tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87230082011-04-21T12:18:39.105-07:00Ramblings about life, the universe and everything from our favorite Duktsykodukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09973851285311214933noreply@blogger.comBlogger1711100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723008.post-1112644282368927752005-04-04T12:48:00.000-07:002005-04-04T12:51:22.370-07:00

I have moved my site to greg.nokes.name, and Wordpress. So, please update your blogrolls and link lists to reflect this coolness!

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From EweekA pair of newly discovered security flaws in Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Outlook programs could put millions of users at risk of code execution attacks, a private research outfit warned Thursday.This is part for the course - we expect there to be serious security flaws in Microsoft products.Marc Maiffret, chief hacking officer at eEye, said the flaws were rated "high-severity"

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Google is announcing a new product... Google Gulp! Sounds yummy..

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I am working on a new blogsite. I will be cross-posting between the sites for a while to see if I like the new stuff better then the old stuff.

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The cat is pissed. It seems that he was checking out my blog, and found several pictures of the idiot dog, but none of his most highness.Soooo.

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New domain name for this blog - greg.nokes.name! Cool - hu? If I ever decide to roll my own blogsite (which I am close to right now) that URL will stay the 'offical' one.

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Check This out...It's simple lessons like this that we need to learn. Often when I am wrapped up in my life and my problems, I am like Leo - not wanting to help, not thinking before acting. By training myself to be mindful, I can learn to float above the feelings that are generated in daily life. I still experience them, I still feel them, but they no longer dictate my actions. I am not ruled by

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Is that like a hamroll?No - silly - it's a blog dedicated to news about Spam, Spyware and other nastys that infect those poor sods that run Microsoft Products.(grin)

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In an very good peice on Taxes, George F. Will saysThe power to tax involves, as Chief Justice John Marshall said, the power to destroy. So does the power of tax reform, which is one reason why Rep. John Linder, a Georgia Republican, has a 133-page bill to replace 55,000 pages of tax rules.His bill would abolish the IRS and the many billions of tax forms it sends out and receives. He would erase

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:: how jedi are you? ::Thanks for another waste of time goes to Spokane's Quiz Queen

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I, _________________________ (fill in the blank), being of sound mind and body, unequivocally declare that in the event of a catastrophic injury, I do not wish to be kept alive indefinitely by artificial means. I hereby instruct my loved ones and relatives to remove all life-support systems, once it has been determined that my brain is longer functioning in a cognizant realm. However, that

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Let's not bicker and argue about who killed who! What Monty Python Character are you? brought to you by QuizillaKudos to Spokane's Quiz Queen!

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Here are a few older screenshots... (small to conserve space)And, here is my home computer today..-Tsyko

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Let fans decide on digital rightsThe argument over the use of digital rights management (DRM) to control the distribution and use of music and other content took an interesting turn this week......What Jon and his fellow programmers have done is work out exactly what information the iTunes client sends to the store, and what responses it gets back when someone buys a song and downloads it.Jon

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The World's Most Devious Alarm Clockfrom the snooze-bar-with-a-mallet dept.wired_parrot writes 'If you have trouble waking up, try this: MIT media lab has created an alarm clock that, when you press the snooze bar, runs off into a corner, a different hiding place every day. Try hitting the snooze bar again now!'Anyone that knows me, knows that I simply have to get one. That's too cool! Imagine

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So, I found this. Warning - it has bad words and stuff.Many of the media stories sound just as silly and juvenile. When are people going to realize that we live in a free country? The 'Moral Majority' has no right dictating to us what to do and believe.-Tsyko

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Ya know, I just love showing these things off. I am sure that none of you actually care about this but..-Tsyko

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I am not going to post about certain news items from Florida. And I will not point to to this site that has a very good unbiased look at the action. Really.Nothing to see here blogizen. Move along.

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A friend and I were talking, when I brought up the topic of using Ogg files instead of MP3's. As his iRiver supports Ogg, I chided him on his use of MP3's.He asked what was wrong with MP3's. I explained that the format was encumbered by patents and costs. He responded 'So?'So? I was at a loss for words.So, I decided to find out why.I will start with the social issues, and then wander towards the

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WVLT VOLUNTEER TV : Science fiction author Andre Norton, who wrote the popular 'Witch World' series of books, died today at her home in Murfreesboro. She was 93. Her death was announced by friend Jean Rabe, who said Norton died of congestive heart failure." From Justus for All.. Passing of a legend...

