[scifinoir2] [Eye Candy] Millennium Falcon Cake

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Re: [scifinoir2] Babylon A.D. Tailored To Michele Yeoh

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[scifinoir2] Will Smith tops Hollywood earner list

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In Luxembourg, apparently, the government must approve all names before they can be registered. Usually that means only established names are accepted, or sometimes harmless new names like contractions - Malou instead of Marie Louise, for example. I don't personally like that level of government

[scifinoir2] WarGames: A Look Back at the Film That Turned Geeks and Phreaks Into Stars

http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/magazine/16-08/ff_wargames

[scifinoir2] KNOL requesting authors

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[scifinoir2] McCain, Obama to get the comic book treatment

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[scifinoir2] Fwd: Cinematic Extraterrestrials (30 Oct - 2 Nov 2008 Chicago)

From: Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Cinematic Extraterrestrials (30 Oct - 2 Nov 2008 Chicago) Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 06:25:24 -0700 Hello, Everyone... NEW SEPTEMBER 1ST DEADLINE FOR PAPER PROPOSALS! You, your colleagues and/or your students might be interested in offering your ideas to the sub

[scifinoir2] Comedian Bernie Mac Dies

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[scifinoir2] F. Gary Gray To Direct Julius

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[scifinoir2] New facial animation techniques make fake look real

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080820/BLOG01/80820016/&imw=Y

[scifinoir2] A fall TV season with questions in the air

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[scifinoir2] Ghostbusters out of Retirement, Rumors Include Rogen

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[scifinoir2] Large Hadron Collider Explained

http://technology.todaysbigthing.com/2008/09/12

[scifinoir2] [Humour] 'Michael' Palin for President

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf1y9s73Nos&fmt=18

[scifinoir2] Long lost in space, 'Star Trek: Enterprise' limps back to Earth for its last gasp

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[scifinoir2] Store Wars

Princess Lettuce: "Help me Obi-Wan Cannoli, you're my only hope" http://www.storewars.org/flash/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts!

[scifinoir2] [OT] Timing of Chappelle's Flight Is Bad for Comedy Central

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[scifinoir2] [OT] Dave Chappelle: The Interview

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[scifinoir2] Lucas takes jab at Bush Empire

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[scifinoir2] Summer Movies: Sitcoms Move to the Big Screen, Remakes Rule and Horror is Hot

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/15/PKGH4CMGDN1.DTL SUMMER MOVIES SITCOMS MOVE TO THE BIG SCREEN, REMAKES RULE AND HORROR IS HOT Hugh Hart Sunday, May 15, 2005 Say hello - again - to the summer of deja vu cinema. Over the next three months, remakes will dominate the ci

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[scifinoir2] Star Wars Stupidity

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[scifinoir2] NASA Challenge: Pull Oxygen from Moon Dirt, Win $250,000

http://www.space.com/news/050519_moonrox_challenge.html NASA Challenge: Pull Oxygen from Moon Dirt, Win $250,000 By Tariq Malik Staff Writer posted: 19 May 2005 NASA has promised a cool $250,000 for the first team capable of pulling breathable oxygen from mock moon dirt, the latest award in th

[scifinoir2] US says no billboards in space

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[scifinoir2] Scientists propose new way to probe dark energy

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0505/17darkenergy/ Scientists propose new way to probe dark energy PRINCETON UNIVERSITY NEWS RELEASE Posted: May 17, 2005 Cosmologists from Princeton University announced a new method to understand why the expansion of the universe is speeding up. The propos

[scifinoir2] Scientists Warn Against Weaponizing Space

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[scifinoir2] [Media Alert] Spaceships Will Appear Over Las Vegas On Prophet Yahweh's Signal

:-) --- http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/5/prweb243327.htm MEDIA ALERT: Spaceships Will Appear Over Las Vegas On My Signal For only 45 days, starting June 1st until July 15, 2005, Prophet Yahweh, Seer of Yahweh, will be calling down UFOs and spaceships for the news media to film and photograph.

