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    Now showing: Wrong pedal

    BY JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER STAFF WRITER November 30, 2004 Customers who walked up to Mr. Video in Oakdale yesterday seemed bewildered to find the store in shambles. The scene seemed straight out of a movie: glass and twisted metal mixed with...
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    Service Controller XP 2.2.61

    A great little program. :) Service Controller XP is a handy interface that allows you to control your Windows (NT/2000/XP) services. You can instantly see which ones are running and view detailed information about all the standard Windows services. In addition, the program provides...
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    It's come to this!

    Bowotox....:D
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    Iconic grilled cheese feeds Internet frenzy

    $28,000 for a science project :eek:, how much could I get for some old bread? :confused: By Don Aucoin, Globe Staff | November 24, 2004 Diana Duyser will become $28,000 richer today, stand at the center of a media spotlight, and embark on a nationwide tour starring herself -- and all...
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    SpongeBob kidnapped, held for ransom

    On Nov. 18 the Little Falls Police Department responded to a call that a large SpongeBob was missing from the top of the Burger King Restaurant. In place of SpongeBob was a ransom note stating in part, �We have SpongeBob. Give us 10 crabby patties, fries and milk shakes,� signed Plankton. The...
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    Coupons For SHOP4TECH

    The ritek G04 are $37.00. Conveniently, the coupon code to get the 10% off and bring the price to $33.30 shipped is "Thanksgiving" or "fatwallet10". Also a few other good buys.:) 100pack Prodisc 4x DVD-R $30.60 Shipped w/ Coupon fatwallet10 expires 11/30/04...
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    Court Blocks Movie Studios' Bulldozer Legal Strategy

    Northern California - A federal judge in California has put a roadblock in front of the movie studios' lawsuits targeting filesharers. Last week, members of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) filed 11 lawsuits against hundreds of people they accused of using file-sharing...
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    Fred Hale, 113; World's Oldest Man Drove a Car Until Age 108

    By Myrna Oliver, Times Staff Writer Fred Hale Sr., the world's oldest man, who was still shoveling snow off his roof at 103 and driving at 108, has died at the age of 113. Hale, who held the tenuous men's longevity record for more than eight months, died Friday in his sleep in...
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    AIDA32 - system information tool

    A great program that a friend :p showed me and its free.:) AIDA32 is system information and benchmarking tool with full hardware & software information on 80 pages. It comes with a built-in hardware database and physical information for CPU, motherboard, hard disks, optical drives, chipset and...
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    Bill Gates in Hell

    Upon dying, Bill Gates went to purgatory. St. Peter said to him, "Now Bill, you have done some good things, and you have done some bad things. Now I am going to let you decide where you want to go". So, Bill takes a look at hell and see's these beautiful women running around, in 80 degree...
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    PC Makers Blaze Their Own XP SP2 Trails

    More power to anyone using SP2 Security Center or Norton Security Center and good luck you'll need that to. :rolleyes: UPDATED: SP2 alone still doesn't secure users enough. So PC makers are complementing and replacing SP2 features with a variety of solutions. While they are bullish about...
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    Mallicious 'Error 404' Message exploits Windows XP SP2

    Munir Kotadia, ZDNet Australia November 22, 2004 URL: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/0,39023165,39167479,00.htm <!-- Story Body BEGIN --> According to controversial security Web site K-otik, it may be possible to create a custom "Error 404" message to disguise an executable file as ‘safe’...
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    Congress wants to outlaw fast-forwarding through commercials

    We thought we lucked out when Senator Orrin Hatch stopped pushing the INDUCE Act, but the RIAA and MPAA are at again, and are trying to push another copyright bill through Congress that does a lot of the same things, like criminalizing copyright infringing file-sharing and punishing anyone who...
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    Piss Off Best Buy

    You have to go (in the us that is) and buy some 50 Pack DVD + - for $19.99 with Instant Rebate. Just get the ones that say Made In Japan and they may be TYG02 (8X), which as far as I know they are Taiyo Yuden (thats what I got). :D So go buy 2 or 3 and don't buy anything else, :p remember they...
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    Some Wow Stories

    Man Bites Dog, and Cop as Well KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police say a man bit an officer and his dog Friday after trying to stiff a cab driver on an early morning fare. Mark. A McClarty, 28, of Kansas City, Kan., was charged Friday with assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest...
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    Caution: Do Not Walk on Tracks

    Wednesday, November 17, 2004 A Pennsylvania woman who was struck by a train has sued the rail company — for failing to warn her that trains travel on railroad tracks. Patricia M. Frankhouser filed suit on Nov. 4 seeking damages in excess of $30,000 from Norfolk Southern...
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    Deer Hunder

    Saturday morning a deer hunter gets up early, dresses quietly, gets his lunch made, puts on his coveralls, grabs the gun and goes to the garage to warm up his truck and head down to his favorite hunting area. He backs his truck out of the garage and discovers the rain is really pouring down, it...
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    Mind Reader

    If anyone figures this out, please let me know how it's done. http://www.dslextreme.com/users/exstatica/psychic.swf
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    Best Buy says 100M of 500M customer visits each year are undesirable

    Minding the Store Analyzing Customers, Best Buy Decides Not All Are Welcome Retailer Aims to Outsmart Dogged Bargain-Hunters, And Coddle Big Spenders Looking for 'Barrys' and 'Jills' By GARY MCWILLIAMS Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL November 8, 2004; Page A1...
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    School's Stolen Computers Found on EBay

    Two students are arrested in the theft of $50,000 worth of equipment after a teacher spotted the items for sale on the Internet. By Wendy Thermos Times Staff Writer November 6, 2004 A Palos Verdes High School teacher guessed...
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