Is SQL a standard anymore?

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Linux Standard Base 2.0 promises a
common runtime standard

Linux Standard Base 2.0 promises a
common runtime standard 12/22/2004 01:44 AM
The Free Standards Group's (FSG) Linux Standard Base specification is an attempt to prevent the Linux marketplace from fragmenting by specifying a runtime environment where applications compiled for different distros can run install and run seamlessly.

W3C Supports the URI Standard and IRI
Proposed Standard

W3C Supports the URI Standard and IRI
Proposed Standard 02/01/2005 08:54 PM
2005-01-26: W3C is pleased to announce its support for two publications that are important for Web addressing and increase the international reach of the Web. The documents are coordinated efforts of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and W3C. Read the press release. (News archive)

I Can't See You Anymore

I Can't See You Anymore 12/14/2003 02:55 PM
Light travels at 186,000 miles (300 million meters) per second in a vacuum but physicists in the United States and Russia are just a little bit faster, actually capturing the light photons and stopping them in their tracks. The newly-developed technique offers opportunities to improve optical communication, manage quantum data, a boon to the future of both communication and digital security.

Browsing the Web? Not Anymore

Browsing the Web? Not Anymore 07/09/2004 04:50 PM
I can't remember the last time I actually browsed the Web. You know, just sort of aimlessly following links in the hopes of encountering something unique or interesting. (I'm also glad that idea of calling it "surfing" seems to have become less popular.) Between the few sites I visit daily to get things done, links that come in via e-mail, and the various weblogs and news feeds I guess I'm spending enough time in my browser already. It's a far...

Is TV Relevant Anymore?

Is TV Relevant Anymore? 02/01/2005 09:15 PM
To toss the TV or not to toss the TV - that is the question.

Not just for breakfast anymore

Not just for breakfast anymore 11/13/2003 02:01 AM
What was your first experience with the sacred cup of java? I don't remember my very first coffee experience, but...

Not Just for Emergencies Anymore

Not Just for Emergencies Anymore 02/05/2005 09:04 PM
Encouraged by new calling plans, the elderly are increasingly viewing the cellphone not as a device for emergencies but as an everyday convenience.

"We Don't Live Here Anymore"

"We Don't Live Here Anymore" 08/13/2004 09:01 AM
Two couples, one illicit affair, and all the guilt and recrimination that are sure to follow.

Why IT doesn't matter anymore

Why IT doesn't matter anymore 08/10/2004 03:53 PM

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This article has some weird formatting due to an ad insertion - just scroll down the page to read it. “…Twenty years ago, most executives looked down on computers as proletarian tools — glorified typewriters and calculators — best relegated to low level employees like secretaries, analysts and technicians. It was the rare executive who would let his fingers touch a keyboard, much less incorporate information technology into his strategic thinking. Today, that has changed…

Tab, it's not just soda anymore

Tab, it's not just soda anymore 11/18/2002 12:58 PM
Mozilla is an excellent web browser. You heard it here first, folks. I have been using this browser exclusively for about two months now and I have not been disappointed once. It has the best support for W3C standards, as well as being quicker and lighter then Internet Explorer (results may vary). But I'm not telling you anything you don't already know. The real point of this argument is that the top feature in Mozilla, in my opinion, is tabbed browsing. Observe... As an example of how I use the RSS features of my own web site, when I find an article I want to read from one of the links, I middle-click. Mozilla, under the Preferences area, allows you to set the option to have links open in new "tabs". Therefore, I can view numerous web sites at once, without having that number of windows open. Update: I forgot to mention that Mozilla's side-project Phoenix also supports all the goodies that Mozilla does, as well as tabbed browsing, while weighing in a smaller overall size. Check it out; version 0.4 was released last week. Speaking of reading RSS feeds, this evening while I was reading these feeds I clicked on Simon Willison's feed and lo and behold I saw my web site's name. Thanks to Simon for linking to my page, I appreciate it. I enjoy reading his musings daily. New Look: stonefishspine has put up a new design today. He's been testing new designs for a while and I think I like this one best. Speaking of designs, I dig Zeldman's new digs as well.

The customer is always right? Not
anymore

The customer is always right? Not
anymore 07/07/2004 02:57 PM

Why can't you pay attention anymore?

