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A haiku (Meta)

By glor
Sun Dec 11th, 2005 at 12:38:04 PM EST

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will be empty once again.
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Pinter Kicks Lumps Out of USA, Bush and Blair (Politics)

By harrystottle
Fri Dec 9th, 2005 at 07:47:13 AM EST

Politics

Harold Pinter was, today, awarded the Nobel Peace prize for literature. He took the opportunity to address the world about why both Bush and Blair should be arraigned for war crimes. He enjoyed himself!

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Bad news for heise.de (MLP)

By nr1
Thu Dec 8th, 2005 at 09:00:16 AM EST

Internet

...and possibly a sign of the future for other sites, which can unintentionally or intentionally direct their massive amount of users in a sort of distributed Denial of Service attack (The Other Site, Kuro5hin, Digg.com etc.).

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IRAQ: El Guapo Reports. Vol 4 (Politics)

By el_guapo
Wed Dec 7th, 2005 at 12:00:19 PM EST

News

Volume 1 was generally living conditions, Volume 2 was about what kind of pay you can expect and some of the 'incidents' I've got to experience. Volume 3 cleared up a few issues, talked about some more incidents and then talked about the local Iraqis I've chatted with. This is going to about a couple of the places I forgot about and traveling out here. BTW: pic page still up.

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The Patent Anaconda (Internet)

By myrtleglove
Mon Dec 5th, 2005 at 03:06:38 PM EST

Internet

Of all the companies seeking an Intellectual Property stranglehold on the Internet, one takes the prize for sheer gall.

Although it escaped public notice at the time (perhaps because it was published on September 11, 2001), Amazon.com once applied for a US trademark (Serial Number 75765366) on the "0-click", not knowing that the concept would soon appear on the net as a joke.

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Was Ivan the Terrible Really "Terrible"? (or, Why We Should Build a Memory Archive) (Internet)

By MarshallPoe
Thu Dec 1st, 2005 at 06:36:02 AM EST

Culture

You're born, you live a full life, you collect a lot of cool memories, and then you die. Your memories go with you. We should do something about that last part. Here's why and how.

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IRAQ: El Guapo Reports. Vol 3 (Politics)

By el_guapo
Tue Nov 29th, 2005 at 08:17:42 PM EST

News

Volume 1 was generally living conditions, Volume 2 was about what kind of pay you can expect and some of the 'incidents' I've got to experience. This is going to clear up a few issues, talk about some more incidents and then I'm going to talk about the local Iraqis I've chatted with. BTW: pic page back up. El Guapo waits for his buddy's T1 to get Kuroded.

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Days of the New Flesh: My Experience as a Model (Media)

By oceanbourne
Tue Nov 29th, 2005 at 01:18:21 PM EST

Culture

From the ages of twelve to twenty-two, I was a fashion model working mainly on print media photo shoots for a variety of clients from local retailers to international fashion houses. While the concept of a "supermodel" or perhaps even a model in general is one that many associate mainly with women, men and boys of course do also model. The experience of modeling is quite different from how television and movies often present it and has both some awesome and not-so-awesome aspects that might surprise those not in the industry. This is my experience as a model from my early teens to early twenties and what it meant to me.

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IRAQ: El Guapo Reports. Vol 2 (Politics)

By el_guapo
Mon Nov 28th, 2005 at 01:36:14 PM EST

News

Volume 1 was generally living conditions, this is about what kind of pay you can expect and some of the 'incidents' I've got to experience.

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Iraq: A Short History of Violence (Politics)

By willwaddell
Sun Nov 27th, 2005 at 10:48:00 PM EST

Culture

'Iraq' is a misnomer in the state sense. The term al-'Iraq actually means the shore of the great river. It has been used by Arab geographers since the eighth century, but only came to mean a particular country situated in the alluvial plain formed by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers since the 1920s. One must understand the brevity of Iraq as a single political entity before one can ever hope to grasp its problems as they stand now. Furthermore, to gain any real understanding of Iraq one must recognize, through historical analysis, that Iraq has always been a country of disharmonious parts welded together only through the liberal application of force.

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