Gregory Smith lays it out and tells us the real reasons we jump ship. Real reason: MANAGEMENT!
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Now you never have to admit you missed the show. Just enter some text and click the 'Go' button. A picture of a concert ticket will be generated for you. Collect 'em, trade 'em, put 'em on your website, or e-mail 'em to your friends.
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Ignition keys equipped with signal-emitting chips were supposed to put car thieves out of business. No such luck, but try telling that to your insurance company.
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Melinda Gates has been called 'the most powerful woman you know next to nothing about.' As an onlooker, I was taken aback, says Sundar. Even away from the cameras Ms. Gates had an easy rapport with the marginalized, the drug-addicted and the transgendered. There is a natural person in her, an individual who connects with people.
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"A new study finds that the lower the pitch of a man's voice, the more physically dominant other men think he is. And men lower their voice pitch when addressing a man they believe to be less dominant than themselves, but raise it when speaking to someone they think is more dominant."
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Apple Computer has decided to do away with its discussion support team, a group of forum hosts that have monitored and moderated its user discussion boards, a new report has confirmed.
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The amazing display was created especially for the event by Dutch artist Paul Veroude. Each of the 3200 parts of the Formula 1 car are suspended on fine wires to produce a 3D 'exploded diagram' that allows race fans the chance to get closer than ever to the engineering secrets of the world's most technically-advanced sport.
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This innocent eBayer got totally ripped off by a russian bidder, and PayPal didn't even bother to help. It'll definitely make me think twice about selling things on eBay.
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Just as what the Title says... Just Change "CHANGE_ME_TO_NUMBERS_OR_LETTERS" thats in the URL to what ever you want and there you go.. NO Need to do the registration...
This Has been brought to you by: Cr@$H2005
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This Has been brought to you by: Cr@$H2005
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The Examining Room of Dr. Charles - Attending to the Death of President Garfield, 1881
Published Sunday, July 30, 2006 by Stangrunner.
Chorizo, also known as "El Picante," will race for the first time on Saturday against the other sausages -- Italian, bratwurst, Polish and hot dog. But that'll be the only time this year he runs in the Klement's Sausage races, which have taken place at every home game since 2000.
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Apple has initiated a worldwide battery exchange program for certain rechargeable batteries that were sold for use with 15-inch MacBook Pro computer systems from February 2006 through May 2006. The affected batteries have model number A1175 and a 12-digit serial number that ends with U7SA, U7SB or U7SC.
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4 people died and 3 are still fighting for their lives after yesterdays truck crash in tunnel.
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Here are the FIRST pics of the new Bluetooth Mighty Mouse from Apple...the real thing not the "Prototype" shots. It is compared sided by side to the old mighty mouse. The coolest features: no visible laser, works with 1 or 2 batteries, and works even on a 2" thick piece of glass.
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"The IAF (Israeli Air Force) contacted McDonnel Douglas and asked for information about possibility to land an F-15 with one wing . MD replied that this is aerodynamically impossible, as confirmed by computer simulations... Then they received the photo...."
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ever have a problem with the windows registry, or a pesky virus? have no fear, fix it with a bootable copy of windows no further away than your pocket or key chain
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MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. - A councilwoman found a severed horse head in her swimming pool Tuesday, state police said. Authorities are Looking at the possiblity it was a Threat reminiscent of the famous movie scene. "We're looking at a threat as a possible angle," Lt. Pierce Gallagher said. "Certainly, we can't rule that out."
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Honda announced today will begin taking orders for a new, small jet aircraft later this year.
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From Leo's blog: "The question is, do the top 10 contributors on a social networking site determine its success or failure? Of course not... Digg is what it is because of the entire community that participates there... Losing any 10 contributors would make no difference at all"
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Slashdot | Wiretapping Lawsuit Against AT&T Dismissed
Published Tuesday, July 25, 2006 by Stangrunner.
Researchers at Seagate Technology acknowledge that such levels of storage on small, commercial products are still between five years and a decade into the future, but they feel confident they've hit upon a way to overcome a major limitation in disk manufacturing and capacity.