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Official Survivor Congratulations! You scored 69%! Whether through ferocity or quickness, you made it out. You made the right choice most of the time, but you probably screwed up somewhere. Nobody's perfect, at least you're alive. My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender:You scored higher than 94% on survivalpoints Link: The Zombie

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According to the Agility Alliance, From a corporate perspective, we are not confident where Linux is right now today. A large enterprise needs to be sure because it relates to securifying [sic] the environment. We see some of the same things occurring that did to Unix -- it could splinter into many different types of languages. We are quite cautious about Linux and its deploymentandWe are

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of these.New definition of Drive Offensivly :)

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Just Read the bookThanks, Becca!

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Eugenia posted an article a few days ago, and then another was posted and the lists started up and another etc...The short and long of the entire thing is that Eugenia feels that F/OSS developers are not as open to feature requests as Commerical developers. I tend to agree with her. F/OSS developers tend to 'scratch their itches' and not mine or yours. They are not paid for their efforts after

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2005 is the World Year of Physics. It seems that in 1905, Albert Einstein submitted three very important papers. So, the UN and others have decided that the 100 year anniversary is a pretty cool year to raise public awareness of Physics. There are a bunch of events happening around the world, and even in our local area. The Hanford Observatory is having several Events over the year. Some of them

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Physics for the Third Millennium In February 1998, Marshall Space Flight Center’s Science Directorate hosted a Workshop/Training Conference which invited leading physicists to meet with Marshall researchers about the cutting-edge issues in the world of physics at the dawn of the new millennium. Seven lectures covered a variety of topics at the edge of knowledge. The Science Directorate is

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Just been working on my other site. Spent the day tweaking a theme for it. I must say, I like it. It's not as sexy as the old theme, but it's pretty good for my coding skills.-Tsyko

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You are 40% geekYou are a geek liaison, which means you go both ways. You can hang out with normal people or you can hang out with geeks which means you often have geeks as friends and/or have a job where you have to mediate between geeks and normal people. This is an important role and one of which you should be proud. In fact, you can make a good deal of money as a translator.Normal: Tell our

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I got a 9 what did you get?

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So, reading more and thinking more. That is always a dangerous combination. Here is what I am thinking about right now.Given that the universe is at least as holistic as modern physics thinks it is, perhaps even more, what can we gain by exploring smaller and smaller parts of it to more and more resolution?I guess that the quandary is as follows. Every part of the universe, from the smallest

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I am worth $2,775,590.00 on HumanForSale.comThanks to Emily for the link...

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Here is a screenshot from the default install of Ubuntu Linux. They have done a really good job with a sexy look and feel, clean graphics, and a quick system. The only changes that I made from the default was to make the task bars translucent. You can click on the image for a 1:1 scale image - but it's really big.-TsykoEdit: So I guess that size does matter. At the request of several of you, I

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(Read the full article - With Pictures!)Bush announces Iraq Exit Strategy: We'll go through IranWASHINGTON, DC — Almost a year after the cessation of major combat and a month after the nation's first free democratic elections, President Bush unveiled the coalition forces' strategy for exiting Iraq."I'm pleased to announce that the Department of Defense and I have formulated a plan for a speedy

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Just stumbled across this little chunk of software. Looks really easy.Now, truth be known, getting Apache, MySQL and PHP running on a modern Linux distro is dead simple. However, on a Windows box - well that's another story. Xammp makes that easy. So, as part of the first step towards breaking your dependance on the Windows Drug - go, get it, and play...-Tsyko

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Take the quiz at dicepool.com

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I guess some lessons that we must learn are from others.We stand on the shoulders of giants, ones that have gone ahead for us,mapped out the way. And when we pass their dejected wrecks on the side of the path, we look, shake our heads and keep going.There but for the grace of God, go I.-Tsyko

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Take the quiz at dicepool.com

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I am a Fedora.The hat of the adventurous, I am spontaneous and active, perhaps sometimes a little foolishly. Regardless, I always come out alright. What Sort of Hat Are You?Yet again - Craziness

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I am Kung Fu Master.I like to be in control of myself. I dislike crowds, especially crowds containing people trying to kill me. Even though I always win, I prefer to avoid fights if possible. What Video Game Character Are You?Thanks Again - Craziness...

