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Black Triangle
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The Orwellian BBC (Dec 17 2003 15:59 GMT) - In George Orwell's 1984 Winston Smith has the job of changing previously published material to fit the new realities in place:Books, also, were recalled and rewritten again and again, and were invariably reissued without any admission that any alteration had... |
SHITHAPPENS
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Manson cleared (Dec 17 2003 15:59 GMT) - Zurich's district prosecutor has decided not to bring criminal charges against United States shock rocker, Marilyn Manson, following complaints by a religious group about the artist's stage act. ¬> swissinfo |
MacIT.org
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Stop telling me that Macs are always a problem! (Dec 17 2003 15:59 GMT) - I get really tired of all the misconceptions regarding Apple products. One might assume that technical support people are well-versed in technology, but this is often untrue. Ignorance runs rampant among even the brightest people. Macs output "weird" video Even... |
bloomfield.me.uk
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1.8bn txt msgs (Dec 17 2003 15:59 GMT) - The Mobile Data Association have announced that over the four UK GSM networks, there have been sent 1.8 thousand million text messages in October 2003. That's about one SMS per day for every man, woman and child in the country. |
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Gene Expression
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Mathematics and Paradoxes (Dec 17 2003 15:58 GMT) - Here's an interesting problem that I've used in the past to stress the importance of fundamentals. Recall the original definition of x^2: 1 = 1 = 1^2 2 + 2 = 4 = 2^2 3 + 3 + 3 =... |
AlanBarber.Org
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100 Years to the day (Dec 17 2003 15:58 GMT) - First flight: December 17, 1903 at 10:35 a.m. It's been one hundred years to the day since that historic first powered flight by those Ohio boys, the Wright brothers! |
The Agonist
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California Audit of Dieblod Electronic Voting Machines (Dec 17 2003 15:58 GMT) - California Audit of Dieblod Electronic Voting Machines SACRAMENTO - Secretary of State Kevin Shelley said Tuesday that Diebold Elections Systems could lose the right to sell electronic voting machines in California after state auditors found the company distributed software that had not been approved by election officials. The auditors reported that voters in 17 California counties cast ballots in recent elections using software that had not been certified by the state. And voters in Los Angeles County and two smaller counties voted on machines installed with software that was not approved by the Federal Election Commission. ed: hat tip creativelcro Discussion |
Rhino's Blog
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End Of Saddam's Flight (Dec 17 2003 15:58 GMT) - FEATURED ARTICLES - Saddam's Capture Is Bitter Sweet, by Michael O'Gorman, Peaceroots Alliance QUOTE OF THE DAY "If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance." - - Orville Wright KNOW YOUR HISTORY - DECEMBER 17th 1903 -- At 10:35 EST, Orville Wright made the world's first manned, powered & |
dealnews
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500,000 Designer Clipart for $20 (Dec 17 2003 15:58 GMT) - software-blowouts.com offers Global Star Software's 500,000 Designer Clipart (on 26 CD-ROMs) for $18.95. That's $1 less than our last mention and the...(more) |
MKDoc
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Community Building (Dec 17 2003 15:58 GMT) - Unlock MKDoc's personalisation and customisation capabilities with this community building training course. |
MKDoc
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Community Building (Dec 17 2003 15:58 GMT) - Unlock MKDoc's personalisation and customisation capabilities with this community building training course. |
MKDoc
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Master Training (Dec 17 2003 15:58 GMT) - Unlock MKDoc's personalisation and customisation capabilities with our master training course. |
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