Why can't you pay attention anymore? 03/28/2005 07:50 AM
Psychiatrist Ted Hallowell says it has to do with the relentless chatter from the high-tech devices used in the modern workplace.

Can't take it anymore? Let Clippy Help:

Can't take it anymore? Let Clippy Help: 01/03/2004 05:55 PM
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``USB: Not Just for Your Mouse Anymore``

``USB: Not Just for Your Mouse Anymore`` 06/17/2005 03:40 PM
Thumb drives just not doing it for you anymore? Check out these gizmos designed for a relaxing coffee break -- or a manicure. And you don't even have to leave your desk!

Can you say 'offshore' anymore?

Can you say 'offshore' anymore? 09/24/2004 05:45 PM
Politically charged phrase disappearing as firms cook up new terms to describe sending work to cheaper labor markets.

No one UI fits all - anymore!

No one UI fits all - anymore! 05/26/2004 11:58 AM
One UI Does Not Fit All.

To see the full-screen trailers of The Incredibles and Alexander, Apple is making you use iTunes, rather than its QuickTime player. (It uses QuickTime for the full screen version of Spider-Man II or Sky Captain.) After you view the trailer with iTunes, you end up at the iTunes store's new trailers section. However, most of the trailers housed there drive you to QuickTime, rather than iTunes, as the media player.

I don't believe that one UI fits all. Neither does Apple, usually. There's good reasons that the UIs for QuickTime, iTunes, Safari, the iPod, and OS X are different, and tuned to the functions and medium they're focused on. A browser is about browsing and searching. It accomodates viewing short media like music clips and trailers via plug-ins just fine. Music lends itself to playlists, sorting by artist, album, or genre, and, when portable, one-thumb scrolling and manipulation. Etc., etc.

The iTunes video experience exposes some flaws of the single UI approach. It's probably just an implementation glitch, but with QuickTime you can skip ahead or back in the trailer; you can't with iTunes. Tivo, who is very good at creating a TV UI, falls flat with its music and photo features. Microsoft's Media Center implementations - both portable and TV screen versions - are similarly challenged, though Microsoft, for once, is not crippling them with too many Windows conventions.

[David Card]

I don't believe that one UI fits all - either.

But this isn't necessarily what I meant.

IM: Not Just for Kids Anymore

IM: Not Just for Kids Anymore 09/02/2004 11:38 AM
Adults are picking up instant messaging in record numbers, with 50% of those over 35 using various systems. This study was funded by AOL, which has a major stake in the instant messaging market through its popular AIM software. But most people who use IM in the workplace are still using free and unsecured systems, despite the availability of secure versions in enterprise software and products like IM Secure.

What do you mean people can't spell
anymore?

What do you mean people can't spell
anymore? 03/13/2003 10:16 AM
Reuters reports "An English essay written by a teenager in text messaging short-hand has reignited concern among teachers that literacy standards are under threat." "My smmr hols wr CWOT. B4, we used 2go2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr 3 :- kids FTF. ILNY, it's a gr8 plc." Wow. I couldn't even read that!...

Lou Dobbs is angry and he's not going to
take it anymore

Lou Dobbs is angry and he's not going to
take it anymore 09/09/2004 09:14 AM
In his new book about outsourcing, the television journalist tells us that he is shocked, SHOCKED, that corporations are treating American workers like crap.

Does gigahertz matter anymore?

Does gigahertz matter anymore? 02/18/2004 12:01 PM
Clock speed has been one of the most identifiable aspects of processor performance during the last decade. But that mindset needs to change as process technologies shrink and alternative methods of increasing performance should be examined, according to most members of a panel of industry experts at the International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) Tuesday.

Firefox won't load anymore

Firefox won't load anymore 06/18/2004 01:53 AM
For some reason, Firefox stopped loading on my Windows XP notebook today. It just shuts down "unexpectedly." I upgraded to Firefox 0.9 a day or two ago. At first, it worked fine. Now, zip. I tried reinstalling -- no luck....

Java: Not just for the server anymore?

Java: Not just for the server anymore? 09/13/2002 10:44 PM
CNET Sep 13 2002 10:04PM ET

Nanotechnology: It's Not Just For
Dystopians Anymore

Nanotechnology: It's Not Just For
Dystopians Anymore 04/16/2004 03:50 PM
JOEL JOHNSON -- CNN has a decent overview on nanotechnology, so if you've missed the last ten years of science fiction or bad movies (or worse, not missed them), it offers a pretty good place to start. Nanotechnology, as a term, is slowly changing from 'tiny robots' to encompass atomic-scale...

