26/08/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
Linkorama : 100 Free DVD Trades - Peerflix promo gives you free flix
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26/08/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
kayodeok : SoYouWanna resign from your job? - Examples of resignation letters
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26/08/2005 @ 22:56 GMT
jimray : Slashdot | Digital People: From Bionic Humans to Androids
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26/08/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
jkottke : Fake dictionary words - To protect against wholesale theft of words (theft of words? I feel silly just writing that...), dictionaries insert fake words in their listings. The article says that the New Oxford American Dictionary's fake word showed up on dictionary.com, but as of
Rod Begbie : The New Yorker: The Talk of the Town - "Esquivalience" is revealed as a Nihilartikel hidden in the OED to foil pirates. [via] #
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26/08/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
deusx : The Safari Image of Doom - "Now, before you click and view the following image, if you happen to be using Apple's Safari or possibly OmniWeb, you may want to commit www.drunkenblog.com to memory, as there's a very high likelihood your browser is about to crash..."
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26/08/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
jkottke : Density makes cities thrive - Density is an important factor in thriving cities. "If not enough people want to shop or eat out, there won't be many good stores or restaurants. If the audience for music, theater, or art is small, these activities will not flourish. If the tax base is s
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26/08/2005 @ 20:57 GMT
deusx : 365tomorrows.com - What Mechanics Do - ""Thank you," the subject said. Thank you for fixing me."
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26/08/2005 @ 20:57 GMT
deusx : Griffin Technology - "Plug the Griffin iTalk into the top of your iPod and suddenly you have a world-class voice recorder with literally thousands of hours of recording time."
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26/08/2005 @ 20:57 GMT
deusx : Boing Boing: Sea anemones go to war in tide-pools - Sounds like the basis for a funky new real-time strategy game.
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26/08/2005 @ 20:57 GMT
deusx : New Scientist Breaking News - Coal-powered fuel cell aims for efficiency - "A new coal-powered fuel cell may lead to a more efficient way of extracting energy from the fossil fuel than simply burning it."
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26/08/2005 @ 20:56 GMT
deusx : davidflanagan.com: August 2005 Archives - "One small insight I've had about thi s is that the browser's Back and Forward buttons are not, and should not be, Undo and Redo buttons for web applications. "
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26/08/2005 @ 20:56 GMT
deusx : Long-term aspirin use reduces risk for colorectal cancer | Science Blog - "A new report from the Nurse's Health Study finds that regular, long-term aspirin use can significantly reduce the risk of colorectal cancer, as suggested by several earlier studies."
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26/08/2005 @ 20:56 GMT
deusx : Pat Robertson's Age-Defying Shake - "Did you know that Pat Robertson can leg-press 2000 pounds! How does he do it?"
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26/08/2005 @ 20:56 GMT
deusx : TOPATOCO ITEMS - "Webcest means anything kind of deviant and/or disgusting that people do because of the internet."
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26/08/2005 @ 20:56 GMT
deusx : ITworld.com - The joy of taking stuff apart - "In 50 years time, when today's 12 year olds are writing their biographical sketches of how they got into electronics or mechanics or computing, how will they describe their childhood learning experiences?"
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26/08/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Plucker - "...an offline Web and e-book viewer for PalmOS based handheld devices and PDAs. Plucker comes with Unix, Linux Windows and Mac OSX tools that let you decide exactly what part of the World Wide Web you'd like to download onto your PDA". [via] #
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26/08/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
gleuschk : Faculty Development: Workshops -- Weblogging - SU is going to train its faculty how to blog. fascinating
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26/08/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Image: Pac Man on Trial - best entry from b3ta's If Computer Games Were Real
Ethan Marcotte : Pac-Man courtroom sketches - Chased then murdered victim for 'points'.
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26/08/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
jkottke : Witold Rybczynski on perimeter security - Witold Rybczynski on perimeter security around prominent public and government buildings. "The problem is that huge hunks of reinforced concrete in city streets are not only an eyesore and an impediment to movement, they're a blatant and unsightly express
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26/08/2005 @ 19:56 GMT
deusx : Fossil - "Dial animates and plays the game Asteroids on a black background."