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The Examining Room of Dr. Charles - New Sunscreen Might Actually Prevent Something
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CNN.com - Hillary Clinton: 'It's the American dream, stupid' - Jul 24, 2006
Published Monday, July 24, 2006 by Stangrunner.
Ah yes, here come the heros to save the day... but wait!!! Who's that behind them...?
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CNN.com - Toy hydrogen-powered car offers glimpse of future - Jul 24, 2006
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STLtoday - News - Woman charged with trying to force 3-year-old son to smoke pot
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Right out of Star Wars, this new technology requires no screens, monitors or other physical surfaces to be able to project and display its images.
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Penn and Teller reveal how the cups and balls trick works using see-through cups.
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Beware of robbers using Craigslist. Several of the popular Web site's users have been held up at gunpoint by individuals posing as buyers and sellers, according to a number of police departments.
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A group of US physicists funded by the US Department of Energy have made a material capable of making light travel backwards, at speeds "that appear faster than the speed of light", at the smallest wavelength ever.
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"It's a kite that looks like a cursor!
Quad-line control, asymmetrical framing, invisible stainless fittings, and opposed-bow tensioning for the sail make this incredible kite look digitally pasted right into the sky...."
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Quad-line control, asymmetrical framing, invisible stainless fittings, and opposed-bow tensioning for the sail make this incredible kite look digitally pasted right into the sky...."
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"Apple Computer plans to release a wireless Bluetooth version of its popular mutli-button computer mouse, a recent filing with the Federal Communications Commission has revealed." And here are 19 photos of it in detail...
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The guy from Super Size Me has a short video that shows how McDonald's food doesn't naturally decompose very well.
Kinda Scary....
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Kinda Scary....
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"Don't panic, you can protect yourself and your family from cancer by making simple changes to your lifestyle."
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Floyd Landis won the Tour de France on Sunday, keeping cycling's most prestigious title in American hands for the eighth straight year.
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An awe-inspiring video of a guy surfing (for his life) on a magnificent wave. The video has a nice pull back-effect that dramatizes the event even more. Did he make it in the end? What an awesome sport!
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American pilots dropped the controversial incendiary agent napalm on Iraqi troops during the advance on Baghdad. The attacks caused massive fireballs that obliterated several Iraqi positions. The Pentagon denied using napalm at the time, but Marine pilots and their commanders have confirmed that they used an upgraded version of the weapon
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From Leo's Vox blog... Ideas are still being thrown around, but it looks like a reunion could be in the works in the near future! Get the word out and maybe we can help make this work! Plus Martin Sargent has offered to host!
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Natalie Prust, of Palm Desert, CA, created the Seat Chiller, a long, ice pack-like device made to fit onto children's car seats. The Chiller cools the seated child down and prevents soft, tender baby skin from burning. It also claims that it will prevent whining.
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Slashdot | Apple Reaches 12% Market Share In U.S. Notebooks
Published Friday, July 21, 2006 by Stangrunner.
Man Gets Waaaaaaaaaaaaay Too Excited At His Wedding
Published Thursday, July 20, 2006 by Stangrunner.
Man gets excited at his wedding and cant hold it in any longer. He musta been a virgin or something. He won $10,000 for AFV's funniest video. It is unbelievable and HILARIOUS!
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"...by submitting the User Submissions to YouTube, you hereby grant YouTube a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the User Submissions in connection with the YouTube Website.."
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AT&T will pay a $550,000 settlement to end an investigation into third-party access to information about customers' telephone calls.
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Sweden has been praised for the speed with which it got its citizens out of Lebanon, while other countries have hardly begun. Apparently the key to the smooth operation was a joint effort by the foreign ministry and Swedish mobile networks who used text messaging to get evacuation alerts to all Swedes in the area.
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This camera must have been setup facing the back of the two buildings, but I'm not sure. This really gives you a closer look at the awful tragedy.
