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The previous version 7.10 Desktop running on my newly acquired old Thinkpad X30 has poor stability when it comes to Wifi connection. The connection would work for 10-20 minutes and then die. This happens w/ a Linksys 802.11g PCMCIA card running on some voodoo Win32 blob driver over an emulation layer, as well as an [...]

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UK Office of Government Commerce cracks one off.

Hint: turn the logo clockwise 90 degrees.

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Craptacular. Microsoft said it is a spoof. This proves yet again that the Borg has no style whatsoever, even when it is spoofing itself.

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Considering what the Wikipedia has to say about the Olympic torch relay:-

The relay of the flame from Greece to the site of the modern games had no ancient precedent and was introduced by Carl Diem, with the support of Joseph Goebbels, at the controversial Berlin Olympics as a means to promote Nazi ideology.

I don’t see [...]

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We went to the local public library last Sunday w/ Jasper to pick up some English readings. There I found Arthur (ex-NPCer) with his gigantic desktop computer in the children’s section, occupying one round table all by himself. He recognized me so I went up to him and was just about to ask him WTF [...]

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So Crackberries are selling extremely well. While I really enjoy using mine and wish them well, I am a little worried that the good sales may not last and there might be some tight time ahead.
I have been told that one of the major U.S. law firms has entered a serious budget crunch. The normal [...]

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