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I taste like Beef. I taste like beef. I'm probably made of beef. You are what you eat, they say, and if the title didn't mean something else, I would be a beefeater. I think red meat is good for you. Puts hair on your chest. What Flavour Are You?Hat tip Craziness

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Green tea shot out of one's nose really hurts. Especially when it's hot. I can blame Craziness for this one! Go here but keep the liquids away until you are done!

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From Unhappy Birthday "Did you know Happy Birthday is copyrighted and the copyright is currently owned and actively enforced by Time Warner?Did you know that if you sing any copyrighted song:...at a place open to the public...or among a substantial number of people who are not family or friendsYou are involved in a public performance of that work?Did you know an unauthorized public performance is

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In my browsing, I stumbled on Scary Story. Seems this kid in Highschool wrote a short story about a generic highschool being overrun by Zombies.So, he is being charged, and held for $5,000 bail. For writing a short story. For his English class. Wow.So, I started to do some research, and I found This Site. Some good stuff there about the fear culture that we currently live in...-Tsyko

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The Daily Illuminator brings us the truth about ZoggBe Afraid!

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Here. They are spoilers, so be warned.

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I stumbled across one of the best photo-documentaries of 'The Gates' in New York. It's not of the massive art, but of the people taking pictures of the massive art..The Gates is a massive art installation by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in Central Park, New York City. It's only going to last for a little over two weeks. As a result, Central Park has been packed. Most of the people packing the park

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From Slashdot:The Inquirer has a story that the next generation of Windows spyware and exploits are starting to make use of 'kernel rootkits'. A paper at Microsoft Research has details on a prototype detection tool. Computerworld has more details, as well. From the article: 'Newer rootkits can intercept system calls that are passed to the kernel and filter out queries generated by the software.

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Woot! The hotel has 'B' wifi access at no charge. I will probally try and keep a running log of the events. So far, a crowd hounding the Gaming Chair to get the sign in sheet for the WWII game that I run up. Makes a guy just tear up.sniff.

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I will be out of town for the next few days. If the hotel does not have wireless internet access, do not expect to see me posting until monday. I know, all of my regular readers will just have to get along with out my sage writings.Oh will the world survive?heh.Well, here are a few links to keep ya'll going...

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Hat Tip, Mortal Seraphim

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So - there are several logical problems with the concept of God. I would like to explore a few of them right now.Let's assume that God is omni-whatever.Where does he live?Time is woven into the fabric of our universe. As space stretches and warps, time is stretched and warped the same. Time and space are basically the same thing. This is not a theory - it has been experimentally proven several

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Chris McAvoy writes:We have to work, but that doesn't mean our cats should have to go without stinky little fish, right? Why should our economic necessities have a negative effect on their treat times? Isn't it our responsibility to build them an Internet-enabled, Linux-based, cat-feeding device?Heh - leave it to Linux geeks to coddle their kittens this much. Read on for all the 'gory' details

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Slashdot writes:Criminals posing as legitimate businesses have accessed critical personal data stored by ChoicePoint Inc., a firm that maintains databases of background information on virtually every U.S. citizen. The incident involves a wide swath of consumer data, including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, credit reports and other information. ChoicePoint notified between 30,000 and

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And not really caring. Most of the pre-digested pabulum that they play is just crap. I really dislike where modern Pop music has gone. Record execs in silver towers make choices based on what will make them the most money, rather then what is good music.Television it's self is mostly crap now days. Shela likes to watch a lot of TV. Well, a lot in my mind. When we met I did have a TV. But it was

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Mako Says"A couple of weeks ago, I went to a extremely interesting talk by Niva Elkin-Koren on the limits of private ordering (i.e., contracts and licenses) in building communities around the production of free (for definition of free) creative works. She's writing a paper which I hope to get my hands on very soon. I have every reason to believe it will be excellent."You need to read the rest of

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Macworld UK - PC makers want to license Mac OS"Apple has to fight off three of the biggest PC companies, sick of the security bugs that plague Windows, wanting to license the Mac operating system.The revelation came in a Fortune magazine interview with Apple CEO Steve Jobs, described by MacDailyNews as 'an embarrassment of riches' because it is so full of information."Sounds like a really good

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One of the things that I am working on is iFolder. It is a cool techonology, and has many applications at my work - not to mention neato things at home when combined with with SSL or a VPN. I forsee a bunch of work on this as soon as it bubbles to the top of the Queue. And, it's not a Apple Product. :)-Tsyko

