Posted by at April 30, 2001 05:24 PM

The only thing wrong with the NBA -- or any other professional sport, for that matter -- is a wild epidemic of Dumbness and overweening Greed.

Posted by at April 30, 2001 05:18 PM

The Aragon Institute of Technology is a collection of the finest minds - human and artificial - ever brought together, linked in a dynamic net of campuses scattered across the solar system.

Posted by at April 29, 2001 11:25 AM

Bangalore World University is one of the finest institutions of higher learning in the solar system°�and definitely the largest.

Anyone know where I can get an "Earth-Net 39" capable browser?

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After nude pictures emerge on the Net, the Cable News Network may be backpedaling on the controversial hire of Andrea Thompson.

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Attach the nuclear nipple-clamps!

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Porn.

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This evening it's raining,
and my picture of you is raining.
The day falls open in memory.
You walked in.
I can't hear. Memory gives me nothing but your picture.
There only your kiss or the rain is falling.

Vicente Aleixandre

Posted by at April 25, 2001 06:08 PM

Former "NYPD Blue" star Andrea Thompson will become an anchor of CNN Headline News beginning in late June. She had been serving as a general assignment reporter at KRQE-TV in Albuquerque after leaving the ABC cop drama last year.

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Once Anne has told them how rubbish they were for a final time, they decide who wins the pot by virtue of a quiz in the style of a penalty shootout competition. It looks like the batteries in the Anne Robinson robot starts leaking voltage at this point as the gaps between her phrases get longer and longer in what can be described at best as a way of increasing attention and at worst as a way of being incredibly annoying: "What colour is... the... character... of Colonel... Mustard... represented by in the... game... C... l... u... e... d... o?".

Posted by at April 25, 2001 05:41 AM

New Free Toilet Paper with Banner Ads

Posted by at April 24, 2001 08:28 PM

Indeed.

Posted by at April 24, 2001 06:18 PM

In 1966 it was already a cliche that the patients who did best in psychotherapy were those who did not need it.

Posted by at April 24, 2001 05:59 PM

...Dick claimed that Jameson and other literary theorists were agents of a KGB conspiracy to take over American science fiction.

Posted by at April 24, 2001 05:55 PM

If computers finally replace trusted hardcovers and paperbacks, will our culture ever be the same?

Posted by at April 24, 2001 05:54 PM

Who wants a bunch of idiot public input and democracy and all that? We're talking about the Business of Broadcasting, after all.

Posted by at April 24, 2001 05:47 PM

...I quickly reached over and gave Cromwell a sharp jolt between the sholderblades with my 200,000-volt Powermax cattle prod. And that was that.

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The climate has never been sweeter for Total Information Monopoly.

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Hello and Heil Hitler! My name is Eric and this is my web page! I hate jocks, Jews and jiggaboos. I loathe wops, spics and blood-engorged ticks. On particularly bad days I kick dogs and shoot cats. But, rest assured, I'm badder than all that!

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Getting the Chad Out: Elections, Technology, and Reform

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Canadian riot police advance towards protesters during violent clashes outiside of the site where the Third Summit of the Americas is taking place in Quebec City, Canada Friday April 20, 2001.

Good.

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Callaghan says children in Canmore play together freely now, at school and at social and sports events. So a physical barrier in the school will be tough to explain to the children.

That's because they haven't the tolerance of aggressive and evil stupidity that adults do!

Posted by at April 19, 2001 11:05 AM

U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-San Jose, lifted hopes this month when she submitted a bill (H.R. 1487) that would exempt paper gains on incentive stock options from applying to the Alternative Minimum Tax. Instead, workers would owe tax on actual profits when they sell stock. That bill would be retroactive to Jan. 1, 2000.

Tax relief for Stock Option Slaves...

Posted by at April 19, 2001 05:15 AM

Employees who lost their jobs at Seattle-based Rival Networks last week not only received pink slips. They also were handed a 787-word separation agreement that includes a clause forbidding them from bad-mouthing the company, its executives, investors, bankers and board of directors.