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NAND flash, it is the magic inside of the iPod nano. Thanks to NAND flash memory Apple is able to make those tiny little devices, and now Samsung has announced that they are mass manufacturing 8 gig NAND flash chips. What's that mean to you? Well, it most likely means that sometime within 6 months there will be an 8 gig iPod nano.
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"Think you're stretching out your gas dollars by not running your car's air conditioning? Think again."
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Apple files �proximity detector in handheld device� patent application
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You hreard it here first! None-Touch!! Scrolling without actually touching the touch-screen. You hover your finger over the display and a virtual scroll wheel appears, you don't touch it, you just start scrolling and scrolling happens. You can touch the screen, but you don't have to if you want to keep the screen smudge free...COOL!!!
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Interview tips from an experienced recruiter - Membox.com
Published Wednesday, July 19, 2006 by Stangrunner.
OpenDNS is a new start up that wants users to redirect web traffic through its DNS nameservers, where an unusually large cache and an aggregated list of sites deemed guilty of phishing will make our web surfing faster and safer. It's free and as simple as changing your DNS address from your ISP and to OpenDNS, but a number of serious concerns
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Think there's no reason for Congress to pass net neutrality laws? Consider this: Comcast recently censored ABC's Nightline on its Comcast Broadband TV service by deleting the part of the broadcast that said a Comcast technician was sleeping on a customer's couch instead of installing residential broadband.
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In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning, Gonzales said President Bush personally blocked Justice Department lawyers from pursuing an investigation of the administration's warrantless wiretapping program.
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The Playhouse, a radio show recorded at KXJM studios in Portland and syndicated to a handful of other stations throughout the country, has taken anti-cyclist to a new level. �When I hear on TV that a cyclist has been hit and killed by a car I laugh, I think it�s funny,� the host said on the show.
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Vonage spends huge amounts on advertising -- more than $20 million per month. Unfortunately, among this spending is widespread and substantial spyware-delivered advertising.
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"In a trendy nightclub in New York City, the bartender tells guests they can only be served bottled water, which costs $5 for each tiny half-pint container. One outraged clubber is
stopped by the restroom attendant as she tries to refill the bottle from the
tap. "You can't do that," says the attendant. "New York's tap water isn't
safe."
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stopped by the restroom attendant as she tries to refill the bottle from the
tap. "You can't do that," says the attendant. "New York's tap water isn't
safe."
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CNN.com - Power outages interrupt train, air service in New York - Jul 18, 2006
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The new upcoming Xbox 360 game Dead Rising is banned in Germany due to inappropriate violence twoards Zombies.
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There's a new object orbiting Earth that could be the first step in the construction of an inhabitable complex in space. Genesis I, built by Bigelow Aerospace of Las Vegas, was successfully launched into orbit by a converted Russian ICBM on Wednesday.
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OOPS!!!!!!! An engineer has inadvertently deleted 700Gb of PlusNet customer emails, thinking he was working on the backup system. Four days on, they're now hoping a data recovery specialist will get the data back. In related news, PlusNet's share price has halved in the last year.
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Awesome video of guys skating in a water park. Water slide + skates = fun!
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The title pretty much says it all. These guys broke into a water park and went skating down the water slides.
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Blockbuster feeling the sting of Netflix!
Hacking NetFlix : Nine Pittsburgh Blockbuster Stores Closed
Hacking NetFlix : Nine Pittsburgh Blockbuster Stores Closed
This is not a joke. "The network plans to announce today that it will place laser imprints of its trademark eye insignia, as well as logos for some of its shows, on eggs - 35 million of them in September and October. CBS copywriters are referring to the medium as "egg-vertising..."
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Brothers film a short documentary on how to steal bikes in broad daylight in NYC
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Watch Yoda get crunk to some gangsta rap. He's got some nice moves to lay down too.
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Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich says America is in World War III and President Bush should say so.
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A gorgeous flash creation made to look like the MacBook Pro and OS X. I wonder if it is Intel based?
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There has been a significant negative response to the amount of heat emitted from the MacBooks. So why not put it to the text against a Dell Latitude D620!
