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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."
-Henry Rollins |
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Matador signs digital distribution agreement with iTunes Music Store |
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| Topic: Music |
12:42 pm EDT, Oct 13, 2003 |
] At an a la carte price of 0.99 per song or for 9.99 for
] an entire album, cultured music fans in the U.S. (dummies
] too) can download AAC files of tracks by Interpol, Cat
] Power, Yo La Tengo, Stephen Malkmus, Mogwai, Guided By
] Voices, Pretty Girls Make Graves and countless others. sweet. i hope more indies follow suit... Matador signs digital distribution agreement with iTunes Music Store |
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Bill of Rights - Security Edition |
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| Topic: Civil Liberties |
4:28 pm EDT, Oct 10, 2003 |
] The First Ten Amendments to the constitution of the
] United States printed on sturdy, pocket-sized, pieces of
] metal.
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] The next time you travel by air, take the Security
] Edition of the Bill of Rights along with you. When asked
] to empty your pockets, proudly toss the Bill of Rights in
] the plastic bin. Wow... Bill of Rights - Security Edition |
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| Topic: Movies |
11:43 am EDT, Oct 10, 2003 |
"The Bride" was once part of a group of world class female assassins, until the group leader, "Bill" and the other assassins turn against her. Five years later "The Bride" awakens from the coma the assassins left her in and heads out to seek bloody revenge. Unlike conventional movies, Kill Bill is told in chapter format making the narrative flow more like a book than a film. Uma Thurman stars in Quentin Tarantino's fourth film venture, Kill Bill. Thurman plays a character known as the Bride, a pregnant assassin who is shot by her boss, Bill (David Carradine), on her wedding day, leaving herself and the wedding guests lying for dead. She survives and after being in a coma for five years, she wakes to seek revenge on her co-workers and boss who had attacked her. She sets out to strike down her once fellow assassins, leaving Bill for last. i'm looking forward to this a lot... style over substance is what i've heard, but so much of the former that you don't much care about the latter. i imagine i'll be there tomorrow or tonight... Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) |
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| Topic: Miscellaneous |
11:20 am EDT, Oct 10, 2003 |
] There has been quite a lot of activity in the Red Hat
] case.
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] SCO filed a Motion to Dismiss the action in its entirety,
] as you know, and Red Hat filed its answering brief. But
] since we last reported on this case, Red Hat initiated
] discovery. They asked SCO for documents and for answers
] to some pointed questions. IBM is forcing SCO into a
] corner in Utah, and Red Hat is forcefully and
] aggressively trying to do the same in Delaware. there's a lot on this page about the SCO situation. Basically, it appears something real may happen, and perhaps SCO can show once and for all if it's truly been wronged or if they've been pulling off a very successful pump and dump scheme [ one of the posts on the page has the quote "Senior vice president Reginald Broughton has led the pack, offloading 170,000 shares since June for an estimated gain of $1.13 million. Broughton now owns only 95,000 shares in the company. " Hmmm. ]. GROKLAW |
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Sunncomm backs down from shift key prosecution |
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| Topic: Technology |
11:13 am EDT, Oct 10, 2003 |
yeah, i imagine one of their lawyers actually looked at the facts and told them how badly they were going to lose. write shitty software, pay the price. for fucks sake, relying on AUTORUN for what is effectively a piece of security software!? Give me a break. Sunncomm backs down from shift key prosecution |
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In a Nod to Lush Film Scores, Game Music Gains Texture |
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| Topic: Games |
1:48 pm EDT, Oct 9, 2003 |
] Once demonized for their cheesy-sounding and repetitive
] soundtracks, game-music composers have less to atone for
] these days. Scores like Nobuo Uematsu's for the Final
] Fantasy series, Michael Giacchino's for Medal of Honor
] (www.michaelgiacchino.com) and Marty O'Donnell's for Halo
] (halo.bungie.org/music.html) are considerably more
] sophisticated than Pac-Man's bouncy beeps. Blogged for someone dear to me, who will probably never read this blog. Sigh.... In a Nod to Lush Film Scores, Game Music Gains Texture |
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News: Apple to launch iTunes for Windows |
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| Topic: Tech Industry |
1:40 pm EDT, Oct 9, 2003 |
still technically a rumor, but there's some good supporting evidence that iTunes for windows will be released next week. this comes close on the heels of Napster 2.0, which was launched today. dell, sony and real all have plans in the works as well. this is shaping up to be precicely the battle royale we all expected. who's gonna come out on top? News: Apple to launch iTunes for Windows |
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| Topic: United States |
9:58 am EDT, Oct 9, 2003 |
now with more color! and presumably less counterfeiting... i like it. The New 20 |
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Slashdot | EMusic Acquired, Halting Unlimited Downloads |
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| Topic: Tech Industry |
9:54 am EDT, Oct 9, 2003 |
whoa! emusic customers getting FUCKED. Glad i'm no longer one of them. anyone think they're gonna be able to compete w/ BuyMusic, MuchDownloads, iTMS and whatever else we can expect to see pop up soon? Slashdot | EMusic Acquired, Halting Unlimited Downloads |
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