Posted by at April 18, 2001 03:03 PM

91% want to see incentives for cleaner fuels - suggesting that motorists care about the environment but do not want to pay for it.

Posted by at April 18, 2001 07:05 AM

"I want people in Israel to continue to go out," said Galit Levi, a Tel Aviv fashion designer. "But be careful."

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Zip plaintiffs get settlement: Iomega will give rebates to millions of customers as part of a settlement of a class-action lawsuit that claimed its Zip drives are defective.

U.S. customers who bought a Zip drive from a store or authorized manufacturer between January 1, 1995 and March 19, 2001 will be entitled to rebates worth up to $40 for various Iomega products.

The settlement comes out of a lawsuit filed in Delaware in 1998, which claims the company's mainstay product had a manufacturing flaw that often caused the drives and disks to fail. The suit also alleged that many of the drives made constant clicking noises nicknamed "the click of death" before failing.

Plaintiffs' attorney Mike Dodge estimated 28 million Zip drive purchasers are part of the suit.

Iomega (IOM) will also donate $1 million in products and services to schools, pay attorneys fees for the lawsuit and provide free technical support for customers who experience the clicking.

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I just put a very interesting link on the Guy Duguay Virtual Gallery but you'll have to go there to see it.

Posted by at April 17, 2001 06:17 AM

If you look at class-action lawsuits, you'd be hard pressed to find a company who doesn't have one. Nike, Oracle, AT&T, you pick the company.

Posted by at April 17, 2001 05:28 AM

The ads are actually long rows of lighted boxes displaying frame-by-frame motion-picture clips. As the train passes by, the pictures seem to move, as in a child's flipbook.

Posted by at April 16, 2001 07:09 AM

The scientist said: "This machine needs to be trained like a newborn child. It is extremely important for us to make it a friend, not a criminal or an enemy."

Chad Mulligan said a machine that refuses to accept the data it is fed may be exhibiting artificial consciousness. It's a Chad Mulligan Breakfast Special!

Posted by at April 16, 2001 04:48 AM

Chad Mulligan said that people oppose genetic engineering because they're too self-centered to want to children probably superior to themselves.

Posted by at April 16, 2001 04:45 AM

The Bunker is still down there. But just try to find it.

Posted by at April 14, 2001 06:08 PM

JAPAN'S PIONEER INADVERTENTLY sent virus-infected e-mail messages to more than 10,000 customers last month and infected the computers of at least 19 of them, the company reported Tuesday.

Posted by at April 14, 2001 04:39 PM

Latest P2P Headlines From The Internet Every 15 Minutes

Posted by at April 14, 2001 04:30 PM

Ask seven techies to describe the ultimate wireless gadget - as we did - and you'll get seven different answers. But while the engineers, CEOs and regular folks we polled thought they were indulging in James Bond fantasies, the features they wanted are either available now or could be soon.

Posted by at April 14, 2001 02:45 PM

I have two copies of the "The Tao of Pooh" and I did graduate from Sonoma State University. But, I don't have any Pooh Bear dolls or drink Pepsi.

Posted by at April 14, 2001 08:24 AM

And I suddenly realize this person is looking at me like I would have the answer. They weren't asking the question as a way to start a discussion, or to brainstorm, or to socratically slip me their own answer. They expected a complete and accurate answer, from me. Me?. I looked them straight in the eye, shrugged and said, "I dunno. But, let's work it..."

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Perhaps evolution is more subtle than we thought.

Posted by at April 11, 2001 10:59 AM

A design student at Britain's Brunel University has invented a toaster that predicts the weather.

Posted by at April 11, 2001 10:58 AM

"Canada's fishery beyond any doubt is the worst managed fishery in the western world," [Etchegary] said.

Posted by at April 10, 2001 03:23 PM

On Sunday, Day said he never actually met the man -- but assumed he had after reading the newspaper story.

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Posted by at April 10, 2001 12:27 PM

Thousands of devout Hindus dispersed across the globe find themselves just a click away from offering prayers at India's holiest temples.

