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MIT Media Lab Europe closes doors (Jan 23 2005 13:59 GMT) - MIT Medialab EU announces closure because its principal stakeholders have not reached agreement on a new funding model for the organisation. Initial funding for the lab came from the Irish Government and it was expected to gradually become self-financing through securing corporate funding for its research activities. However, the climate of the past four years has proven extremely difficult for the lab, MIT and the international ICT sector. Media Lab Europe was launched in 2000 as a ground-breaking research and innovation laboratory in the fields of digital technologies. Since its establishment, it has built up expertise in a range of innovative research. |
Meerkat: An Open Wire Service
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Ahnuld's first kill (Jan 23 2005 13:59 GMT) - So, Gov. Schwarzenegger has killed his first real person. To me, that makes the case that if we're going to have actors as leaders, they at least ought to be good actors. Why? |
Meerkat: An Open Wire Service
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Slackware 10.1 Beta And Pat's Health (Jan 23 2005 13:59 GMT) - phreakuencies writes "The ChangeLog in slackware-current got a distiguished update today on Jan 22: Patrick Volkerding updated us on his health condition stating he is not back in perfect shape but getting more medical tests and results. The initial phrase on the ChangeLog: 'I'm going to call this Slackware 10.1 beta 1, because we're at a state where things are relatively stable. |
Dutch Cowboys
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Adobe PDF reclame (Jan 23 2005 13:59 GMT) - Buiten dat de advertentie voor de nieuwste PDF reader van Adobe origeneel is, is tie ook nog eens heel erg leuk. Je moet wel even met je... |
Eksperten | Nyeste spørgsmål
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Select ændrer tekst (Jan 23 2005 13:58 GMT) - Heysan... Jeg er i gang med en "indkøbskurv" og skal lave sådan så når man har fundet et produkt så skal man vælge farve, det skal være i en Neden under, skal der stå et vare nummer, og det skal ændre sig når man vælger en af de 4 farver, hvordan får man den til det? |
TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime
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Pentagon Moves Into Espionage (Jan 23 2005 13:58 GMT) - It's no secret that Donald Rumsfeld has been determined to end the CIA's monopoly on spying. What is news, however, is that acccording to the Washington Post, Rumsfeld put the plan into action two years ago by creating a separate... |
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Die Preussen und der Karneval (Jan 23 2005 13:57 GMT) - Zu Zeiten der preußischen Besetzung des Rheinlandes gab es gravierende Meinungsdifferenzen zwischen eben den Preußen, vertreten durch ihren König, und den Düsseldorfern. Diese wurden in besonderer Weise deutlich, wenn es um hiesiges Brauchtum ging, wobei der Karneval auf preußischer Seite – wie sollte es anders sein – als Ausgeburt der Unmoral verstanden und verboten wurde "An den Herrn Oberbürgermeister v. Fuchsius Hochwohlgeboren - hier-selbst. Mittelst der in beglaubigter... |
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The iPod as Fad (Jan 23 2005 13:55 GMT) - In a News.com story, Dell CEO Kevin Rollins tags the iPod as a fad: "It's interesting the iPod has been out for three years and it's only this past year it's become a raging success," said Rollins, who is also Dell's president. "Well, those things that become fads rage, and then they drop off. When I was growing up there was a product made by Sony called the Sony Walkman -- a rage, everyone had to have one. |
completelycalm.com
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Fahrenheit 9/11 (Jan 23 2005 13:55 GMT) - quote:AussieJohn wrote:quote "Kevin and John, this is what you two are missing when you are so quick to judge America:" Who is judging America? All I observed in the movie I seen was some observation... |
MyAppleMenu Reader
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Dream On America (Jan 23 2005 13:54 GMT) - The U.S. Model: For years, much of the world did aspire to the American way of life. But today countries are finding more appealing systems in their own backyards. |
MyAppleMenu Reader
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Sex Ed At Harvard (Jan 23 2005 13:54 GMT) - In the study of gender, large and growing bodies of good science are helping us understand the sources of human abilities and limitations. It is time to accept their existence, their seriousness and their legitimacy. By Charles Murray, New York Times |
MyAppleMenu Reader
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See No Bias (Jan 23 2005 13:54 GMT) - Many Americans believe they are not prejudiced. Now a new test provides powerful evidence that a majority of us really are. Assuming we accept the results, what can we do about it? By Shankar Vedantam, Washington Post |
MyAppleMenu Reader
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The Making Of A Molester (Jan 23 2005 13:54 GMT) - What allowed Roy to go from being a seemingly normal man to a man who could solicit sex from a 12-year-old? His past? His relationshiop to the truth? Or the ways in which the Web blurs the line between fantasy and the all too real? By Daniel Bergner, New York Times |
DW-WORLD.DE
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Slave Laborers to be Compensated by 2006 (Jan 23 2005 13:54 GMT) - The Third Reich's economy flourished when companies made use of forced laborers, and the debate about how to repay them has lasted decades. Payments for the survivors should now be completed by the end of the year. |
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