Turner -- TW/AOL 'Disaster' Could Have Been Avoided (Reuters)

Grok Headline matches for Turner -- TW/AOL 'Disaster' Could Have Been Avoided (Reuters)

Bin Laden-inspired artists make Turner
shortlist (Reuters)

Bin Laden-inspired artists make Turner
shortlist (Reuters) 05/18/2004 07:20 AM
Reuters - Two artists who drew inspiration from Osama bin Laden have been nominated for one of the art world's most contentious awards -- the Turner Prize.

Pier worker prevented 'disaster'

Pier worker prevented 'disaster' 09/17/2004 02:17 PM
A company which allowed people to go on a ride which had a missing section of track admits it put people at risk.

Leaders rue Euro poll 'disaster'

Leaders rue Euro poll 'disaster' 06/14/2004 06:46 AM
Senior European politicians voice dismay at EU election results, after low turnouts and big opposition gains.

Google critics wrong to label IPO
'disaster'

Google critics wrong to label IPO
'disaster' 08/23/2004 04:47 AM
Seattle Times Aug 23 2004 9:40AM GMT

Viruses usually can be avoided

Viruses usually can be avoided 02/12/2004 02:43 AM
Washington Times Feb 12 2004 6:30AM GMT

BBC NEWS | Europe | Leaders rue Euro
poll 'disaster'

BBC NEWS | Europe | Leaders rue Euro
poll 'disaster' 06/15/2004 03:56 AM
another story about the "disastrous" EU parliamentary elections .. Leaders rue Euro poll 'disaster' .. Non-Voters Win EU Vote

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Narrowly avoided catastrophe

Narrowly avoided catastrophe 02/01/2005 09:26 PM

Several months ago, I spent an afternoon tinkering with rsync so that I could back up my Powerbook to my web server over SSH and vice versa. Got it working perfectly...or so I thought. The other day, I actually took the time to look at what was actually being backed up. The web server --> Powerbook backup was fine, but the Powerbook --> web server was trying to backup everything from August 2004 to the present. When I looked on the web server, sure enough, nothing had been backed up for months. After a few moments of panic, I found out I'd been using the "-n" option while doing the Powerbook backup:

-n, show what would have been transferred

So it looked like it had been working, but actually hadn't been doing anything. Anyway, all the files on my Powerbook are now whizzing their way to the web server and I shall once more be properly backed up. (You do back your files up, yes? You're not waiting until you lose everything to find religion, are you? If so, I say unto you: back thy stuff up now!)

AMD: UK has avoided fake chip shipments

AMD: UK has avoided fake chip shipments 01/05/2005 02:03 PM
ZDNet UK Jan 5 2005 5:09PM GMT

Perhaps the war would have been avoided
if Clinton hadn't been a naughty boy
with Lewinsky

Perhaps the war would have been avoided
if Clinton hadn't been a naughty boy
with Lewinsky 03/19/2003 10:28 PM
The consumate diplomat, Bill Clinton vicariously supports the war by defending Blair. On the one hand too bad someone with...

Custom Software Development Pitfalls Can
Be Avoided

Custom Software Development Pitfalls Can
Be Avoided 09/24/2004 03:27 AM
Magnus Technologies is a janitorial software development company. They clean up the messes made by other software companies. [PRWEB Sep 24, 2004]

Bankruptcy examiner: WorldCom avoided
state taxes

Bankruptcy examiner: WorldCom avoided
state taxes 01/27/2004 12:14 AM
WorldCom engaged in a questionable program to reduce the state taxes it paid by millions of dollars between 1998 and 2001, according to a final bankruptcy examiner's report released Monday

School killing spree avoided thanks to
online forum

School killing spree avoided thanks to
online forum 12/11/2003 01:10 PM
Using a popular horror movie discussion website (www.horror.com) a 12 year old recently stated that he was going to kill his teacher as well as many other people the next day (Murder threat). A concerned forum user took the post seriously and contacted the FBI. To many peoples surprise the FBI got back in touch to say that the 12 year old had been apprehended at home and they had found a knife in his school bag. He had also admitted that he intended to kill his teacher to police (Conversation with FBI). The story has since been reported by various news media. The boys mother blames the incident on excessive bullying since the 4th grade. Thewgalchannel.com report ABC news report Team4news.com report SFgate.com report

EchoStar vs. Turner

EchoStar vs. Turner 04/15/2004 01:11 PM
Time Warner's Turner properties are in a dispute with EchoStar over fees. Here we go again.

"My Beef With Big Media" by Ted Turner

"My Beef With Big Media" by Ted Turner 07/23/2004 01:22 PM
talking about the collapse of ownership restrictions .. media consolidation and government protectionisim .. Ted Turner speaks out against consolidation .. Ted Turner: My Beef With Big Media

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Ted Turner on media consolidation

Ted Turner on media consolidation 07/22/2004 09:56 PM
The current issue of the Washington Monthly has a great article by Ted Turner on the evils of media consolidation.

