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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 8:18 pm
by George
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/07/21/milita ... index.html
Kind of a counter to making soldiers eat urine-based rations.
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 3:27 am
by quantus
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 6:55 pm
by Jonathan
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 3:22 am
by quantus
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5498918/
Skype gets linked to real phones... A bit expensive per call for local, but not too horrible for long-distance and especially international calls. The best part is that VoIP is at least able to originate from the internet. The possibility of making calls from anywhere with 802.11 and not have to worry about roaming charges seems nice. The whole concept of roaming just seems totally wrong to me.
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 3:33 am
by Alan
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 5:21 pm
by Alan
SNK recalls Samurai Shodown V Special for NeoGeo.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/07/23 ... 03366.html
$379 seems a bit much for a game on a console that's over 10 years old.
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 5:13 pm
by quantus
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 5:45 pm
by Jonathan
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 6:12 pm
by Jonathan
http://virt.vgmix.com/jenny18/
Chat bot succeeds in passing Turing Test by having cybersex. (Links to NSFW transcripts)
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 6:31 pm
by Jonathan
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2004/jul/04072701.html
Prospective Canadian stripper-immigrants are required to present proof of their stripper status before entering Canada.
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 4:57 pm
by Jonathan
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996209
Excellent. One step closer to my plan to rule a world full of zombie people.
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 5:54 pm
by Peijen
haha, this is so sad somehow
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- The Miss America pageant is pulling the plug on its talent competition, eliminating the amateurish two-minute routines that have come to feature cheesy stunts such as tractor driving and trampoline jumping.
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The talent routines, introduced in 1935 to help make Miss America something more than a beauty contest, became mandatory in 1938 and have been ever since. But the routines — sometimes spectacular, more often not — have generally turned off viewers.
Most typical were the baton twirlers, opera singers and piano players. But through the years, contestants have ridden horses on stage, stomped on broken glass, jumped on trampolines or driven tractors.
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http://entertainment.msn.com/tv/article ... ews=165642