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26/08/2005 @ 19:56 GMT
deusx : Hollywood faces the music: bad movies mean bad ticket sales - "For many of us, there's really nothing special about the movie theatre experience, and with the high definition revolution underway, I don't see that changing anytime soon. Weaker movie titles are only going to egg it on."
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26/08/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
jkottke : What makes people gay? - Lengthy examination of what makes people gay by the Boston Globe. "What makes the case of [identical twins] Patrick and Thomas so fascinating is that it calls into question both of the dominant theories in the long-running debate over what makes people ga
jimray : What Makes People Gay? - Fascinating article on the origins of homosexuality
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26/08/2005 @ 18:56 GMT
deusx : Daily Kos: You know Bush is in trouble when... - "Things have gotten so bad for Bush, that Republicans are now trying to invent disagreements with the president in order to distance themselves from the Bush disaster."
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26/08/2005 @ 18:56 GMT
deusx : Buy Generation NEX (NES/Famicom) - Always in stock! - "Generation NEX is Messiah's slim and sexy micro version of the beloved Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)."
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26/08/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
deusx : Messiah Entertainment Inc. - Bringing Gaming Back to Life - "1985 meets 2005. Messiah is uniting the gaming of the past with the technology of the future, bringing you the accessories of today..."
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26/08/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
deusx : When Emacs and The Browser converge [@lesscode.org] - "Now if I could just get an M-x prompt, we'd be in business"
Matthew M. Boedicker : when emacs and the browser converge
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26/08/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
philgyford : Open Tech 2005 - a photoset on Flickr - Lovely medium-format photos of geeks by Matt Locke. Includes me, but my favourites are: Coates, Hammond, Nelson, Webb.
plasticbag : Matt Locke does some black & white portraits of the usual suspects (plus Ted Nelson) at this year's Open Tech - Webb comes off looking best, as usual. I look like a dribbling freak...
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26/08/2005 @ 17:56 GMT
deusx : MPD - wikiPodLinux - "MPD is the Music Player Daemon.. Work is currently ongoing on a uClinux branch (http://mpd.wikicities.com/wiki/MusicPlayerDaemonUclinuxBranch) for the iPod, as well as a client (http://musicpd.org/clients.shtml) within podzilla."
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26/08/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
deusx : Gear Live | Installing OCZ Platinum RAM in iMac G5 Makes Me Mad - "No longer caring, as victory seemed so close, I decided to hammer on the RAM with my knuckle. I basically punched the RAM into place!"
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26/08/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Améliorez votre CSS - "...un petit truc CSS pour améliorer la présentation de votre vos documents". Nice :) [via] #
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26/08/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
jkottke : Josh Davis update - ID magazine has a brief update on what Josh Davis is up to. I heard about most of this stuff at a conference a few months ago...Davis is a great speaker and does interesting work.
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26/08/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
jkottke : Microbe has least genes - A small ocean microbe called Pelagibacter has the smallest genome of any self-sufficient organism with 1,354 genes. It also doesn't appear to have any extra DNA...no junk or redundant copies of genes.
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26/08/2005 @ 15:58 GMT
joshua : ProMetal - powdered metal 3d printer fabrication fabrication, used by bathsheba grossman
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26/08/2005 @ 15:57 GMT
Isofarro : Minnesota spammer indicted on pharmacy charges - Christopher William Smith - a SpamHaus ROKSO listed spammer caught for selling 70,000 prescriptions
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26/08/2005 @ 15:57 GMT
Isofarro : Three indicted in US spam crackdown - Jennifer Clason, Jeffrey Kilbride, and James Schaffer indicted for CAN SPAM Act violations
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26/08/2005 @ 15:57 GMT
Isofarro : MSN hosting '10 percent of spammers' sites' - SurfControl claims that 10 percent of all spam on the Internet is now linked to Microsoft's blog network.
