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The Blackout
The Blackout is a blog someone has created to post all the pictures of NY while on blackout. Pretty crazy to see thousands of people walking across the Brooklyn Bridge. Guess I should add that all the pictures were sent in via SMS from cell phones.
Over at The Gothamist, they have posted a lot of great pictures.
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The L-Curve
Interesting site on distribution of wealth.
Imagine the population of the United States stretched across a football field in order of income, from poorest to richest. Now imagine a stack of $100 bills representing each person’s income. (A 1-inch stack of $100 bills is $25,000.) The red line represents the heights of those stacks compared to a football field. I call this graph the “L-Curve.”
Read More : The L-Curve
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The Telephone Voice Lady
July 28, 2003 — Jane Barbe, whose voice was familiar to millions of telephone users across the country who ever dialed a wrong number or had to “Please listen to the following options” in a voice-mail system, died July 18 in Roswell, Ga., of complications from cancer. She was 74.
Read More : New York Post Online Edition: news
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DOD Requiring IPv6 Compliance
Finally someone is making some progress on the IPv6 front.
Citing National Security Concerns, Osterholz Says $30 Billion DoD IT Budget Will Only Buy Network Technologies That Are IPv6-Compliant Starting in October 2003, With Full Integration by 2008
Read More : Defense Department Will Require IPv6 Compliance, Says DoD’s John Osterholz
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Subpoena Username Query Form
The EFF has put up a page for users to check their IP address or username to see if a subpoena has been issued to gather information on you.
Concerned that information about your file-sharing username may have been subpoenaed by the RIAA? Check here to see if your username or IP address is on one of the subpoenas filed with the D.C. District Court. This information is drawn from the court’s publicly available PACER database and will be updated when that system is updated.
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Rail Gun Page
Welcome to the newly redesigned haven for the rail gun enthusiast. This page covers some of the latest techniques in electromagnetic propulsion, but the construction of a rail gun is a perilous undertaking so use the information contained herein at your own risk.
Read More : Jengel and Fatro’s Rail Gun Page: Introduction
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Kazaa users Hit by subpoenas
And so it starts..
The recording industry has launched a sweeping effort to identify and shut down individual song swappers, making good on recent threats to expand its legal battle against copyright theft.
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has now issued more than 911 subpoenas to Internet service providers across the United States, trying to get the names of people still offering music on file-sharing networks such as KaZaA and Grokster.
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100 Years ago
I got this forward today. Thought it was interesting.
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Upload a File, Go to Prison
Rapist get less punishment than downloading an MP3.
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RedHed Gallery
Hehe a side devoted to redheads. Cool!
Here is one of the best collections of gorgeous women with the most incredible red hair. Please note: there is no nudity on this site. If you are looking for nude photos, you’ll have to go elsewhere.
Read More : The Redhead Gallery