] So is the mini a maxi value? For me, clearly, no. When
] I consider that a good deal of my time is spent running
] applications like Disk Defragmenter, Scandisk, Norton AV,
] Windows Update and Ad-Aware--none of which are available
] for the Mac platform--it doesn't make sense for me to
] "switch" to a Mac at this time. But will Apple's famous
] marketing team be able to sell the the emperor an
] invisible computer anyway and turn the mini into a maxi
] hit? That%u2019s the question that remains to be
] answered.

simply hilarious.

Mac Mini: The Emperor's New Computer

] MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Russian law enforcement officials
] allegedly helped terrorists to carry out last September's
] school massacre in Beslan, Russia, that left 344 people
] dead, according to the head of a special parliamentary
] commission.

Stop the genocide in Chechnya. Instead: KILL THE FUCKING MILITSIA.

Law enforcement helped Beslan gang - Jan 28, 2005

A Slovak man trapped in his car under an avalanche freed himself by drinking 60 bottles of beer...

[...]

He said: "I was scooping the snow from above me and packing it down below the window, and then I peed on it to melt it. It was hard and now my kidneys and liver hurt. But I'm glad the beer I took on holiday turned out to be useful and I managed to get out of there."

-J A true hero for Slavic peoples everywhere!

Man peed way out of avalanche

Arthur Ganson

MACHINES

That about says it all. Amazing video of knife throwing machine, atrichoke leaf walking... complicated and beautiful machines that express the creator's fascination with motion and engineering.

As seen on Nova Science Now.

Arthur Ganson's Machines / Kinetic Sculpture

Beautiful machine that... makes an artichoke petal walk on a large steel cylinder. Captivating video.

Machine with Artichoke Petal (#1) Artichoke_One.mov

] You can adopt a bike by coming by our headquarters during
] a work session, picking out a bike and paying a $25
] refundable deposit. You may keep the bike as long as you
] wish and return it for repair or exchange if you have a
] problem.

Initially, it was exactly GTA: they just left yellow bikes around in bike racks unlocked. You took one, rode it to your destination, and left it at a rack when you were done. Now they only do adoptions, though.

Very good bikes available. Very nice people. Cute kittens and dogs that play in and out of the piles of equipment. Work sessions on Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings. T

These people are great. Just a kick ass bunch of people.

A related project is the Sopo Bicycle Cooperative (name may change tomorrow). A bunch of people getting together to pool resources to fix bikes, rehab old bikes and get them to kids/people, do bike advocacy, etc. Actually, there's a meeting tomorrow night in Reynoldstown if anyone is interested: www.sopobikes.org

Dectaur Yellow Bikes

] Summary
] When writing applications in SWT, you may need to use
] layouts to give your windows a specific look. A layout
] controls the position and size of children in a
] Composite. Layout classes are subclasses of the abstract
] class Layout. This article shows you how to work with
] standard layouts, and write your own custom layout class.

Eclipse Corner: Layouts

] ROAD signs, barriers and even traffic lights could
] disappear from Britain%u2019s streets if an experiment on
] one of London%u2019s most famous thoroughfares is adopted
] around the country.
]
] Exhibition Road, home of the Science, Natural History and
] Victoria & Albert museums, is to be the showcase for a
] street design in which cars and pedestrians will be
] encouraged to mingle.

Removing signs/lines makes UK streets safer?

] After telling the crowd he supported America’s war on
] terrorism, he said, “I hope you kill every man, woman
] and child in Iraq, down to the lizards ... And may George
] W. Bush drink the blood of every man, woman and child in
] Iraq.â€? He then sang a garbled version of “The
] Star-Spangled Banner.�
]
] The Roanoke Times reported that the crowd turned
] “downright nasty.â€? One observer said “If he had
] been out there a minute longer, I think somebody would
] have shot him.�

Ali G character causes near riot at rodeo

Several events are expected to bring tens of thousands of people into the city this weekend and could make for a traffic nightmare.

The main event is the Falcons’ playoff game with St. Louis and over 70,000 will pack the Georgia Dome. Meanwhile, next door, some 40,000 people are expected at the Atlanta Boat Show.

It is also the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend and lastly, there is a huge show scheduled at the merchandise mart.

--Prime MILF hunting time at downtown convention bars.

Several events are expected to bring tens of thousands of people into the city this weekend and could make for a traffic nightmare.