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Copyright protest in Nashville March 5th - COPYFIGHT NOW! (Mar 01 2008 02:41 GMT) - [1] Meet up with us next Wednesday (March 5th) to go to Nashville and protest! (5:00 AM - March 5th) we will have a bus - we will leave at 5AM in Knoxville (meet at COPYSHOP).Gather at 8AM (if you can get there by yourself)on the corner of 6th and Union St in Nashville!The primary broken thing about the rule being protested here is that it would require Universities to institute a surveillance system that watched network traffic and identified transfers of copyrighted content. |
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Wire Frame Ghost (Mar 01 2008 02:41 GMT) - [ Image Link ][ Image Link ]A statue made from chicken wire looks like a ghost when viewed from a distance.--Link (Direct) - Link (Reputation Tracking) - Discuss [3] - Reply - Recommend |
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Replacing people with RSS feeds (Mar 01 2008 02:41 GMT) - I've worked with someone in biz-dev for a while where he essentially interfaces with certain large companies and keeps senior management and research up to date on things the companies are working on that impact us.There has been a slow and steady decline in the quality of these reports over the last year or so, to the point this person is literally forwarding me items directly from the company's RSS feeds.... [sigh] ... So, I conducted an experiment where I subscribed to 3 RSS feeds and kill filed the biz-dev guy. The result? |
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Iraq war 'caused slowdown in the US' | The Australian (Mar 01 2008 02:41 GMT) - THE Iraq war has cost the US 50-60 times more than the Bush administration predicted and was a central cause of the sub-prime banking crisis threatening the world economy, according to Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz....The spending on Iraq was a hidden cause of the current credit crunch because the US central bank responded to the massive financial drain of the war by flooding the American economy with cheap credit."The regulators were looking the other way and money was being lent to anybody this side of a life-support system," he said.That led to a housing bubble and a consumption boom, and the fallout was plunging the US economy into recession and saddling the next US president with the biggest budget deficit in history, he said.--Link (Direct) - Link (Reputation Tracking) - Discuss [2] - Reply - Recommend |
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In Painful Past, Hushed Worry About Obama (Mar 01 2008 02:41 GMT) - There is a hushed worry on the minds of many supporters of Senator Barack Obama, echoing in conversations from state to state, rally to rally: Will he be safe?--Link (Direct) - Link (Reputation Tracking) - Discuss [2] - Reply - Recommend |
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Kickstart My Heart | n + 1 (Mar 01 2008 02:41 GMT) - Molly Young on Adderall:"Things are different on the East Coast," I told my mother on a cellphone from the campus Starbucks, where I was conspicuously reading the New Yorker and hoping to make friends.--Link (Direct) - Link (Reputation Tracking) - Discuss [1] - Reply - Recommend |
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Bush Quote Of The Day (Mar 01 2008 02:41 GMT) - "His press corps is bigger than mine. And we both have trouble answering questions in English. "U.S. President George W Bush, during a meeting with Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka at the White House. |
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Nhyla: Nhyla's Blog (Mar 01 2008 02:41 GMT) - Face your past without regret.Handle your present with confidence.Prepare for the future without fear.Keep faith and drop the fear.Don? |
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XM, Sirius delay merger talks (Mar 01 2008 02:40 GMT) - Technology News: Deal needs time to pass muster with regulators -- XM and Sirius have agreed not to call off their planned merger until at least May 1, giving the thorny deal more time to pass muster with regulators. |
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A 'Lost' civilization? (Mar 01 2008 02:40 GMT) - Technology News: TV series get their interactive close-up -- The advantages of making videogames based on movies are obvious: instant audience awareness thanks to the marketing push of a major studio. TV shows, however, have a much more limited -- and mixed -- history in videogames. |
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Diller looks to vidgame universe (Mar 01 2008 02:40 GMT) - Technology News: Interactive Corp. faces challenges -- After the industry grew 43% last year, it's easy to understand why any media company, especially one focused on interactive media, would be salivating at the idea of getting into videogames. |
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