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| "You will learn who your daddy is, that's for sure, but mostly, Ann, you will just shut the fuck up."
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Microsoft pries open Office 2003 | CNET News.com |
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11:50 am EST, Nov 17, 2003 |
] Microsoft on Monday said it will license the XML-based
] file formats used in the latest edition of its Office
] applications on a royalty-free basis. this could be good news for interoperability... Microsoft pries open Office 2003 | CNET News.com |
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1:30 am EST, Nov 15, 2003 |
i mean, really. Y2Khai.com |
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Jury awards Alabama $11.8B in a suit against Exxon Mobil - Nov. 14, 2003 |
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6:30 pm EST, Nov 14, 2003 |
] NEW YORK (Reuters) - An Alabama jury Friday awarded the
] state $11.8 billion in a lawsuit against Exxon Mobil
] Corp. over royalties for offshore natural gas leases, an
] Exxon spokesman said. What the hell would Alabama do with all that money?! Jury awards Alabama $11.8B in a suit against Exxon Mobil - Nov. 14, 2003 |
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The death of the album? | csmonitor.com |
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11:06 am EST, Nov 14, 2003 |
] This Christmas, Americans are going to be getting a lot
] fewer CD players in their stockings. Instead, they'll be
] unwrapping iPods and other devices able to store
] thousands of digital songs (if analyst predictions are
] correct). It's yet another indication that music buying
] is continuing its shift online The death of the album? | csmonitor.com |
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LA Weekly: Features: Uncensored Gore |
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3:39 pm EST, Nov 13, 2003 |
] The Founding Fathers would have found [the USA PATRIOT ACT]
] to be despotism in spades. And they would have hanged
] anybody who tried to get this through the Constitutional
] Convention in Philadelphia. Hanged. Gore Vidal discusses the Bush administration, patriot act, eVoting... good read. LA Weekly: Features: Uncensored Gore |
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Net 'Outcry' Spurs Review Of Patent (TechNews.com) |
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1:33 pm EST, Nov 13, 2003 |
] a broad coalition of companies, technologists and
] Internet standards bodies -- which on many occasions are
] opposed to the way Microsoft does business -- have
] rallied to its defense. to the defense of all web browsers, really. this was a bad patent, and affects everyone. we'll see how the review goes. Net 'Outcry' Spurs Review Of Patent (TechNews.com) |
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Oregon State Daily Barometer Online - Hooking up has taken over |
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12:25 pm EST, Nov 13, 2003 |
] Whatever happened to good old-fashioned courting? ] I'm talking about nervous invitations, being picked up at
] the front door, giggling over Blizzards and accidentally
] touching hands and embarrassing sideways glances.
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] Complete with polite small talk, pleasantries and most
] importantly, a thing we used to call manners. Oregon State Daily Barometer Online - Hooking up has taken over |
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A New Democracy, Enshrined in Faith |
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12:23 pm EST, Nov 13, 2003 |
In his admirable ... speech last week, President Bush ... announced a new policy of encouraging democracy rather than dictatorship in the Muslim world. What Mr. Bush neglected to mention was that many Muslims, if freed to make their own democratic choices, will choose Islam over secularism. A case in point is the newly released draft of the Afghan constitution, which enshrines Islamic values even as it guarantees basic liberties. ... Can a nation be founded on both Islam and democracy without compromising on human rights and equality? A New Democracy, Enshrined in Faith |
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Technology Review: Segway Robot Opens Doors |
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12:23 pm EST, Nov 13, 2003 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have crossed a robotic arm with the bottom half of a Segway to make a robot named Cardea that can traverse hallways and push open doors.
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Cardea consists of the Segway base, sonar sensors that help in navigation, a pair of cameras that form a rudimentary vision system, and a single arm capable of five degrees of freedom -- two at the shoulder, one at the elbow, and two at the wrist. It also has a kickstand. Technology Review: Segway Robot Opens Doors |
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Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage |
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4:34 pm EST, Nov 12, 2003 |
] "There is no intention to spare anyone's embarrassment.
] We have been under no pressure to do so," said Deputy
] Assistant Commissioner Andy Trotter on Wednesday. "There
] will be no exclusion zones. He (Bush) could quite easily
] come into contact with demonstrators." so i guess you have to go to england in order to protest outside of the designated "free speech zone"... the irony is crushing me. Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage |
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