] INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (AP) -- Eat your way to the bottom
] of almost any bag of popcorn and there they are: the
] rock-hard, jaw-rattling unpopped kernels known as old
] maids.
]
] It's long been known that popcorn kernels must have a
] precise moisture level in their starchy center -- about
] 15 percent -- to explode. But Purdue University
] researchers found the key to a kernel's explosive success
] lies in the composition of its hull.
]
] Unpopped kernels, it turns out, have leaky hulls that
] prevent the moisture pressure buildup needed for them to
] pop and lack the optimal hull structure that allows most
] kernels to explode.

Finally! The mystery is solved! I, for one, can die happy.

CNN.com - Scientists solve unpopped popcorn - Apr 21, 2005

] And now we reach the end of the path. Adobe's competitors
] now aren't Quark or Viewpoint (formerly Metacreations and
] other names before that). Their competitors are Apple and
] Microsoft. While they strive to release software that
] works on both platforms, they're being eaten at the top
] by Apple's professional video tools and the bottom by
] Microsoft's and Apple's home layout and photo tools.

This was a historical summary of Adobe versus Macromedia I was looking for yesterday.

ExtraBITS

Decius wrote:
] ] Initially, police will place six cameras in the Cleveland
] ] Park area of east Nashville and also downtown in the
] ] tourist-heavy Second Avenue and Broadway district.
] ]
] ] If the system works out, the department plans to buy more
] ] cameras and build a more expansive network throughout the
] ] city.
]
] There were planning to record audio as well, but apparently
] they couldn't defend that politically. Soon everywhere you go
] outside the police will be watching you. Better be carefull
] about loitering in a parking lot. Especially if you look like
] you might be young or not sufficiently white or otherwise
] undesirable. I wonder if they'll start following people from
] bars back to their cars and radio dispatch to pull them over?
]
] This isn't going on in Nashville because it is particularly
] needed in Nashville. Its going on in Nashville because people
] in Nashville aren't willing to resist it.

It sort of sounds like inviting the cops to come hangout with you every where you go. Don"t the cops need probable cause for stalking someone?

RE: Nashville Police to install city wide video surveillance system.

Vile wrote:
] Come on out to Coffee Blue on Saturday, April 23 for a great
] acoustic show by two outlaw rock and rollers from the shitty
] Jersey Shore. Patrick Veil of the Sniperz and Lonnie
] Rutledge, formerly of Sunshine Flipside, will each perform
] acoustic sets beginning at 9 PM. Admission is Free, but be
] sure to order drinks and snacks and tip the bartender well.
] All ages. Free hookers.

Free hookers are legal even.

RE: Patrick Veil and Lonnie Rutledge to Perform at Coffee Blue, 4/23/04

] What's nerdier then Nintendo? How about Acapella
] Nintendo?
]

Fucking awesome.

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bucy wrote:
] ] There are about 10 million blogs out there, give or take,
] ] including one belonging to Niall Kennedy, an employee at
] ] Technorati, a small San Francisco-based company that,
] ] yes, tracks blogs.

Aren't these companies not allowed to discriminate on the basis of belief? Shouldn't companies pay extra if one is not allowed to have an opinion (possibly negative) about where they work? Does Walmart really have the right to fire a worker for including Walmart in the reasons why their life is shit? Should that be any different for Microsoft? Are these places paying you to do a job, or to like a job? If it's the latter it should be a separate agreement.

RE: When the Blogger Blogs, Can the Employer Intervene?

] Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) today announced
] a definitive agreement to acquire Macromedia (Nasdaq:
] MACR) in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately
] $3.4 billion.

Quark is deader than dead.

Adobe acquires Macromedia: Digital Photography Review

] Ever wonder what happened to: Eddie The Eagle? The chick
] who shot Andy Warhol? That 'Mikey' kid from the Life
] Cereal commercial?
]
] Well you've come to the right place, this is where we
] track the has-beens, the flash-in-the-pans and those
] pseudo-celebrities who were all too annoying during their
] 15 measly minutes.

WEHT.net: The Online Compendium of 'What Ever HappenedTo' and 'Where Are They Now?

Howdy folks! Guess time it is? It's time for Junkie Porn!!! Baby, who woulda' thought it would come to this? This is a seriously disturbing link, so click on it at your own risk. I personally wish all porn stars looked like these lovely specimens, but then again, I realize that what I think is sexy and what you people think is sexy are probably two different things. So America, Keep your Paris Hilton's and your Jessica Simpsons. I'll be happy with these Nancy Spungens! Although, seriously, as you examine these pics, take a look at some of the places these chicks managed to get track marks! On their damned faces!?! who the hell shots dope into their forehead? Their nose? Either way this link is fascinating. I would subscribe to the site these pics came from! If anyone can solve the mystery of these pics' origin, then drop me a line.

The Vile Side: Hey Kids, Gather 'Round For Junkie Porn!!!

As if being Mr. T wasn't funny enough...

Be nice to yo Moms FOOL!