Dropsafe

Basic Instinct 2 is out soon, and posters for it liberally plaster the underground, bus-stops and so forth. I suspect they are trying to create an atmosphere of dark and brooding predatory sexuality, and the UK poster differs from the USA one in that the marketers seem to be trying to buy into the the

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Andrew Bulhak and an unidentified ORG person with very impressive hair. The Atheists-for-Jesus Guy The “Repent Repent” Guy, and an Impressive Cleric. The Funkster The Olive Oil Platform

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Oopsie: [taint.org] Miguel de Icaza quotes Dave Winer, pointing out two patent applications from Apple which seem intended to grab major chunks of the feed syndication space as Apple “IP”. The first application is news feed viewer, 20050289147, filed April 13 2005: A computer-implemented method for displaying a plurality of articles, the method comprising: storing

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The perfect antidote to the technically accurate but perennially too early scare stories about Mac-viruses: Macs Just As Vulnerable To Wolverine Attack. (via) A disturbing report was released today by computer security research firm Computer Security Research Inc. indicating that – despite the belief held by most Mac users that their computers are nigh invulnerable

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[news.independent.co.uk] Tony Blair joined the growing calls for the US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay to be closed after he was questioned about the claims of torture by two British residents held there. Mr Blair was challenged at his regular monthly press conference at 10 Downing Street yesterday over the graphic and shocking claims by

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Thus speaks David Howarth MP as cited in Hansard: [www.publications.parliament.uk] David Howarth (Cambridge) (LD): I hope that the Leader of the House has had a chance to read a letter in The Times today from six professors of law at Cambridge university, expressing their concern about the extraordinary powers granted to the Government by the

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[news.bbc.co.uk] We asked for photos of bizarre bike lanes. Peter Owens, who runs Warrington Cycle Campaign’s tongue-in-cheek Facility of the Month site, says this is a personal favourite. Some of the results are truly bizzare, check the link. I am one of the “just because there’s a cycle lane does not mean it’s safe to

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[news.bbc.co.uk] It is a question a growing number of bank customers are asking themselves as they access their accounts online or withdraw cash from an ATM. The murky world of internet fraud has cast a shadow over online banking, which promised a revolution in the way we manage our money, but has since fallen victim

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[www.mininova.org]

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