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New System purchase
Wish to go for a new system, can any one help with a better configuration ------------- Stella
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wireless not connecting (deauth? dhcp?)
hello, so i have a desktop running xp and laptop running debian etch 2.6.20. both connected to my wireless ap just fine until my cat spilled water on it. i replaced it with an older one, now the xp...
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The Worst Is Yet To Come
This is a rather catchy title and it means exactly what it says. The worst is yet to come. This is something I’ve been saying for a long time, but it’s now in the news. The worst of the global financial crisis is yet to come and a large ...more
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For Anthony
(and Maya ...) Scenes from Roland Emmerich's NY pad. Busy, busy, busy!
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Breaking: 12,000 More Troops to Afghanistan
"The Pentagon will be sending 12,000 to 15,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, possibly as soon as the end of this year," U.S. News is reporting. A request by Gen. David McKiernan, the commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, for...
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Farmers take precautions to protect workers from heat
Employees at Lee Richter's farm in Knights Landing sit in shaded comfort, thanks to a portable structure that Richter developed.
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Invasive Plant Atlas of New England
Many people fight the spread of invasive plants, trying to restore woods, yards, and other areas with plants to a state they were in before the introduction of non-native plants. But how do we know which species we should not plant or which species ...more
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Pennsic 37 battle videos
olafvikingr has posted a number of videos of battles from Pennsic 37 (2008) on YouTube™.
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Government Research Calls for More Government
The AP is reporting on a survey conducted by the US Census Bureau that shows that "More women in their early 40s are childless, and those who are having children are having fewer than ever before." If you've been paying...
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Lego Olympics
Some Lego-addicted and fanatics have made the Beijing Olympics Lego model to give an appealing look of all the real Olympics Buildings such as Olympic Village. The model that was displayed in Hong Kong truly speaks the Olympic Imagery tour with the ...more
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Reformat the Planet - Chiptune documentary on Pitchfork.tv
It started with sequencing 8-bit chipsets on Nintendo Game Boys, but the Chiptune scene has now expanded well beyond game systems. Directed by Paul Owens, Reformat the Planet is the essential introduction to this awesome new genre, and proves it's ...more
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Victory for MIT Students in MBTA Lawsuit Hearing
Today, Judge George O'Toole lifted the gag order on three MIT students who were sued by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority for discovering a security vulnerability in the MBTA's fare payment system The Court found that the MBTA was not ...more
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Obama Makes VP Choice, Keeps It Secret
Veepstakes guessing game so secret Obama hasn't told the person he's chosen.
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JVC Everio GZ-HD5
JVC's Everio GZ-HD5 is a digital camcorder that uses three charge-coupled devices (CCDs) to record high-definition video to...
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Kite Surfing Tropical Storm Fay
From the seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time department.
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Russia seizes US vehicles
Russian soldiers today held blindfolded Georgian servicemen at gunpoint and commandeered US Humvees in a dramatic sequence of events in Poti, a key Black Sea port.
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7 Photoshop Tutorials for Creating Album Covers
A collection of the best tutorials for teaching you to create beautiful album art. 1 Floats
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Up Close and Personal at the Olympics
A lot has been written about this particular Olympics being the first "Web 2.0 Olympics." Considering that the Olympics happen every 4 years, it's not surprising that consumer generated media hasn't overtaken the games before now. On the other ...more
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Angel On My Shoulder (Remixes) - Kaskade
Angel On My Shoulder (Remixes) by Kaskade
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Lego My Eggo - Lego Olympics!
With the 2008 Olympics in full swing, there’s a bunch of new lego olympics that you will not want to miss. As the world watches the Beijing Games, enthusiasts from Hong Kong have unveiled their own Olympics — built entirely from Lego. More than ...more
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InstaCake: Make a single-serving cake in a few minutes
Despite the reviews indicating this quick and easy single-serving cake made in a microwave doesn't taste very good, I gave in to temptation and tried it. Though I don't care for chocolate, I decided on the chocolate version—mostly because a ...more
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Designing a 3D Software Box | Tutorial9 - Tutorial Bliss.
