Archive for July 27th, 2005

Boing Boing: RIAA: We didn’t take down RPGFilms.net

Wednesday, July 27th, 2005

Boing Boing: RIAA: We didn’t take down RPGFilms.net

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So they didn’t take the site down but they don’t know ANYTHING else.

Wonder if this is another case of white granny downloading hip-hop without a computer? or if they are all really as stupid and unimformed as the Q and A makes them (her) sound?

Guess that’s just a rhetorical question. After all the article is talking about the RIAA. That’s the folks that take all the money for the musicians work and spend it suing the bands fans, isn’t it?

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Another perpetual motor built in Russia - PRAVDA.Ru

Wednesday, July 27th, 2005

Another perpetual motor built in Russia - PRAVDA.Ru

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And pigs will fly out of my nose…

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New Scientist Breaking News - Mysterious disease outbreak in China baffles WHO

Wednesday, July 27th, 2005

New Scientist Breaking News -
Mysterious disease outbreak in China baffles WHO

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At least they know what it is now. The spread would be a lot worse if it were able to spread between humans.

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New Scientist Breaking News - New animal species evolved in an instant

Wednesday, July 27th, 2005

New Scientist Breaking News - New animal species evolved in an instant

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Interesting read. And makes a lot of sense.

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freshmeat.net: Project details for NoMachine NX

Wednesday, July 27th, 2005

freshmeat.net: Project details for NoMachine NX

NoMachine NX is a fast terminal server system
based on the X11 protocol. In addition, NX also
translates and embeds the MS Windows Terminal
Server and VNC protocols into X/NX. NX is an order
of magnitude faster than VNC or X11 and can run on bandwidth
as narrow as 10 kBit/sec. By embedding RDP and
RFB, it enables users to compress and accelerate
remote Windows and VNC sessions. NX lets you work
fluently even across slow links like modems. The
NX project provides a suite of libraries and X11
proxying agents implementing efficient compression
and optimized transport of X11, SMB, IPP, HTTP, and arbitrary protocols like audio over the
Internet.

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Went to the site and looked around a bit and it sure looks interesting. The works over even slow links like modems is gonna make a lot of new apps available that depend on close machine/desktop interaction that haven’t been possible before now. The times I have had to use pcanywhere over a modem it’s been almost painfully slow. Haven’t tried it over a fast link so no idea but I suspect it takes a lot more pipeline resources than this does.

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Treehugger: Organic Farming More Than Competitive

Wednesday, July 27th, 2005

Treehugger: Organic Farming More Than Competitive
What some of us already knew is being confirmed by a Cornell University study: “Organic farming produces the same yields of corn and soybeans as does conventional farming, but uses 30 percent less energy, less water and no pesticides, a review of a 22-year farming trial study concludes.” Of course, the people who make fortunes selling fertilizer, herbicides, pesticides, GMO crops, etc, don’t want people to know that.

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It’s the little things that make the difference but tech makes the news and news sells product. I’ll take the odor of cow shit over chemical fertilizer any day.

We just got to get small. Big just don’t always (any time?) work!

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Canal could cause earthquakes, Egypt warns | The Register

Wednesday, July 27th, 2005


Canal could cause earthquakes, Egypt warns | The Register

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Little things overlooked (or ignored) in these massive projects can lead to interesting side effects.

Of course, so do tsunamis…

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First the terrorists, now the GOP. Why IT is against me | The Register

Wednesday, July 27th, 2005


First the terrorists, now the GOP. Why IT is against me | The Register

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Humor? I’m not so sure…

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U.S. and Australia OK secret climate pact

Wednesday, July 27th, 2005

U.S. and Australia OK secret climate pact
The secret pact was designed to reduce greenhouse emissions, but not harm development or economic growth.

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This sounds way too much like the double secret suspension in “Animal House”. What a bunch of horse hockey, or it would be if it wasn’t our elected leaders (?) pulling this shit… :-(

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New Scientist Breaking News - Claims of GM-field ‘superweed’ are dismissed

Wednesday, July 27th, 2005

New Scientist Breaking News - Claims of GM-field ‘superweed’ are dismissed

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So who’s lying? Who’s covering up? And who’s just in it for a story? I don’t think they know enough to be making blanket statements on what can and what can’t be passed on and what is sterile and what isn’t quite yet.

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