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It has always been a frequent question "Will I benefit from multiple processors?" With the growing popularity of dual core processors, the topic is more important than ever! Will multiple processors or a dual core processor be beneficial, and what are the differences between them? These are the questions this article will attempt to lay to rest.
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Let the rabbit get hold of your mouse and frantically try to shake it off again.
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"Do you hate having your picture taken because you always seem to come out looking hideous? Have you ever been on a date with someone whose online photo knocked you out but whose appearance in real life turned out to be a bit uninspiring?"
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kernel_task is one of the more resource intensive processes inside of Mac OS X, but what does it do? Why is it process number 0, why does it eat up lots of virtual memory? A (not so) brief explanation of one of the key components to Mac OS X, and it's microkernel-esque insides.
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What is believed to be the world's largest photo was successfully created in a hangar that had been converted into a massive camera at the former El Toro Marine Corps base.
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Newsvine - At this time, there are no file-infecting viruses that can infect Mac OS X
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LONDON - Oil prices hit a new high above $76 a barrel Thursday in a market agitated by escalating violence in the Middle East, the standoff with Iran over its nuclear program and news of explosions on Nigerian pipelines. Light, sweet crude for August delivery shot up $1.35 to $76.30 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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I love iTunes and my iPod, but I'm anal and I simply cannot abide with not having album art for my imported CDs. This handy utility integrates transparently with iTunes and automatically retrieves album art from Amazon among many other things. A complete thrill.
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Lesson plan goes astray as teacher in Pakistan religious school handles grenade when it goes off.
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Microsoft gives FREE pizza, 1000 points, and music downloads to XBOX users
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Just send them an email, include your gamertag, and they'll sned you a free pizza, 1000 Microsoft points (for downloading Live! Arcade games) and give you free tunes too. If you use Xbox Live, be sure to do this! It's FREE!
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A year and a half ago, the Monrovia, Calif., engineer hacked his Prius by replacing the battery with a lithium-ion version and adding a system that plugs into an ordinary 110-volt socket. After charging in the garage overnight, the souped-up Prius gets about ...........
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Guy goes into shops and tries to buy things dressed as a robber. Check out the reactions from the staff. Priceless
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Talk about using your OWN product!
CNN.com - Beer company chief faces drunken driving charge - Jul 13, 2006
CNN.com - Beer company chief faces drunken driving charge - Jul 13, 2006
The more money you earn, the more time you are likely to spend working, commuting and doing other compulsory activities that bring little pleasure, according to an article in the June 30 issue of Science that provides a novel explanation for why money doesn't bring happiness.
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Twelve students at Brandeis used 600 galvanized screws to turn a unsuspecting classmate's dorm completely upside-down! A must see video!
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The RIAA suffered a legal setback today, as a file-sharing case was dismissed and the defendant awarded attorneys fees.
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"Eating McDonald's for a year has not had the deleterious effect that many people predicted...after McDonald's for a year, I am thoroughly satisfied that my hypothesis has been proven: McDonald's is not the issue, it's the lack of exercise."
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How to make breakfast with a macbook, well just cook a egg and warm some coffee
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I need all the help I can get saving cash on gas. Makes you really start to consider going Hybrid...
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Though there's no evidence either man saw a single stolen credit-card number, and despite cooperating to help Lowe's boost its security after his arrest, Salcedo was sentenced to what the government described at the time as the longest U.S. prison term for a hacker in history.
A federal appeals court upheld the nine-year prison term...
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A federal appeals court upheld the nine-year prison term...
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Smoker's International Airways (SMINTAIR) is planning to take to the skies in March 2007 catering just for smokers. the first SMINTAIR 747 will fly between Dusseldorf and Narita (Tokyo).
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In a study led by Susan Bergeson, a neurobiologist at the University of Texas at Austin, researchers compared gene expression in the brains of two groups of mice, one averse to alcohol and the other preferring a 10 percent ethanol solution in their water bottles.
