Barking dogs seldom Bite

Crime has no domain nor does it evolve around people as endemic or epidemic threat. It’s an attitude of derange behavior that encompasses individual thoughts as perception, feel and interpretation. Criminals have vocabulary and dictionary of their own and under no means his bearing as siblings and attachment as citizenship can be hold and [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:00:35

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Whoops, we do torture people after all

Yeah, oops. One of the more frustrating aspects about this situation — other than the clear human rights violations — is that prolonged detention ... of faith in the justice system of a country that conservatives claim to “love” and hold in high esteem ... States. I maintain that our justice system, in practice, is thoroughly broken. Many of our laws [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:55:54

Czech Artwork Sparking Controversy

A sculpture celebrating the Czech presidency of the European Union has become embroiled in controversy. It features symbols of E.U ... . member countries — but Romania is represented as a Vampire theme park and Bulgaria is portrayed as a Turkish toilet system. Belgium, however, is a box of chocolates. An art exhibit in the lobby of the ... [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:53:32

Fusion Fall First Foray

It seems almost silly to do a “first look” of a free, no active download game…after all, if you’re interested, go sign up and play! But I’m old school, eh? I got about 90 minutes to play Fusion Fall tonight. It was gently amusing, but so far what I’ve seen has been *very* kid oriented, with little or no humor slipped in for the grownups ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:56:58

Commentary: 3D: The great unwanted TV technology?

(Credit: Ian Morris.) This year CES was awash with two things: Yahoo widgets, which were more common than pox on a Victorian-era prostitute, and 3D. As we wandered from booth to booth, looking at TVs displaying double images and people gawking at them through daft-looking glasses, we wondered: who asked for this? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:46:01

Stoning in Judaism

I want to look at stoning in Judaism as a quick case study of how concepts evolve in religions as their practitioners mature morally. Early Hebrew Bible: You can get stoned for anything (there's about 22 capital crimes, although stoning itself only applies to some). The procedure's an extremely brutal way to die ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:57:32

Relieved Scolari gets breathing space in stand-off with players

Luiz Felipe Scolari's decision to admonish his underachieving players publicly in the build-up to this potentially fraught fixture raised eyebrows extremely close to home. Like many continental coaches, Scolari had used percentages to illustrate his point and his assertion that some of Chelsea's players were performing at "35 to 40 per cent" [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:27:31

Godzilla and Linux from scratch.

Sort of had to start over, but not quite as bad as it could have been.  I’ve gotten up to the final build of glibc and gcc (again, I think, hard to say), both of which take a while to run.  Current system has me ssh’ing ... long ass time, and LFS has you do it like 3 times, boot strapping you into a system.  Hopefully [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:38:20

Is 450 ppm politically possible? Part 8

By Joseph Romm A U.S. climate bill should set a target of reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent to 30 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. That conclusion is based on the latest science from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and NASA, among others, but it also involves matters of timing and U.S. cap-and-trade design [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:42:02

PEBO Pays Respects to Supreme Court Chief Justice He Voted Against

ABC NEWS POLITICAL DIRECTOR DAVID CHALIAN WRITES: Photo-journalist-turned-White-House-photographer, Pete Souza, is not waiting for the clock to strike noon on the 20th of January to begin documenting the 44th President's assumption of power. President-Elect Obama's historic visit to the United States Supreme Court was closed to news cameras [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:17:22

America's Covert Government Lending

This is an intriguing exchange between Congressman Alan Grayson (FL-08-D) and Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Donald Kohn. While I think that the US has few choices right now about the scale of financial stimulus and efforts to get the financial system back into some degree of relative health, there are many choices [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:19:41

No Taxation Without Inflation

by The Mogambo Guru While reading a short essay by Donald H. Grove, I was pleasantly surprised to learn of Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) who "is a member of the House Financial Services Committee helping to hold the line against Chairman Barney Frank", which automatically makes her one of my favorite people, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:19:52

Shopping for dvds online

My husband enjoys martial arts movies, you know the kind where men fly on tree tops, sleep on ice beds and fall off cliffs and still lives ... on your player. You also have to check the system whether NTSC or PAL whatever that means. Haha. If I am not mistaken we use the NTSC system here but most dvd players are smart enough to play both [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:53:39

Adventures in Windows 7

Yes, I admit it.  When it comes to shiny new OS-things, I am a lemming.  My weekend project last weekend was to join the horde and play with the public beta of Windows 7. In the past, I’ve been leery of using beta operating systems, but given the word from pre-public beta testers that Windows 7 was already pretty decent, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:05:19

Live Nation officially selling tickets without Ticketmaster

"Live Nation Ticketing is live. The bulk of the world's largest promoter's 10-year contract with Ticketmaster has expired and the ... about the system." Garner admits the rollout was "pretty complex, only because we had a bunch ... is always to have a system built around being able to satisfy what the artists and fans want," he says [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:08:02

Maize, Migration, Mexico, the US, and the Environment

A California friend, Romney Steele, who shares my obsession about the maize and US-Mexico relations,  just sent this message. In regards to our discussion some time ago about corn and Mexico, I have yet to have time to pull out my notes, but just came across this article in a local paper and wondering what you think.  I hope you are well [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:43:52

Featured Cat: Gilroy!