A Page-Turner at the Times

A Page-Turner at the Times 07/13/2004 08:43 AM
Is everything old new again?

Ted Turner: Break Up Big Media

Ted Turner: Break Up Big Media 07/26/2004 12:30 PM

Ted Turner: My Beef With Big Media. As a business proposition, consolidation makes sense. The moguls behind the mergers are acting in their corporate interests and playing by the rules. We just shouldn't have those rules. They make sense for a corporation. But for a society, it's like over-fishing the oceans. When the independent businesses are gone, where will the new ideas come from? We have to do more than keep media giants from growing larger; they're already too big. We need a new set of rules that will break these huge companies to pieces.

(Cross-posted to We the Media.)

Telstra's i-mode Deal with Turner

Telstra's i-mode Deal with Turner 08/17/2004 05:58 AM
Digital Lifestyles Aug 17 2004 10:20AM GMT

Jeff Turner as Cocoon committer

Jeff Turner as Cocoon committer 01/14/2003 02:28 PM

Jeff Turner was proposed by Stefano as a Cocoon committer! This is an important recognition of the hard work and commitment Jeff has shown in all the projects he's been working on, Anteater, Forrest and Cocoon. Good job, Jeff!

Bin Laden artwork on Turner list

Bin Laden artwork on Turner list 05/18/2004 05:57 AM
Artwork inspired by Osama Bin Laden is one of the pieces nominated for this year's Turner Prize.

Telstra signs Turner i-mode deal

Telstra signs Turner i-mode deal 08/17/2004 01:59 AM
ZDNet Australia Aug 17 2004 4:43AM GMT

Turner Hired As Raiders' Head Coach (AP)

Turner Hired As Raiders' Head Coach (AP) 01/26/2004 01:47 PM
AP - Norv Turner was hired as the Oakland Raiders' head coach Monday, taking over a team that went from the Super Bowl to 4-12 in just a year.

Transvestite potter wins Turner Prize

Transvestite potter wins Turner Prize 12/08/2003 05:45 AM

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3298707.stm
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AOL Time Warner: Turner staying on board

AOL Time Warner: Turner staying on board 03/21/2003 01:20 AM

Already a legend, Turner graces a timely
cover

Already a legend, Turner graces a timely
cover 02/07/2003 03:45 PM
Google, the computer search engine, has already decided not to buy the newest mega-processor --- a decision Red Herring calls "a turning point in the high-tech ...

BBC News: Transvestite potter wins
Turner

BBC News: Transvestite potter wins
Turner 12/09/2003 10:55 AM
Lovely little girl wins the Turner prize .. bbc

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Poor Song Choice Dooms Turner on 'Idol'
(AP)

Poor Song Choice Dooms Turner on 'Idol'
(AP) 04/13/2005 10:30 PM
AP - Nadia Turner picked the wrong song on Tuesday's "American Idol," and on Wednesday, she paid the price. Turner was voted off the Fox show after singing Crystal Gayle's "When I Dream," a choice that the judges lambasted.

Brainstorms 2004 dinner interview notes
- Ted Turner

Brainstorms 2004 dinner interview notes
- Ted Turner 07/15/2004 12:18 PM

Ted Turner dinner interview. It was a great interview and quite funny. Worth a read.

This was a dinner talk and it was quite noisy so my notes are a bit sketchy, but here are some tidbits. My notes may be a bit inaccurate...

Q: What are you doing now that you don't have a job.

A: I worked for 50 years. I'm a philanthropist and I don't have as money as I used to so I march. I march for the rights of women.

The nuclear arms in the US and Russia are still on hair-trigger alert and I'm working to disarm these weapons.

Q: Who would you want to become the president of the US?

A: I'm for whoever speaks to our survival not our demise.

Q: So Who?

A: Who do you think?

The invasion of Iraq was the biggest debacle in the history of the world... except maybe the AOL Time-Warner merger.

They can't even get Haiti right, how are they going to get Iraq right?

It cost $200B. $100B to bomb it and $100B to rebuild it. All just to find some guy hiding in a foxhole...

Wars may have worked in the past, but now we have pro-football. Before there wasn't anything to be excited about so War was exciting. War isn't fun anymore.

9/11 wouldn't have happened if I had been president. We were having a cold war with Russia when I went to Russia to produce the Good Will Games. A few years later, the Berlin Wall came down.

My net worth went from 10-11B to 1B and a half.

The AOL Time-Warner merger was bullshit.

Q: You were quoted as saying that signing was as good as having sex for the first time.

A: I was just being a team player. It wasn't really. It was the stupidest move I've ever seen. Almost as stupid as the war on Iraq.

It was good for me. I ended up with 10% of the stock in AOL/TW. I was friendly with two other people who owned 10% each so it was OK for me.

But I probably should have done it. Gerald Levine was like Rasputin. He was my enemy. But he said he was my best friend. I said to him, "Gerald, I've never been to your home." But I was a team player. I always pulled for the team.

