using... |
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- If you're based in Denmark you can call TeleDanmark directory service on 118 and get them to do google queries for you. So now you can avoid harassing your friends in front of computers and pay your monopolistic telco $2... |
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- If you're based in Denmark you can call TeleDanmark directory service on 118 and get them to do google queries for you. So now you can avoid harassing your friends in front of computers and pay your monopolistic telco $2... |
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- Tell Ralph Nader not to run and why....you can do it here on his own website. [link via Oliver Willis]... |
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- Packing two suitcases, cleaning out the fridge (so there is not scientific experiment going on when we come back in... |
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- Do you carry this ring setting, I couldn't find it on |
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- Beth, I was in a couple of jewelry stores this weekend. |
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- Irish, Sorry, I wasn't clear, it's a tourmaline. Dolley |
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- This site only lists the ring in Plat. [url]http://64. 70. 201. |
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- Europe-Africa rail tunnel agreed Spain and Morocco say they have agreed to build a 39-kilometre rail tunnel beneath the Mediterranean Sea, to link Europe and Africa. The Spanish Development Ministry said two adjacent tunnels will run beneath the Straits of Gibraltar to Morocco. |
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- By Daniel Patrick Welch I'm Ted Koppel and thisssssssss….is 'Nightline.'" If you remember that line, or the Saturday Night Line... |
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Abu Spinoza (Dec 14 2003 03:52 GMT) - Abu Spinoza is a regular contributor to and columnist for Press Action. His articles also have appeared in CounterPunch, Dissident... |
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- What: Rally to Repeal Civil Forfeiture Laws Where: Freedom Plaza, Washington, D.C., 14th & Pennsylvania N. |
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Radio blog (Dec 14 2003 03:52 GMT) - In case you didn't notice, I added a Radio Blog to the sidebar. Now you can read while listening to some of my favorites. For those that did notice, there's new music.... |
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- Holy cow! What a FANTASTIC third quarter that was against the Pacers! Man, I think I'm going to have to watch these guys more closely this season. We've got a serious team here! I haven't seen that kind of amazing teamwork in the NBA for a long time. |
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- has anyone seen the lexus christmas commercials? they are starting to drive me crazy. for those who haven't seen them,... |
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- The Telegraph has a look at how Yemen is fighting terrorism. |
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- LabourStart headline - Source: Times Union |
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- pearljam145 writes that the "UK is planning to test biometric passports that will include face and iris or fingerprint recording and recognition for a 6 month ... |
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- SOULFLY's new studio album, 'Prophecy', is currently set for an early Spring 2004 release. The tracklisting for 'Prophecy' looks likely to be: |
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- Fascinating, if somewhat heart-rending, reading. Click on the names on the list for the full stories of the children. |
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- Amazon just did a deposit for the month, so I spread another $15 around the various prizes. The pot just keeps growing and growing and growing... those voluntary contributions are much appreciated and are going to a worthy cause: Right... |
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- It's an SAQ: seldom asked questions about Japan. [via memepool]... |
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- Chirac blames Blair as EU constitution talks collapse The European Summit in Brussels collapsed in failure today after talks on a new EU constitution reached deadlock over the voting rights of smaller countries. |
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