For the past six months or so, I've been volunteering with the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SFSPCA) in the cat adoption center. I decided to volunteer there because when I adopted Sam and Lucy as kittens in 2007, the volunteer who helped me was awesome and saintly and made me so happy that I wanted to do what [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:11:06

Notification: Still Tweaking

We’re still tweaking the new look for this site based on a lot of you guys’ comments and suggestions. More as it transpires. In the meantime, we’re updating to the latest version of WordPress tonight, so if the system seems a little glitchy you’ll know why. Just chill for a bit if you have trouble posting comments [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:00:12

Welcome PreCentral.net to the Family!

We are pleased to welcome PreCentral.net to our family of mobile techology websites. Just in case you missed last weeks announcement Palm,inc ... operating system called webOS. PreCentral.net will follow in the footsteps of TreoCentral ... , developments and accomplishments of this new mobile device and system. So lets set another place [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:14:11

MD Leader 1/15/09

With the use of project management methodology, Ministry Health Care has consistently improved the success rates of IT projects. Any effort installing new software or requiring more than 100 hours of IT time is considered a project. Even using project management, 25% of our closing reports reflect a failed project; [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:36:55

What are your strengths & weaknesses as a leader? - HBS/MBA Essay Sample.

“One of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy is the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness - John Kenneth Galbraith” In ... of enforcing ethical behaviors by requiring executives to fill out a code of conduct and conflict of interest [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:40:06

Windows 2008 R2 Server Review and Download Link

Windows 7 Beta release is out but what about Windows 2008 Server is it going to lean more toward Vista or Windows 7? ... fewer system resources. The improved features also combine to help reduce the effort to administer ... virtualization with Remote Desktop Services. Hyper-V virtualizes the system resources of a physical [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:48:22

Help

Hello, this is my first post, hopefully this is where I am supposed to post this. I got a virus recently, having trouble getting rid of it. Was told to download hijack this and post the results here. Hopefully someone can tell me which ones to "fix". Thanks!!! Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:51:03

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“Brand New List Building System Shows You Exactly How To Build A List That Will Throw Their Money At You Over and Over Again!” The “List Builder Mentor System” is an all in ONE system for anyone wanting to build a list quickly and easily! From start to finish you’ll learn to build a profitable list! Profit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:38:27

Concerns over £7bn system delays - News UK

Concerns over £7bn system delays - News UK Posted by:peter 7 minutes ago • Discuss The Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) is supposed to replace hundreds of existing systems with a single system providing 150,000 terminals across 2,000 military sites, as well as on Royal Navy warships and with troops deployed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:51:11

What journalism students can learn from blogging

With the start of the new semester, I haven’t had enough time to post to this blog so apologies to all ... odd.  My approach is to consider blogs as a delivery system that may or may not contain journalism ... this new web-based delivery system. In other words, the technology and history of blogs has resulted [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:18:43

Nostradamical Opens Its Prediction Market. Outlook Hazy.

We all love to prove that we’ve been granted the gift of foresight, either through our wealth of knowledge or more fantastical means, ... has been created, other users can leave their own thoughts and use a Digg-like voting system to raise the most [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:36:12

What Can I Do to Expand My Network Marketing Business - 3 Tips

by MLM Absolute When you join a network marketing or MLM company, ... for your downlines to follow. Thus increasing their skills and competency levels. 3. Duplicable System. It is very important for you to implement a system whereby all new downlines have to go through to be trained [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:12:55

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\”Brand New List Building System Shows You Exactly How To Build A List That Will Throw Their Money At You Over and Over Again!\” The \”List Builder Mentor System\” is an all in ONE system for anyone wanting to build a list quickly and easily! From start to finish you\’ll learn to build a profitable list! Profit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:35:54

How To Write A Successful Business Plan

Whether you are planning to start a brand-new business, expand an existing company, or get financing for a business venture, you will need to write a business plan. A business plan not only lends your business a sense of credibility, but also helps you to cover all your bases, increasing your chances of success [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:45:26

mobile vision technology

via ReadWriteWeb A new mobile mapping system called MOBVIS takes image recognition to new places, ... . This is computer vision, or rather, mobile vision. … The MOBVIS system begins with a pre-populated ... in the images are then manually annotated with information. Once that’s complete, the system is ready for search [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:20:05

Why National Geographic Is Watching Its Seafood Diet

Photo by James L. Stanfield/NGS For Enric Sala saving the oceans is personal. By personal he doesn't mean only himself. He means me, and you, and every one of our six billion fellow humans. "If we all did something it would be huge," [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:19:56

Princess Cruises Ships to Broadcast Historic Presidential Inauguration on January 20

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (January 14, 2009) — Expected to be one of the most widely watched presidential inaugurations in history, the swearing-in of President-elect Barack Obama will be televised live on most Princess Cruises ships on January 20. Passengers will be able to follow live coverage of the historic inauguration ceremony through CNN [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:11:06

Microsoft Stomps Beastly Server Bugs

Microsoft issued a critical software update Tuesday, plugging three vulnerabilities in all versions of its Windows operating system ... ; or create new accounts with full user rights. The security update addresses the flaws by validating [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:47:41

Sprout’s Business Model: No More Free Accounts

Sprout, the WYSIWYG flash application and widget building tool, is pulling the plug on free accounts. The company has sent an email to customers ( ... software as a service model, we need to make sure we price the product at its true value.” He also [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:59:30

Arctic Sea Ice Retreat: When Will the Arctic Ocean be Ice-Free During Summer?

