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Month: September, 2007

Public Service Announcement - Windows Update

30 September, 2007 (18:46) | Computer | 2 comments

If you are running Windows XP (any version) and have used the repair function from your genuine Windows XP install disk your computer is severely at risk because of some hidden files MS installed awhile ago that cause XP boxes, that have used the repair function, to no longer successfully use Windows Update. This is [...]

Dick Doodles

30 September, 2007 (18:08) | Humor | No comments

Some of the greatest cartoons in the world started out in very perverse ways - NSFW
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Lois Maxwell dies at 80

30 September, 2007 (17:37) | Miscellaneous | No comments

Some of the best moments in the James Bond series were his interactions with Miss Moneypenny. Lois Maxwell, who played Miss Moneypenny in the first 14 movies died yesterday at age 80. So long Miss Moneypenny, James was always very fond of you.
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Thanks Verizon

29 September, 2007 (23:35) | Telecom | No comments

The battle for (NN) is not over yet. Thanks to a recent Verizon (not to mention AT&T’s censorship ) NN proponents have been handed a very big club.
Saying it had the right to block “controversial or unsavory” text messages, Verizon Wireless last week rejected a request from Pro-Choice America, the abortion [...]

Leave Afghanistan

29 September, 2007 (18:33) | War | No comments

71 have lost their lives so far in . The purported reason for going there was to oust the Taliban and help bring democracy to the country, freeing them from a repressive . So they say. In reality it was the neocons trying to ensure a route for a across the country that [...]

Never, Ever, Argue With A Woman

29 September, 2007 (18:01) | Humor | 1 comment

One morning the husband returns after several hours of fishing and decides to take a nap. Although not familiar with the lake, the wife decides to take the boat out. She motors out a short distance, anchors, and reads her book.
Along comes a Game Warden in his boat. He pulls up alongside the woman and [...]

Go Fly a Helicopter

28 September, 2007 (22:50) | Humor, Miscellaneous | No comments

Obsessive compulsive? Hehehehehe don’t click here unless you have a whole day to waste
I told you not to click it, but did you listen? No….sigh
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One can but dream

28 September, 2007 (22:35) | Political | No comments

Rosa Brooks nails it
[tags]Rosa Brooks, Bush,Ahmadinejad,Bollinger,farce,free speach[/tags]
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Cue: Theme from Jaws

28 September, 2007 (22:20) | Environment, Science | 2 comments

This only confirms my utter lack of desire to immerse myself in freestanding bodies of water (i.e. anything other than the bathtub/shower)
[tags]death, amoeba, icky water thingies[/tags]
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Could probably beat a 5th Grader ;)

28 September, 2007 (16:14) | Science | No comments

I’ve talked about how smart Bonobo apes are before but this new video from TED is really the icing on the cake.
Do watch it - I guarantee you’ll just be blown away.
via Norm
[tags]bonobo, Susan Savage-Rumbaugh, Apes that write, start fires and play Pac-Man, hubris[/tags]
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