Wired has written an interesting piece on Bram Cohen and his baby (for those who don’t know, it’s bittorrent). An excerpt: “That was a bad move,” Bram Cohen tells me. We’re huddled over a table in his Bellevue, Washington, house playing a board game called Amazons. Cohen picked it up two weeks ago and has [...]
Entries from December 29th, 2004
Apple to release El Cheapo PC
December 29th, 2004 · No Comments · Apple, Hardware
Looks like apple is about to announce a new bare bones G4-based iMac at Macworld Expo on January 11. The thing is expected to retail for $499 and is expected to include the following: 1.25 GHz G4 processor DvI / VGA Output 40 – 80 GB hard drive 256MB of RAM USB 2.0 FireWire 400 [...]
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Air CIA
December 29th, 2004 · No Comments · Freedom & Democracy
Seems that the CIA is using a special plane to move “special” suspects to human rights loving countries all over the world. Seeing as the Washington Post has an annoying registration process and not all of you have bugmenot, here follows the article: Jet Is an Open Secret in Terror War By Dana Priest Washington [...]
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You break it, you pay for it
December 29th, 2004 · No Comments · Freedom & Democracy, Middle East
Naomi Klein writes an interesting overview on how Iraq it getting royally screwed over by Bush and chums. An excerpt: So it turns out Pottery Barn doesn’t even have a rule that says, “You break it, you own it.” According to a company spokesperson, “in the rare instance that something is broken in the store, [...]
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Brunei full of peeping toms
December 29th, 2004 · No Comments · Humor
Bruneidirect.com reports: Brunei Travellers Beware Of Hidden Cameras In HotelBy Rosli Abidin Yahya Sarawak – Local travellers have advised prospective holidaymakers going to Sarawak not to stay in budget hotels as “they may be secretly filmed by hidden cameras in their rooms”. The finding that hidden cameras were installed in budget hotels in Sarawak was [...]
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