Q: Can you start a new empire from now?

A: No. I'm too old/tired.

I'm doing Bison.

Q: Why Bison?

A: Why not? They are the original American cattle. The meat has 1/2 as much fat as beef. I am going into the restaurant business and philanthropy.

I thought I could make a difference. I don't have enough money so I make speeches and make appearances.

Philanthropy is important. It's not about giving to the local church or orphanage. You have to shift to more important things. I've also wanted to be a fire chief.

Rupert Murdoch is is a bad journalist. Sloppy journalist. He runs Britain. I asked Tony Blair why he was allowed to have so much influence and Tony Blair said, "I wouldn't have my job without Rupert." He wants to rule the world. He has Britain, almost has Australia and he would like the US. He has no interest in helping anyone, in charity. He won't even give you an interview. He's not interesting in whether what he is doing is right or wrong.

The $1M / yr I was getting as Vice Chairman was just hush money.

Q: What would you have said?

A: A lot. Not of your business.

I was in New Mexico and Gerald Levine called me and said "I'm replacing you." "The hell with your contract." "I can sue you." "All you'll get is your salary. No discussion."

I helped get Lord of the Rings made. I said yes. A $300M decision. You have to have guts, but you have to be right. The president's got guts, but he's wrong.

You also need vision. My vision comes from thinking. I don't want TV.

We split the money with Jim Baker 50/50. We used to open the envelops together as they came in because we didn't trust each other.

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"article written by Ted Turner on the
subject of media consolidation"

"article written by Ted Turner on the
subject of media consolidation" 07/26/2004 04:08 AM

Crude prices rise again...A change at
Turner TV...Google buys a ...

Crude prices rise again...A change at
Turner TV...Google buys a ... 02/19/2003 02:34 AM
New York-Dow Jones/AP -- Crude oil futures have settled at a fresh 29-month high, up 16 cents to 36 dollars, 96 cents a barrel on the New York Mercantile ...

PERSONAL TECH: PlayStation Portable is a
real head-turner, Ed Baig says

PERSONAL TECH: PlayStation Portable is a
real head-turner, Ed Baig says 03/19/2005 02:25 AM
Usatoday.com - Thu Mar 17, 03:35 pm GMT

The Many Faces of Helen - How to find an
actress who can launch a thousand ships.
By Julia Turner

The Many Faces of Helen - How to find an
actress who can launch a thousand ships.
By Julia Turner 05/15/2004 05:52 AM
a pictorial essay on Helen of Troy .. explains .. Slate

slate.msn.com/id/2100449
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The Condensed Bill Clinton - Slate reads
My Life so you don't have to. By Bryan
Curtis, Chris Suellentrop, and Julia
Turner

The Condensed Bill Clinton - Slate reads
My Life so you don't have to. By Bryan
Curtis, Chris Suellentrop, and Julia
Turner 06/23/2004 02:07 PM
The Condensed Bill Clinton .. condenses Clinton's book .. juicy bits .. Slate

slate.msn.com/id/2102786
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Modern Day “Dr. Doolittle”, Joy Turner,
Debuts on Internet Talk Radio Network
VoiceAmerica Radio with Show Talk With
Your Animals

Modern Day “Dr. Doolittle”, Joy Turner,
Debuts on Internet Talk Radio Network
VoiceAmerica Radio with Show Talk With
Your Animals 01/04/2005 04:14 AM
The new radio show dedicated to helping people learn how to communicate effectively with their animals, airs at a new time starting on January 7, 2005 on VoiceAmerica. [PRWEB Jan 4, 2005]

Reuters, NBC Staff Abused by U.S. Troops
in Iraq (Reuters)

Reuters, NBC Staff Abused by U.S. Troops
in Iraq (Reuters) 05/18/2004 02:51 PM
Reuters - U.S. forces beat three Iraqis working for Reuters and subjected them to sexual and religious taunts and humiliation during their detention last January in a military camp near Falluja, the three said Tuesday.

Okay, You Be the Look-Out... (Reuters)

Okay, You Be the Look-Out... (Reuters) 02/10/2004 02:56 AM
Reuters - Police in the central Argentine city of Cordoba foiled a predawn street hold-up on Thursday -- and were staggered to find one of the assailants was blind.

You SURE We're Only Going 50? (Reuters)

You SURE We're Only Going 50? (Reuters) 06/02/2004 11:56 AM
Reuters - Honda Motor Co. Ltd. is recalling nearly 8,200 model year 2004 motorcycles because of a computer glitch that could prompt their drivers to go too fast, federal safety regulators said on Tuesday.

Here's Something You Don't See Every Day
(Reuters)

Here's Something You Don't See Every Day
(Reuters) 08/18/2004 09:04 AM
Reuters - Strippers and pole dancers should be banned from performing in stretch limousines, according to a British report.

"Reuters"

"Reuters" 04/28/2004 05:33 PM

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