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Nice, as far as I know, there still isn’t a way to have a program determine what a image contains..
This is what we have to deal with, here in Florida.. Money in pipes.. That will be the day.
Paganism gaining popularity in prison - Yahoo! News
STAUNTON, Va. - A pagan religion that some experts say can be interpreted as encouraging violence is gaining popularity among prison inmates, one of whom is scheduled to be executed this week for killing a fellow prisoner at the foot of an altar.
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Michael Lenz is scheduled to die Thursday for the death of Brent Parker, who was stabbed dozens of times at Augusta Correctional Center during a gathering of inmates devoted to Asatru, whose followers worship Norse gods. At his trial, Lenz testified that Parker had not been taking the religion seriously and had to die to protect the honor of the gods.
One theory behind the Salem witch trials suggests that the community’s rye crop, infected with ergot, may have been partially to blame for the odd behaviour of its citizens.
More and more people are buying and loving Macs. To make this choice simply irresistible, Apple will include technology in the next major release of Mac OS X, Leopard, that lets you install and run the Windows XP operating system on your Mac. Called Boot Camp (for now), you can download a public beta today
“People who don’t or won’t understand will tell you that we’re very dark, that we’re Satanic. But we’re not. This is a very benevolent religion.”
“The Last Witchfinder” is a novel with two different authors, only one of whose names appears on the cover. He is James Morrow, a writer whose reputation has not caught up with his accomplishments. Mr. Morrow is a very odd bird, a novelist of intellect, bravado and wildly phantasmagorical imagination. In the eight works of fiction that precede this one and have sometimes fused satire, philosophy and science fiction, he has, among other things, envisioned a literal Godhead the size of Delaware.
Video: THis is hilarious
Sure, this is very cool, but I think it’s easier to use a peeler than to boil it and then put it in ice water.
Gaining root access to a Mac is “easy pickings,” according to an individual who in less than 30 minutes won an OS X hacking challenge last month by gaining root control of a machine using an unpublished security vulnerability.
“The series creator says there are talks of home entertainment or miniseries continuations of the Sarah Michelle Gellar-starring series and its spin-off.”
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Have you ever hit “Send” on a text message on your mobile phone before addressing it? Ever wondered where all those lost SMS text messages go? If so, you might want to speak with Stan Bubrouski, whose cell phone has been channeling wayward text messages from across the country for years.
We still don’t have personal jetpacks, we didn’t get mayonaise in a squeezable plastic container until the year 2000, and until now, no one else has thought of this: a simple but much-needed update to the common electrical wall socket.
NEW YORK - America Online Inc., seeking to encourage its subscribers to sign up for high-speed connections, is raising the price of its main dial-up plan to equal that of its new broadband offerings.
That means most subscribers will pay $25.90 a month for either dial-up or broadband beginning March 9, although AOL is offering discounts to dial-up subscribers who commit to a year. AOL currently charges $23.90 a month for unlimited dial-up access.
Prosecutors say the men replaced looted bones with plumbing pipes. Here, an X-ray shows the leg area of a deceased person with a pipe inserted where bones should have been.
So at 12:45 a.m., Mr. Ostrovsky’s phone rang. It was an Apple employee, telling him that in addition to the song, Apple was giving him a 20-inch iMac, 10 iPods and a $10,000 gift card for the iTunes store. It is even establishing a scholarship at the Juilliard School in his name.
“We believe Apple will take the opportunity to round out its Intel Mac portfolio 6 - 9 months ahead of plan with a new widescreen consumer notebook (likely called “MacBook”) and entry-level Mac mini, both of which will include a remote control and Front Row software,” analyst Shaw Wu wrote in a research note released to clients early Wednesday morning.
When you reply to a message that was sent to an email address other than your gmail.com one, it is now smart enough to use that address as the “from” when replying.
Don’t pay for wi-fi in a hotel again! Portable wi-fi hot spots that you can plug in anywhere and browse the web, courtesy of your favorite cellular provider.
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