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More and more producers of plays both on and off-Broadway are using the Internet as a way to draw in fans through promotions, discounts, special downloads, emails, social websites, even text-messages.
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This woman can literally change her clothes in like 2 secs. And she does it about 8-10 times!
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"Not only would the technology, called High Altitude Platform Systems (Haps), make the current 1,000 earth-bound antennas redundant, it would drastically reduce radiation."
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Raise your hand: who here has ever booth-squatted for hours in a Panera, nursing that bottomless cup of coffee, using the restaurant's free WiFi connection the entire time? It's a common enough scenario that cafe and coffee shop owners, long used to offering free WiFi as a way to get customers in the door, are fighting back.
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Podcasting News: Adam Curry Speaks Up About Podshow Podcast Hijacking Controversy
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Seattle Times exposes the Xboy: it games, it has WiFi, it kills iPods, etc.
Published Monday, July 10, 2006 by Stangrunner.
If Brian Dudley of the Seattle Times is to be believed (he seems like a nice enough fellow), Microsoft is not only poised to release an Xboy this Christmas, but ... the project jokingly dubbed Xboy seems to be a full attack on that popular, more fruitful music player and it's likely to be waged on *multiple* fronts.
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The US government has paid the Telcos $200 billion dollars to build up the Internet's infrastructure to support 45mbps internet access due by 2006. We
�re still waiting. Now, they want websites to pay as well. US residents tell your congress person to save the Internet from the greed of the Telcos. http://www.savetheinternet.com/
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�re still waiting. Now, they want websites to pay as well. US residents tell your congress person to save the Internet from the greed of the Telcos. http://www.savetheinternet.com/
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"Twenty students arrested after being caught wearing wigs to disguise the wireless gear they used to cheat on college entrance tests."
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You dial 1-877-785-8414 which is a Sprint customer service line (doesn't matter what number you're dialing from), then punch in the cellphone number of a Sprint Wireless subscriber (not necessarily yours). The Sprint voice-bot reads back to you the full name and street address of the account holder associated with that number.
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How much would Pepsi pay to get Coke's secret formula?
Published Saturday, July 08, 2006 by Stangrunner.
In the end, both Coke and Pepsi would likely be worse off if Pepsi had Coke's secret formula and acted on it. So, maybe the executives at Pepsi were acting morally and honorably when they turned in the criminals stealing Coke's secrets. Or maybe they are just good economists.
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Podcasting News: PodShow Updates Site to Eliminate Podcast Hijacking; It Was a Silly Mistake, Says Adam Curry
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Most of us have a love-hate relationship with technology, but for some it goes beyond healthy admiration, writes Harriet Alexander.
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The FBI has drafted sweeping legislation that would require Internet service providers to create wiretapping hubs for police surveillance and force makers of networking gear to build in backdoors for eavesdropping, CNET News.com has learned.
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George W. Bush Is Dead To Me / Nation cringes as the worst president ever continues long, painful slog to the end
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George W. Bush Is Dead To Me / Nation cringes as the worst president ever continues long, painful slog to the end
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While drinking beer, and smoking cigarettes; this guy builds a launcher. Then he loads it with eight thousand five hundred bottle rockets, and shoots them all at one time. This is a killer video. What a fire storm!
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Paul Thurrott's Internet Nexus - Microsoft Is Graying But Still Spry.... WTF Is This????
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Podcasting News: New Rocketboom Anchor #2: The Hottest Woman on the Planet
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MillenniumMusic.com is a used CD retailer based in Charleston, South Carolina. You need to send 35 cds for an iPOD shuffle. They
�ll give you a 2 gig Nano for 65 cds. The top of the line video IPOD will cost you 175 cds.
I just got my 30 gig iPod in trade for 160 CD's (many were accepted at half value) plus $18 cash.
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�ll give you a 2 gig Nano for 65 cds. The top of the line video IPOD will cost you 175 cds.
I just got my 30 gig iPod in trade for 160 CD's (many were accepted at half value) plus $18 cash.
