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- The Nets failed to advance to the conference finals after two straight appearances in the Finals. So naturally, they raised ticket prices. But at the same time, the Nets did make it far more reasonable for non-millionaires to attend games.... |
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- Tim at Bloggerheads asked an interesting question on Friday, and I have considered it. I think the answer is this: Ultimately there is nothing I can do.I have spent the past 4 years making predictions about the future of the world. In most cases, I have been correct. |
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- CommemorationsBoniface, Archbishop of Mainz, missionary to Germany, martyr, 754 BirthdaysJohn Thiel Myles Leege Meetings/ Events8:00 PM Lutherans ALIVE! - RCCTV Ch. 19 |
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- This is a fascinating little look at the way words are used by folks online. Cogsci researchers put lots of effort into analyzing how humans process language and they've developed all sorts of crazy means to measure these sorts of things. But with Google grinding through 4 billion webpages, it's safe to say they've probably got the largest human language dataset that is easily queried. And stuff like page counts for word length is an easy way to plumb the depths. If it hasn't already happened, I bet there's a dissertation or article destined for Science on using Google as a cheap (free) text analysis tool for some robust studies. |
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- An offshoot photoblog, just about flowers. |
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- This week the NYT issued a mea culpa on their Iraq war coverage, but a year ago according to this blog post it was pretty clear what the problem was, and who was to blame. Weird it took the NYT so long to come around and admit problems. |
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Clever (May 29 2004 14:58 GMT) - I have a lot of ideas. Maybe a handful are good ones. Once in a great while I might have a clever idea, but I'm constantly impressed by people that can truly be creative. To take a problem thousands of years old, turn it on its head and solve it with a new clever idea is something to behold. These two ideas are just about the most clever things I've ever seen. |
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- The Crackberry. I don't miss it. I was totally hooked once. I knew I was in trouble as a read a message halfway up the hill on the Disneyland ride Matterhorn. But it sounds perfect for DC. |
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RGB Mars (May 29 2004 14:57 GMT) - Cory just discovered some of my favorite books. Thanks, Kim Stanley Robinson. |
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- It's a bittersweet day. Today's the last day of high school for my daughter (the surfer on the left). She's #3 in her class, happy, healthy, lovable and talented, so on one level the day feels like crossing the finish line in an 18 year marathon. She made it in one piece, with style. Words can't express how proud we are of her. |
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- A new phpMyFAQ 1.3 version will be released in the next days. This new version of the stable branch will include two new language file (Danish and Serbian) and some bugfixes. This version should avoid the trouble with the PHPNuke cookies. |
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- The Yankees hope Jason Giambi will take batting practice Saturday for the first time since he sprained his right ankle May 21 in Texas, which would go a long way toward determining when he will return from the 15-day disabled... |
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- The Mets have tried everything to get Jose Reyes healthy enough to play baseball, and now that his hamstring apparently has healed, Reyes received a cortisone shot Thursday to help relieve the inflammation in his aching back. Reyes developed back... |
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- 99. The Naked City (1948, Jules Dassin). Overrated police procedural that has perhaps achieved its seminal status simply because it was the first of many documentary-type crime films and television programs. At 105 minutes, it's about 30 too long and... |
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- Il sondaggio de La Repubblica sulla visita di Bush in Italia ha raggiunto quota 50000 e oltre. Ottimo specchio del divario fra chi governa e chi viene "governato"... Tutti a Roma! |
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- Au rveil, un coup d'oeil au thermomtre m'indique qu'il fait beaucoup plus froid que l'avait prvu la mto... et qu'en... |
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- Nigeria 1 Rep of Ireland 0 |
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- Last year's St Leger winner Brian Boru tops a field of 15 still in the Vodafone Coronation Cup at today's confirmation stage. |
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- Nigeria 0 Rep of Ireland 0 |
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East Coast (May 29 2004 14:48 GMT) - East Coast Park. |
