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12:14 am EDT, May 8, 2003 |
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| The Bush administration has admitted that Saddam Hussein
| probably had no weapons of mass destruction.
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| Senior officials in the Bush administration have
| admitted that they would be 'amazed' if weapons of mass
| destruction (WMD) were found in Iraq.
`---- Impeach now!! Sunday Herald |
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CBC News: U.S. warns Canada against easing pot laws |
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| Topic: Society |
5:43 pm EDT, May 4, 2003 |
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| VANCOUVER - A top White House drug policy official is threatening
| retaliation from the U.S. if Canada relaxes its laws against marijuana
| possession.
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| David Murray, right-hand man to U.S. "drug czar" John Walters, says he
| doesn't want to tread on another country's sovereignty, but warned
| there would be consequences if Canada proceeds with a plan to
| decriminalize the possession of marijuana.
`---- Oh, really? So now tell me, would that be a 'Shock and Awe' type
retaliation? CBC News: U.S. warns Canada against easing pot laws |
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Geek.com Geek News - Working 3D monitors on sale in Europe |
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| Topic: Technology |
9:20 pm EDT, May 1, 2003 |
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| Based out of Burlington, Massachusetts, a company called Actuality
| Systems has been working for years on a 3D monitor.
`---- bandwidth problems aside, this is definitely cool. Geek.com Geek News - Working 3D monitors on sale in Europe |
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Bruce Springsteen News: brucespringsteen.net |
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| Topic: Arts |
4:18 pm EDT, Apr 27, 2003 |
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| The Dixie Chicks have taken a big hit lately for
| exercising their basic right to express themselves. To me,
| they're terrific American artists expressing American
| values by using their American right to free speech. For
| them to be banished wholesale from radio stations, and
| even entire radio networks, for speaking out is
| un-American.
`---- Bruce Springsteen News: brucespringsteen.net |
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MSR Netscan - Usenet Social Accounting Search Engine |
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12:57 am EDT, Apr 27, 2003 |
Netscan is a research project of Microsoft's where they map
Usenet. They don't look inside any message bodies. They don't care
WHAT you say, but they care about the patterns of how people
participate in Usenet newsgroups. MSR Netscan - Usenet Social Accounting Search Engine |
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| Topic: Miscellaneous |
10:23 pm EDT, Apr 26, 2003 |
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| ...Purdue and other universities across the nation have begun cracking
| down on illegal downloading, some apartment complexes that offer free
| high-speed Internet access to their tenants have followed suit.
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| "Since the Recording Industry Association of America has notified a
| number of large universities and large businesses, there's no reason
| why they might not notify landlords" ...
`---- First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out.... So okay. Now tell me again: just where should we draw the line? The Exponent - campus |
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| Topic: Current Events |
4:05 pm EDT, Apr 26, 2003 |
Esther Dyson has started a blog Release 4.0 |
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| Topic: Technology |
1:15 pm EDT, Apr 20, 2003 |
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| New for 2002 is the lighter-weight version of our T-Shirt Launcher
| with better performance. This unit is much easier to use and very
| quick for reloads. With the quick disconnect barrel, it's easy to have
| several loaded barrels and quickly exchange them for rapid successive
| launches. Load soft items for 160' and be ready to launch again in
| seconds. One aluminum 5 lb. Tank can launch up to 25 times in just
| minutes. And the new lower price makes this a powerful new tool that's
| available and in stock today.
`---- Ok, I saw this on slashdot, so shoot me. I just can't resist. This
is too cool. I think that it's time to design a belt-fed rapid fire
model. Can we target the prototype at, say, 60 rpm? Something like
this: http://www.army-technology.com/contractors/ammunition/Interarms/Interarms1.html New Release |
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