Room Divider

Apple conquers living room. It might be a month before someone notices.

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:05:57 +0000

Apple just made the first practical production living room computer that actually bridges the PC/CE divide. How long you think it will be before the industry notices that Apple’s pulled another iPod?

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Unix/Linux Cheat Sheet

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:05:31 +0000

Extremely handy terminal command reference sheet, available as a PDF file (image visible and readable on the page). Divided into the following categories: File Commands, Process Management, File Permissions, SSH, Searching, System Info, Compression, Network, Installation, and Shortcuts. Licensed under Creative Commons.

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Your favorite ‘wacky tobacky’ joint hits your lungs like 5 cigarettes

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:05:19 +0000

“Doctors recruited 339 volunteers who were divided into four categories: those who smoked only cannabis, those who smoked only tobacco, those who smoked both, and those who smoked neither.” The finding s are pretty amazing.

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“Bong Hits For Jesus” Sign Case Divides Bush From Religious Right

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:04:56 +0000

A Supreme Court case about the free-speech rights of high school students has opened a fissure between the Bush administration and its usual allies on the religious right.

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Atheist group challenges Bush at Supreme Court

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:04:45 +0000

The Freedom From Religion Foundation, which for 30 years has sought a firm divide between church and state, will be at the Supreme Court on Wednesday in a case that could affect taxpayers’ ability to challenge ? and government’s ability to defend ? a multitude of public programs that involve groups with a religious affiliation.

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Cbreak: Free commercial remover for AVI files

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:04:28 +0000

Remove commercials from recorded TV quickly and easily. Open source app. Cbreak works by scanning every frame of a video file, taking note of any black frames in the video. It uses these frames to divide the video up into segments.

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Divided-at-birth twins ‘married’

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:04:02 +0000

A pair of twins who were separated at birth got married without knowing they were brother and sister. They were adopted by separate families, and neither was told that they had a twin sibling.

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Linux Users: Why So Serious?

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:03:47 +0000

Despite coming from a very rich and early history, linux OS consumer market share is less than 1% ; and the community more divided than ever. What are we doing wrong?

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The 10 Cheapest Cars Per Mile Per Gallon

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:03:21 +0000

To get this list, we divided the as-tested price (including options and destination charge) for each vehicle we’ve recently tested by the car’s overall mpg (including city and highway) in our fuel-economy tests. This tells you the price you’ll pay for each mpg. We selected only ones that meet our stringent criteria in performance, reliability…

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Community vs. Corporate Linux: The Coming Divide

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:02:57 +0000

MadPenguin.org discusses the great divide that will separate corporate Linux (companies that are working with Microsoft) and community Linux (companies that haven’t yet partnered with Microsoft) and their impact on Linux as a whole.

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