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- K.SRINIVASAN - INDIA sir Isac Newton invented the theory of gravitational force . Si einstein invented e = 1/2 mc2 and so the topic goes but who invented this web ecademy ....it is Mr Thomas Power , the new web scientist !!! there are no boundaries for this and no sea shores and beyond boundaries ... |
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- K.SRINIVASAN - INDIA sir Isac Newton invented the theory of gravitational force . Si einstein invented e = 1/2 mc2 and so the topic goes but who invented this web ecademy ....it is Mr Thomas Power , the new web scientist !!! there are no boundaries for this and no sea shores and beyond boundaries ... |
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Air America (Apr 01 2004 15:59 GMT) - Air America Radio's web site is now up with a program line-up (yesterday it was a pretty bare-bones site). WaPo has a piece in today's edition. And it summs up the O'Franken Factor as follows:A good radio show has strong... |
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- An interesting press release over at Google this morning. Apparently they are beta testing a new Webmail service that they plan on launching called Gmail. They boast the ability for a user to store up to 1000 megabytes of... |
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- Als ehemaliger StarOffice-Benutzer habe ich OpenOffice schon seit längerem auf der Festplatte. Habe es aber ausser ein paar Briefchen zu tippen kaum benutzt. Wurde Zeit, sich die neue Version 1.1.1 zu saugen. |
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gmail (Apr 01 2004 15:59 GMT) - Unless this is an April Fool's joke, Google is on the verge of launching gMail, a free email service that will give each user 1 gigabyte of storage and allow you to search through your email using google technology. |
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- Anonymous Patron writes "WFAA-TV Reports Used book stores used to be just about the only place to sell your old books. But times have changed. Consumer Reports says anyone can now sell books online for fast cash. But you need to know the basics before you try to turn your books into bucks. And while there are many sites that sell used books, Consumer Reports says stick with eBay and Amazon. |
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- Anonymous Patron writes " Rare volumes of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings†trilogy were the centerpiece of an extensive private book collection auctioned Wednesday for a total of $270,000. The Tolkien books, including two signed second editions of the first two installments of the trilogy and an unsigned first edition of the third part, were sold to an anonymous bidder for $3,800. |
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- Anonymous Patron writes "Sad Story out of Oregon, where Tigard-Tualatin has no money set aside to replace 7-year-old foreign-language texts that pre-date the euro. the Tigard-Tualatin School District are hoping they'll have new books for the 2005-06 school year. But the district budget has no money set aside for the textbooks. "This is the year of tight financial resources, and I don't know whether or not there will be money to support textbooks for second languages," said Susan Carlile, director of curriculum and instruction. "I feel like we need to address that need. |
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- An Anonymous Patron writes "http://www. courierpress. com/ecp/local_business/art icle/0, 1626, ECP_780_2773913, 00. html The Evansville-Vanderburgh Public Library is providing free Wi-Fi to its patrons. |
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- Bill writes "News From Iraq says Iraqis are buying political and religious books and snapping up satellite dishes once banned under the oppressive regime of Saddam Hussein, to quench a thirst for information they were once denied. On the famed Mutanabi Street book market of Baghdad, shopkeepers and vendors who work right off the pavement shrug off any concern about the sky-rocketing sales of satellite dishes since the end of the US-led war to oust Saddam a year ago. “People are buying more books since the end of the war,†said Mohammed al-Yawi, who owns Al-Naktha, one of the oldest bookshops in Baghdad." |
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- An Anonymous Patron sends "this story from the Jackson (NJ) Tri-Town News about a Friends group that pulled together 25 years ago to raise money to replace the town's bookmobile with a real library." |
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- An Anonymous Patron sends" a letter to the editor of the Vance County (SC) Daily Dispatch taking issue with the paper's 'unsettling' response to the removal of the book King and King from an elementary school library, because it featured two men in a relationship." |
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- Cabot writes "The Federal Court of Canada ruled Wednesday that Internet Service Providers can't be forced to turn over identities of suspected music swappers, throwing a roadblock in the path of the recording industry's efforts to crack down on the practice.As part of his ruling, the judge found that simply downloading a song or having a file available on peer-to-peer software such as Kazaa doesn't constitute copyright infringement.Full Story" Slashgirl also notes Canada is going in the opposite direction in this area than most western countries. |
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- An Anonymous Patron writes "Here's One From Pakistan that says Pakistani history textbooks contain major distortions that foster an “artificial identity and ideology†on the basis that Muslims and Hindus are enemies, the former righteous and the latter conniving, deceptive and cruel, says a report by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute. According to a brief of the report - The Subtle Subversion-The State of Curricula and Textbooks in Pakistan - compiled by AH Nayyar and Ahmed Salim, the Pakistan Studies, History, Civics and Urdu textbooks portray Hindus as backward and superstitious, burning their widows and wives. They portray Brahmins as inherently cruel, asserting their power over the weak, especially Muslims and Shuddras." |
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- Aaron Swartz has helped out with the marketing and promotion of Lawrence Lessig's new book, "Free Culture," by uploading it as a wiki. Here's Aaron's press release. Free Culture is copyrighted under the Creative Commons License, which means that it is available for non-commercial reproduction. |