We're not in Lake Wobegone anymore

We're not in Lake Wobegone anymore 08/30/2004 09:50 AM
The maven of midwestern gentility weighs in on today's GOP.

How did the Party of Lincoln and Liberty transmogrify into the party of Newt Gingrich’s evil spawn and their Etch-A-Sketch president, a dull and rigid man, whose philosophy is a jumble of badly sutured body parts trying to walk?

Nobody goes to that resturant anymore,
it's too crowded

Nobody goes to that resturant anymore,
it's too crowded 08/16/2004 04:25 PM
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Enterprise PHP: Not Just for Homepages
Anymore

Enterprise PHP: Not Just for Homepages
Anymore 07/23/2002 07:57 AM

you don't have an excuse not to floss
anymore

you don't have an excuse not to floss
anymore 11/12/2003 09:07 PM
you don't have an excuse not to floss anymore

Paoli, Indiana doesn't look so bad
anymore...

Paoli, Indiana doesn't look so bad
anymore... 08/19/2004 11:56 AM
The 60 best cheapest places to live in America.

[ Is Anyone Surprised By What PETA Does
Anymore? ]

[ Is Anyone Surprised By What PETA Does
Anymore? ] 12/18/2003 05:45 AM
PETA to distribute anti-fur flyers to kids .. fliers saying "Your Mommy Kills Animals" .. Nutcracker .. flier

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Does The Advertiser Have A Choice
Anymore?

Does The Advertiser Have A Choice
Anymore? 01/04/2005 11:45 PM

"We�re Not Losing the Culture Wars
Anymore"

"We�re Not Losing the Culture Wars
Anymore" 10/28/2003 11:09 PM

Low-Carb Boom Isn't Just for Dieters
Anymore

Low-Carb Boom Isn't Just for Dieters
Anymore 02/19/2004 12:11 AM
A far greater number of people are now cutting out carbohydrates because of a general sense that they are unhealthy.

Is Science Fiction About The Future
Anymore?

Is Science Fiction About The Future
Anymore? 09/11/2004 10:46 AM

shell Scripting: Not Just in Perl
Anymore

shell Scripting: Not Just in Perl
Anymore 10/30/2002 08:55 AM

Desperate, pathetic and maybe they don't
matter anymore

Desperate, pathetic and maybe they don't
matter anymore 07/07/2004 01:25 AM

Here's the desperate, pathetic message I got from Friendster today. I'm starting to think they just don;t matter anymore.

I just feel sorry for Reid and Mark. They should have sold when they had the chance!

You're our favorite subscriber!

Seriously. I know we here at Friendster shouldn't play favorites, and our chief operating officer (he's the old guy in the office) told us not to do this, but seriously, you just totally rock. The way you reconnect with old friends. The way you've figured out just how small and interconnected the world really is. The way you discovered people with the same interests as you. We suspect you've even gotten a date out of Friendster, or that if you didn't, you could have if you needed to. Easy. With one of those three suspiciously hot people who keep popping up right above your friends list. For other people, we just use those pictures as cruel, aspirational temptation. But for you, they're totally getable.
We even made Friendster much faster just for you. But hey - don't tell anyone we told you all of this. That old guy in the office will just start lecturing us again and pulling out charts and graphs and PowerPoint displays. He's such a loser.

Thanks,
Your friends at Friendster

Click here to go to Friendster: www.friendster.com

Time to post again, no excuses anymore

Time to post again, no excuses anymore 07/17/2004 09:24 PM
Times have changed, and sometimes for the better. I have been graced with a place to work, a place...

Kids Can't Write Anymore, Fear The New
SAT

Kids Can't Write Anymore, Fear The New
SAT 06/28/2004 09:45 PM
Here's one for all those teachers freakin g out when their students hand in a paper written in "txt". Now, those same kids are blaming current school programs for not teaching them how to write properly. The problem is that the new SAT exam includes a written component -- and they do mean written. Students will be expected to pick up a paper and a pencil for the first time in years and actually jot down the essay answer in their very own chicken scratch. Tragically, many of these kids claim they have been using keyboards and keypads for so long, the idea of writing with a pencil scares them silly. They're afraid their handwriting will be so bad that they'll get a bad score. The schools respond that they still teach good penmanship, and seem to think that the kids are just whining excessively. Of course, considering the rest of the exam has been entirely computerized for years, why not just give the kids a keyboard and let them type their essay responses (or, since the kids these days are so into text messaging -- let them text their essays)?

