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"...the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like the fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars..."
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Welcome to Bonnaroo Music Festival |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
7:42 pm EDT, Jun 9, 2003 |
] The Dead, Widespread Panic, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, ] James Brown, ] ] The Allman Brothers Band, Ben Harper & the Innocent ] Criminals, ] ] Jack Johnson, moe., Galactic, The Flaming Lips, The ] Roots, ] ] Lucinda Williams, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Emmylou ] Harris, ] ] Medeski Martin & Wood, Sonic Youth, The funky Meters, ] ] Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon, Joshua Redman, ] ] Yonder Mountain String Band, Robert Randolph & the Family ] Band, ] ] The Wailers, Nickel Creek, G. Love and Special Sauce, ] Tortoise, ] ] Liz Phair, Sound Tribe Sector 9, O.A.R., Just some of the bands I will be enjoying this weekend at Bonnaroo....w00t Welcome to Bonnaroo Music Festival |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
2:27 pm EDT, Jun 4, 2003 |
] NEW YORK, June 4 A grand jury indicted Martha ] Stewart on federal charges of securities fraud and ] obstruction of justice Wednesday in an insider stock ] trading scandal that could bring big fines or even a jail ] term for the home styles guru known for impeccable taste. Bahahahahahahahaha Martha Stewart indicted |
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CNN.com - Scientists defy gravity with 'Spider-Man' gloves - Jun. 2, 2003 |
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Topic: Technology |
2:23 pm EDT, Jun 4, 2003 |
] Move over Spider-Man -- mere mortals may soon be coming ] to a ceiling near you. ] ] Researchers at the University of Manchester say they have ] cracked the secret of one of the reptile world's greatest ] climbers, the gecko, and produced a sticky tape that can ] mimic the lizard's gravity-defying abilities. ] ] Soon, people could walk on walls like comic-book ] superhero Spider-Man, the university said. ] ] "The new adhesive -- gecko tape -- contains billions of ] tiny plastic fibres which are similar to natural hairs ] covering the soles of geckos' feet," the University said ] in a statement. ] ] "The research team believes it won't be long before ] Spider-Man gloves become a reality." Whoa.....sweet....I wanna climb on walls CNN.com - Scientists defy gravity with 'Spider-Man' gloves - Jun. 2, 2003 |
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Nashville Scene | Surfers vs. Big Entertainment |
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Topic: Society |
2:20 pm EDT, Jun 4, 2003 |
] In the wake of a firestorm of outrage from Tennessee ] techies, the controversial telecommunications theft ] legislation has been heavily amended, and its backers ] finally agreed late last week to postpone action to give ] interested parties time for further debate. But ] meanwhile, members of the local technological community ] are predicting all kinds of digital doomsdays if the bill ] becomes law. They regard it as a stealth attack on their ] technological freedom by big entertainment and big cable, ] the industries that wrote and heavily lobbied the ] Tennessee bill and have pushed for similar laws across ] the nation. ] "As originally worded, the bill was so broad and vague ] that every citizen who legally used a communications ] service would've been in violation of the law," says ] Scott Kozicki, chairman of the Tennessee Digital Freedom ] Network (www.tndf.net), an ad hoc group formed to fight ] the legislation. Scott is a MemeStreams user: http://www.memestreams.net/users/flynn23/ Nashville Scene | Surfers vs. Big Entertainment |
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Before The Matrix, There was Only Meat |
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Topic: Arts |
2:07 pm EDT, Jun 4, 2003 |
] "They made the machines. That's what I'm trying to tell ] you. Meat made the machines." ] ] "That's ridiculous. How can meat make a machine? You're ] asking me to believe in sentient meat." ] ] "I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. These creatures are ] the only sentient race in that sector and they're made ] out of meat." ] ] "Maybe they're like the orfolei. You know, a carbon-based ] intelligence that goes through a meat stage." ] ] "Nope. They're born meat and they die meat. We studied ] them for several of their life spans, which didn't take ] long. Do you have any idea what's the life span of meat?" Before The Matrix, There was Only Meat |
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Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
9:13 am EDT, Jun 3, 2003 |
] NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of International Business ] Machines Corp. IBM.N were halted on Monday in ] over-the-counter trading, pending news. ] ] IBM said in a statement shortly after the halt it is the ] subject of an investigation by the U.S. Securities and ] Exchange Commission. ] ] It said the probe is related to revenue recognition in ] 2000 and 2001. Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage |
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The Scientist :: SARS unanswered questions |
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Topic: Science |
2:58 am EDT, Jun 2, 2003 |
] Even as the World Health Organization declared that ] severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is coming under ] control everywhere but in China, researchers meeting in ] New York on Saturday said that too little is known about ] the SARS virus to predict what will happen next. To gain ] some clues, the scientists looked to other coronaviruses ] to shed light on the new disease's next move. The Scientist :: SARS unanswered questions |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
2:08 pm EDT, May 31, 2003 |
Bahahahahahaha......great shirt. And, if you go through the PN7 webpage (www.phreaknic.info) to buy this, it helps with the cost of PN. Of course...I can't buy this one, because I am saving my money for the asthma is sexy shirt;) Tee |
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Stem cell -holy grail- found |
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Topic: Science |
11:12 pm EDT, May 30, 2003 |
] Scientists yesterday said they have discovered a ] long-sought master gene in embryonic stem ] cells that is largely responsible for giving those cells ] their unique regenerative and therapeutic potential. Stem cell -holy grail- found |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
11:48 pm EDT, May 29, 2003 |
More geek then thou? A sample of the several hundred questions that await you (no cheating!) ] I HAVE... ] programmed a calculator in math class ] studied a language on my own ] always hated mainstream ] dated a geek ] married a geek ] done homework that wasn't required ] done homework for somebody else ] looked forward to dissecting a frog, pig, etc. ] looked forward to doing my taxes ] attended public academic lectures on my own ] studied an artificial language (i.e. Esperanto, Klingon) ] created an artificial language ] filed the Census as my persona ] worn 2 watches at the same time Woof! I scored "44.3787% - Major Geek" and I'm PROUD! Laughing Boy [My results: 22.48521% - Geek A bit low....but at least there is now empirical evidence that I am in fact a geek. And I feel truely geeky because I can think of something that should have gotten me geek points that wasn't on the list - owning the "Real Genius" DVD and reading "Godel, Escher, Bach":) - Nano] The Geek Test |
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