Congrats to Tyree and Alisa Peters, who tied the knot on 3/4/05!!!

skullaria wrote:
] I did 72% with an average of 80 miles error.
]
] What's your score?

On first try: 88%, 16 miles, 277 seconds. Those New England states always screw me up. That, and trying to exactly place Arkansas or some other inland state without any rivers or other markers for guidance. ;)

Fun test though!

[First try 80% with 87 mile avg. error.....damn the midwest:) I have been cooped up in the lab too long...need to go see more of the world now - Nano]

RE: Test your knowledge - US geography

Cool new concept from Apple...its a flash drive IPOD. The small version holds about 120 songs, costs $99, and plugs right into your USB port. Very cool.

Also, while your there, check out the stripped down computer Apple is going to sell for $499.

IPOD shuffle

Hijexx wrote:
] We at Interz0ne strive to bring you the absolute best
] experience while you attend the conference, and we also try to
] do this where it doesn't empty your wallet in the process. But
] with trying to bring you the best of the best speakers,
] forums, and issues, it does mean expenditures on Interz0ne's
] part. We regretfully announce that we have to raise the
] entrance fee for this year's conference to $50.00 a person
] for the weekend.
]
] ...
]
] Yes, it is regretful. One question: WHY? I was thinking
] about going this year, paying the $30 I did last year and
] hoping to enjoy an excellent schedule like last year. The
] schedule still looks great this year, but, come on, 50
] dollars? What exactly is this paying for?
]
] I still might do it so I can visit my ATLiens (if they are
] going) and have a good time, but the $50 price tag is really
] giving me pause. After last year's "Student Price Retracted"
] debacle, it's giving me even more pause.
]
] Someone clue me in, where does the $50 go? I understand con
] space costs some $$$ from being involved with Phreanic in the
] past. Give me a guesstimate to help me make a decision here.
]
]
] Is the figure so high because the attendance is being
] projected low? Is the hotel charging way too much for space?
] Are speakers being compensated?

I agree with Hijexx. I see no reason why a con roughly the size of PN...possibly even smaller, would need $50. I mean...Defcon is $75, and if Interz0ne is $50, then $75 for Defcon is starting to look like a good deal. I don't plan on attending Interz0ne this year. Granted, I may happen to be hanging out at the hotel's bar, to chat with friends I only see at cons...but I won't be "going" to the con because 1) I think $50 is way too expensive and 2) past grievances with the so called "student price" that was suddenly retracted at the door last year. If you advertise a student price, then either stick to it, or give me a damn good valid reason why the "student price" is retracted. When your a student, every dollar counts. Anyway, thats my rant for the evening:)

RE: Interz0ne 4: *50* BUCKS???

For each week of 2004, we provide a graph of that week's social network activity, the most popular discussions, and the most popular users. Every link between people in the graphs represents at least one blog entry that was read and re-recommended; hence propagated further through the network. The arrows point to sources; they represent the flow of reputation. The users in each graph are those whose memes were re-recommended in the preceding two weeks. Users are colored depending on their popularity that week, with the highest scores getting the brightest colors. Links are only mapped for memes posted on a user's MemeStream. Replies in threads are not graphed.

fiine...see...I memed it...its cool

MemeStreams - Year in Graphs 2004

Death in Vegas, Scorpio rising.....I recommend this album highly:)

Death in Vegas :: INFO :: Official news from the UK band fronted by Richard Fearless

Updated every 30 minutes, a webcam feed from Antarctica, showing a colony of Gentoo penguins. Looks like the chicks have already hatched...

[Cool! -Nano]

Antarctica Penguin-Cam

whoa...this is the good stuff

God Speaks To Me Through Scrabble

] The good news is that we may have figured out how to
] solve the moral problem that's been holding up stem-cell
] research. The bad news is that the solution will
] introduce a whole new kind of horror.

Interesting. Someone is finally thinking outside the box on this one, and I like it. Its not creepy...its a brilliant solution to the stem cell problem. Both sides win. I hope this is something the bioethics committee will really consider.

Monster Farming - The creepy solution to the stem-cell debate. By William Saletan

] This textbook contains material on gravity. Gravity is
] a theory, not a fact, regarding a force that cannot be
] directly seen. This material should be approached with an
] open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered.
]
] This book was anonymously donated to your school library to
] discreetly promote religious alternatives to the theory of
] evolution. When you are fvinished with it, please refile the
] book in the fiction section.

Wow, I never thought I'd say this, but right now I REALLY wish I was back in High School!

[Just because we aren't in high school, doesn't mean we can't be *in* the high school putting these stickers on the books;) Damn, I want this in t-shirt form -Nano]

Textbook disclaimer stickers