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26/08/2005 @ 15:57 GMT
Nelson Minar : Tram tickets in ZU - Always complicated to figure this stuff out
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26/08/2005 @ 15:56 GMT
Nelson Minar : Swiss half price trains - Pay 150CHF in advance, go half price the whole year
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26/08/2005 @ 15:56 GMT
Nelson Minar : ZU monthly tram pass - 50CHF for free rides in the city
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26/08/2005 @ 15:56 GMT
kayodeok : Simple List Extensions Explained - This document is a non-normative (i.e. it is not an official specification) description of how to use the Simple List Extensions. It will be updated regularly to address questions or issues with the specification
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26/08/2005 @ 15:56 GMT
kayodeok : Simple List Extensions Specification (Mirror) - The Simple List Extensions are designed as extensions to existing feed formats to make exposing ordered lists of items easier and more accessible to users.
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26/08/2005 @ 15:56 GMT
kayodeok : BBC plans to put channels on net - A simulcast of BBC One or BBC Two, letting UK viewers see programmes on the web at the same time as they go out on TV, is being planned
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26/08/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : New Zealand Weather and Climate - New Zealand Weather and Climate: check out the pictures
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26/08/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Running MovableType under mod_perl - Running MovableType under mod_perl: I needs me some performance
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26/08/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Bender casemod - Bite my shiny metal terabyte. Via Boing Boing.
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26/08/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
jkottke : Glitch art - Flickr set of glitch art created when digital satellite TV goes a little wonky.
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Ethan Marcotte : Alyeska. - I'd give my left arm (or someone else's) to write like Greg does. Beautiful post.
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26/08/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
jkottke : 10 worst paintings - Art experts choose 10 of the worst paintings hanging in Britain.
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26/08/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
jkottke : News.com story on Google OS - News.com ruminates about Google building a collection of tools that serve as a replacement OS. Where have we heard that recently? You're welcome for the story idea and thanks for the non-link, guys...tech journalism at its finest. I hereby institute a pol
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plasticbag : The Electrolux ZA1 Trilobite - The automatic vacuum cleaner - After seeing (and playing with) Cal's amazing Roomba, I now have a craving for this £900 sonar-based robotic hoover...
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Philippe Janvier : fd's Flickr Toys - "A collection of utilities and toys for the Flickr community". [via] #
Jeremy Zawodny : Flickr Toys - Flickr Toys: Helping you do fun things with your digital camera since 2005.
Rod Begbie : flagrantdisregard.com Flickr Toys - Some fun little games and tools for Flickr users. This is a great example of what your customers can build if you provide a smart, powerful API. [via] #
Nelson Minar : Flickr toys - Amazing collection of little Flickr hacks
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26/08/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
plasticbag : A Flickr API version of UK-obsession Sudoku done with any tagged pictures - this has got to have been absolutely everywhere - One of the best uses I've seen for the API yet - which pushes the whole concept of what you might do with Flickr photos in an entirely new direction. Lovely, funny job... (Thanks Siobhan!)
Rod Begbie : flickr sodoku - Creates Sudoku puzzles using tagged photos from Flickr. Fun! [via] #
gleuschk : hamster sudoku - o. mi. god. two great tastes that taste great together
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26/08/2005 @ 08:57 GMT
kayodeok : MySQL AB :: Managing Hierarchical Data in MySQL - Managing Hierarchical Data in MySQL. To Read
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kayodeok : Researchers Chase Away Worms, Wi-Fi Bandits at Intel - The computer chip giant here at its Intel Developer Forum on Thursday discussed technology designed to head off computer worms and virus attacks in PCs, by stopping the agents before they can begin to spread and attack other systems
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26/08/2005 @ 08:56 GMT
kayodeok : Updated Windows Registry Concealment Info - Here's a recursive registry scanner which will report on values with names in excess of 254 characters
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26/08/2005 @ 08:56 GMT
kayodeok : Perl Needs Better Tools - Perl is in danger of becoming a fading language - new programmers are learning Java and Python in college, and companies like Google hardly use Perl at all
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26/08/2005 @ 08:56 GMT
kayodeok : Breaking a Visual CAPTCHA - The approach we take uses general purpose algorithms that have been designed for generic object recognition. The same basic ideas have been applied to finding people in images, matching handwritten digits, and recognizing 3D objects
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26/08/2005 @ 08:56 GMT
kayodeok : Google Talk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Google Talk at Wikipedia
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kayodeok : XHTML content negotiation through PHP
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26/08/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
kayodeok : Serving XHTML with the correct mime type using PHP
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jimray : broodwear.com Clothing and Accessories - Only two for now, but "I'm awesome at kissing" is a great shirt. Check the design blog, too!