[scifinoir2] Museum Claims Earth is 6,000 Years Old

http://www.livescience.com/othernews/ap_050523_creation_museum.html Museum Claims Earth is 6,000 Years Old By The Associated Press posted: 23 May 2005 PETERSBURG, Ky. (AP) - Ken Ham has spent 11 years working on a museum that poses the big question - when and how did life begin? Ham hopes to s

[scifinoir2] Wormholes unlikely to allow time travel

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[scifinoir2] Private Moon Trips Forecast

http://www.space.com/adastra/050523_diamandis_nss.html Private Moon Trips Forecast By Leonard David posted: 23 May 2005 ARLINGTON, Virginia - The day of private-sector spaceships leaping from low Earth orbit to the Moon is not too far off. That’s the vision of Peter Diamandis, Chairman and Ch

[scifinoir2] NASA technology reveals texts of Trojan Wars, early gospels

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002284845_texts23.html NASA technology reveals texts of Trojan Wars, early gospels By Tom Hundley Chicago Tribune OXFORD, England - The scholars at Oxford University are not sure how it works or why; all they know is that it does. A relatively

[scifinoir2] Voyager 1 reaches solar system's final frontier

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/space_voyager_dc Voyager 1 reaches solar system's final frontier Wed May 25,12:00 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA's Voyager 1 has reached the final frontier of our solar system, having traveled through a turbulent place where electrically charged particles from the

[scifinoir2] 'Slime worlds' may reflect signs of life

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7435 'Slime worlds' may reflect signs of life May 2005 NewScientist.com news service Maggie McKee "Slime worlds" may prove excellent targets for the search for extraterrestrial life, according to new calculations. The research suggests future space

[scifinoir2] [OT] The art of Wu

http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_05.26.05/arts/books.html The art of Wu THE WU-TANG MANUAL: ENTER THE 36 CHAMBERS, VOL. 1 The RZA with Chris Norris Riverhead Books/Penguin Group Canada, $24, 243 pages. BY DAVE MORRIS You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge. From a dist

[scifinoir2] TV Review - National Geographic's 'Extraterrestrial'

http://www.space.com/entertainment/050527_review_extraterrestrial.html TV Review - National Geographic's 'Extraterrestrial' By Tariq Malik Staff Writer posted: 27 May 2005 There are no glowing fingers or Reese’s Pieces in National Geographic’s alien-filled ‘Extraterrestrial,’ but the message i

[scifinoir2] [OT] Genius

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[scifinoir2] Academic Science Fiction Research Site Launched

http://icseftonandwestlancs.icnetwork.co.uk/entertainment/newsandreviews/tm_objectid=15596457&method=full&siteid=50061&headline=we-re-the-hub-of-the-universe-name_page.html We're the hub of the universe Jun 6 2005 by Deborah James, Daily Post Liverpool is Capital of Science Fiction. Deborah Ja

[scifinoir2] Aldrin brings space to kids

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[scifinoir2] Say Researchers: 'Blade II' is a Bad Film

http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050613/full/050613-1.html Published online: 14 June 2005 Modellers measure 'word of mouth' for films Mark Peplow Mathematics calculates quality of sleeper hits and movie bombs. It's official, says one group of researchers: Blade II is a bad film. Their study tu

[scifinoir2] Wayans Brothers Eye Oakland for Studio

http://tv.yahoo.com/news/ap/20050614/111876924000.html Wayans Brothers Eye Oakland for Studio Tuesday June 14 The Wayans brothers, known for producing and starring in the movies such as "White Chicks" and "Scary Movie," as well as their hit 1990s television show "In Living Color," are intereste

[scifinoir2] People prefer to see movies at home: poll

http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2005/06/16/Arts/poll050616.html People prefer to see movies at home: poll Last Updated Thu, 16 Jun 2005 CBC Arts A new poll released Thursday reveals that a large majority of people - 73 per cent - prefer to watch movies at home on DVD, VHS or pay-per-view

[scifinoir2] [SAD] Mystery surrounds Wesley Snipes's South African passport

http://iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=79&art_id=vn20050617064731479C223502 Mystery surrounds Snipes's SA passport June 17 2005 By Poloko Tau Hollywood star Wesley Snipes was curiously using a South African passport when he tried to leave South Africa on June 1. According to documents i

