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http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonia ... 799110.xml

Here in Portland, we firebomb new Starbucks facilities.

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http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04187/341822.stm
http://info.pittsburgh.intel-research.net/project/isr/

Finally, a pervasive computing idea that makes sense. Clay Shirky's article on Grid Computing only underlines a conclusion I had reached myself: there is no killer app for public grid computing. However, suspend/resume relies on much of the same infrastructure and really could be.

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http://www.waronpornography.com/

9/10 attorney generals can't be wrong.

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http://business.newsforge.com/business/ ... =82&tid=94

Beginning of the end? A common, cross-platform, widely used installation package.

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Dwindlehop wrote:http://business.newsforge.com/business/ ... =82&tid=94

Beginning of the end? A common, cross-platform, widely used installation package.
I don't know. If I compile a library under *nix, it won't run on windows. Or if I made a COM under windows it won't run on *nix (without emulation).

As long as the underlaying platform is different it won't be true cross-platform.

However all this would change if java/.net really takes off, but I don't see java became anymore wide spread than they already do (unless their GUI programming has improved since I last used them). And .net has that whole M$ association and might not be really take off with open source crowd.

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I meant from a user's point of view: if you can install Windows software, you can install Linux software. Cross-platform development has a long way to go.

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http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2004/mft04070942.htm

Interesting. The MPAA gets in on the act. 25% of Americans have downloaded a movie from the Internet.

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Have you clicked today? Check status, then: People, Jobs or Roads

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http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/makediff.htm

Check out the filenames of the pictures.
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Alan wrote:http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/makediff.htm

Check out the filenames of the pictures.
They're required to put those captions for blind people who are surfing the net.

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Jason wrote:
Alan wrote:http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/makediff.htm

Check out the filenames of the pictures.
They're required to put those captions for blind people who are surfing the net.
Not the captions. The filenames. But whatever.
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Alan wrote:
Jason wrote:
Alan wrote:http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/makediff.htm

Check out the filenames of the pictures.
They're required to put those captions for blind people who are surfing the net.
Not the captions. The filenames. But whatever.
Ah. I'm a little slow. Don't get europeans.

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Jason wrote:Ah. I'm a little slow. Don't get europeans.
Europeans ain't WASPs. At least, in this context.

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Ever hear of Sho Yano?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sho_Yano

12 (I guess 13 now?) year old kid who goes to the University of Chicago Medical School as a MSTP (MD/PhD) student. He apparently has an unmeasurable (>230) IQ and scored 1500 on his SAT at age 8.

CNN article about him: http://us.cnn.com/2003/EDUCATION/08/25/ ... er.kid.ap/

Spank.

Edit: I wonder if I've posted this before and forgotten about it. I have a feeling of deja vu about this.
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Nope, it's not just deja vu. I remember this link was posted when some people were complaining how lucky others were. All in all, it was a pretty pointless thread.

I'm too lazy to search, but I'm sure you posted it before.

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Alan wrote:http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/makediff.htm

Check out the filenames of the pictures.
damn racist, how come 'white' with w is at the beginning while 'asian' with a is at the end?

white men are keeping the asians DOWN!!!

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http://nytimes.blogspace.com/genlink

Access the NYTimes archive from June 2003 to present, for free.

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Man sets family on fire
"He just went over the deep end. He probably just loved her too much. He didn't want to see his kids being taken care of by another man."
Now that's what I call some "BURNING DESIRE!" Haha I'm so funny. I'll be here all week.
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