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- National Geographic has placed cameras on wild animals! |
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- The Wellesley College Shakespeare Society began their bid for Guinness Book of World Record fame on Sunday night by diving into the works of Shakespeare, in an attempt to read the Bard's entire body of work in 24 hours. The group cleaned out local libraries, taking out over 200 books. While Shakesperian wonks will stay up til 4 in the morning arguing about just how much and what Will wrote, the group is sticking with a standard list of 39 plays, 154 sonnets and a few other poems. More about this plucky little group here. |
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- stevejzoo writes "In Postdoc Talk | A Bibliophile's Treasure Hunt (The Scientist, free registration required), Stephanie Mohr, a molecular and cellular biology researcher at Harvard University, describes the virtues of libraries with physical books. The surprise for me was to read a current postdoc write: 'The library is the perfect place to brush up on a field, learn the basics of a new one, or gain an appreciation of how insightful our forebears could be.'" |
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- Are you trained, innovative and customer-oriented? Do you want to contribute to providing current information to the President of the United States and senior government officials? Read the story at The Salt Lake Tribune and visit the CIA librarian employment page |
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- Dublin as planned a three-month festival of celebrations costing about £700,000. Unfortunately, the only living direct descendant of Joyce has promised to disrupt the festival by banning any public readings of his work. Stephen Joyce, the writer’s grandson, has informed the Irish government he will sue for breach of copyright if any recitations take place. The septuagenarian who lives in Paris, has made millions of pounds from the proceeds of copyright of Joyce’s work and from suing for its infringement. Full Story |
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Van Helsing (Feb 16 2004 10:58 GMT) - We have the artwork for this up and coming animated prequel |
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- Andrew Muller, Senior Macromedia Certified Instructor, informs me that Flex is going to be demoed by Macromedia in Sydney at MXDU 2004 Feb. 24-25. Andrew mentions that Tim Buntel, ColdFusion Product Manager, is delivering the keynote address on day two... |
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- Thanks for the help guys, I think the new version is a marked improvement. I know this is really a question for another board, but why does IE change the size of your text when you put bold or italics on? Long live Mozilla. |
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- Anne Tyler is that rare writer who has literary stature and a wide public, and she has earned that position without self-promotion. By Mel Gussow (New York Times via MyAppleMenu Reader) |
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- Apple recently announced that its new retail store in San Francisco is scheduled to open on February 28th, but it would seem like some Apple fans have a hard time waiting for a few more weeks... |
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By the Way (Feb 16 2004 10:56 GMT) - Die N24.de-Sportglosse von Christian Prechtl |
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- "Friends"-Darstellerin verdoppelt Honorarforderungen |
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- ou ... como aumentar o número de mulheres no mundo blog ou, "querida eu não me esqueci do dia dos namorados mas foi complicado arranjar a prenda ideal" |
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- Skilled youngsters must not rust away their knowledge and spend their energies in an industry, like BPO, that holds no promise of a future, says Ranjan Nambiar. |
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- Sensible Home Wi-Fi Security Advice. Solid advice on securing your home Wi-Fi network: This straightforward About.com article notes six steps to securing your network, all of which are sensible and well explained. (The link is for page 2; |
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- Just have some good fun with this compilation of KB articles. Some are really amazing. Q72540: Calculator Does Not Reliably Subtract Two Numbers in Windows Q811443: The Italian Proofing Tools Make a Potentially Offensive Suggestion Q196600: |
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- Microsoft Internet Explorer Integer Overflow in Processing Bitmap Files Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code Quote: The author states that this flaw was found by reviewing the recently leaked Microsoft Windows source code. The flaw reportedly resides in 'win2k/private/inet/mshtml/src cxx'. Hey MS, look at the bright side of things, you now have hundreds/thousands of people rummaging around in your source code making sure it is perfect. Thats quite the army of unpaid people ensuring your product is next to perfect. |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - IT-Director.com Feb 16 2004 10:03AM GMT... |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - 160Characters Feb 16 2004 9:55AM GMT... |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - IT-Analysis.com Feb 16 2004 9:53AM GMT... |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - This Is Money Feb 16 2004 10:40AM GMT... |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - PA News via The Scotsman Online Feb 16 2004 10:15AM GMT... |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - ZDNet UK Feb 16 2004 9:50AM GMT... |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - The Hindu Business Line Feb 16 2004 9:46AM GMT... |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Space Daily Feb 16 2004 9:55AM GMT... |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Daily Mail & Guardian Feb 16 2004 10:29AM GMT... |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Space Daily Feb 16 2004 9:55AM GMT... |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Space Daily Feb 16 2004 9:55AM GMT... |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Space Daily Feb 16 2004 9:55AM GMT... |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Slashdot Feb 16 2004 10:13AM GMT... |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Slashdot Feb 16 2004 10:13AM GMT... |
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- [iDNES - Fincentrum] - Česká spořitelna rozšiřuje možnosti dobíjení předplacených karet mobilních operátorů i pro Twist karty. Klienti, kteří využívají služeb GSM - SIM Toolkit, tak mohou... |
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- [iDNES - Ekonomika] - Největší stavební společnost Skanska loni zvýšila tržby i zisky asi o dvacet procent. Tržby stouply na 28,5 miliardy korun, zisk na 872 milionů. Firma zrealizovala... |
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- [iDNES - Sport] - Ťukání na čelo, taková by byla reakce většiny Brňanů na informaci, že by město mohlo v roce 2016 nebo 2020 spolupořádat Olympijské hry. Vždyť tady není ani pořádný... |
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- [iDNES - Zprávy] - Švédský trajekt se v husté mlze srazil s malou jamajskou obchodní lodí. Na 130 pasažérů bylo evakuováno. Podle záchranářů se trajekt Stena Nautica, který mířil... |
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- [iDNES - Revue] - Proč vyhrál norský Kámoš na loňském karlovarském festivalu cenu diváků MF DNES? Protože je nádherně obyčejný, věrný, přirozený, nic nezastírá, vůči ničemu nebrojí,... |
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- di Carlo Formenti Chi ha gi visto Paycheck, il film che John Woo ha tratto da uno dei primi... |
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- Chip's 2/13 post made me laugh (for the first time all night)! Needed it. Was trying really hard to stay in a melancholy mood, but noooo. The Middle-Aged Man foiled my plan :)... |
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- and he's giving something back by running for President. |
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