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The comprehensive writeup of this trip is at Laureen’s blog; more pictures in Geoff’s gallery…

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Mars Impact Probability Increases to 4 Percent The impact probability for a collision of asteroid 2007 WD5 with Mars on January 30 has increased from 1.3% to 3.9%. … (tags: astronomy science mars)

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cowandboy2611170071231.gif 600×203 pixels Shatner. He’s like a nerd Hoffa. Via Gene. (tags: comics funny) Read me first: The internet can’t be censored and it’s wrong for governments to try | Technology | The Guardian Restating the credo; what is it about some new countries – USA, Oz – which make them wannabee so much more

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The Secular Outpost: Pope forming exorcist squads to wage war on Satan (tags: religion exorcist) Coffee FAQ The OED, Second Edition, does include _espresso_ and _expresso_, the latter being a variant of the former. It correctly derives it from Italian _caffe espresso_. [Accents left off here.] Whoever claimed it derives the term from a would-be

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I first encountered the Nespresso system back in 2005 when I visited Gilles Gravier én famille in Geneva, and he was raving about this machine which would provide good quality Arabica espresso (Gilles has a health issue with Robusta beans) on demand, and was so little mess and fuss. At the time I was interested,

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BBC NEWS | Business | Warner agrees to use MP3 format One by one they fall: Warner Music Group is making its music available for download from Amazon in MP3 format without copy protection. Sony BMG is now the only major recording group not signed up with Amazon. (tags: politics technology Media copyright riaa) Can

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I cancelled my Sky subscription mid-year. I’ve not regretted it. It’s not an anti-Murdoch or other political political statement, or anything like that. Truth is, I barely watch TV nowadays and can survive very well on a combination of radio, podcasts, video-podcasts, bittorrent and free-to-air TV channels; the BBC, channel4 and so forth. Saving £30

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The Spectrum Swindle – Mises Institute In terms of revenue generation, the FCC is second only perhaps to the IRS in extracting wealth from citizens and businesses. In addition to the various USF-related taxes, the FCC is required to collect regulatory fees each year. In 2006 it collected $2 (tags: broadband business politics government communications)

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Operating systems for really, really old computers – Ubuntu Forums Distributions, distributions everywhere, nor any patch to fix… (tags: linux ubuntu) » Best picture quality with 6 megapixels! I’ll take this “under advisement” – they have a point, but this glibness of this advice is likely to be recycled as urban legend for years to

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UK Plan for Creationist Theme Park Draws Fire — 12/20/2007 London (CNSNews.com) – A British charity has drawn national attention — and come under attack — over plans to build a theme park, including a television studio, to promote creationism. The AH Trust said in its annual report that it wants to build a $7-m

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