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- Last month saw MGM release the entire 7th Season of Stargate SG-1 onto our favourite digital format. Casimir Harlow has taken a look at this very popular sci-fi set to see if the US region releases are really much cop. Read on to see Cas' views on this particular season, with an episode-by-episode breakdown; as well as his his opinions regarding the technical quality of the entire box set. |
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- Yet another reason to add to the continually growing list of why I despise the way UH is run: Today is class registration for seniors. Depending on the last three digits of your student identification number, you are alotted a certain time slot for registering during the day. In my case, ... |
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- AeroPlayer (http://www. aerodrome. us/aeroplayer/index. html) needs translation (http: |
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- TiVo to add banner ads to service when fast forwarding (pvrblog.com) Coming soon to the standalone TiVo OS: when you hit fast forward to skip past commercials, small banner ads will show up on your screen. Luckily I don't have a standalone TiVo. I have a DirecTivo, and I ... |
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- The and quot;Virgin Mary and quot; sandwich that has never sprouted a spore of mold, was going for bids as high as $22,000 before being pulled off. |
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- The game is over for casino gambling in Chicago -- at least for this year. Illinois legislative leaders are putting off a decision on Mayor Daley's plans for a Chicago casino. |
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- I've been meaning to comment on this post on Cafe Au Lait concerning dynamic typing. The problem (for me), is that I don't know PHP, so I wasn't entirely certain where he was coming from: For the last couple of days I've been programming in the weakly typed language PHP. For the last few years I've been hearing quite a few people, most notably Bruce Eckel and James Robertson, extol the virtues of weakly typed languages. So far I'm not convinced. |
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- OfficeDepot.com - PalmOne™ Zire™ 31 Handheld |
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- California's not the only state willing to throw money at the controversial research. Wisconsin's governor plans to spend $750 million building two research centers and supporting scientists studying cardiovascular illnesses and other diseases. |
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- In the growing debate about when people first appeared on this continent, a leading archaeologist said Wednesday he has discovered what could be sooty evidence of human occupation in North America tens of thousands of years earlier than is commonly believed. |
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- WASHINGTON - New Jersey Rep. Robert Menendez was re-elected unanimously Wednesday as chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, the third most powerful party leadership post in the House of Representatives. |
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- As I just posted over at Personal Democracy Forum (Trippi says blogs driving Kerry camp's interest in recount): On MSNBC's Countdown, Keith Olbermann has been one of the few television newshosts tracking down the issues related to counting and recounting votes and addressing potential voting irregularities (such as voter fraud and suppression), particularly in the closest states. Without appearing in any way to contest the election, the Kerry campaign lawyers do seem to be pressing for a careful validation of the results in Ohio. A rush transcript I just received via email quotes Joe Trippi giving credit to the rumor mills of the blogosphere for keeping the recount / potential voting irregularities stories alive long enough to encourage the Kerry people to "get back into the game": TRIPPI: |
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- You're right, Diane. The link for the actual blog is http://blogs. msdn. com/ie/archive/2004/10/15/2430 aspx |
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- Regisseur Albert ter Heerdt denkt erover het vervolg op de succesvolle komedie Shouf shouf habibi! in de ijskast te zetten. De moord op filmmaker Theo van Gogh is hier de aanleiding voor. Dat zei Ter Heerdt woensdag tijdens het Najaarsoverleg in Het Ketelhuis in Amsterdam. ,,Ik sta op het punt om de film uit te stellen'', zei de regisseur. |
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- The (bad) news keeps spilling out in the investigations in the Oil-for-Food program. With committees in both the House and Senate investigating things, I imagine we will start having significant news come to light. Here's a roundup of some news today. The United Nations ignored private intelligence firm's leads in the case, reports the Washington Times. Some of the firm's findings: |
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- A new battle is brewing tonight over the O'Hare expansion plan. Officials in two northwest suburbs are upset over what they say are secret plans to build a road around the airport that would run through homes and businesses in both communities. |
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- Hab momentan echt viel um die Ohren... aber das Referat im Seminar "Grammar in context" ist zumindest gut verlaufen. Jetzt muss ich nur noch eine 10seitige Ausarbeitung schreiben und dann kann da auch ein Haken hinter :) Habe bei der Käzy gelesen, dass man mit der Frau von yellowstrom reden kann. Ist wirklich lustig, denn ich habe sie zum Erröten gebracht und sie hat sich für mich ausgezogen (den Trick hab ich abgeguckt *g*). |