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Mako says:Many people are worried about the nasty privacy implications -- realized and potential -- of supermarket and chain store "loyalty" cards. As RFID chips are introduced, things get even more scary.In an attempt to attack supermarkets' data-mining operation and to gain a new shopping identity in the process, many people have taken to swapping cards with each other. Over the last few years,

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In this weeks Daily Illuminator you are pointed to the Secret of Olyphant. If nothing else, it's an entertaining read.Or so they would have you belive....Muhahahahahaaaaaaa -click-

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In a stunning study, Off the Shelf muses about the diffrences between stealing a season of Alias online vs offline. If you were to fire up Bittorrent and download it, you could be liable for up to $3,400,000, 1 year jail time, lawyer fees and Court Costs. So, if you were to slip on that ol' trench coat and saunter down to Hastings and slip out with a copy of that, you could be liable for $100,000

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Never thought that they would do a Bud Light Commercial about lil ol' me.. :)

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One of the hardest things that I face on a day-to-day basis is how to feel compassion for certain people. It is quite hard sometimes, to still feel compassion in the face of aggression or general nastiness. Being far from Buddhahood, I am often not with out fault in this matter. Over the years, I have grown quite a bit. When I was in JR. High school, I would often lash out with anger and

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Much work on my personal website tonite. Yes, this was a shamless plug. ;)

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Mike Sarakinsky, University of South Africa: "I have never ordered red tape, but have been tied up by it here at the university. About 12 years ago, I needed 20 sheets of blank white A4 paper for an article I was typing. The only place to get 20 such sheets was the photocopy room. I duly requested the 20 sheets of blank paper from a photocopy assistant. He said he could not give me the sheets,

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meme n. A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another "Richard Dawkins's term for an idea considered as a replicator, especially with the connotation that memes parasitise people into propagating them much as viruses do. Memes can be considered the unit of cultural evolution. Ideas can evolve in a

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Sad.

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"Linare introduced today its newest product, an AMD-based laptop for $498. A $598 model with more RAM, DVD-ROM and WiFi is also available. My Take: Good & fair prices for the features." First the Mac Mini, now this. There is no really good reason to stay on the Microsoft Bandwagon anymore. You can get better OS's, better Hardware, or bolth for less then a Wintel platform. I can see the

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Here is a letter from some lawyers hoping to take Microsoft down a peg or two. It was a few years ago, and I assume that they lost. Sad, it might have been a better world...

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Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters: "Doctor Monkey writes 'Initial reviews are up at Ain't It Cool News from a 'work-in-progress' screening of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in Pasadena, CA. Reaction seems mixed-to-positive, mostly due to some uneven performances. But it looks like the film is not a complete bastardization of Adams' work.'" Woot. This was a long time coming, and

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So, the (tm jesster) other nite, I was just thinking how superduper (tm) it would be to go to the (tm jesster) store and buy some cookies. So, I did. They were yummy. Yes, they were. Really yummy.

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"Microsoft has confirmed that they will no longer issue security updates for Windows 2000. In addition, standard support for Windows 2000 is currently scheduled to end in June." - From OS News Wow. Microsoft must be hard up for cash if they are threatining half of their installed base to upgrade or loose support. They have also said that there will be no more browser upgrades until Longhorn -

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Some folks (who have waaaay to much time on their hands) are testing windows viruses running on Linux under Wine. No, really - check it out!

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Ok... let's do the math. It is commonly held that Microsoft Windows has about 90% of the market share on PC's. If we are to belive the advert, 9 out of 10 computers are infested with spyware. That's about 90%. Hmm...

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"If the creator of the world entire They call God, of every being be the Lord Why does he order such misfortune And not create concord? If the creator of the world entire They call God, of every being be the Lord Why prevail deceit, lies and ignorance And he such inequity and injustice create? If the creator of the world entire They call God, of every being be the Lord Then an evil master

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I am currently reading 'The Quantum and the Lotus' – a very good book. It talks about the convergence between modern scientific theory and Buddhist philosophy. One of the passages talks about how reality is an illusion, and how we collectivity determine what reality is. Now this has interesting ramifications. For example, if you were to live in a culture where everyone believed in pixies, then

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Army Prepares 'Robo-Soldier' for Iraq: "Made by a small Massachusetts company, the SWORDS, short for Special Weapons Observation Reconnaissance Detection Systems, will be the first armed robotic vehicles to see combat" The story goes on to talk about how this machine was created using off the shelf gear for only $2 million and in six months. Fantastic results do not need fantastic budgets. It's

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Ok. so one of the games that I play is called Traveller. This webcomic displays some of the problems with Science Fiction meeting reality.

