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Via Simon; lovely, although the lead time could be a bit long… United States Patent Application: 0070078663 The purpose of this invention is to provide an improved method of proposing marriage to an individual. The method of proposing to an individual generally comprising the steps of meeting the individual; exchanging names with the individual; dating

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Let me get this straight – having worked out that it is potentially a bad idea to go around suing their own customers, the MPAA are instead going around trying to get other people to disconnect their own customers instead? What is this – “financial suicide by proxy”? There must be some deep psychological term…

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Gartner Says Vista Will Collapse. And That’s Why The Yahoo Deal Must Happen The real question isn’t “What can Microsoft do to fix their Windows product?” but rather “Even If Windows and Office were perfect, would it be enough to keep Microsoft relevant in the medium term?” I think the answer to that latter question

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…burble burble spirit of the blitz burble didn’t fight just so some yob burble … BBC NEWS | England | Merseyside | Graffiti village name change plan Residents living in a graffiti-plagued village on Merseyside are being asked to consider changing its name to tackle vandals who alter signs in the village. Lunt, which dates

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…but something very odd has turned up in my referrer logs – see to the right of image: Maybe somebody ran “wget” over Wayne’s blog, and it went berserk traversing over Wayne’s Google Translate / multiple language support? But who would do such a thing? And why?

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Yahoo is an advertising platform. Facebook is an advertising platform. Is there any platform out there that just makes money doing what it is that it excels at, without leveraging advertising? Maybe Craigslist? Or EBay? Oh, wait, no, they sell advertising. Sigh.

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Last time I called American Express Travel, I was told they were no longer allowed to book my flights over the phone – always a painless process – and I needed to use the AmEx website. Apparently this is meant to be cheaper. So now: 1) It took a day to retrieve my login password

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Well the Cat Camera has been up for a few weeks, and is producing interesting results. The ginger food thief is one of the pair from next goor, but I have no idea who the ginger/white mix is…

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The IT industry starts to rediscover morality: Far Eastern Economic Review | Asia’s Fight for Web Rights In November 2007, Yahoo! Inc. did what it could have done two years ago when it became known that the company had aided the 2005 conviction of Chinese journalist Shi Tao, now serving 10 years in prison for

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Since when did Bruce Springsteen join The Divine Comedy?

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Bible stops bullet shot into a Geauga County home Next, on Brainiac! Which Holy Book is best at stopping small-arms fire? If you are going into a war-zone or an American home, do you want to take a Bible, the Torah, the Koran or the Bhagavad Gita?

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Recipe I am having for dinner. Well worth it. You Use It Every Day. But Can You Make It Cook? – New York Times If I had one single outstanding revelation, one that might change the way I cook, it was after I started messing with eggplant. One reader, Roopa Kalyanaraman — who produces her

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