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- Lindsey McCord watched intently as each bus slipped into it's parking place and unloaded the passengers. It was two in the morning and the old bus depot had an eerieness about it at that time of the day. There were a few people milling around waiting for passengers, ... |
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- 'Several competing unmanned aerial vehicle missions are likely to be proposed for flight on Mars in NASA's next Scout competition, according to Andy Gonzales, program manager for NASA Ames Research Center's MATADOR project. Set to begin in roughly a... |
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diagnostic (Nov 17 2004 23:06 GMT) - "Listen, you don't have to spend that kind of money," Mike replies. "There's a |
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cooperman (Nov 17 2004 23:06 GMT) - MORE: Is Rush Limbaugh a blunt instrument? Mental Health experts claim he's upsetting their patients: “Rush Limbaugh has a way of back-handedly slamming people,” said Sheila |
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whooping (Nov 17 2004 23:06 GMT) - Pet Shop Boys : Neil has always looked 40, and still does. Chris on the other hand has always looked 20, and so it was extremely unnerving to see his gaunt face hidden beneath cap and glasses looking at least 60. Musically both were as ageless as ever. Left To My Own Devices (no 4, Nov 1988) remains one of their... |
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- SBC Communications is jumping on the VoIP bandwagon with the launch of service in selected markets and a proposed nationwide rollout designed to keep pace with the competition. |
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- The Motion Picture Association of America has jumped full-force into the fight against illegal swapping of copyrighted material online. |
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- High-performance computing and A.I. software may blast through barriers in data management to create a "data cave" like the one Tom Cruise uses in the movie "Minority Report." |
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- SBC said Wednesday it signed a 10-year, $400 million agreement with Microsoft to provide television services using Microsoft's TV Internet protocol television edition software platform. |
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- IBM has announced a plan to harness the power of millions of personal computers to help unlock the genetic mysteries of diseases like AIDS, Alzheimer's, malaria and cancer. |
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- In the rapid-fire pace of the technology business, Microsoft's campaign to thwart competition in the market for Web browsing software seems to be ancient history. |
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- The FDA has released a compliance policy guide for pharmaceutical manufacturers that wish to establish feasibility studies for attaching RFID tags to drug packaging. |
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- SBC Communications is partnering with Microsoft on the delivery of Internet Protocol-based television services in a 10-year deal valued at $400 million. |
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- Fujitsu Microelectronics America introduced its 1MBit FRAM (Ferroelectric Random Access Memory), the highest-ever capacity FRAM ever developed. The new FRAM also features high-speed read-and-write operations, low power consumption, and high endurance. Fujitsu's two 1Mbit FRAM devices -- the MB85R1001 (x8 bits) and the MB85R1002 (x16 bits) -- have the highest capacity ... |
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- Nov 17 - Civil Engineer to $75k+ - Appleone - US-IN-Gary Nov 17 - Consultant/Civil Engineer to $125k+ - Engineering Consulting - Appleone - US-CA-Fairfield Nov 16 - Civil Engineer - Kelly Engineering Resources - US-NJ-Eatontown Nov 16 -... |
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- ask him "how the hell does he scream like that" |
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- Welcome to Gaza International Airport (GIA) http://www.gaza-airport.org/ Palest |
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- As regular readers know, I'm drinking the Rebel Sell koolaid at the moment. So, you're in for a few anti-counter-culture rants. Here's the first. BoingBoing links to a text file entitled mashtheplanet. In it, Phillip Torrone issues a call to arms to music mixers: |
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- AeroPlayer (http://www. aerodrome. us/aeroplayer/index. html) turns your Palm Powered handheld into a portable music player by playing digital audio files stored on an expansion card. |
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- Apple on Wednesday released Xserve RAID Admin Tools 1.3.2 and Power Mac G5 (June 2004) Firmware Update 5.1.8f7. |
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- Ask them this question:"I heard that you guys can't play. 'I Cum Blood', 'Fucked with a Knife', or 'Stripped Raped and Strangled' in Canada. Is this true? |
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- It is a story with sex, lies and possibly videotape and some huge names -- including R-Kelly. The victims of an extortion plot allegedly planned by Chicago activist Derrick Mosley come forward. New York Yankees slugger Gary Sheffield says he and his wife were the targets. |
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Orkut Media (Nov 17 2004 23:04 GMT) - Orkut lanza una publicación electrónica semanal que incluye entre otras cosas escritos y fotos realizads por mimbros de esta red social que es parte de Google. Lo más relevante es que no necesitas dado de alta para verla, la noticia la tiene Dirson: ‘Orkut Media’ está dividido en tres partes. |
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