Topic: BLOGLIFE - on May 10, 2004 at 10:46:00 PM CEST
Blog Songs
Having followed a number of weblogs for half a decade now, it's an appropriate time for me to reflect on the cultural impact they've had outside of our insular corner of the Internet. No, there's no sitcom about bloggers or any major musicals based on the lives of our breed of geeks, but there is one type of expression that weblogs have embraced for years that hasn't been properly documented.
Blog songs. There are a lot of really entertaining songs by, for, and about bloggers, and some of them are even deliberately entertaining.
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Topic: W A R - on May 10, 2004 at 7:26:00 PM CEST
SECRET / NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATION
ARTICLE 15-6 INVESTIGATION OF THE 800th MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE
Due to the length of the Taguba report, we're making it available as a PDF file. So just click here to download the bombshell document.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on May 10, 2004 at 7:14:00 PM CEST
Australian scientists claim breakthrough in teleportation
Teleportation always used to seem so simple. All it took was a quick call to Mr Scott, and Star Trek's Captain Kirk would be beamed up from the cheap-looking scenery of some alien planet and materialise on the Starship Enterprise.
These days it's all about lasers, subatomic particles and very hard sums, but one Australian research team's world-beating discoveries in the field seem almost as far-fetched as the science fiction version.
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Topic: e-bay - on May 10, 2004 at 7:06:00 PM CEST
Actors bid for parts in online auction
A German director is set to begin shooting his first film using exclusively actors who bought their parts on an internet auction site, he said on Friday.
Ralf List said 12 men and women had paid between €400 and €9050 on the eBay site for parts in 'Wer ist eigentlich Paul?' (Who is Paul really?)
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Topic: e-bay - on May 10, 2004 at 7:04:00 PM CEST
WER IST EIGENTLICH ... PAUL?
Die Rolle Deines Lebens !
Jetzt kannst Du eine Haupt- oder Nebenrolle für eine Kinoproduktion bei Ebay ersteigern!! Wie es funktioniert und alles über den Film erfährst Du hier.
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Topic: SPORT - on May 10, 2004 at 7:01:00 PM CEST
Chessboxing
The basic idea in chessboxing is to combine the no.1 thinking sport and the no.1 fighting sport into a hybrid that demands the most of its competitors – both mentally and physically.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on May 10, 2004 at 6:43:00 PM CEST
Sicherheitsloch im Sasser-Wurm
Auf dem Sicherheitsportal k-otik wurde ein Exploit veröffentlicht, mit dem sich auf Rechnern, die vom Wurm Sasser befallen sind, beliebiger Code ausführen lässt. Die Autoren des Exploits haben einen Buffer Overflow im Sasser-Wurm gefunden; durch Überschreiben des SEH-Pointers (Structured Exception Handler) erhält der Angreifer eine Administrator-Shell auf Sasser-infizierten Windows-PCs. Zwar verfügt der Sasser-Wurm über eine Hintertür, doch diese lässt sich nur für begrenzten Lese-Zugriff verwenden. Durch Ausnutzen des Buffer Overflows kann quasi jeder die komplette Kontrolle über die Rechner übernehmen.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on May 10, 2004 at 5:48:00 PM CEST
The essence of Googlism
In the fifth grade, was I ever cool, enlightening my hopelessly square parents about the ways of the world. Or so I thought.
After reading through the introduction of Google's public stock filing, I now see that juvenile pomposity did not go out of style with the passing of the Nehru jacket. Sergey Brin and Larry Page have turned it into an art form. Too much has already been made of the company's upcoming IPO--and this just in the first week after filing--but the so-called owner's manual they co-authored opens a remarkable window into the essence of Googlism. So let's take a closer look.
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Topic: NEWS english - on May 10, 2004 at 5:45:00 PM CEST
Wi-Fi phones may help cut calling costs
Now that some Wi-Fi "hot spots" have grown into broader neighborhood "hot zones," the next wave is waiting: Phones and gear that send conversations over wireless Internet networks - for free or at a fraction of the cost of traditional calls.
Mobile phone maker Motorola Inc. plans to introduce a device that would seamlessly switch calls from cellular networks to cheaper Wi-Fi networks wherever they're available.
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Topic: W A R - on May 10, 2004 at 5:33:00 PM CEST
Military Personnel: Don't Read This!
As the type-face switched to high-alarm red, the 180-word email continues: "THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT IS CLASSIFIED; DO NOT GO TO FOX NEWS TO READ OR OBTAIN A COPY."
The memo also contained four tips on how to plug the leaks of explosive prison-abuse tales. The first is "NOT to go to Fox News to read or obtain a copy" of the Taguba report. The American official in Baghdad received the email on Friday from the Office of the Secretary of Defense's Policy team, marked to "MAL POL ALL POLICY," with a note telling employees that those who have read the Taguba report on the web should "CALL POLICY IT SECURITY IMMEDIATELY!"
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Topic: COMPUTER - on May 10, 2004 at 5:11:00 PM CEST
Deutsche programmieren Viren auf Weltniveau
Spätestens mit den zwei Festnahmen am Freitag steht fest, dass deutsche Programmierer in der Liga der Viren- und Würmer-Verfasser ganz oben mitspielen. "Phatbot" entstand sogar in Teamarbeit von Hamburgern, Bayern und Niedersachsen.
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Topic: W A R - on May 10, 2004 at 5:10:00 PM CEST
Der Ritt auf der Bombe
Den Großmächten war zu Beginn des Kalten Krieges fast jedes Mittel recht. Selbst abwegige Ideen wurden ernsthaft geprüft. US-Wissenschaftler entwickelten ein Raumschiff, das zum Mars und zum Saturn fliegen sollte - mit dem Schub Tausender Atomexplosionen.
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