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CNN.com - Children on Easter egg hunt find guns instead - Apr 11, 2004 |
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12:34 pm EDT, Apr 11, 2004 |
] A group of children hunting for Easter eggs Saturday ] during a church event found two loaded handguns outside ] an elementary school. This is horrible....but the headline was far too great not to be memed CNN.com - Children on Easter egg hunt find guns instead - Apr 11, 2004 |
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CNN.com - Personalized moon crash for sale on eBay - Apr 9, 2004 |
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11:41 pm EDT, Apr 10, 2004 |
] Orbital Development will provide a lunar spacecraft that ] can be packed with personal paraphernalia. While en route ] to the moon -- taking 4 to 5 days -- and before smashing ] into the lunar terrain, the moon probe would return ] digital photography as it approaches the near side of the ] moon, right up the moment of impact. Is it just me, or is this overpriced and dumb? Stupidity of others can be so humorous sometimes CNN.com - Personalized moon crash for sale on eBay - Apr 9, 2004 |
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New Scientist - Humanoid Robot conducts Beethoven symphony |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
3:55 pm EDT, Apr 5, 2004 |
] The latest human activity to be mastered by robots was ] demonstrated recently when Sony's QRIO bot successfully ] conducted an entire orchestra. ] ] The 58-centimetre-tall humanoid robot led the Tokyo ] Philharmonic Orchestra in a unique rendition of ] Beethoven's 5th symphony during a concert held at the ] Bunkamura Orchard Hall in Tokyo on 15 March. ] ] A video of the robot conductor in action can be viewed on ] Sony's website here (RealPlayer required). New Scientist - Humanoid Robot conducts Beethoven symphony |
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Daylight-saving time: Don't forget to move your sundial ahead 04/04/04-- theIndependent.com Features |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
1:56 pm EDT, Apr 4, 2004 |
] Now, I'll give the farmer his due. And I understand that ] moving that hour of daylight from morning to night ] benefits the evening golfer or fisherman or even the guy ] who has no other time to mow his lawn. ] ] As for me, I was always a morning fisherman, my golf game ] could not be any worse if I played in the dark, and if I ] don't have time to mow, well a guy can always spray a ] little Round Up around the yard. ] ] You also have to take God into consideration when you ] introduce something like daylight-saving time. The whole ] time concept was his thing to begin with. So who are we ] to mess around with it? ] ] You don't read anywhere in the Bible where God tells Noah ] or Abraham or Moses, "Now on the first Sunday of every ] April, you guys have to get up at 2 in the morning and go ] out and move your sundials ahead one hour. You'll notice ] then on Sunday night that the sun will appear to set an ] hour later than usual. This will give you some extra ] daylight so you can slaughter a few more sheep and burn ] them on the altar for the Sunday Night Summer Sacrificial ] service. I think you're going to like it." Funny rant about how Daylight Saving Time is the suck:) Daylight-saving time: Don't forget to move your sundial ahead 04/04/04-- theIndependent.com Features |
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ThinkGeek :: PC EZ-Bake Oven |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
4:52 pm EST, Apr 1, 2004 |
] Now the computer savvy among us can relive the fun of ] having your very own personal mini-oven with the PC ] Ez-Bake oven! It fits in a 5 1/4" drive bay and plugs ] right into your power supply with the included Molex ] connector. [ Wow. That's all I can say. -k] Too bad this doesn't actually exist;) - Nano ThinkGeek :: PC EZ-Bake Oven |
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Conservative Punk Magazine - Columns |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
10:34 pm EST, Mar 28, 2004 |
] believe this is an age of extremism and in it teen angst ] is being used as a political tool. Columbine allowed ] everyone to see inside the actual depth of emptiness some ] kids feel, medicated or not, and what the outcome of that ] torture could be. Those two kids actions only scratched ] the surface of destruction children could inflict in this ] country if mislead into the world of the Democratic ] deceit machine led by John Kerry. ... HAHAHAHAHAH[falls out of chair]. Conservative Punk Magazine - Columns |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
9:27 am EST, Mar 25, 2004 |
] Hope you have a great day:) |
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Wired News: See Astrophysicists in Captivity |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
11:36 pm EST, Mar 13, 2004 |
] It was hard not to feel a twinge of pity for the ] astrophysicists who are now on display at the American ] Museum of Natural History. ] ] On a platform before a crowd of curious onlookers, the ] scientists eagerly ripped open a box of CDs containing ] data from a newly released million-second-long exposure ] taken by two cameras onboard the Hubble telescope Science is art Wired News: See Astrophysicists in Captivity |
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