Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Hubble delivers best-ever view of early Universe
It’s easy, dock Hubble with the ISS – it would please everyone. Just so we can get more pictures like this. The official site was so busy they had to mirror it.
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Shame on you Jayson: David Aaronovitch
David Aaronovitch with his thoughts on Jayson Blairs book. I think he gets it right, but why did it take him so long to realise? Blair is just a very dumb guy who got a very big cheque, he brought down the standards of journalism and then told us he was doing us all a…
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Shit Hits The Fan
« Shit Hits The Fan » gives you another taste of Eminems collaboration with Obie Trice and Dr Dre. The song from Obies album « Cheers » makes the enemies of the Shady camp look totally ridiculous. They are pictured as big cowards. Ja Rule is targetted in front line.
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Al Qaeda boss confused phone SIM with cloaking device
The Reg with a follow up story on the plonkers in al-Qaeda who kept using the same SIM cards. And they rightly note that if fortunately the infamous terror network do not read the Reg: Fortunately Al Qaeda appears not to read The Register, otherwise they would have noted our observation last year that thinking…
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It is never too late to break the circle
We can break the cycle « Our parents dont approve of our music and when they were teenagers, their parents didnt like their music. Its a cycle », a teenager once told to a local newspaper.
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Brittany Murphy speaks out about Eminem
he actress Brittany Murphy who has played Jimmy Smiths love interest in 8 Mile has come closer to Eminem than many women will ever come. She has spent a lot of time working with him on the great movie. She is one of the persons who will make you understand that Marshall is a real…
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Lies, votes and Martin Cullen: What is the government up to?
I’ve had it. The Irish government’s position on e-voting is absolutely untenable. The more I read of the what the government believes, the more vehement in opposing it I become. The international media, and indeed the online community has thus far failed to notice the huge issues involved in the debate in Ireland. The people:…
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Gates: Buy stamps to send e-mail
This idea was mooted by Cringely early last year. Gates has cottoned on, but is probably in it for the money.
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Confess about XP Reloaded quick, Gartner tells MS
The Beast should really get their ass in gear. News leaked out recently that they were going to release an interim version between XP and Longhorn – now Gartner are asking MS to come clean.
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Jury finds Martha Stewart guilty
US style guru Martha Stewart has been found guilty of lying to investigators a over a suspicious sale of shares in drug company ImClone. Ms Stewart was found guilty of one count of conspiracy, two counts of making false statements and one count of obstruction of agency proceedings. Each count carries a possible five-year jail…
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