02.28.03
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at 12 pm
Fleischer was apparently laughed off stage:
Q — the French press is quoting actually two different diplomats from the United States State Department that — they’re highlighting that the United States is giving some sort of agreements or benefits to Colombia — and other non-members of the Security Council —
MR. FLEISCHER: I haven’t seen the story. And you already have the answer, about what this will be decided on. But think about the implications of what you’re saying. You’re saying that the leaders of other nations are buyable. And that is not an acceptable proposition.
(Laughter.)
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02.27.03
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at 10 am
What do you do with the mad that you feel
When you feel so mad you could bite?
When the whole wide world seems oh, so wrong…
And nothing you do seems very right?
What do you do? Do you punch a bag?
Do you pound some clay or some dough?
Do you round up friends for a game of tag?
Or see how fast you go?
It’s great to be able to stop
When you’ve planned a thing that’s wrong,
And be able to do something else instead
And think this song:
I can stop when I want to
Can stop when I wish.
I can stop, stop, stop any time.
And what a good feeling to feel like this
And know that the feeling is really mine.
Know that there’s something deep inside
That helps us become what we can.
For a girl can be someday a woman
And a boy can be someday a man.
– Mr. (Fred) Rogers
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02.25.03
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at 5 pm
For the record:
“i.e.” in a text means “in other words”
“e.g.” in a text means “for example”
Thank you, and good night.
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02.23.03
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at 8 pm
Take a look at this! These hampsters were *really* lucky.
Lucky Hamsters (335k MPEG movie)
I can’t believe that college students would do this to these poor hamsters! They barely make it out… alive.
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02.20.03
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at 9 am
Oo! NewtonScript History as told by the guys who made it! http://wsmith.best.vwh.net/Self-intro.html
Nummy!
I love reading about background histories of computer projects. In fact I’ve been reading this piece on WindowsNT history. However, take it with a HUGE grain of salt. Notice how the IBM relationship is totally glossed over, and how there are no mentions of infighting or VMS concepts.
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02.19.03
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at 10 am
From a UCLA reseacher on the cause of the Hindenburg disaster.
Furthermore, the substance used to coat the cotton skin — a process known as “doping” which makes the fabric taut and more durable — was extremely flammable. A combination of iron oxide, cellulose acetate and aluminum powder, “the total mixture might well serve as a respectable rocket propellant,” Van Vorst said.
Additionally, the manner in which the skin was attached to the airframe allowed a large electrostatic charge to build up on its surface. When it finally discharged, it did so with disastrous results.”
I saw this on a PBS show once, but had forgotten the compostion of the doping agent. I needed that in a recent converstation. Hopefully putting this here will help me remember: iron oxide, cellulose acetate and aluminum powder.
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02.18.03
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at 12 pm
Some of our clients seem to have access to a steady supply of high quality Crack.
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02.17.03
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at 10 am
Things to keep in mind when choosing a domain name:
- shortest number of characters
- easy to remember and recognize when communicated over the phone
- easy/standardized acronyms or abbreviations
- both .com and .org are available
- no hyphens
There should be weights that go with each of these as well.
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at 8 am
If the ocean levels rise, like they might in the future due to global warming, will barometric pressue increase or decrease significantly?
After all the atmosphere sits on top of the ocean and the land. If the ocean were to rise, then the bottom of the barometric pressue would also rise, right? But then again, because the rising would occur over the face of a sphere, the atmostphere would be pushed out over a greater surface area, therefore the PSI of the atmosphere would be spread out, lowering the effectie barometric pressure… Hmmmm.
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at 8 am
I was reading this at Ben’s log and thought, yeah.
I’ve often seen where someone has made a big splash news-wise after publishing something that I thought was common knowledge. I guess publishing ideas works best with a shotgun style method. You publish *all* of your ideas and see if one sticks.
I’ve got a new article that I’m gathering materials for that I might send into alistapart, or evolt or something. We’ll see.
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