Topic: - on January 1, 2003 at 3:29:09 PM CET
Linux Today's Hall of Fame: Top 10 Stories of 2002
For many of you, and for Linux Today's servers, 2003 has already arrived. May we be the first to wish you a healthy and happy new year.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on January 1, 2003 at 3:16:53 PM CET
The cures
Here it is: The ultimate hangover cure resource
We started off by testing each one personally. It was a promise; a sort of thanks for bothering to send us the wisdom of your alcoholic escapades. But like all promises, Andy T broke it and besides we thought why not get you to test them, you lazy arses. So come, on, little guinea pigs, get drinking, then pick a cure and... Actually, our lawyers have just advised us not to encourage anything that may result in death.
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Topic: - on January 1, 2003 at 3:13:02 PM CET
Whisky cure after anti-freeze error
A woman who drank anti-freeze was prescribed whisky as an antidote after her potentially life-threatening mistake. Glennis Middleton, from Forfar in Angus, was told that anti-freeze can cause kidney failure, blindness and even death. Doctors at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee told her that alcohol was the antidote and gave her a choice of gin, vodka or whisky.
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Topic: - on January 1, 2003 at 3:08:32 PM CET
Mecca Cola
In recent years, Arab boycotts of American products and brand names have increased - bans on Coke, McDonalds, and KFC have become the rallying point through which Arab individuals protest the culture and policies of the United States. What happens when a Muslim has a desire for the taste of Coca-Cola, but is torn by his obligations to comply with the boycott? The answer, found in today's New York Times, is Mecca-Cola.
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Topic: - on January 1, 2003 at 2:27:44 PM CET
Which HTML tag are you?
 You're the FONT tag- some people ignore you, some people adore you. When you like someone, you like them a lot, but when you don't like them- watch out. |
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Topic: - on January 1, 2003 at 2:24:55 PM CET
The Most Moronic Stories of 2002
Last year, I said I should just stay inside and hide for 2002. Now I wish I had. Stupidity increases.
So here it is. The top 10 most moronic stories of 2002, as chosen by our readers by comments and votes.
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Topic: - on January 1, 2003 at 2:21:42 PM CET
South Africans hurl beds to greet New Year
New Year revellers in South Africa's commercial capital Johannesburg have rung in 2003 by hurling beds, televisions and other missiles from their windows, injuring 46 passers-by, police say.
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Topic: - on January 1, 2003 at 2:19:13 PM CET
Happy Birthday, Dear Internet
From its early days as a pet project in the Department of Defense to its infamous time nestled under Al Gore's wing, the history of the Internet is littered with dozens of so-called birthdays. But, as Gore can surely attest, not everyone agrees when they are. Wednesday is one of those days. Some historians claim the Internet was born in 1961, when Dr. Leonard Kleinrock first published a paper on packet-switching technology at MIT. Others cite 1969, when the Department of Defense commissioned the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, known as ARPANET, to research a communication and command network that could withstand a nuclear attack.
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Topic: - on January 1, 2003 at 1:56:38 PM CET
Cocaine kills brain's 'pleasure' cells
Repeated cocaine use damages, or even kills, the very brain cells that trigger the "high" users experience, scientists have found.
The drug damages key cells in the brain's pleasure centre.
The researchers say their findings could help explain the process of addiction and could even lead to the development of anti-addiction drugs.
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Topic: - on January 1, 2003 at 1:53:04 PM CET
Deadly Fires
According to the National Association of State Fire Marshals, more than 700 people in the United States die each year in upholstered furniture fires. That means approximately two people a day. Measures that could save lives have not been taken.
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Topic: - on January 1, 2003 at 1:49:08 PM CET
As Pentagon Computerizes Medical Records, Contractor Suffers Theft
The Defense Department is computerizing the medical records of all military personnel and their families, but just as the project gets past the experimental phase officials are grappling with the theft of thousands of records from a Pentagon health care contractor.
The theft earlier this month of computer hard drives containing more than 500,000 records with Social Security numbers, medical claims histories and other private information from an Arizona company could become one of the largest identity thefts on record if the information is misused, the Federal Trade Commission said.
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Topic: - on January 1, 2003 at 11:45:21 AM CET
Eunuchs of India demand their rights
Thousands of eunuchs ended a weeklong congregation in this temple city on Sunday, demanding greater access to jobs in universities and government. ''We are sexually handicapped and should be treated like any other physically handicapped person,'' said Renee Kapoor of the All India Eunuch Conference.
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