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A healthy Bill Walton returns to the airwaves
13.06.2008 00:35
usatoday.com
Bill Walton, whose injuries caused him to miss about nine years worth of games during his 14-year NBA career, has returned from ...
USA
Basketball
AP: Hawks offer Woodson 2-year deal to remain coach
13.06.2008 00:35
usatoday.com
Atlanta Hawks coach Mike Woodson has been offered a two-year extension, a person close to the negotiations said Thursday.
USA
Basketball
Sonics: $10M should buy out Seattle lease
13.06.2008 00:34
usatoday.com
The SuperSonics' argument for why they should be allowed to move to Oklahoma City next season is succinctly stated in the trial ...
USA
Basketball
3D Models - Building_50
13.06.2008 00:33
the3dstudio.com
Name: Building_50Type: 3D ModelsAuthor: gandozaPrice: FREEFile types: 3ds max objDescription: BuildingSee complete details
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Computer Design & Modelling
Ancient Roman D20 for sale, $18,000
13.06.2008 00:30
boingboing.net
Kevin Andrew Murphy sez, "I knew that Lady Puabi of Ur had d4s for the game boards found in her tomb, but it turns out the Romans had d20s and a nice green glass one is currently up for sale at Christie's. Only $17,925, for the gamer who has everything." Link (Thanks, Kevin!)...
World
Culture & Arts
Judge Alex Kozinski's porn stash
13.06.2008 00:29
boingboing.net
Moe Zilla sez, Judge Alex Kozinski is a friend of free speech. Now bloggers have discovered his secret online porn stash -- and forgiven him for it. Yes, there's naked women painted like cows, a man fellating himself, and two women hiking their skirts under a "Bush for President" sign... But the L.A. Times' "neutral" editorial language made it all sound much more sinister than it really is. Looking at the photos, they're clearly standard-issue viral emails. (Apparently his music directory even included two Weird Al Yankovic mp3s and Monty Python's "Lumberjack Song.") The judge says he didn't know the directory was world-readable, and that many of the images belonged to his college-age son. The internet has not only changed politics, media, and freedom speech -- it also made it easier for the judge to get caught in an embarrassing situation. But I also wonder if all the MySpace/Digg/Fark users in the world will give the judge a knowing wink, and we can all finally stop being hypocrites? Link (Thanks, Moe!)...
World
Culture & Arts
World of World of Warcraft: the future of gaming
13.06.2008 00:29
boingboing.net
The Onion nails the future of videogaming in this clip on World of World of Warcraft, a new videogame that allows you to play at being someone playing World of Warcraft. Link (via Wonderland)...
World
Culture & Arts
Canadians: write to your MPs about Canada's disastrous new copyright bill
13.06.2008 00:29
boingboing.net
If you're a Canadian and you care about the future of culture, art, free speech and the Internet, you need to do something about the Canadian version of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that Industry Minister Jim Prentice introduced yesterday. This bill was prepared without any consultation with Canadian stakeholders: there was no input from industry, libraries, education, artists' groups, Canadian record labels, technology developers or citizens' groups. Instead, the bill was written to specs handed down by the US trade rep and ambassador (who kept on telling the press about the "assurances" they'd had from the Minister on the bill's features). The bill makes it flatly illegal to break any kind of digital lock, or to violate terms in one of those absurd end-user license agreements that make you promise to agree to let the record industry kick your teeth in and drink all your beer, just for the dubious privilege of paying for a song at iTunes or watching a video on Viacom's website. This amounts to private law: under Prentice's plan, Parliament would get out of the business of making copyright law, simply enforcing whatever copyright law the entertainment industry itself dreamed up. This is even worse than the approach the US DMCA took ten years ago, and look where that's got them. Tens of thousands of Americans have been sued, key innovative technology companies have been destroyed, computer scientists have been jailed, and what did it get them? Certainly not an end to infringement -- file-sharing is up in every country in the world. And for all the money the record industry has harvested from tech startups and music fans, not one dime has been paid to an artist. Here's your chance to tell your Member of Parliament what you think. Kat sez, "Copyright for Canadians ) has a handy tool that makes it easy to email your MP about bill C-61. After you send your email, print it out, address an envelope and send a physical copy, too--no stamp necessary! Here's the address: House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A0A6" Link (Thanks, Kat!)...
World
Culture & Arts
Diesel Sweeties: the ten-volume free Creative Commons licensed collection edition
13.06.2008 00:29
boingboing.net
Rstevens, creator of the wonderful webcomic Diesel Sweeties, sez, "I finally got off my ass and finished my 10 volme set of CC-ebooks. Opted out of Wowio or any of those stinky services that are ad-supported because not all countries can sign up. Just some weekend reading for the blogosphere!" Ten volumes of Diesel Sweeties! w00t! Link (Thanks, R!)...
World
Culture & Arts
Firefox Mobile concept gets detailed on video
13.06.2008 00:29
engadgetmobile.com
Filed under: Software It'll be a fabulous day when a cellphone-friendly version of Firefox finally lands, and judging by the video and details in the read link down there, that day is getting ever closer. Granted, this whole thing is being dubbed a "concept" for now, but we're definitely digging where it's headed. We're warning you, there's a boatload of information just one click away, but if you fear your eyes just can't handle it, peep the video after the break.Continue reading Firefox Mobile concept gets detailed on videoRead | Permalink | Email this | Comments
World
Mobile Phones
FX Overnight Briefing
13.06.2008 00:28
actionforex.com
New Zealand retail sales rebounded in April on higher auto-related sales but the core measure fell for a second straight month, backing views consumer demand is slowing and interest rates will fall later in the year.
World
E-commerce
CHFJPY Hedge To Cover Longs Through 380-Pip Drawdown
13.06.2008 00:28
actionforex.com
The Swiss Franc has been trending higher against the Yen since late November of 2000. With both CHF and JPY traditionally used as funding currencies for carry trades when paired with other currencies, their relationship among themselves has been primarily driven by the slightly higher yield offered by the SNB...
World
E-commerce
Daily Forex Market Commentary
13.06.2008 00:28
actionforex.com
The dollar rallied broadly on Thursday following strong US retail sales and business inventories reports, the InBev bid for Anheuser-Busch, and ahead of the G8 meeting. With the G8 meeting started today, the US currency should remain strong. But take your cues from the US CPI report.
World
E-commerce
Daily Technical Analysis
13.06.2008 00:28
actionforex.com
The Sterling suffered a huge losses yesterday. The GBPUSD moved 210 pips and bottomed at 1.9433, almost 100 pips lower from my expected short target at 1.9520. However, my model is mixed with upside bias for today as CCI already in oversold area on daily chart so a correctional upside...
World
E-commerce
Review: Linux Powered HP Media Vault Pro mv5150
13.06.2008 00:22
linuxtoday.com
<b>Raiden's Realm:</b> "The HP Media Vault is a wonder of feature rich, simple file sharing. Based on Linux, it is capable of some pretty amazing feats despite it's simple, small design. It ships in sizes ranging from 500mb upwards to 1.5tb and is very easy to setup and use. But how simple is simple? A simple as sunshine on a cloudless day. But don't take my word for it. Instead, let me show you."
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Open Source Software
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