Killer Drones: Not Just For the Scottish
Anymore

Killer Drones: Not Just For the Scottish
Anymore 07/20/2004 09:47 AM

Boeing has created a modern day Spirit of St. Louis, except instead of Charles Lindburg there is a computer brain and instead of inspiring generations of dreaming children it will drop 4,500 pounds of bombs on them. The newest "unmanned combat aerial vehicle," the X-45C, weighs about four tons, has a 49-foot wingspan, and will able to cruise at an altitude of 40,000 feet. Expect to see automated flocks of X-45Cs blot out the sun sometime after 2009.
Read - NEW KILLER DRONE REVEALED [DefenseTech]

Related
Lost Navy Drone Found, Alcohol Suspiciously Not Mentioned [Gizmodo]
Killer Military Drone Plans Revealed [Gizmodo]

Life On Demand: We Don't Wait Around
Anymore

Life On Demand: We Don't Wait Around
Anymore 07/27/2004 12:37 PM
Forbes is running a series of articles noting that one of the trends they're noticing is that, these days, everything seems to be focused on providing things "on demand", from TV (TiVo) to sleep (Ambien) to sex (Viagra). Of course, that's not necessarily a bad thing, though, we may start to lose the concept of waiting for things.
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About SkypeOut

About SkypeOut 04/18/2005 12:43 AM
SkypeOut

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SkypeOut!

SkypeOut! 07/04/2004 05:16 PM
Last week popular peer-to-peer telephony company Skype launched SkypeOut, allowing you to call regular telephone numbers from your computer or PDA. The price list is sweet, and the global rate for selected countries looks good too. There's no press relase, news announcement or description page yet, but Heiko Hebig confirms that it's working with an early short review.
(Via Loic Le Meur Blog, Rodrigo A. Sepúlveda.)
Related on MeFi: Skype Launches.

Sub-Override-0.03

Sub-Override-0.03 08/06/2004 12:41 AM

Capability Override LSM 0.9

Capability Override LSM 0.9 12/07/2003 07:11 AM
An LSM that enables extra privileges based on UID and GID.

Capability Override LSM 0.7

Capability Override LSM 0.7 12/04/2003 12:10 AM
An LSM that enables extra privileges based on UID and GID.

U.S. Won't Override AIDS Drug Patents
(AP)

U.S. Won't Override AIDS Drug Patents
(AP) 08/05/2004 01:41 AM
AP - The government is refusing to take steps to in effect force down the spiraling price of an important AIDS drug, saying such an unprecedented move isn't allowed by federal law.

Temporarily override iChat away message
preference

Temporarily override iChat away message
preference 12/27/2003 05:25 PM
iChat has a setting as to whether or not you wish it to remember your custom "away" messages. You reach this setting by clicking on the "Available" message below your name at the top of the Buddy List window, and then selecti...

Owner Override: a proposal to fix
Trusted Computing

Owner Override: a proposal to fix
Trusted Computing 11/15/2003 01:14 PM
My collegaue Seth Schoen has written an audacious article for Linux Journal in which he calls on the architects of "Trusted Computing" [TCPA|TCG|Palladium|NGSCB] systems -- which ostensibly solve some of the Internet's security problems by adding cryptographicallly secured tamper-detection to the hardware of the commodity PC -- to add a feature that he calls "Owner Override."

Trusted Computing proposals have drawn fire as tools for lock-in and other anti-competitive strategies; Seth's Owner Override allows the owner of a computer to override the Trusted Computing security when it is in her own interest.

For example, you could use Owner Override to tell a "lie" to your bank, which insists that you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to access its website, and convince the bank's webserver that your copy of Opera or Safari or Mozilla is really Internet Explorer. This is possible (even routine) today, but in a Trusted Computing universe, it will be impossible, modulo Owner Override.