[scifinoir2] Hollywood risks future by ignoring adults

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050617/en_nm/film_adults_dc Hollywood risks future by ignoring adults By Anne Thompson Fri Jun 17 LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Let's debunk a popular myth: Grown-ups don't go to the movies. Truth is, they still go. "Ray," "Million Dollar Baby," "Shall We Dan

[scifinoir2] Russian space agency says solar launch failed

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-solar22.html Russian space agency says solar launch failed June 22, 2005 BY VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW - A joint Russian-U.S. project to launch a solar sail space vehicle crashed back to Earth when the booster rocket's engine failed

[scifinoir2] AFI list of top 100 quotes from U.S. movies

http://www.voy.com/178771/51411.html AFI list of top 100 quotes from U.S. movies 1. “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn,” “Gone With the Wind,” 1939. 2. “I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse,” “The Godfather,” 1972. 3. “You don’t understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a conten

[scifinoir2] MIT physicists create new form of matter

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/matter.html MIT physicists create new form of matter June 22, 2005 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - MIT scientists have brought a supercool end to a heated race among physicists: They have become the first to create a new type of matter, a gas of atoms that shows high-tempe

[scifinoir2] Scientists 'raise the dead' in experiment

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[scifinoir2] A retrospective look at aliens in movies and television

http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/entertainment/11986413.htm Good alien/bad alien BY BOB CURTRIGHT The Wichita Eagle The remake of "War of the Worlds" prompts a look at movie, TV creatures We are not alone - and never will be as long as Hollywood has its way. Before 1951's "The Day the Earth S

[scifinoir2] New hamburgers 'grown in laboratory'

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15849954-23109,00.html New hamburgers 'grown in laboratory' >From correspondents in Washington July 07, 2005 From: Reuters LABORATORIES using new tissue engineering technology might be able to produce meat that is healthier for consumers and cut down on po

[scifinoir2] Science explores 125 big questions that face scientific inquiry

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[scifinoir2] Teleportation: Express Lane Space Travel

http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/050708_teleportation.html Teleportation: Express Lane Space Travel By Leonard David Senior Space Writer posted: 08 July 2005 Think Star Trek: You are here. You want to go there. It’s just a matter of teleportation. Thanks to lab experiments, there is gr

[scifinoir2] New Potter book leaks in Canada, gag order issued

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050711/wl_canada_nm/canada_media_potter_canada_col New Potter book leaks in Canada, gag order issued Mon Jul 11 VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Harry Potter's latest secret may have slipped out in Canada, and publishers of the best-selling books hope the mag

Re: [scifinoir2] FW: Artificial life forms evolve and outwit experimenter

"Tracey de Morsella \(formerly Tracey L. Minor\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >-Original Message- >From: Chris de Morsella [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 8:22 PM >To: Lists for Tracey deMorsella; julia demorsella; Paul de Morsella >Subject: Artificial life forms ev

[scifinoir2] 'Harry Potter' book parties planned

http://jam.canoe.ca/Books/2005/07/13/1130286-cp.html 'Harry Potter' book parties planned By DENE MOORE ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. (CP) - Boy wizard Harry Potter has the world under his spell, and preparations for the release of the next book in the popular series have been underway for months. Harry Po

[scifinoir2] Potter blunder as fans await book

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[scifinoir2] NASA's shuttle launch off till late next week

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050715/ts_nm/space_shuttle_dc_55;_ylt=AhLKotoF3boEnwGLpe9H2UEYAjMB;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl NASA's shuttle launch off till late next week By Irene Klotz and Michael Christie CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - NASA said on Friday that the earliest it could

[scifinoir2] Fwd: [sfnorthwest] For "Firefly" Fans

In case anyone hadn't already heard, beginning 22 July, the Sci-Fi Channel is going to air all 14 episodes of Firefly, plus three unaired hours, accoring to this week's issue of TV Guide. ~Tanya Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/

[scifinoir2] NASA 'put' life on Mars

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15960955-13762,00.html NASA 'put' life on Mars >From correspondents in Washington July 18, 2005 FAR from discovering life on Mars, NASA may have put it there. The US space agency believes the two rover spacecraft scuttling across the red planet are carryin

