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Politics Geek: September 2006
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Canadian Politics. It's not so boring. September 22, 2006. Afghan president contradicts NDP. A recent Reality Check. On the NDP website pulled a quote from Afghan President Karzai's speech to the UN to suggest that the mission in Afghanistan isn't balanced:. Bombings in Afghanistan are no solution to the Taliban. You do not destroy terrorism by bombing villages. You do not destroy terrorism by launching military operations in areas where only the symptoms have emerged.". The country’s per-capita income h...
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Real Linux Geek: November 2005
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Tips, links, and tutorials about the best OS in the world. Sunday, November 06, 2005. Massachusetts Makes Smart Move Official. This article illustrates why it's better for government to use Open Source Software and open standards such as OpenOffice.org. Which uses the OpenDocument (OASIS) word processor format. This opinion article sums it up right at the beginning:. Shouldn't that of itself be enough? Btw, OpenOffice.org runs on more OSes than Microsoft Office too! Posted by Jason @ 3:38 AM. I'm a 30som...
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Science Geek: November 2005
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Science isn't just a body of knowledge. It's a method of finding truth through theorizing and then experimentation to prove or disprove those beliefs. November 11, 2005. Renewable Energy and Electricity. Very interesting briefing paper put out February 2005 by the Uranium Information Center Ltd. of Australia. Posted by Jason @ 8:12 AM. November 09, 2005. Hard times for the humble sperm. Only one lubricant involved in the study, called Pre-Seed, did not impair sperm movement, or motility, compared with a ...
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Real Linux Geek: September 2005
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Tips, links, and tutorials about the best OS in the world. Thursday, September 29, 2005. One of the best computer help forums. That I frequent (I'm Linuxdude32 there) has a popular Linux help area. One of the popular distributions (distros) talked about there is PC Linux OS, affectionatedly referred to as PCLOS. I finally got a chance to try it out and came away from the experience mildly annoyed. Require you to go and download these codecs seperately. PCLOS is based on Mandriva code so it has excellent ...
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Science Geek: August 2005
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Science isn't just a body of knowledge. It's a method of finding truth through theorizing and then experimentation to prove or disprove those beliefs. August 27, 2005. Homeopathy no better than sugar pill: metastudy. Homeopathic remedies may help people feel better, but their impact appears to be no greater than a placebo effect, a comparison of more than 200 studies of the alternative medicine and conventional treatments concludes. And doesn't need a study to prove so. Homeopathy not only says that like...
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Science Geek: June 2005
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Science isn't just a body of knowledge. It's a method of finding truth through theorizing and then experimentation to prove or disprove those beliefs. June 24, 2005. How do you lose a solar sail? And I thought finding a pair of clean socks was hard. Posted by Jason @ 8:07 AM. June 13, 2005. Earth microbes may survive on Mars. Terrestrial microbes that hitch a ride to Mars on spacecraft may be able to survive under special circumstances, according to a new laboratory study. Article at New Scientist. In th...
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Real Linux Geek: August 2005
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Tips, links, and tutorials about the best OS in the world. Sunday, August 21, 2005. OpenSUSE Linux 10.0 beta 2. Can't beat 'em might as well join 'em. Checking out the community version of SUSE called OpenSUSE. This is their second beta of version 10. The installer looks mostly the same except that they give you a choice of desktops (they did before too, but it wasn't obvious how to set this up). I picked KDE being most familar with it. I'm glad to see they've added a BitTorrent. YaST has smaller icons a...