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How evil are you? from here Kind of dissapointing - I had always hoped that I was Evil. Guess I need to work on that. Also - you need to check this commercial out. Thanks Justus for giving me a good morning laugh!

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NPR : Firings Raise Questions of Blogger Freedoms: "Day to Day, January 19, 2005: Can blogging about your work get you canned? NPR's Eric Weiner reports on people who have been fired from their jobs because they maintain Web logs about their work. The firings raise questions about the rights of bloggers." Check it out for an interview with Heather of Dooce

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I read OS News... well, too much. And now they have a cool blog aggreator called Galaxy.OSNews.com. Some of the computer industry heavyweights's blogs are featured there. Meaty Goodness!

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I was driving around the blog-o-sphere last nite, and I came across a mention of Back Flab at PoorRoleModel. Now this got me thinking. And jiggling. Do I have back flab? How can I tell? I do not often actually look at my back. So, sitting in the Comfy Chair I started to jiggle my back. To see if it would, infact, jiggle. Sadly, no jiggling. Well, no jiggling on my back. I guess I will have

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NASA - Huygens at Titan: This is one of the first raw images returned by the European Space Agency's Huygens probe during its successful descent to Titan. It was taken from an altitude of 16.2 kilometers (about 10 miles) with a resolution of approximately 40 meters (about 131 feet) per pixel. It apparently shows short, stubby drainage channels leading to a shoreline. Wow. They said shoreline.

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USATODAY.com - Opportunity spots curious object on flat Mars plain - NASA's Opportunity Mars rover has come across an interesting object — perhaps a meteorite sitting out in the open at Meridiani Planum. Initial data taken by the robot's Mini-Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Mini-TES) is suggestive that the odd-looking "rock" is made of metal. It's just amazing that this probe is still doing good

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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Huygens moon probe lands on Titan: "The Huygens space probe has touched down on the surface of one of Saturn's moons, Titan, and is sending back signals, say space agency scientists. The spacecraft probe had been transmitting data for over two hours as it plunged towards the moon's surface. This data has not arrived on Earth yet, but the Green Bank radio telescope in

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Apple has done it again. This little wonder is 6.5 inches square by 2 inches tall. At starting at only $499, there is no reason to not run out and get one today.

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Benefaction Sangha of Spokane Spokane Buddhist Temple Sravasti Abbey Zen Center of Spokane

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It is reasonable to doubt. Doubt arises when there is rational thinking. Come you Kalamas, do not go by reports, by dogmatism, by traditions, by holy scripture, by rational argument, by logical reasoning, by inference from observation, by views based on mystical experience, by probability, or by faith in a teacher. When you know for yourself that, "these experiences are not good, these

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I have been spending far to much time reading Whitecaps in the last few days. This comes very highly recommended from the Dukk.

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Left over Kielbasa in scrambled egges for breakfast. Then sno shoveling later and a nice quiet day. I love winter!

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Read This. Just go and read it. Personally I am on my way to Sportsman's Were-house to grab a pump-action 12 gague. In all the movies, the guys with the shotguns last the longest.

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Besides the great food at the pier.. "Miscast provisional votes could be one reason the number of ballots counted in King County outnumbered the list of voters who voted by 3,539." - Seattle Times Hmm... Thanks again Emily! -Still Sicko

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The Almighty Muskrat has some good advice... -Sicko

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emily has this to say "...Personally, I think that the fact that the results have been changed and victory has been declared over 120-something votes (after people criticizing a so-called victory of 420 votes) is a little out-of-whack. If you still care (and are a voter for WA), you can find the petition for a re-vote here. I don't have time at the moment for a longer post than this. Later!"

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Yesterday, I ranted at length about the meaning of FOSS and OSS. I think just about everything has been said about OSS development that can be. We all know that it is a better development model because all of the code is open for world wide peer review. We also know that if you have the desire, you can review the code yourself and assure yourself that it is indeed secure. While this is not an

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First off, we need to be all reading from the same page, so here are some definitions: Free software is defined as: * The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0). * The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this. * The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (

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