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Christian Finnegan and Nick Kroll suit up as the PC guy and the Mac guy in this parody of the new Mac ads. "You can't capture your family's vacation on a pie chart." "Rrrright, but a podcast about your favorite hoodies and independent film won't help you pay for that vacation." "No, that's what my trust fund is for."
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A radio station does a 3-way call with two Chinese restaurants and makes them think they are ordering from each other. Hahaha.
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Heres a clip from TSS with Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht (yes, the Diggnation Hosts) where KRose takes a $6 toothbrush, and OVERCLOCKS it to match a $100 one
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The iPod Observer - Now Playing - Microsoft Hopes Free Songs Will Lure iPod Owners
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Suitable Systems has released SeisMac, a new program which takes data from the motion sensor in your later model PowerBook, MacBook, or MacBook Pro, and presents it as a fancy-shmancy scientific seismograph. SeisMac is available as a free download.
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" The purpose of this introductory article is to take a basic look at the journey of a packet across the Internet, from packet creation to switches, routers, NAT, and the packet's traverse across the Internet. This topic is recommended for those who are new to the networking and security field."
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Mini-Microsoft: Online Anonymity is Good, But it Takes Work on Everyone's Part
Published Thursday, July 06, 2006 by Stangrunner.
Just to give viewers a TASTE of the where we came from and where we are going...
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"Mac users are safer because they choose to be....."
Slashdot | Does Sophos' Switch Argument Hold Water?
Slashdot | Does Sophos' Switch Argument Hold Water?
NASA's rocket scientists have a new appreciation for the out-of-this-world power of bird droppings. The orbiting space shuttle Discovery sported some whitish splotches on its black right wing edge that NASA officials said appeared to be bird droppings.
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Device to Directly Connect Two Hard Drives To Each Other and Transfer Data
Published Wednesday, July 05, 2006 by Stangrunner.
"connects two different drives, including IDE/ATA and SATA hard drives as well as optical drives, to facilitate the data transfer. it doesn't need an external power supply, but when connected to SATA drives, you'll need to use the supplied AC adapter. Additionally, it can be connected to a USB port for transfer data to another drive."
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We've learned since high school that "all objects released together fall at the same rate regardless of mass". It's hard to visualize here on earth since we have this pesky atmosphere. An Apollo 15 astronaut did this on the moon with a 1.32-kg aluminum hammer and a 0.03-kg feather. The results are...predictable. Unfortunately it's Quicktime
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A great guide on using Ethereal to sniff packets and how to use that information to diagnose various network problems. Contains some great example trace files with information on how to interpret them.
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The Net neutrality bill took kind of a weird turn despite its defeat, when the public got to hear the mouthpiece for the telecom industry, Senator Ted Stevens. [...] It seems like a miracle that he can even find the crapper.
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Rocketboom, the most popular video blog covering internet news, has let go its charismatic star anchorwoman Amanda Congdon. She has posted her own video giving information on what happened on her own "Unboomed" website. I'm hoping she gets going with her own thing; her writing, performances, and personality were the best part of the show.
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Wardriving is fun. Going around the neighborhood and mapping all the wireless networks may be nothing more than a geeky hobby but it can sure teach you alot. And viewing the results in Google Earth is icing on the cake.
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National Semiconductor received a lot of press last month for announcing plans to give every employee a 30-gig video iPod as a reward for its "best fiscal year". The company then laid a bunch of people off and demanded the iPods back, claiming that they were just loaners.
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"Some unfortunate people are irresistible to mosquitoes, while the scent of some lucky individuals drives the blood-suckers away. Now the smelly chemicals from the sweat of these lucky people have been identified by researchers, who are testing its effectiveness as a natural mosquito repellent."
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Are you buying a Mac? This list of software is highly recommended for any new mac owner, especially switchers.
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Experts say that although dry floors harbor fewer pathogens than expected, those that are there will transfer in less than five seconds.
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I can't believe how this site works - enter the number you want to phone and the number you want to appear on call display. Type the message you want sent, choose a voice and submit. It calls the message through to the recipient. I played with it on some friends - Serious Fun & Trouble!! Short words seem to work the best - very realistic!