Step by step tutorial to create 3D Software Box plus to learn how to style it with reflection and neat gradient background 1 Floats
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Война в Южной Осетии: 89 фотографий Аркадия Бабченко
The war in South Ossetia: 89 photographs by Arkadia Babchenko (warning: graphic content)
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College presidents seek drinking age debate
College presidents from about 100 of the best-known U.S. universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 18.
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Tonsley Events | Operation Yelsnot
In the original "Operation Yelsnot", the challenge was laid down by the four Tonsley Events crew to attend the weirdest sporting event they could find over the course of a year from March to March in the year 2002/3. The judging of this was to be ...more
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Building a Lunar Lander? Don't Forget the Paperwork.
"[The FAA] require a burn time waiver, a tethered flight waiver, and a permit for flying your vehicle. These overlap, but they are not the same. The example permit application that the FAA places up on their webpage is 75 pages long and omitts some ...more
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Kid drops out of high school to be profesiional Guitar Hero' player
Blake Peebles, 16, of Raleigh, dropped out of school last year to devote himself to playing 'Guitar Hero,' and his parents agreed to have him home-schooled. 'I usually play till I can't anymore,' Blake says.
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the latest Norwegian knight... is a penguin.
that's right. a penguin. not only that, he's a Scottish penguin (being resident at the Edinburgh zoo). it's good to be the king (penguin), i guess.
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MIT student defends MBTA hacking research
In an interview with The Boston Globe, the student said there was never any intention to cause "havoc."
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Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline
Operated by British Petroleum, the BTC is the second longest oil pipeline in the world. This video follows the BTC as it winds its way across 249km of rugged, beautiful Georgian countryside, from the Azeri border to the Turkish border.
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FEC Says Political Blogs Exempt From Finance Restrictions - MediaPost
The Federal Election Commission has reaffirmed that online media outlets can advocate on behalf of particular candidates without falling subject to campaign finance restrictions.
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - International Trust
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - International Trust
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Chai Spiced Tea Cake
A fragrant twist on a classic butter cake. Perfect to serve with a pot of tea. -- posted by Nikkei
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Starting today, TSA will let you leave your laptop in certain bags when going through airport screening
If you have the right kind of bag -- basically one that you can open wallet-style so that the laptop is clearly visible -- starting today you can go through airport security without having to remove your laptop from the...
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When did salt and pepper become a pair?
Filed under: Condiments , Spices , France What would a dinner table be without its salt and pepper They've become so ubiquitous in everyone's kitchen However, we rarely wonder why Both were heavily used in cuisine for hundreds of years, but ...more
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Blip Festival: Reformat the Planet, full-length chiptune documentary freely viewable for one week only
watch it before next Friday!
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Peltz Has Last Sip of Starbucks
Billionaire Nelson Peltz and his Trian hedge-fund group sold its stake in Starbucks Corp.
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Are we losing perspective by only seeing the best?
While watching the televised Olympics gymnastics competitions, I began thinking about how viewing only the top teams was influencing my perception of the event. I realize time is limited: NBC can't show every team competing at every event. By not ...more
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Emoticons are at least 127 years old
Typographical emoticons were published in 1881 by the U.S. satirical magazine Puck.
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Delicate blogging in the EU
"One of my colleagues warned me to be careful about my blogging.
She is a journalist advising on public information, public relations and the media. The EU can sack any specialist engaging in politics in the host country where they might be working, ...more
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Awake late watching the Olympics
Despite being quite tired from a long day, I find myself camped out in front of the telly watching men's gymnastics. I should probably be either heading to bed or asleep already, but, hey, the Olympics only happen once every four years, right ... ? ...more
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Capital - WSJ.com
Please read last paragraphs on linkage to immigration policy. If only there could be a rational response.
Posted 6 days ago
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µTorrent 1.8.0 Final Build 11813 - BitTorrent-Client
µTorrent ist ein rund 260 Kilobyte großer BitTorrent-Client für Windows, der trotz seiner minimalen Größe mit einer guten Ausstattung aufwarten kann. Die Software wurde entwickelt, um den Betrieb des... ( weiter lesen )
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