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- If you're running on Linux there are many easy ways to synch your PC with an NTP server, guaranteeing that your local machine's clock is running the identical time to any servers where your apps are deployed. On windows, however, this is not so easily achieved, and since there are a huge amount of people developing PHP solutions on windows machines while deploying them on Linux, this seemed like a worthwhile tip to post.Any large scale app will inevitably run a number of cronjobs whether you're synchronising data, updating feeds, syndicating content etc. |
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- Schlecht fr das Portemonnaie, gut fr die Umwelt |
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- (Source: extremeTech) Find out here the technologies that could appear in future versions of Windows and the Tablet PC edition. Darin Fish, business development manager within Microsoft's Mobile Platforms Division, described the disclosure as a "work in progress." |
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- I am in love, but I dont know with whomThis is something I cant fathomI dont understand how it came to passThe thought of not knowing, I dont want it to lastI need to know where I should direct this feelingOr else this boy my heart will be stealingI have never heard that love could make someone this blindBut this boy I would like to find |
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- >From Kevin T's Benton Headlines: HOW PUBLIC IS PUBLIC RADIO?: A STUDY OF NPR'S GUESTLIST National Public Radio, though founded as an alternative media outlet that would "speak with many voices," relies on largely the same range of sources that dominate mainstream commercial news, a new FAIR study has found. Characterized by conservative critics as "liberal" radio, NPR has more Republican than Democratic voices, and male sources outnumber female sources by nearly four to one. Nine of the top 10 most-frequently used sources on NPR were white male government officials. |
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- Für ein kleines Projekt, ein Gemeinschaftsblog, suche ich noch ein paar Mitstreiter. Es handelt sich bei besagtem Projekt um ein Weblog, welches sich mit dem Thema "Akademiker auf Jobsuche" beschäftigen soll, allerdings nicht in der Art, dass vorangig tolle Tipps gegeben werden (obwohl auch das gerne sein darf), Links en ... |
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- Government computer surveillance rings alarm bells: "Nine months after Congress shut down a controversial Pentagon computer-surveillance program, the U.S. government continues to comb private records to sniff out suspicious activity, according to a congressional report obtained by Reuters. Privacy concerns prompted Congress to kill the Pentagon's $54 million Total Information Awareness (TIA) program last September, but government computers are still scanning a vast array of databases for clues about criminal or terrorist activity, the General Accounting Office (GAO) has found. |
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- www.bbc.co.uk - May 29 2004 19:25: |
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- reuters.com - May 29 2004 19:25:0 GMT |
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- "The newest NASA space telescope, with its ability to see past obscuring clouds of cosmic dust, has spotted what astronomers believe is evidence of the youngest planet observed so far, a gaseous body that could be less than a million years old. Announcing the first major findings of the Spitzer Space Telescope on Thursday, scientists said the observations could indicate that planet formation around stars is more common and more rapid than previously suspected." (New York Times) |
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- LBV 1806-20: "A University of Florida-led team of astronomers may have discovered the brightest star yet observed in the universe, a fiery behemoth that could be as much as much as seven times brighter than the current record holder. But don't expect to find the star -- which is at least 5 million times brighter than the sun -- in the night sky. Dust particles between Earth and the star block out all of its visible light. Whereas the sun is located only 8. |
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jegg (May 29 2004 14:25 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - 1st draft of Developer's Guide... |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - The Witcher section with screenshots & E3 movie... |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - The Lord of the Creatures screenshots... |
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- [iDNES - Zdraví] - V Česku se sice kouří stále méně, ale zatímco střední generace cigarety odkládá, mezi dospívajícími jsou stále populárnější. "Navíc kouří čím dál více dívek," řekla... |
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- [iDNES - Zdraví] - To, že uzeniny nejsou zrovna nejzdravější, už ví většina lidí. Samozřejmě, dát si tu a tam kousek nikoho nezabije, ale jíst je trvale se nedoporučuje - obsahují... |
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- [iDNES - Zákony] - Na staveništi dálnice D11 z Poděbrad do Hradce Králové se nepracuje a dostavba se zpožďuje. Tvrdí to starosta Chlumce nad Cidlinou Miroslav Uchytil a členové sdružení... |
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- [iDNES - Zákony] - Dvě studentky Vojenské akademie v Brně se před více než rokem nechaly vyfotografovat pro zahraniční erotický časopis. Nyní se snímky nahých či uniformovaných vojaček... |
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