At least until Mahasamatman fills the pray-o-mats with slugs.

Posted by at April 09, 2001 05:55 PM

One of the great legends in black American culture has always been that of the Bad Nigger.

Posted by at April 09, 2001 01:44 PM

Dear Readers,

We would like to inform you that Nua Ltd went into receivership on Tuesday, March 27, 2001.

Posted by at April 09, 2001 11:20 AM

When Adobe says "lend" it doesn't mean lend.... "Give" does not mean give.... And when Adobe says "print"..., it doesn't mean printing on... it apparently means printing of....

Posted by at April 09, 2001 11:17 AM

A new book says the U.S. is becoming more balkanized - and that the Net is the root cause.

Posted by at April 09, 2001 11:05 AM

Excerpts:

Federal Communications Commission FCC 01-90

The hell I did, I drove mother-fucker, oh. Oh.

Not Indecent. L.M. Communications of South Carolina, Inc. (WYBB(FM)), 7 FCC Rcd 1595 (MMB 1992). The °ƒbroadcast contained only a fleeting and isolated utterance which, within the context of live and spontaneous programming, does not warrant a Commission sanction.°± 7 FCC Rcd at 1595.

KPRL(AM)/KDDB(FM), Paso Robles, CA News Announcer Comment

Oops, fucked that one up.

Not Indecent. Lincoln Dellar, Renewal of License for Stations KPRL(AM) and KDDB(FM), 8 FCC Rcd 2582, 2585 (ASD, MMB 1993). The °ƒnews announcer°Øs use of single expletive°± does not °ƒwarrant further Commission consideration in light of the isolated and accidental nature of the broadcast.°±

Federal Communications Commission FCC 01-90

KLBJ(FM), Austin, TX DJ Comments

Suck my dick you fucking cunt.

Indecent °© NAL Issued. LBJS Broadcasting Company, L.P. (KLBJ(FM)), 13 FCC Rcd 20956 (MMB 1998) (forfeiture paid). Although fleeting, the material is explicit and was found to be indecent.

Posted by at April 09, 2001 10:08 AM

A sender transmits any kind of data (from email to instant messages) in IP packets through water pipes to the local municipal water authority.

Posted by at April 09, 2001 09:54 AM

User Friendly Media Inc., (User Friendly) is a publicly traded Company on the Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX). Our trading symbol is UFM. UF Media Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of User Friendly.

Posted by at April 08, 2001 12:09 PM

Say your ex-wife wants to find you. She could simply type your UI into an Internet-connected PC or wireless phone. The software on that device contacts a name server to match the UI to your name. The name server then passes the request to another server that sorts through a database containing your updated contact information and a privacy agent. The server then gives your ex the information she wants.

On the other hand, you might not want her to find you. No problem. You'll set up rules that will tell the agent who can-and cannot-get your contact information.

Posted by at April 08, 2001 07:30 AM

In 1985 Chuck Hull was a chemist doing research and development for a maker of house paints, and management wanted the outdoor enamels to dry faster. His group developed a paint that was sensitive to sunlight and that went from liquid to solid in a hurry. While working on the project, Hull had a once-in-a-career flash of insight: He realized that with enough layers of paint hardening quickly, he might be able to produce three-dimensional objects.

Posted by at April 08, 2001 07:08 AM

These comics are offensive, racist, sexist, misogynist, homophobic, and generally, somewhat rude. The views expressed herein do not represent the viewpoints of this site or even of average citizens in the United States of America, or decent citizens anywhere.

Posted by at April 07, 2001 03:48 PM

...Japan is the global imagination's default setting for the future.

Posted by at April 07, 2001 02:14 PM

The grades that faculty members now give -- not only at Harvard but at many other elite universities -- deserve to be a scandal.

