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- Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without an accordion. All you do is leave behind a lot of noisy baggage. |
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- Apparently Saddam is giving good information on where to find thingsU.S. forces operating in the so-called Sunni Triangle -- the region of Iraq most loyal to captured former dictator Saddam Hussein -- found a significant weapons cache that included al... |
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Progress (Dec 31 2003 05:31 GMT) - It's a sign of progress that I don't race to answer the phone when it rings. It's a sign of progress that missing a phone call, and no message left, doesn't panic me. One of these days, I'll get so the phone won't wake me up if I'm in a sleep cycle. And that will be a sign of progress too. |
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- Muscle cuts are mad-cow safe? Bull! (via faisal) Hmm, maybe that "boneless steaks are safe" business wasn't quite on the mark after all. US beef safe to eat? Sure - if it is organic beef from cows that were not raised on feed but grazed on grass, and slaughtered conscious, not stunned. |
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- Unless Steve Jobs can produce a breakthrough storage technology, don't bet on cheap iPods says columnist. |
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- From the War And Peace department: What can men do against such reckless hate? On the one hand, Dennis Prager highlights the fact that Iran has refused assistance from Israel after the devastating earthquakes that have struck their country. This is not the fantasy of a columnist, but is well-supported by other links, from Israel's initial offer of assistance to Iran's refusal, to the stubborn refusal of some Israelis to give up, as they try to sneak aid into Iran. The specific quote was apparently, "The Islamic Republic of Iran accepts all kinds of humanitarian aid from all countries and international organizations with the exception of the Zionist regime," from a spokesman for Iran's Interior Ministry. |
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- Hey, im new to this community and thought I would say hey! Im hearing and in South Florida. I love ASL. Im taking my third year at school. It rocks! |
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- I burned my tongue on steamed soy milk this morning that I was frothing for my caffeine injection. I'm now eating a salad with vinegar on it. Yes, Ralph, it does taste like burning.... |
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- A 105-pound woman was crowned Fruitcake Champion after swallowing nearly five pounds of the treat in 10 minutes, beating her closest rival - a man almost four times her weight - by a single bite. "My jaw is very tired right now," Thomas said Tuesday after out-eating 405-pound Eric Booker of Long Island by one-eighth of an ounce. |
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R.I.P. (Dec 31 2003 05:28 GMT) - Actor Hindman, 'Home Improvement' Neighbor, Dies LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Earl Hindman, best known for his role as the... |
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- Michael Bowen, aka Cobb, wants to see more black Republicans. For a backgrounder on his rationale, read this post, which... |
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- Michael Bowen, aka Cobb, wants to see more black Republicans. For a backgrounder on his rationale, read this post, which... |
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- Lexie Karlsen is one of the hottest red heads to ever appear in Playboy. Miss March 1999 is from Arizona. Click here for more Lexie.... |
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- So, here we are, two years after Steve Spurrier's triumphant debut as the Washington Redskins new head coach. How optimistic... |
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- Isn't it interesting to watch John Kerry now? Mark Z. Barabak reports:But the biggest difference is Kerry's transformation as a... |
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- The Drinkmore is closing on January 4th, so this is the last meeting here. We're working on a couple of different options for next week (and going forward) and will let you know what happens. DiscoFinska SeattleWireless TV - December Episode Matthew Wilson brought his SqueezeBox and promises that we can take it apart next week. Pedro from Consolidated Works pointed us at MAX/MSP for audio/video mixing Sneakernet networking with an iPod. |
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Look out! (Dec 31 2003 05:26 GMT) - [Funny] The alchemy of a terror alert. |
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- Stacy Fuson has traveled to France, Croatia, Japan, Mexico and all around the United States. She loves traveling. Miss February 1999 also believes that attitude is everything. Click here for a picture gallery.... |
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- So I'm at the tail end of watching Friday the 13th, Part IV. I haven't seen it in years and years. Little did I know it's such a star-studded cast -- Crispin Glover, Corey Feldman, Peter Barton, and the girl from that A-ha video. Oh yeah, talent galore. Classic. |
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- 17 degrees F this morning, brrr. Colder even than yesterday, when L. and I went to the Chihuahuan Desert Garden on campus, and found that the fountain there had frozen and made a fascinating ice sculpture. Even though it tends to encourage her to be disobedient later on in the day, we've been letting the dog get under the covers with us after we let out of her crate in the morning. She immediately burrows down towards our feet--apparently chihuahuas and chihuahua-mix dogs are known for this "mole-y" quality. |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - 31 Dec 2003: When the technology community considers Linux, we know what sets it apart from the competition. But if you were to ask the average consumer, few could give you a legitimate answer other than maybe it doesn’t cost anything. (However there will always be those that look in vain for the free beer everyone keeps talking about. |
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- EDS is a leading global services company that provides information, processes and technology, employees work in a primarily mobile environment. EDS was interested in introducing the Tablet PC to its work environment to see how workers would benefit from its compact size and wireless capabilities. Through participation in the Microsoft Rapid Adoption Program for the Tablet PC, EDS discovered that the Tablet PC deploys easily and extends where and how employees work - resulting in employees increasing their productivity by as much as 15-percent. |
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- Best Buy Co., Inc. plans to move into a new, state of the art, 7,000-person corporate campus and will need powerful new technology to support the evolution of its corporate environments work habits. Tablet PCs running Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition offer Best Buy the mobility it needs, without compromises or sacrifices. Early adopters of the Tablet PC at Best Buy have re-captured one to three hours per week in time lost to meeting travel across the country, across the campus, and in docking and downloading data from conventional notebook computers. |
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- Convenience store giant 7-Eleven is evaluating the Tablet PC and Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition to provide a natural, intuitive computing experience for store employees. Workers can enter merchandising data directly into their Tablet PCs with a digital pen, enhancing data flow from the stores to the companys network and streamlining business processes - all while interacting with customers in the store. When 7-Eleven maintenance crews replace pen and paper with Tablet PCs during store asset surveys, the company estimates that it will reduce the cost of field inventory work by an estimated U.S. $35 million annually. |
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- Icelandic BeerIceland is my adopted homeland. Despite my deep hatred for cold, I know I could live there happily ever after.Couresty of Adda in Reykjavik, here are some funny Icelandic beer commercials. If you've ever been to Iceland, you'll recognize the Icelanders' love of up-selling the country they love. These come right out of the transcripts of my Reykjavik bar visits, essentially: |
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- A former Vietnamese journalist who used the internet to criticise the government is jailed for seven years. |
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- Yan Venter is an acclaimed author and international evangelist, ordained by both the Southern Baptist and Assemblies of God denominations. On a recent flight, he witnessed a fellow traveler typing into a Palm Portable Keyboard and a Palm Powered handheld computer. The very next day, Yan was the proud owner of a Palm m505 handheld and a Palm Portable Keyboard. He quickly began using the device's built-in Memo Pad software for writing his sermon notes and chapters to his books. The main challenge left to handle was how to easily get this content from the Memo Pad to MS Word on his PC. |
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