Fortunately, this problem is fixable. TCG should empower computer owners to override attestations deliberately to defeat policies of which they disapprove. Giving the owner this choice preserves an essential part of the status quo: third parties can never know for sure what's running on your PC. TCG already defines a platform owner concept. The TCG specification also should provide for a facility by which the platform owner, when physically present, can force the TPM chip to generate an attestation as if the Platform Configuration Registers (PCRs) contained values of the owner's choice instead of their actual values.

APIs and a clear user interface for the override mechanism could be specified by an appropriate TCG committee. Only the platform owner should be able to do this; whenever a machine provides an inaccurate attestation, it does so for what its owner considered an appropriate reason. This change would do nothing to undermine the basic security benefits of the TCPA hardware, including those outlined in the Safford article; you still could tell whether your computer had been altered.

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10.3: Temporarily override smooth
scrolling setting

10.3: Temporarily override smooth
scrolling setting 01/02/2004 12:06 PM
If you hold down the any of the Shift, Option or Command keys and press Page Up, Page Down, etc, when you have smooth scrolling turned on, the scroll bar moves straight to the destination instead of trying to scroll smoothly....

Override 670MB size limit on
Finder-burned CDs

Override 670MB size limit on
Finder-burned CDs 09/24/2004 12:08 PM
If you use the Finder to burn CDs, it (rather arbitrarily) sets the size of the image used to stage the CD to 670MB. If you have 700MB CDs (which are very common), you will waste 30MB by using Finder. If you'd rather use all ...

TV on crack

TV on crack 03/22/2005 04:44 PM
Is A&E's "Intervention" the most exploitative reality show ever, or a necessarily brutal snapshot of the perils of addiction?

MD5 crack

MD5 crack 07/07/2004 04:43 AM
MD5 cracking in seconds .. this site is for you

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Just say no to Crack

Just say no to Crack 04/23/2004 02:51 PM
Staking out the high moral ground, a bill would punish those wearing low-riding jeans. It seems that Represe ntative Derrick D. T. Shepherd of Louisiana, a Democrat no less, wants to outlaw low slung pants. Plumbers beware, and stock up on Butt-Crack Caulk! Really, don't they have anything better to legislate besides fashion or holidays?

"Conservative Crack-Up"

"Conservative Crack-Up" 11/19/2003 03:31 PM

Kernel crack

Kernel crack 11/07/2003 05:31 AM
CNET Asia Nov 7 2003 4:44AM ET

How to crack passwords, and why you
should

How to crack passwords, and why you
should 06/05/2005 11:28 PM

FeedDemon Crack

FeedDemon Crack 06/18/2004 09:27 AM

Dave Winer and Evan Williams commented that the people who shout the loudest are often the ones who have no basis for their anger. I'm reminded of this fact by an email I received this morning. Here's a quote:

"Fix your piece of s--- program! I upgraded to FeedDemon 1.10 and it crashes with 'Win32 device error.' Did you even test this s---?"

I've actually received a number of emails (and one forum post) about this bug, but I have no plans to fix it. Why? Because the error message only appears if you upgrade a cracked version of FeedDemon 1.0. This is a deliberate error message that FeedDemon 1.10 displays when it detects that you upgraded from a specific cracked version of FeedDemon 1.0.

That's right, people who use a pirated version of FeedDemon are emailing me for support. It never ceases to amaze me when people not only steal from me, but also expect me to spend my time answering their questions. And more often than not, the email I've received about this problem reads like something a drunk teenager would write.

I've written about piracy befor e and I'm not planning to start another lengthy rant. But I do have a request for those who have justified their use of cracked versions of my work: don't ask for support. I support my family with sales of my software, and my life is affected - dramatically - by the existence of cracks. Please, if you're using a pirated version of my software, don't expect me to help you.

First Crack in the Wall?

First Crack in the Wall? 03/22/2005 03:15 PM
This is the first announced change in the status quo since IBM announced the sale of their entire line of laptops to the Chinese firm Lenovo. As with some other people, I’m still awainting experience to tell us if it’s a good or bad thing. Lenovo will slightly modify the “IBM ThinkPad” brand in the relatively near future, said Lenovo CEO-designate Stephen Ward on Monday at PC Forum, which is taking place here this week….

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New Bluetooth Crack

New Bluetooth Crack 06/05/2005 11:47 PM

Happy Friday:

Cryptographers have discovered a way to hack Bluetooth-enabled devices even when security features are switched on. The discovery may make it even easier for hackers to eavesdrop on conversations and charge their own calls to someone else's cellphone.