[scifinoir2] Trek's problem? It wasn't enough like Galactica

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/weblogs/brain/archives/001800.html Trek's problem? It wasn't enough like Galactica July 14, 2005 It's tantamount to heresy. A panel of Star Trek experts and enthusiasts said Thursday at San Diego Comic-Con that the reason the now-canceled Enterprise series ca

[scifinoir2] US firm to send Internet diaries into space 'E.T. blog home'

http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read.html?id=4324 US firm to send Internet diaries into space 'E.T. blog home' WASHINGTON, July 19 (AFP) - Is there anybody out there? And if there is, what will alien lifeforms make of bloggers signed up to a new service to beam their online rantings into ou

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: 'Star Trek's' Scotty, James Doohan, dead at 85

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Congratulations! > >Two other thoughts came to mind when reading this. One, I always laugh >when the press covers genre specific topics and don't quite get it right, >as the reference to "Dr. Spock" shows. Two, he called you a "TrekKIE"! >Now that's what I'm talking abo

[scifinoir2] Shuttle launch time set

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[scifinoir2] Whedon flock ready for 'Firefly' resurrection

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[scifinoir2] Canadian lab to test 'sasquatch' hair

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[scifinoir2] NASA Says Discovery Looks OK to Fly Home

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050728/ap_on_sc/space_shuttle_6;_ylt=AqgcenIex192.34kRtMZPkQYAjMB;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl NASA Says Discovery Looks OK to Fly Home By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer SPACE CENTER, Houston - Space shuttle Discovery escaped any serious damage from the p

[scifinoir2] New world found in outer solar system

http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn7751 New world found in outer solar system 29 July 2005 NewScientist.com news service Maggie McKee Updated: 1749 BST Astronomical detective work led to the stunning discovery of a large new world beyond Pluto – and hiding in plain sight. The o

[scifinoir2] Prinze Slays "Buffy" Dreams

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[scifinoir2] Fall TV Preview: Networks rediscover sci-fi thanks to success of 'Lost'

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[scifinoir2] Cosmic rays may prevent long-haul space travel

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[scifinoir2] Theron Redesigns Skimpy Superheroine Costume

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[scifinoir2] Professor Henry Jones fed up with Hollywood 'idiots'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=357694&in_page_id=1773 Connery fed up with Hollywood 'idiots' 31st July 2005 Sir Sean Connery has said he does not want to act in any more movies because he is "fed up with the idiots" now working in Hollywood

[scifinoir2] Scots bicker over birthplace of 'Scotty':-

http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=103153&cat=Entertainment News >> Entertainment Scots bicker over birthplace of 'Scotty':- EDINBURGH, Scotland | August 03, 2005 Star Trek geekdom is spiraling out of control in Scotland where four towns are warring over the birthplace of the

Re: [scifinoir2] Why the future of sci-fi could be British

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >FYI... Interesting analysis. If reality TV is a guide, some empty >suits at the TV studios will adapt/change/steal sci-fi show ideas >from British TV and cinema for a US audience; rather than look at >home for creative sources. > >George >Captain >The USS Ronald E. Mc

[scifinoir2] Jinxed computer users might be sending out a bad vibe, researchers suggest

http://www.canada.com/technology/story.html?id=f6ebf013-4d44-4f13-90a2-a938292f4739 Jinxed computer users might be sending out a bad vibe, researchers suggest Jen Horsey Canadian Press Sunday, August 07, 2005 TORONTO (CP) - Some people seem to carry a computer curse, frustrated by a plague of

[scifinoir2] (Fwd) WorldCon Report

Fan Lounge, Interaction - WorldCon (Glasgow) First impressions are the most hazardous. WorldCon is attended by better than 4,000 people, which is on the order of five times as many as typically go to CONduit. This year's WorldCon takes place at the Scottish Exhibition Center (the SECC, but no one

[scifinoir2] (Fwd) Hugo Results

You might want to run this for the listserv: 2005 Hugo Results: Campbell Award - Elizabeth Bear Fan Artist - Sue Mason Best Fanzine - Plokta Best Fanwriter - Dave Langford Best Website - Scifiction Best Semiprozine - Ansible Best professional artist - Jim Burns Best professional editor - E

[scifinoir2] After the Shuttle: NASA's next generation of spacecraft in the works

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/08/07/MNGJSE4CAS1.DTL&type=science AFTER THE SHUTTLE NASA's next generation of spacecraft in the works New design unlike shuttles - more like earlier models Keay Davidson, Chronicle Science Writer Sunday, August 7, 2005 Eager to keep U.S.