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26/08/2005 @ 07:56 GMT
jimray : moockblog: screenweaver goes open source - Rad
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26/08/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
jimray : Slacktivist on the whole Pat Roberts thing - There are certain resons I'm not embarrassed to be a wanna-be Christian. Slacktivist is one.
deusx : slacktivist: The Firing Squad for God - "Now we know why Robertson and his allies want the Ten Commandments posted everywhere imaginible. They have so much trouble memorizing them!"
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26/08/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
joshua : BLEEP - Digital Downloads from Bleep.com
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26/08/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
joshua : css debug and css outline
jimray : codepoetry - CSS Outline - Debug your CSS - handy
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26/08/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
Rod Begbie : “So How Does It Work?†- Confused by the complexities of instant messaging? Let Channel 4 News make everything clear... albeit a bit *too* clear. [via] #
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26/08/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
Rod Begbie : Get It Together open-source DAAP client - Play and download MP3s shared using iTunes's DAAP protocol on any Java-running platform. #
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26/08/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
deusx : HubLog: Extracting microcontent (XSLT, GRDDL, RDF) - "This script adds an item to Firefox's menu ('Extract Microcontent', under Tools>User Script Commands) which, when selected, will look in the current page for a link."
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26/08/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
deusx : Studio head wants to rethink movie-DVD release window - "I don't think it's out of the question that a DVD can be released in effect in the same window as a [cinematic] release."
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26/08/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
gleuschk : the blog of the ugliest dog in the world - no, seriously, i'm not kidding
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26/08/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
gleuschk : Over Three Hundred Proofs of God’s Existence - (1) Real men like beer. (2) God allowed real men to make beer. (3) Therefore, God is real, and likes beer.
gknauss : Over Three Hundred Proofs of God's Existence - 1. There is a website that successfully argues for the existence of God. 2. Here is the URL. 3. Therefore, God exists. -- GK
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26/08/2005 @ 02:56 GMT
joshua : What's good to make with canned tuna fish?
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26/08/2005 @ 02:56 GMT
Linkorama : Plaze: Guantanamo - Wonder if the guy who tagged it ever left
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26/08/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Man, Dog Fend Off Bear Attack in Alaska - Man, Dog Fend Off Bear Attack in Alaska: and they won!
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26/08/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Sherman House Century Old Inn - Sherman House Century Old Inn: here's where we're staying for the wedding
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26/08/2005 @ 01:56 GMT
Linkorama : Gartner Hype Cycle - Gartner predicts that Wikis will impact ad hoc collaboration, group authoring, content management, web site management, innovation, project execution and research and development.
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26/08/2005 @ 01:56 GMT
jimray : TextDrive status alerts as RSS - Handy
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26/08/2005 @ 01:56 GMT
joshua : Behaviour : Using CSS selectors to apply Javascript behaviours
jimray : Behaviour : Using CSS selectors to apply Javascript behaviours - Stop gunking your anchor tags up with all that javascript!
bmilleare : Behaviour : AJAX without the tag soup
deusx : Behaviour : Using CSS selectors to apply Javascript behaviours - "Behaviour lets you use CSS selectors to specify elements to add javascript events to."
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26/08/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
WillPate : bruise » photgraphy installation by Kris Krug - Kris's pictures rawk, all ye in the Vancouver area must attend
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26/08/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : ANN: FeedDemon 1.6 Beta 3 - ANN: FeedDemon 1.6 Beta 3: excellent
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26/08/2005 @ 00:56 GMT
Linkorama : The Urban Long Tail - But I've put together a new column for Discover that looks at the long tail question in the context of cities.
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26/08/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
gleuschk : [math/0505315] Factoring the Adjoint and Maximal Cohen--Macaulay Modules over the Generic Determinant - hey, that's me!
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26/08/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
jkottke : Frans de Waal interview - Interview with Frans de Waal about his work with primate behavior and politics. "I call the human species the most bipolar ape, meaning that we go beyond chimps in our violence, which is systematic and often results in thousands of dead, and we go beyond
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