"Our attack makes it possible to crack every communication between two Bluetooth devices, and not only if it is the first communication between those devices," says Shaked.

Check out the time required to pull this off:

They show that once an attacker has forced two devices to pair, they can work out the link key in just 0.06 seconds on a Pentium IV-enabled computer, and 0.3 seconds on a Pentium-III. "This is not just a theoretical break, it's practical," says Schneier.

Via New Scientist.

Alcohol is the new crack!

Alcohol is the new crack! 01/02/2005 11:10 PM
“N ot only is it illegal, but it's becoming increasingly dangerous,” Leggio said of underage drinking. How dangerous? Well apparently dangerous enough that one affluent Kansas City community has decided that it is best to have police spy on teens during high school basketball games. Oh it gets better, apparently a carload of teens is enough for a Lenexa cop to follow you! So the parents should be up in arms right? Nope, they encourage the police, even calling them ("she told dispatchers that when she called home to check on her son, it sounded like a party was going on"). Yet surprisingly, despite this almost police-state like mentality against drinking, atti tudes are slow to change.

Congress Set to Crack Down on Spyware

Congress Set to Crack Down on Spyware 06/28/2004 12:18 AM
The collective mind of congress is rapidly turning to the fall elections, but some issues are pressing enough to warrant continued attention, among them spyware.

UK, US and Canada crack down on Net
scams

UK, US and Canada crack down on Net
scams 04/30/2004 10:50 AM
Closer co-operation

Hackers crack Sony PSP

Hackers crack Sony PSP 06/17/2005 04:44 PM

3D holograms to crack forgeries

3D holograms to crack forgeries 08/11/2004 08:18 AM
A 3D hologram technique could transform how experts spot forged signatures and other handwritten documents.

Ex-Crack Addict Gives $10K to Art
Gallery (AP)

Ex-Crack Addict Gives $10K to Art
Gallery (AP) 07/22/2004 07:39 AM
AP - A former burglar, alcoholic and crack addict has donated $10,000 to the art gallery where he had panhandled for years after inheriting $187,000 from his long-estranged mother.

Do You Thrive or Crack Under Pressure?

Do You Thrive or Crack Under Pressure? 09/10/2004 04:44 PM

Madredeus On Crack: A Naifa

Madredeus On Crack: A Naifa 09/14/2004 01:54 AM
As God Is My Cleaning Lady: Crypto-Fado For Bohemian Pagan Popsters. They can't play their classical Fado guitars very well; they have a punky drummer and the Fado singer not only smiles pouts and shakes her hips, but actually seems to enjoy herself! What's become of this country? Are they mad? Reckless, certainly. They call themselves A Naifa and what they've done is taken a massive, ice-crunching Waring Pro blender to all the sacred potions, fruits and flavours of Portuguese traditional music and poured out a vulgar, shameless, disrespectful and utterly delicious shambles of a Pop cocktail. Heresy in old Lisbon? I nearly choked on my 30-year-old aguardente velha, but then realized I was dancing merrily and had already spilt most of it anyway. [Probably not fun for those unfamiliar with the Fado. QuickTime required.]

where i can give a crack for sims2?

where i can give a crack for sims2? 09/20/2004 03:02 PM
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MasterCard Looks to Crack Down on
Phishing

MasterCard Looks to Crack Down on
Phishing 06/22/2004 10:35 AM
MasterCard is teaming up with digital fraud protection company NameProtect to help shut down online scams.

"Don't do crack; it's a ghetto drug"

"Don't do crack; it's a ghetto drug" 06/19/2004 04:52 PM

Fifteen of us gathered last night for a screening of the 1992 Tim Robbins political satire Bo b Roberts.  This mockumentary of a folksinging conservative Wall Street trader turned politician has held up surprisingly well.  In the background of the movie, President Bush is in the White House and American troops are about to invade Iraq.  Gore Vidal does a great job playing a Ted Kennedy-style career senator.  The songs are fun but sadly the soundtrack has never been made available.

My favorite part of the movie is when Bob Roberts closes a letter to a 7-year-old girl in Vermont with the admonition "Don't do crack; it's a ghetto drug."

This is the perfect movie for an election-year party.

Is SQL a standard anymore?

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