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- BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) -- Germany has only a small amount of its own natural oil reserves, but an enterprising power plant chief believes it has found an alternative source of energy with a bright future in an aging nation -- used incontinence pads. "It's an environmentally friendly source of energy," said Thomas Lesche, director of a Bremen incinerator plant that has signed a pioneering deal with a local retirement home to buy up 100 tons of used pads and soiled tissues each year. "The pollution emissions with used pads are far lower than with oil or coal," added Lesche, who said he did not know of any other plant in Europe that turns incontinence pads into energy. "The content of nappies provide a great source of energy. The demand for used incontinence materials will grow in the future. |
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- Ryan Gabbard of the Audhumlian Conspiracy (whose layout always makes me think I?m reading Crescat Sententia) notes that a film adaptation of Asimov?s I, Robot is going to be on movie screens this summer, starring Will Smith. I saw the trailer at Return of the King and it was moderately amusing?it was produced in the form for an ad for a domestic robot. |
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- Xandis.com has released a $34.95 source code and support package that consists of the Visual C++ source code to XR7: EarthStrike, 300+ pages of printed technical documentation and 60 days of support. XR7: |
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- InTheory is a new forum that is dedicated to Game Theory, Idea and Design discussion. First and foremost, InTheory is about discussion. This discussion covers the wide topic of game creation. It is InTheory's goal to discuss and archive all of these topics, ideas and theories for future use by developers, artists, muscians, level designers and game fans. We are very young and have few members, but have quite a few discussions going strong. |
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- Merry Christmas, Internet. ... ... ... The Opte Project Needs A Big Server for Christmas, Please Sir... |
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- Red Nova Dec 23 2003 1:25PM ET... |
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- BC Technology Dec 23 2003 12:54PM ET... |
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- ZDNet UK Dec 23 2003 12:55PM ET... |
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- MSNBC Dec 23 2003 11:58AM ET... |
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- New York Times Dec 23 2003 12:57PM ET... |
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- CNN Dec 23 2003 1:19PM ET... |
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- On Tuesday, German software company Objectpark Development announced updates to LetterWorks and LetterWorks Pro that bring both applications to version 1.5. Objectpark notes that the updates enhance the handling of templates in layout mode, increase stability, and offer other benefits for existing users. |
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- CNN/Money is running a Reuters Story on "The Complete Far Side," a two-volume, 1,250-page collection of 14 years of the iconic comic panels drawn by artist Gary Larson. It costs more than $130 and weighs about 18 pounds, and its cover features a pair of chefs hiding in the reeds and hunting for flying cows. Summing up those 4,300 cartoons was not as easy as it might seem because once Larson agreed to do help compile the retrospective, the process took three years. |
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- I love this game, Starfox Adventures for Nintendo's Gamecube. It was $20 bucks at BestBuy, and I have wanted it for awhile as he (Fox) is my favorite character in Super Smash Brothers. So, when I find the game's algorithm... |
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- The Governments of France, Germany and Belgium reacted angrily when they learned that the US would bar firms from countries that opposed the War in Iraq from receiving contracts for reconstruction funded with US taxpayer money. "This is another example of the 'go-it-alone, screw the rest of the world' policy that the Bush Administration is pursuing," said a European weasel living comfortably in Brussels, far from harm's way. "It is outrageous that European firms cannot benefit from US taxpayer money." "We already have chronic deficits from using our own taxpayer money to support these firms with lucrative contracts at home, in subsidizing our farmers, and in supporting the European bureaucracy in the manner to which we have become accustomed," continued the weasel. "We need access to US taxpayer money as well. |
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- "Rumsfield produced satellite imagery of the North Pole supposedly proving that Santa Claus was involved in the manufacture of Weapons of Mass Destruction at his alleged toy factory!" [More] |
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- Startling footage of an astounding feat circulated around the internet this week as a video clip was released depicting Super Mario finding Saddam Hussein - without losing a single life - in just eleven minutes. "[Saddam]'s lucky it only took 11 minutes," said Toad, long-time friend and squad mate of Mario's. "We were about to clear that ugf (underground facility) in a military sort of way," he said, adding that normally, "things like that are cleared with fireballs, tanooki suits. things like that." The jubilated plumber then celebrated by placing a controversial and much-ballyhooed phone call to his mother from a cell phone hidden behind a padded rock just beyond the super-secret spider hole in which the former despot was found. |
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- The image of Christmas Past, Present and Future forms a horrifying holiday Cerberus for many of us, but modern psychiatry and medication is helping to ease the madness of the season. Thinking of slashing Santa's throat any time soon? Read on... [More] |
