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Think Again: Al Qaeda (Apr 28 2004 23:59 GMT) - This is from Jason Burke over at Foreign Policy. I'll throw up a few examples here to give you an idea. Definately an interesting read... “Capturing or Killing Bin Laden Will Deal a Severe Blow to Al Qaeda” Wrong. Even... |
The Intuitive Life
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First thoughts on the Google Gmail Experience (Apr 28 2004 23:58 GMT) - Thanks to some friendly folk on the inside, I now have a Google Gmail account to explore. In fact, you can send me mail: send it to d1taylor at gmail.com and it should help fill up a bit of my 1GB of space. So far, it's yet another generic web-based email system, though in the inimitable Google style it's a pleasure to see a web-based system that's not rife with advertising, a problem that I loathe with both MSN's hotmail and Yahoo mail. |
Cre8asite Forums
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Google to target PR hoarders. (Apr 28 2004 23:58 GMT) - Thanks for that insight Black Night! While not 'directly' related because I don't hord links, nor care that to get a site listed at google you have to be an expert in the backlinks department (reluctantly being forced to become one). A javascript redirect on a site for members only pages, that sends non- logged in users to the index, is then logically targeted by google as the wrong kind of redirect- or indications thereof. So now we know that legitimate uses for javascript links that we don't want google to follow- will be.... Missing the good ol days when we wrote scripts for sites for our visitors, instead of for google, or we wont have any. |
Brodo Primordiale
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Anche noi siamo abbastanza fucked (Apr 28 2004 23:58 GMT) - A proposito di Kerry. Dicevo che, se fossi americano, voterei anche il mago Otelma pur di togliermi dalle balle Bush. Anche lui la pensa così. Mi piacciono anche i titoli dei saggi in fase di stesura: How Fucked We are Right Now e How Fucked We will be With 4 More Years of George W. |
.:The Poetry Showcase:.
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Love Shared! (Apr 28 2004 23:57 GMT) - I still can't believe this has happened to meThe day you walked into my lifeAnd loved me unconditionally.My heart that was full of tearsNow carries no fears.The smile that was a frownIs now turned upside down.My eyes sad with painNow sparkle again. |
Chris Double's Radio Weblog
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It's nice to use languages ... (Apr 28 2004 23:55 GMT) - It's nice to use languages that 'just work' instead of having to code around border cases that the implementations don't handle. Take 'factorial' as an example. In Scheme: (define (fact n) (if (= n 1) |
Family Medicine Notes
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CLL (Apr 28 2004 23:55 GMT) - Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia is a rotten thing to find. Last night's phone call from the lab with an alert value of 50.2 WBC's with smudge cells was unexpected .. as are most diagnoses of CLL. |
DebWire
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Find Your Spot (Apr 28 2004 23:55 GMT) - A co-worker turned me onto a li'l ol' quiz today. The quiz is designed to give you the top spots in the country you're most compatible with: FindYourSpot is the best way to discover your perfect hometown... just tell us your ideal and we?ll find the best candidates for you. |
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iTunes 4.5 Update (Apr 28 2004 23:55 GMT) - Apple updated iTunes to version 4.5 today, and added several nifty new features. Some observations on a few of them:*The Party Shuffle feature seemed a little weird to me at first. I mean, I can already shuffle any playlist, right? |
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John Allen Jr. debunks myths about the Vatican (Apr 28 2004 23:54 GMT) - Milwaukee Catholic Herald %u2013 April 22, 2004: "(Harvard) could run five Vaticans every year and still have pocket change left over for an endowed chair," Allen said, equating the Vatican’s patrimony — all the assets it could sell — to that of a medium-sized Catholic university. Its total patrimony is $770 million. The University of Notre Dame’s endowment is four and a half times greater, he said. |
Variety.com
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School of rock law (Apr 28 2004 23:54 GMT) - Business News: RIAA targets college crowd -- The Recording Industry Assn. of America's latest legal dragnet aimed at curbing online music piracy caught 69 individuals using university Internet connections to swap songs illegally. |
Variety.com
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House dishes defeat to EchoStar (Apr 28 2004 23:54 GMT) - Business News: Action is first step to reauthorize Satellite Home Viewer Act -- A House panel handily approved a bill Wednesday that would force satcasters to offer all local programming on a single dish rather than require subscribers to get several dishes. |
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