Posted by at April 07, 2001 01:49 PM

Most writers would omit that last sentence, figuring it goes without saying. But folks who like to spend time under jacked-up vehicles probably need it. The next passage treats an obvious consequence in a similar manner:

Posted by at April 07, 2001 01:46 PM

Heidi Roizen, a Softbank Venture Capital managing director and Silicon Valley socialite, calls herself "vintner challenged." Even so, she and her husband planted 130 cabernet vines four years ago in the front yard of their Tuscan-style home in nearby Atherton. "They're very shabby looking," Ms. Roizen says of her crop this year -- especially when compared with her neighbors.

Posted by at April 07, 2001 01:26 PM

Feminists, in recent years, have picked up the law and economics ball and have run with it. It's a very interesting inversion of conventional positions, but a number of radical feminists now are strongly advocating the commodification of family relations. What they say is we want to commodify, to put a pecuniary value on, the work that women do outside the markets, because if it's not commodified, not monetized, it?s not recognized in our society as productive work.

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Why is Congress sitting back as the buggy manufacturers get to decide how best to deploy the automobile?

Posted by at April 07, 2001 09:34 AM

He vowed that his software would one day "purge ignorance from the planet," that it would render information as ubiquitous as water. He joked about running for president, compared himself to Mother Teresa, claimed to be doing God's work.

Posted by at April 07, 2001 09:25 AM

It may be infuriating that American consumers in effect subsidize the health plans of Canadians and Europeans by paying medical R&D costs. But we really don't want to regulate away the desire of pharmaceutical manufacturers to invest in better products. If drugs could sell for only Canadian prices, the world would have only those drugs that existed when the Canadian national health system went into effect.

Posted by at April 07, 2001 09:06 AM

One guy, he says, pulled up and yelled, "That's sad, man!" Cerenzia's angry retort: "Screw you, you're wearing a Nike jacket!"

Posted by at April 07, 2001 08:56 AM

Last year they set a record, carrying out a calculation involving seven atoms. This year they are shooting for 10.

Posted by at April 07, 2001 08:44 AM

Because the Internet is crucial for the region to match the West economically, China and other Asian regions allowed the Internet to flourish inside their borders. But they knew it was a Faustian bargain: The Net is also helping to galvanize popular support against the official party line.

Posted by at April 07, 2001 08:30 AM

When a consumer picks up, say, a tube of Crest, a signal is sent to the store shelf, which contains printed circuit boards. (If the consumer puts the Crest back on the shelf, that is recorded, too.) The shelf transmits each "transaction" to a computer, which tracks the number of times consumers grab P&G products. That data is then transferred to P&G, which in theory can adjust its manufacturing and distribution plans according to which products are moving off the shelves.

Posted by at April 07, 2001 08:27 AM

Television violence is a whipping boy, a stand-in for other clashes, real or imagined. As one astute observer put it a few years back during a previous cycle of panic, "The debate about children and media violence is really a debate about other things, many of which have very little to do with the media."

Posted by at April 07, 2001 07:37 AM

133 years ago (1868),

Thomas D'Arcy McGee, long associated with _The Nation_, the Young Ireland political movement publication calling for the study of Irish history and the revival of the Irish language, is assassinated in Ottawa. Selections of his work will appear in two edited collections: _The Poems of Thomas D'Arcy McGee_ (1869) and _D'Arcy McGee: A Collection of Speeches and Addresses_ (1937).

Posted by at April 07, 2001 05:27 AM

Zeabin designs and sells online entertainment centers, couches, display cases, and pet boxes -- all conspicuously wide at hips -- that can be converted into caskets upon the purchaser's death.

Posted by at April 06, 2001 09:46 AM

Cuartango said that the patch's installation is unnecessarily complicated and claims that users "almost need to be computer consultants" in order to be able to successfully install it.

Posted by at April 06, 2001 09:13 AM

I hope you enjoy my personal pain as much as my friends have.

Posted by at April 06, 2001 09:04 AM

An embattled website sporting photos of gore-splattered fetuses and "wanted" posters for abortion doctors can remain online, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

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The Canadian Association of Journalists has released the list of nominees for its inaugural "Code of Silence" award recognizing the most secretive government agency in Canada.

Posted by at April 03, 2001 01:17 PM