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- The United Nations has moved decisively to remove any and all confusion surrounding the holiday season. In a bold departure from normal meaningless business, the Security Council declared the period from November 1 to February 1 the season of "Festivus". [More] |
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- A young Jewish man calls his mother and says, "Mom, I'm bringing home a wonderful woman I want to marry. She's a Native American and her name is Shooting Star." "How nice," says his mother. "And I have an Indian name too," he says. "It's 'Running Deer' and I want you to call me that from now on. |
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- Nader will NOT run as a Green, may run as independent "My understanding is that, if Nader runs, he does not want to run a mediocre campaign, and he is trying to assess the political and resource variables on how he would run the most serious campaign possible to unseat George Bush," <spokerperson Ross> Mirkarimi said. He said there appears to be "no consensus" within the Green Party over its approach to the 2004 campaign. The divisions within the party were evident at a national meeting in July. The meeting was closed to the news media, but participants said it centered on party strategy in 2004. |
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- The Death of Horatio Alger by PAUL KRUGMAN [from the January 5, 2004 issue] The other day I found myself reading a leftist rag that made outrageous claims about America. It said that we are becoming a society in which the poor tend to stay poor, no matter how hard they work; in which sons are much more likely to inherit the socioeconomic status of their father than they were a generation ago. The name of the leftist rag? Business Week, which published an article titled "Waking Up From the American Dream. |
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- Satellite Radio Systems Compared [Slashdot] |
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- The Governments of France, Germany and Belgium reacted angrily when they learned that the US would bar firms from countries that opposed the War in Iraq from receiving contracts for reconstruction funded with US taxpayer money. "This is another example of the 'go-it-alone, screw the rest of the world' policy that the Bush Administration is pursuing," said a European weasel living comfortably in Brussels, far from harm's way. "It is outrageous that European firms cannot benefit from US taxpayer money." "We already have chronic deficits from using our own taxpayer money to support these firms with lucrative contracts at home, in subsidizing our farmers, and in supporting the European bureaucracy in the manner to which we have become accustomed," continued the weasel. "We need access to US taxpayer money as well. |
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- If Tina Brown = x, making fun of Tina Brown = 0.00001x. This means you, Ms. Spiers. |
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- CGE soldiers on! Another full month of comics from CrossGen have been announced. Oddly enough, El Cazador will not be published in March. There is an El Cazador one-shot in its place, but it's strange to allow a one-shot to replace the ongoing book. The Ruse series of "Archerd's Agents" one-shots continues with a story about an experimental submarine. |
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- We are glad to announce the long waited release of CollegeLinux 2.5 ?Obi Wan?. Once again we did a release taking the necessary 6 months to bring something new, exclusive and never seen within the Linux community. |
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GRRR (Dec 23 2003 18:56 GMT) - I am STILL setting up basic applications such as Office on my computer!!! IT'S ALMOST 2AM!!! I WANT TO GO TO SLEEP!!! I STILL HAVEN'T PACKED! I have a fast computer and it still takes a billion years to install any application. |
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- Chez Diesel on vient de mettre en ligne un nouveau site à propos des Vins de Français. Beau, fonctionnel et très é |
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- Since upgrading to the latest AIM Beta (Which is pretty decent), one of the most annoying things is that AIM Today (that annoying popup ad when you sign on), always appears. No way to turn it off anymore. Daniel Glazman... |
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- still no water, power, or phone. I Can't get a call out. Everything |
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- Thanks for the X'mas gift .... your Santa Hat! Anyone see the |
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- Lis discovers that water heaters ALWAYS spring leaks; it's just... |
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- Mi permetto di augurare a tutti buon Natale e felice anno nuovo con l'ultima animazione che ho realizzato, nella quale un babbo natale un po' stressato sceglie di portare dei doni diversi dal solito:Clicca qui per vedere il nuovo cartone di NataleLe animazioni di Natale precedenti:Clicca qui per vedere i bambini che scuoiano Babbo NataleClicca qui per vedere i Re Magi regionaliClicca qui per vedere la cacciata di Babbo Natale 2003-12-22 00:48:15 |
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- Someone reads my Blog. Thanks Kate and Mom. |
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- Listening in on some private conversations - about a few completely random and unrelated non-events that never really happened -... |
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- You are a squirrel fighting off a zombie horde, possibly with nuts. Cursor keys to move, mouse to aim and fire. Collect 8 bundles of TNT to get the password for the next level. |
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