"AFACT and the Movie studios need to wake up and smell the coffee. The internet, file sharing and technological progress itself is here to stay. Dragging an ISP through court because their users ..."
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At little noticed talks last week in Port Ghalib, Egypt, climate advocates were hoping to seal a global agreement for the phase down of super greenhouse gases and give next month's Copenhagen climate talks a can-do running start. But the annual meeting of the 198 nations of the Montreal Protocol began on a note of contention that five days of ...
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This Kenmore dishwasher we have has been a never ending source of problems. We finally got a repair guy in, only to discover that it's the water pump. That'll be a couple of hundred bucks, and a wait until Monday - which means plenty of had washed sihes between now and then. The fact that this search on my blog returns two pages of results is ...
Today's interview is with a man with a big head. How did you first hear of the J-Walk Blog, and how long have you been reading it? Seems like about 40 years or so. I have no idea how I came across it, must been a write-up in Look magazine or something. What's the significance of your screen name? It's mine, so it's very significant. Do you read ...
Top Ten Things to do in Nottingham, England is a post from Chris Pirillo The following recommendations were sent in by Ross, who happens to own his own travel business across the pond. Between being a native of Nottingham – and running the travel business – I am confident that Ross’ suggestions of things you won’t want to ...
In India: Mumbaikars throng church as water oozes from cross . Thousands of people thronged a south Mumbai church on Monday to see water oozing out a cross and to collect what they believed was holy water, though church officials shied away from giving the occurrence any name. The St. Joseph Church in south Mumbai's Umerkhadi area is 72 years ...
A few days ago I sat next to a fundamentalist Christian at dinner. She asked me at one point what my religion was. I replied that, having been brought up in Ireland, I had been thoroughly inoculated against that kind of nonsense. Yesterday, the report of the Murphy Commission into child sex abuse by priests in the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin ...
The report shows that what lies at the heart of the Catholic Church in Ireland is a profound and widespread corruption, perpetrated by liars, child sex abusers and those at the very top who covered up their crimes, writes MARY RAFTERY
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Scientists vehemently urge 100 percent coal phaseout and no use of unconventional fossil fuels. Instead, coal emissions are increasing, and more unconventional sources of fossil fuels are being developed.
This could become the equivalent of the Twinkie Defense for those who don’t really have sleep issues. A man strangles his wife while dreaming about fighting off intruders in his sleep. Does that make him mad, bad or innocent? Recent research is helping to unpick these issues, and may help reveal who, if anyone, bears responsibility in such ...
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A man strangles his wife while dreaming about fighting off intruders in his sleep. Does that make him mad, bad or innocent? Recent research is helping to unpick these issues, and may help reveal who, if anyone, bears responsibility in such cases.
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When I started doing "Smalltalk Daily" back in 2006, I said the following: It remains to be seen whether I manage to keep this up daily, but here's my intention: push up a brief Smalltalk screencast daily for awhile, introducing both VW and OST Well :) Here it is a bit over 3 years and 781 screencasts later. That first one was a video ...
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Smalltalk Daily : Missing Source Code
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Today's Smalltalk Daily looks what to do when your system seems to be missing source code for everything . To watch, click on the viewer below: If you have trouble viewing that directly, you can click here to download the video directly You can also watch it on YouTube: Technorati Tags: smalltalk , missing source
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This month's demo is actually mostly a song by my pal and guitarist Ben Mullin .
The Web, created more that 15 years ago, has changed everything. Many people cannot imagine how they possibly could work efficiently without Web, how they would kill the time or how to find they way around. The Web, looking from a user perspective, is a huge success. However, looking under the hood uncovers the surprising truth: Web is just a ...
Marc Feeley and Danny Dubé, PICBIT: A Scheme System for the PIC Microcontroller , Fourth Workshop on Scheme and Functional Programming. November 7, 2003. This paper explains the design of the PICBIT R4RS Scheme system which specifically targets the PIC microcontroller family. The PIC is a popular inexpensive single-chip microcontroller for very ...
The European Parliament has adopted its resolution on the Stockholm Programme today. The Stockholm Programme is a political document that lays out the priorities for EU justice and home affairs policy for the years 2010 to 2014. It will be adopted by the Council of Ministers next Monday - therefore the Parliament's opinion on this was very timely.
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Black Friday Coupons is a post from Chris Pirillo Black Friday Coupons are live! If you don’t see a store listed here, check out our coupon site for coupons and deals for over 1200 stores. 1-800 CONTACTS AccessoryGeeks ACDSee Adobe AJ Madison Alienware Amazon Apple Store Bare Necessities Batteries.com Best Buy BitDefender Borders Brooks ...
Thanksgiving Recipes is a post from Chris Pirillo You may have stuffed yourself with turkey and stuffing, but Imei and I enjoyed a less traditional Thanksgiving dinner. It was easy, fun, tasty, and completely stress-free – just like every Thanksgiving should be. What you see pictured here is: seaweed salad, fried tofu cubes (heated with ...
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As a part of improvement in chess, it is often recommended to analyze positions. The idea is good, but how to find time to do it? One option is to use otherwise unproductive time: walking, in bus, queues etc. I have printed positions with me, and always can analyze something. After different attempts, the best so far option is found: * I use ...
Microsoft is currently in the secondary and college markets with ways to bring prospective longtime users into the fold through enticing deals on software. In the primary school systems, its presence is not as entrenched. In past years, Apple had a real market share in schools, but for some reason, it fell off during the 1990’s. Though I ...
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