Dropsafe

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[www.neilgaiman.com] seems to reflect the divide I encounter on a daily basis between US and UK. [ondemand.chumtv.com:8080] caps his opinions on the matter. Caution: Parental Advisory Warning: American readers must consult their parents or local government representatives before listening.

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I have always wondered about this stuff; I should have googled it sooner. [users.adelphia.net]

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[www.baltimoresun.com] SPOKANE, Wash. – There’s no question Ken Olsen made the stuff. He brought some castor beans to his work cubicle, put them through a coffee grinder and mixed in a common solvent. He then poured the concoction through a paper filter. Within minutes, Olsen, a respected software engineer for a high-tech company and former

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Well the moron at 216.138.225.34 must have gotten rather a nasty suprise when he found that my commenting code auto-escapes HTML anglebrackets. For those who missed it, someone attempted to hide several kilobytes of “rape photo” links in a comment on my site – amusingly in a comment upon one of the postings about spam

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I’m having great fun with this – getting it to do overhand knots and the like. [yugop.com]

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[news.bbc.co.uk] More than 70% of people would reveal their computer password in exchange for a bar of chocolate, a survey has found. It also showed that 34% of respondents volunteered their password when asked without even needing to be bribed. A second survey found that 79% of people unwittingly gave away information that could be

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new doormat, liberally sprinkled with some finely-powdered grey pepper that i bought on a camping trip and have never really otherwise used. no cat poop, one week and counting. yay.

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Up at 0700 today for my constitutional bicycle ride; it gets easier and becomes more routine with every day – sweats, helmet, gloves, water, hi-viz belt, key, door, bike, go – although today I was also equipped with carrots to tempt the local horse population into wickedness, or at very lease huffing at me happily.

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any former PICK hackers out there? [www.sciencedaily.com]

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I have about 500 quid to blow on a shiny new film camera. I am looking at Canon and Nikon, the former being a family tradition, and the latter a new preference. The model under strongest consideration is the Nikon F80, which is a clear contender unlike the hordes of Canon body/lens options that are

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from [www.anecdotage.com] In the 1930 World Cup semi-final in Uruguay, Argentina scored a disputed goal against the United States. Shouting abuse at the referee, the American trainer dashed out to tend to an injured player. The crowd of 80,000 roared with approval as he ran on to the pitch, threw down his medical bag, broke

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