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Fire engulfs seven-story bourbon warehouse in Kentucky |
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| Topic: Recreation |
2:17 am EDT, Aug 7, 2003 |
] BARDSTOWN, Kentucky (AP) -- Flames engulfed a seven-story
] bourbon warehouse Monday, sending alcohol-fueled flames
] more than 100 feet in the air. I hate seeing good bourbon wasted, but I guess I can overlook 19,000 barrels of Jim Beam. Fire engulfs seven-story bourbon warehouse in Kentucky |
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Wired News: Swollen Orders Show Spam's Allure |
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| Topic: Technology |
3:28 pm EDT, Aug 6, 2003 |
] MANCHESTER, New Hampshire -- A security flaw at a website
] operated by the purveyors of penis-enlargement pills has
] provided the world with a depressing answer to the
] question: Who in their right mind would buy something
] from a spammer? Wired News: Swollen Orders Show Spam's Allure |
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Has 'haven' for questionable sites sunk? | CNET News.com |
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| Topic: Technology |
3:28 pm EDT, Aug 6, 2003 |
] A widely publicized project to transform a man-made
] platform off the coast of England into a haven for
] controversial Web businesses has failed due to political,
] technical and management problems, one of the project's
] founders said. Has 'haven' for questionable sites sunk? | CNET News.com |
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Slashdot | Answers From Sealand: CTO Ryan Lackey Responds |
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3:22 pm EDT, Aug 6, 2003 |
] A few weeks ago, you asked questions of Ryan Lackey, CTO
] for HavenCo, a company dedicated to providing secure
] off-shore data hosting from Sealand, a principality off
] the coast of England. A little dated, but Ryan Lackey addresses real world questions about taking data havens out of sci-fi and into, in this case, the north sea. Slashdot | Answers From Sealand: CTO Ryan Lackey Responds |
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ajc.com | Gwinnett | 'Ninjas' rob bank in Lawrenceville |
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1:16 pm EDT, Aug 6, 2003 |
] Gwinnett's midsummer crime wave continued Tuesday with an
] apparently successful bank robbery in Lawrenceville.
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] About 8:30 a.m., two robbers clad in ninja garb ambushed
] two female employees as they arrived at Atlantic State
] Bank at McKendree Church Road and Duluth Highway, police
] said. Ninjas on the loose in GA. ajc.com | Gwinnett | 'Ninjas' rob bank in Lawrenceville |
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The Download Tide May Have Ebbed |
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| Topic: Current Events |
9:06 am EDT, Aug 6, 2003 |
] Just 29% of U.S. Internet users have downloaded music
] files and just 12% both download and share music files
] from their PCs with others, according to the Pew Internet
] & American Life Project. yes, and I don't speed either. The Download Tide May Have Ebbed |
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SBC Sues RIAA to stop subpoenas |
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| Topic: Miscellaneous |
9:48 am EDT, Aug 5, 2003 |
] "The action we are taking is intended to protect the
] privacy rights of our customers," SBC spokesman Larry
] Meyer said.
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] "It's about the fact that anyone can without any effort
] obtain one of these DMCA subpoenas," said Meyer,
] referring to the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act. SBC Sues RIAA to stop subpoenas |
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| Topic: Humor |
9:20 am EDT, Aug 5, 2003 |
Jesus is with you always. sortakinda.com |
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Dog Gives Flasher His Come-Uppance |
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5:23 pm EDT, Aug 3, 2003 |
] A drunken Croat flasher got more excitement than he
] bargained for when he pushed his penis through a woman's
] fence and her dog bit it, local newspapers said on
] Friday. admit it... you've done it too! Dog Gives Flasher His Come-Uppance |
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Showdown: Whole Foods vs. Krispy Kreme |
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| Topic: Miscellaneous |
1:12 pm EDT, Aug 1, 2003 |
] One company's target customer is a gourmand who likes
] natural food; the other's is a carbo-loader who needs a
] sugar fix. Together, they are two businesses that appeal
] to our fixations for great-tasting food, but do so from
] opposite ends of the spectrum -- the yin and yang of yum,
] you might say (or not). Showdown: Whole Foods vs. Krispy Kreme |
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