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Monthly Archives: December 2004
Searching for Enlightenment
Remember when Google was brand new, and it seemed like the ultimate, definitive search engine? Well, maybe Google is just scratching the surface. Maybe we are evolving towards a search engine that can READ YOUR MIND and inticipate what you … Continue reading
Posted in Wacky News
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French Spidey Tops Tallest
TAIPEI, Taiwan (Reuters) – Daredevil climber Alain Robert, known as the French Spiderman, defied stiff winds and rain to climb the world’s tallest skyscraper, Taipei 101, in the Taiwan capital Saturday. Robert, dressed in a red rain jacket, tights and … Continue reading
Posted in Wacky News
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Access Denied
Hey, what’s up with Bit Torrent? Although a little hit-and-miss, this technology and the various front ends developed to make it easier to use, were the most reliable way to download, er, review copies of music, movies and television shows. … Continue reading
Posted in Weird Science
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Ask the Magic Box
I often ask my father, the Dowbrigade, why he spends so much time blogging. It seems like such a waste of time. Even if people are reading it, they don’t affect your life so what differnce does it make? He said … Continue reading
Posted in Friends and Family
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Pay No Attention to the Perfectly Normal Man Behind the Curtain
Putin Defends Yukos Deal as ‘Perfectly Normal’ President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia today strongly defended the purchase by a state-controlled company of the winner of Sunday’s auction for the largest subsidiary of the oil giant Yukos. "Today, the state, … Continue reading
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30,000 Clickers Can’t Be Wrong
Teenagers convicted last week of setting up a huge network of compromised Windows PCs used it to gain an unfair advantage in online gaming – not to send spam. Detective Sergeant Steve Santorelli, of Scotland Yard’s Computer Crime Unit, said … Continue reading
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The Fear Factor
This morning, temporarily freed from the need to go to the office, we were watching Fox news. We confess to a weakness for Fox, as opposed to CNN, which has become our parents news network, and hell, we are past … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
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Joke Animation of the Day
Jimi Hendrix as a dentist removing Richard Nixons’s wisdom teeth? George C. Scott as Jimi’s guidance counselor,"trying to prepare him for a viable job market?"What twisted shit is this? Check out "Return to Purgatory" from brownfish.com
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Do Not Enter
The US government is doing its best to drive the Dowbrigade back into international exile. In addition to dismaying us with Orwellian distortions of reality and scaring the shit out of us with dire predictions of terroristic disaster, they are … Continue reading
Posted in ESL Links
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“December 27 – Expect Something Big”
Some of our sources in the so-called intelligence community are reporting horrible, twisted rumors of a Mossad/CIA plot to plant a portable nuke in Houston and blame it on the Arabs. For the record, we don’t believe a word of … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
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The Framistan in Afghanistan
Framistan was a made up word that our father would slip into his explanations when he didn’t know the real jargon, or when he tired of our incessant variations on "How?" and "Why." It was especially likely to crop up … Continue reading
The Framistan in Afghanistan
Framistan was a made up word that our father would slip into his explanations when he didn’t know the real jargon, or when he tired of our incessant variations on "How?" and "Why." It was especially likely to crop up … Continue reading
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