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| "Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind... War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." -- John F. Kennedy |
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MS to eradicate GPL, hence Linux |
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| Topic: Internet Civil Liberties |
3:21 pm EDT, Jun 26, 2002 |
I despise Microsoft. Between their fascist tactics and the Bush administration's I've been feeling more and more like the U.S.A. is becoming less the place that I thought it was. Does personal freedom mean nothing any more? MS to eradicate GPL, hence Linux |
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Halting Crime in Advance Has Its Perils |
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| Topic: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Films |
7:27 pm EDT, Jun 24, 2002 |
It's the year 2054 ... in Steven Spielberg's atmospheric new thriller, "Minority Report," a muscular and dense exercise of skill and verve. Although a few things remain the same in 2054, much has changed. Pre-Crime chief John Anderston (Tom Cruise) buys the motto "That which keeps us safe also keeps us free," until he becomes a fugitive himself. Accused of a crime predicted for the future, he is soon on the run. "Minority Report" may be the most adult film Mr. Spielberg has made in some time. It's about the bloody blurring of passion and violence: a compassionate noir. As Anderton, it may be one of [Cruise's] best performances yet. Many of the suspenseful beats are also sick jokes. ... The movie is filled with fictional commercials and the onslaught is presented as intrusive. The movie is really a kind of tour de force ... The film is magnificently creepy ... Halting Crime in Advance Has Its Perils |
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Henry David Thoreau Quotes - The Quotations Page |
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| Topic: Miscellaneous |
11:04 pm EDT, Jun 18, 2002 |
"Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something."
Henry David Thoreau
"What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?"
Henry David Thoreau Thoreau rulez! Henry David Thoreau Quotes - The Quotations Page |
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Programmers enroll in political training - Tech News - CNET.com |
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| Topic: Politics and Law |
1:02 am EDT, Jun 12, 2002 |
"Now a series of legal actions has brought the debate into the labs, homes and offices of millions of programmers, prompting some of them to emerge from their cubicles and take action. This time, as they say, it's personal. " Programmers enroll in political training - Tech News - CNET.com |
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| Topic: Humor |
2:06 pm EDT, Jun 11, 2002 |
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Star Trek |
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2 Tinkerers Say They've Found a Cheap Way to Broadband |
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| Topic: High Tech Developments |
12:41 am EDT, Jun 11, 2002 |
Anyone looking for the next big thing in Silicon Valley should stop here at Layne Holt's garage. Mr. Holt and his business partner, John Furrier, both software engineers, have started a company with a shoestring budget and an ambitious target: the cable and phone companies that currently hold a near-monopoly on high-speed access for the "last mile" between the Internet and the home. ... Although he has partially broken with the Wi-Fi standard, he argues he is doing just what the unlicensed radio spectrum was originally set aside to encourage. John Markoff reports on new developments in the emerging business for large-scale WiFi-based Internet access. The developers have paired 802.11b with a software-defined radio, which Markoff (perhaps mistakenly) refers to as a "software-designed radio". 2 Tinkerers Say They've Found a Cheap Way to Broadband |
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| Topic: Computers |
5:23 pm EDT, Jun 7, 2002 |
Translate your UNIX skills from one UNIX platform to another! Rosetta Stone for Unix |
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