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Election protestors vow to stay put (Dec 05 2004 23:22 GMT) - The campaign for a third round of voting in Ukraine's bitterly fought presidential contest officially opened today, with activists signing up to monitor the election and a top ally of opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko speaking confidently of victory. |
Meerkat: An Open Wire Service
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Weather Data Available in XML (Dec 05 2004 23:21 GMT) - wombatmobile writes "Wired reports the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration this week began providing weather data in an open access XML format. Previously, the data was technically available to the public, but in a format that's not easily deciphered. How will the free and easy availability of valuable data like this in XML affect the development of the web? One example is Tom Groves SVG weather. This type of visualization of XML data is about to fall within easy reach with nothing more than a text editor required as an authoring tool. |
Slashdot
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Weather Data Available in XML (Dec 05 2004 23:21 GMT) - wombatmobile writes "Wired reports the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration this week began providing weather data in an open access XML format. Previously, the data was technically available to the public, but in a format that's not easily deciphered. How will the free and easy availability of valuable data like this in XML affect the development of the web? One example is Tom Groves SVG weather. This type of visualization of XML data is about to fall within easy reach with nothing more than a text editor required as an authoring tool. |
Curiouser and curiouser!
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Is humanity so easily forgotten? (Dec 05 2004 23:20 GMT) - Today as part of my psychology reading I was reading "Interpersonal Dynamics in a Simulated Prison" which is the 1973 article about the infamous Zimbardo Prison Experiment in which Stanford students became prisoners and guards in a simulated prison environment. The article is pretty readable and describes the aims of the experiment, how it was set up, how it operated, and how they evaluated the results. The results suprised them. The prisoners really became prisoners, came to identify themselves as prisoners and act accordingly. |
DVD Debate.com
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Unstoppable - US Region 1 Review (Dec 05 2004 23:20 GMT) - Casimir Harlow has taken a look at Columbia Tristar's November release of the Wesley Snipes Straight-To-Video actioner Unstoppable. Read on to see what Cas, a self-confessed Snipes fan, made of this low-budget offering, as well the quality of Tristar's DVD. |
Console Game News - Consoles Communique
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Play Time's Over (Dec 05 2004 23:19 GMT) - It looks like prison inmates in Missouri aren't allowed to play too many videogames anymore. According to this report, a number of prison officials have come to the conclusion that games like Hitman: Contracts, among others, may not be appropriate for correction facilities. You figure. : |
Fanblogs.com
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Orange Bowl 2005: USC-Oklahoma Matchup History (Dec 05 2004 23:19 GMT) - From BoiFromTroy: The USC Trojans are 5-2-1 against the Okahoma Sooners, although the two have never met later than October 2nd. The two will face each other for the BCS Title and, in all likelyhood, the National Championship in the Orange Bowl on January 4,... |
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