[scifinoir2] Alternate Theory of Intelligent Design

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[scifinoir2] Night Stalker

http://abc.go.com/primetime/schedule/2005-06/nightstalker.html Night Stalker Premieres Thursday, Sept. 29 at 9/8c Carl Kolchak is the "Night Stalker," a newspaper reporter who investigates strange deaths and unexplained phenomena. He asks the questions that no one else will about the cases the

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: (Fwd) WorldCon Report

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes >Thanks for posting this. The writer (you?) did a great job. I've >posted a couple of these here and it is not a trivial thing to >document 5 days of panels, parties and mayhem. Alas, no, I cannot take credit for the work. The chronicle was in fact produced by Helge M

[scifinoir2] Kansas moves to stem role of evolution in teaching

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050810/us_nm/life_evolution_dc Kansas moves to stem role of evolution in teaching By Carey Gillam OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (Reuters) - After months of debate over science and religion, the Kansas Board of Education has tentatively approved new state science standards tha

[scifinoir2] Intelligent Design: Teach Both Theories... Let the Kids Decide

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[scifinoir2] Voracious black holes hide their appetite in dusty galaxies

http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/view.article.php?ArticleID=20533 Voracious black holes hide their appetite in dusty galaxies August 08, 2005 A UK-led team of astronomers reports today (August 4th) in Nature that they have tracked down an elusive population of black holes growing rapidl

[scifinoir2] NASA's Next Leap In Mars Exploration Ready For Launch

http://www.spacedaily.com/news/mars-mro-05h.html MARSDAILY - http://www.marsdaily.com NASA's Next Leap In Mars Exploration Ready For Launch Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Aug 10, 2005 NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is ready for a morning launch on Thursday, Aug. 11. The spacecraft will arrive at

[scifinoir2] Trick Plants to Grow on Mars

http://www.universetoday.com/am/publish/grow_plants_by_relieve_anxiety.html?882005 Trick Plants to Grow on Mars Summary - (Aug 8, 2005) If humans are going to live on Mars, we're going to need to learn how to grow plants in the planet's thin atmosphere, poor soil, severe cold, and total lack of w

[scifinoir2] The Fascist Ideology of Star Trek: Militarism, Collectivism, & Atheism

A short critical analysis (read rant) of deficiencies (read nitpicks) of the Star Trek credo. A surfeit of free time, idle hands, the Devil, etc. ;-) http://www.friesian.com/trek.htm#borg Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hsb

[scifinoir2] The Empire Strikes Back: Apple blunder gives Gates iPod royalty

http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article305638.ece Apple blunder gives Gates iPod royalty By Katherine Griffiths in New York Published: 14 August 2005 Apple Computer may be forced to pay royalties to Microsoft for every iPod it sells after it emerged that Bill Gates's software gian

[scifinoir2] Pierce Brosnan Out As James Bond, 007

http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/ap/20050817/112429692000.html Pierce Brosnan Out As James Bond, 007 Wednesday August 17 A single, surprising phone call and it was over. That's how Pierce Brosnan says he learned that his services as James Bond would no longer be required. "One phone call, that'

Re: [scifinoir2] What is your ecological footprint?

"g123curious" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >In the Star Trek universe, almost all energy and resource consumption >issues in the Federation have been solved; except for the tear in >subspace due to warp travel. Which makes one ask: how are we doing >today versus that ideal? To answer that questio

[scifinoir2] Is Everything Bad Really Good For Us?

http://www.thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2005/08/10/EverythingBad/ Mediacheck Is Everything Bad Really Good For Us? Steven Johnson says pop drivel makes us smart. Guess what, media love him. By Laura Barcella Published: August 10, 2005 AlterNet.org Steven Johnson is a lucky man. Once a respected -

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