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Frog's Leap: Well done site from a Winery.; 791 views | 29 May 2003 |

Less Play, more Station: Sony Corp. unveiled a "crossover" PlayStation 2 video game console with a built-in DVD recorder and hard drive for storing data.; 320 views | 29 May 2003 |

As seen from Mars: The first images of Earth taken from another planet, with a digitally created reference to show the Earth's position.; 198,794 views | 28 May 2003 |

A "kilogram" by any other name..: The kilogram is defined by a platinum-iridium cylinder, cast in England in 1889. No one knows why it is shedding weight, at least in comparison with other reference weights, but the change has spurred search for a more stable definition.; 383 views | 28 May 2003 |

Supercomputers out of playstations?: Another use for gaming consoles? The National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) has assembled a supercomputer from an army of Sony PlayStation 2's.; 396 views | 28 May 2003 |

Broadband through balloons?: A UK company called SkyLinc has found a happy medium in base stations, floating 1.5km above the surface of the Earth on balloons, or tethered aerostats as they are more technically known.; 449 views | 28 May 2003 |

The Semantic Web: Required Reading. "Properly designed, the Semantic Web can assist the evolution of human knowledge as a whole."; 388 views | 28 May 2003 |

Nice memorial page: Some of the best war-related quotes and pictures I've heard/seen of late. Including, "Leaders who make war should be required to have participated in one".; 343 views | 28 May 2003 |

N.Korea in threatening mode: Japan will "meet a fatal fiasco" if it continues to blindly follow U.S. policy, Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Tuesday.; 532 views | 27 May 2003 |

Even faster than 3G!: NTT DoCoMo, the Japanese company that introduced the first third-generation digital mobile phone service in the world, is preparing to pioneer wireless services that are at least 40 times as fast.; 254 views | 26 May 2003 |

Bye bye to PDAs?: GPS, Java, and push-to-talk give smart phones a clear edge over PDAs, says Scwartz from InfoWorld.; 483 views | 26 May 2003 |

Huge archive of Economic Thought: What a satisfying find! A noble attempt from McMaster university to collect in one place a large number of significant texts in the history of economic thought.; 322 views | 26 May 2003 |

"Things me and my GF have argued about": Now this is one website that could use Snipurl! :); 760 views | 26 May 2003 |

Can men and women be friends without sex?: An interesting question, and even more interesting comments.; 971 views | 26 May 2003 |

School Shootings - Why they're hot: First Bowling for Columbine swept the Best Documentary at the Oscars (a whimsical thing in itself given how little of documentary was in it), and now this one takes the Cannes top award.; 427 views | 26 May 2003 |

Math and Origami?: Origami really does have many educational benefits. And interestingly intertwined nuances with math.; 378 views | 25 May 2003 |

Air cars, anyone?: What could be a more appealing vision of the world of tomorrow than stepping into one's own flying machine and and heading off into the wild blue yonder?; 491 views | 25 May 2003 |

To P or not to P?: Trend Micro is alerting its solution providers and customers about a bug in an update to one of its security products that inadvertently blocked all incoming e-mail containing the letter P.; 374 views | 24 May 2003 |

Office-hour habits of professors: An important, seminal analysis of academicians in humanities education.; 435 views | 24 May 2003 |

Euro bank notes to embed RFID chips by 2005: The European Central Bank is working with technology partners on a hush-hush project to embed radio frequency identification tags into the very fibers of euro bank notes by 2005.; 453 views | 24 May 2003 |

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Frog's Leap Well done site from a Winery. Less Play, more Station Sony Corp. unveiled a "crossover" PlayStation 2 video game console with a built-in DVD recorder and hard drive for storing data. As seen from Mars The first images of Earth taken from another planet, with a digitally created reference to show the Earth's position. A "kilogram" by any other name.. The kilogram is defined by a platinum-iridium cylinder, cast in England in 1889. No one knows why it is shedding weight, at least in comparison with other reference weights, but the change has spurred search for a more stable definition. Supercomputers out of playstations? Another use for gaming consoles? The National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) has assembled a supercomputer from an army of Sony PlayStation 2's. Broadband through balloons? A UK company called SkyLinc has found a happy medium in base stations, floating 1.5km above the surface of the Earth on balloons, or tethered aerostats as they are more technically known. The Semantic Web Required Reading. "Properly designed, the Semantic Web can assist the evolution of human knowledge as a whole." Nice memorial page Some of the best war-related quotes and pictures I've heard/seen of late. Including, "Leaders who make war should be required to have participated in one". N.Korea in threatening mode Japan will "meet a fatal fiasco" if it continues to blindly follow U.S. policy, Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Tuesday. Even faster than 3G! NTT DoCoMo, the Japanese company that introduced the first third-generation digital mobile phone service in the world, is preparing to pioneer wireless services that are at least 40 times as fast. Bye bye to PDAs? GPS, Java, and push-to-talk give smart phones a clear edge over PDAs, says Scwartz from InfoWorld. Huge archive of Economic Thought What a satisfying find! A noble attempt from McMaster university to collect in one place a large number of significant texts in the history of economic thought. "Things me and my GF have argued about" Now this is one website that could use Snipurl! :) Can men and women be friends without sex? An interesting question, and even more interesting comments. School Shootings - Why they're hot First Bowling for Columbine swept the Best Documentary at the Oscars (a whimsical thing in itself given how little of documentary was in it), and now this one takes the Cannes top award. Math and Origami? Origami really does have many educational benefits. And interestingly intertwined nuances with math. Air cars, anyone? What could be a more appealing vision of the world of tomorrow than stepping into one's own flying machine and and heading off into the wild blue yonder? To P or not to P? Trend Micro is alerting its solution providers and customers about a bug in an update to one of its security products that inadvertently blocked all incoming e-mail containing the letter P. Office-hour habits of professors An important, seminal analysis of academicians in humanities education. Euro bank notes to embed RFID chips by 2005 The European Central Bank is working with technology partners on a hush-hush project to embed radio frequency identification tags into the very fibers of euro bank notes by 2005.

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