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[www.vnunet.com] Google lobbies Congress for a ‘free’ internet Fighting for the free Googleworld Ken Young, vnunet.com 07 Oct 2005 Google has opened a lobbying office in the US capital of Washington in a bid to extend its influence in America’s corridors of power. The search firm claimed that the move is about protecting freedom on

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…Fremen Stillsuit still on the drawing board. [online.wsj.com] Alchemy in the Desert? Technology to Recover Water From Vehicle Exhaust Fumes Would Aid Frontline Troops Hamilton Sundstrand, based in Windsor Locks, Conn., has a $2 million contract to provide the Army with the first two water-generating Humvees. It also is completing a $1 million contract for

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I have a tradition; the first time I see the constellation of Orion each year, I say Good Morning to it. It’s due to that particular asterism that I am who I am today. It’s just gone 0610 BST and Orion’s high in the south. Summer’s over. 2005 is flying past at speed.

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Nick Park gets the award for “professional nice guy”… [news.bbc.co.uk] Fire hits Wallace and Gromit sets Props and sets from the Wallace and Gromit films are believed to have been destroyed in a warehouse blaze. […] Mr Park, who won Oscars for animations such as The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave, said: “Even though

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[news.bbc.co.uk] The self-styled commercial capital of the Gulf, Dubai, is taking commercialism one step further this month by allowing the speed cameras on its notoriously dangerous highway to be sponsored. Many people are questioning the business rationale of the technology giant company Hewlett Packard in associating itself with a device generally loathed in the city.

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Remember this guy ? So it does appear that using a non-standard browser can get you banged-up, especially if you are a security geek. Evidently all security folk should switch to MSIE on Windows, and refrain from nmap, ping and traceroute… [www.out-law.com] ‘Regrettable’ conviction under Computer Misuse Act A man was convicted in London yesterday

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Do you ever get the feeling that the planet is trying to remind us of something important? Like maybe: the world is very big, and we are very small, fragile, and all human – irrespective of our political and religious leaders might (or might not) have us believe?

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Frankenstein, The Fly, Jurassic Park, The Matrix, Tremors, King Kong, An American Werewolf in London, some very subtle adult humour, plus a selection of Melon jokes, are all for your pleasure in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit! Something bunny this way comes. And yes, it is worth hanging around ’til the end of the trailers.

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Sad. [www.sfgate.com] Paul Pena — star of 1999 documentary ‘Genghis Blues’ Paul Pena, a San Francisco blues artist who mastered the arcane art of Tuvan throat singing, died Saturday from complications of diabetes and pancreatitis. He was 55. Many people are familiar with Mr. Pena because of the 1999 Academy Award-nominated documentary “Genghis Blues,” which

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Lookee what I just found in my referrer log: [www.google.com] Reader makes it easier to keep up with your ever-expanding reading list of content from across the web. * Spend your time reading what you care about most Reader automatically gets the latest news and updates for your favorite sites. You can sort your reading

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[www.yat-kha.com] October 20..23rd

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[www.poets.org] In the days leading up to October 7, 1955, postcards circulated in San Francisco inscribed with the slogan, “6 poets at 6 Gallery.” The Six Gallery was a run-down art gallery at 311 Fillmore Street, and the six poets were: Philip Lamantia, Michael McClure, Philip Whalen, Gary Snyder, and one unknown poet from the

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