Researchers have long recognized the Arctic as a region that shows early and amplified signals of anthropogenically-driven global climate change (e.g., IPCC 2001; Technical Basis, p. 807). Among the most dramatic and most widely watched changes in this region each summer is the retreat of the Arctic sea ice extent [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:44:28

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"Brand New List Building System Shows You Exactly How To Build A List That Will Throw Their Money At You Over and Over Again!" The "List Builder Mentor System" is an all in ONE system for anyone wanting to build a list quickly and easily! From start to finish you’ll learn to build a profitable list! Profit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:35:17

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"Brand New List Building System Shows You Exactly How To Build A List That Will Throw Their Money At You Over and Over Again!" The "List Builder Mentor System" is an all in ONE system for anyone wanting to build a list quickly and easily! From start to finish you’ll learn to build a profitable list! Profit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:37:29

SO MANY JOBLESS WORKERS IN NEW JERSEY THAT THE UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE HAD TO HIRE MORE EMPLOYEES

from the WALL STREET JOURNAL:Help Wanted — at New Jersey’s Crowded Unemployment OfficeBy SARA MURRAYFREEHOLD, N.J. — There aren’t a lot of job openings in New Jersey lately — except, of course, in the unemployment office.With the state suffering through its highest unemployment rate since 1996, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:39:20

Hitachi CP-WX11000 And CP-SX12000 Projectors

Hitachi will release its Professional Series projectors that target large venues ... ratio, and five optional lenses. Its hybrid filter and dust-resistant cooling system allows ... , composite, component, and S-video connectivity. It also shares a similar dust-resistant cooling system [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:31:59

Teaching Reading Right

John McWhorter makes a somewhat overblown but essentially correct point about the screwed-up way we teach reading in ... is more popular. It’s both strange and unfortunate that the education system is so unresponsive [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:11:17

An Outrage That Must Be Corrected

Why on earth will the US government not grant immigrant status to the widow of a Marine killed in action as part of our ongoing war against jihadi ... , the question asked at Wizbang says it all. What kind of fucked up immigration system [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:47:23

Ground-Based Telescopes Observe Atmospheres of Exoplanets

... System," said Professor Gary Davis, Director of the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:13:15

Proxy Switcher Quickly Changes Your Current Connection

Proxy Switcher Quickly Changes Your Current Connection Posted by Lifehacker US Edition at 10:40 AM on January 15, 2009 Windows< only: Proxy Switcher Lite is a tiny application that allows you to easily choose between proxy servers without having to open the settings panel. The application runs in the system tray, providing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:40:00

How To Get Instant Traffic And Backlinks Using The NEW Article Marketing

How To Get Instant Traffic And Backlinks Using The NEW Article Marketing 9 Comments By Carl on January 8, 2009 Early this morning, Adam asked… Just wanted to get your thoughts on article marketing. Is it a good system to get backlinks and a good position in SERPS for low to medium competitive keywords, with under 1 million [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:55:49

A Japanese phone in Taiwan - Foma F905i

TT DoCoMo and Fujitsu announced that they will be releasing the Japanese Foma F905i in Taiwan. The phone has a large screen which named “Width Motion”, it’s a “Super-Fine 3.2″ IPS” monitor with 480×864 resolution. You will get a 3.2-megapixel camera with CMOS sensor, fingerprint system [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:52:08

Congressman plans hearings on BCS in effort to force playoff

The incoming chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform said Wednesday that he will hold hearings and possibly subpoena NCAA ... to get a system that has credibility." Towns said there's no timetable set, and no letters to appear [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:53:23

Making Preparations and Taking Action in Today’s Deflationary Environment

Editor’s Note: The following article is adapted from Robert Prechter’s 2002 best-selling book, ... of the risks in the financial system, will be shocked that such things could happen, despite the fact [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:23:47

Beginner-to-beginner: Restarting Apache after you’ve reinstalled Leopard from the Time Machine and yoru web server isn’t working

Last night I installed a new, blank hard drive on my MacBook. I installed from Time Machine, which went quite well. ( ... I physically installed it, booted from a Leopard system disk, partitioned the disk via Tools Disk Utility, restarted with the Time Machine external disk plugged in, went to Tools Restore [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:09:44

Cerwin Vega announced CV-P Passive speakers and TS-42 Sub

The Cerwin Vega CV-P Passive speakers and TS-42 subwoofer are not your Guitar Hero or Rock Band companion sound products, it’s professionally designed loudspeakers for the real musicians on tour, concert or theatrical performance biz, the real deal with dynamic sonic, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:39:41

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