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- I'm happy to announce that I'm running for President of the United States of America! I figure that all of the competition has been weened from the US Presidential race, and now I'd like to jump into the cat fight between John Kerry and President Bush. Why do you ask? |
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April 1st (Apr 01 2004 15:58 GMT) - It's april 1st, so remember, believe nothing! nutink! That is all.... |
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- Poor widdle (soon to be) Jersey boy needs your alms (should I make an erectile dysfunction joke and implore you to send him... |
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- Tim Blair provides a useful introduction to this installment of the Richard Clarke book. In a post that asks with whom are we are war?, Tim quotes approvingly Britain's most prominent Muslim leader: Interesting. This guy seems to support the... |
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- April 1 - Fools say in their hearts, “ |
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- Eddie Montgomery, left, and Troy Gentry perform 'My Town' during the 38th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Wednesday, May 21, 2003, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Joe Cavaretta) (Click for Large Photo) [yahoo: 2, +perform +awards] |
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- Suite à l'énorme succès du Live in Barcelona, qui sera bientôt triple dvd de platine, Sony a décidé de publier pour Noël 2004 une série de dvd consacré aux performances du boss sur les plateaux de télévision. Trois dvd de Bruce Sprinsgteen et du E Street Band sont déja en préparation : Live on the Late Show with David Letterman DVD Comprend les dernières apparitions du Boss dans l'emission du soir the Late Show with David Letterman, le clip inédit de "Lonesome Day", des interviews de fans etc. Live on Nightline with Ted Koppel DVD Video inédite de la performance de Springsteen dans l'emission Nightline de Ted Koppel. A cela s'ajoute des extraits des Grammy Awards 2003 et une interview avec Conan O'Brien. |
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- LA SEMAINE DERNIÈRE il y a eu la démission d'un Premier ministre. C'était en Pologne. Effet de suite ou pas de la défaite d'Aznar en Espagne, le front des alliés de l'oncle Sam s'effrite. Mais révolution de palais, ou médias en émoi? Les dix pays qui rejoignent, après le I- mai, notre belle Union européenne ont malgré tout des préférences pour le "modèle social anglo-américain". |
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- Drew Barrymore says she's looking forward to the day she becomes a mum, but predicts it's still a long way off. |
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- A-Rod came a few feet short of a grand slam in the seventh. The AL MVP had another quiet night in his second game for New York, going 0-for-5 and dropping to 1-for-9 with no RBIs. Bwahahaha! Serves those damn Yankees and their Series-buying owner right. But, after all, we already knew that the Yankees suck.... |
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- Intel brings Xeon and Prescott chips onboard, but mainstream use delayed by lack of software compatibility. |
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- They will ship with AMD's 64-bit chip and Sun's Java Desktop System. |
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- A former Harvard Medical School instructor was accused of bilking donors of $600,000 for a bogus SARS research project, but his attorney said his client was sincere and is himself a victim of a scam. |
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- Thomas Friedman points out that globalization runs downhill: I hadn’t been to Mexico since 1996, so it definitely caught my ear when I started to... |
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- The central argument against liberalizing drug access (both in the comments threads below and over at Medrants is that doing so would cause patient harm. This harm ostensibly comes in two forms: Patients will unwisely take drugs that they shouldn't... |
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- CU Athletic Director Dick Tharp has come to terms with his new CSU counter part Mark Driscoll to ensure that the in-state rivalry will continue for at least another 10 years. After an extended hiatus in the 80's and 90's the CU CSU series was renewed in 1995. Although the series has had its share of controversy, over all it has been seen as good for both programs. Over the next 10 years the game will be played in Folsom... |
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- John has always had a way of saying exactly what I'm thinking. Today is no exception. An excerpt...Our people were attacked and killed and mutilated and dragged through the streets of Iraq. Yeah, I'm mad at the Iraqis. |
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- Here on the Left Coast, the joke about Howard Stern being taken off the air is still on. As always, Jeff explains what's going on. Larger contexts: the religious right, spinless politicians and tight-sphinctered regulators, headed by Michael Powell, whom Jeff kindly calls our "National Nanny. |
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- Last month, Electronic Arts shut down Earth and Beyond, a MMORPG. Just days before the closure, players were still paying as much as $3,000 for accounts in the game. Games economist Ted Castronova has a short thought-provoking piece on this in Terra Nova:... ... ... |
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- Nick Denton says:... ... Kinja -- our latest site -- is live. It's a blog of blogs, designed to make it easier to discover and track favorite sites. Have a play around with the site. |
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- April 1, 2004: EFF announces long-planned merger with the US Department of Justice:... ... ... The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is merging with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) in a stock-swap deal that will create a freedom advocacy giant better able to compete with the ACLU, the current industry leader. |
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- Responding to this earlier post about job listings by RSS feed, BoingBoing reader... Javid says, "FlipDog (which is now part of Monster) has RSS job listings for each state now too." Link... ... ... |
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