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SI.com - More Sports - Kobayashi sets new hot-dog eating mark, wins again - Tuesday July 4, 2006 2:40PM
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Great article on interface design concepts and developement process on both operating systems. Different company philosophies for different results on user interfaces.
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Nearly five years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Osama Bin Laden is still a free man. U.S. officials are not sure where he is. Although the U.S. government says the hunt is still on, the CIA recently closed its Bin Laden unit. via http://frustratedcities.com
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4 days before the U.S. presidential election, Osama bin-Laden released a videotape denouncing George W. Bush. CIA analysts concluded at the time that bin-Laden was trying to help Bush gain a second term.
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"Remember Ellen Feiss, star of an Apple "Switch" ad and subject of rampant "Is-she-stoned?" speculation about four years ago?"
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Network manageres are using tubes of super glue to protect their systems from data theft. Outfits are getting so hot and bothered at the loss of corporate data that they are removing writable drives and ordering network staff to pour superglue into USB ports. Nothing a little "cut and paste" won't fix!
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EasyUbuntu is an easy to use (duh!) script that gives the Ubuntu user the most commonly requested apps, codecs, and tweaks that are not found in the base distribution - all with a few clicks of your mouse.
Welcome to EasyUbuntu
EasyUbuntu is an easy to use (duh!) script that gives the Ubuntu user the most commonly requested apps, codecs, and tweaks that are not found in the base distribution - all with a few clicks of your mouse.
Welcome to EasyUbuntu
Get a tour of Leo's house and his set up. Those were the good ole days of TechTV. They were all actually worth watching unlike the network now.
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Looks like everyone was so busy rolling out digg 3.0, that they forgot to renew their domain for the podcast. (The link goes to a picture of what you see at diggnation.com, digg doesn't allow you to link to diggnation directly.)
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A server error reveals some of the inner workings of Google's ranking algorithm as well as speculative Borg technology and experimental spam scoring.
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You've heard about it on Diggnation. Well here it is. Die G4 die! I'm sure we all miss the Screen Savers days.
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D.C. tests rubber sidewalks, apparently 10 U.S. cities total have them installed in limited quantities. The apparently last 3x longer, but cost 3x as much as cement currently. They work better with nearby trees however, and can be removed to service land underneath them. How will they do with the snow shovel though?
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Light, which travels in a vacuum at almost 300,000 kilometers per second (186,000 miles per second), takes only 8 and 1/3 minutes to journey from the Sun to the Earth. Now a team of physicists has managed to slow the speed down by a factor of 20 million. Yes, that's correct, a 20-million-fold reduction in the speed of light!
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It is called the McCollough Effect, and was originally described by Celeste McCollough [...] It has been the focus of on-going investigation ever since.
The precise cause of the effect is unknown, and currently under investigation. [...] There are neurotransmitters involved and appear to be responsible for the long-lasting nature of the effect.
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The precise cause of the effect is unknown, and currently under investigation. [...] There are neurotransmitters involved and appear to be responsible for the long-lasting nature of the effect.
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Mac OS X windows can be maximized to almost full screen, but this program lets you make any OS X window go true edge to edge full screen!
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What Automator does is it gives you all the power and ability of AppleScript, and the other scripting languages built into the operating system, but in a drag and drop format, where you
�re not actually writing anything you�re just checking boxes, radio buttons, pop up menus, that kind of thing to determine what you want to do
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�re not actually writing anything you�re just checking boxes, radio buttons, pop up menus, that kind of thing to determine what you want to do
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The Wizmark �Interactive Urinal Communicator� uses a sensor to detect someone approaching, activating an attention-grabbing display of lights flashing in a pre-programmed pattern. This draws the eye to the graphics incorporated within the waterproof 9cm viewing screen at the base of the urinal.
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CNN.com - Eating for 56? Heavily pregnant shark surprises scientists - Jun 30, 2006
Published Saturday, July 01, 2006 by Stangrunner.
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