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"for entertainment they watch his body twist..." <morning.blargh> A Good Way To Waste Time Online by Jim Regan | July 06, 2005 HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA â The World Wide Web is many things: teacher, meeting place, entertainer, shopping mall, weather forecaster, news source, etc. But first and foremost, the Web is a productivity sink, where even the best-laid plans for efficient surfing can fall victim to distractions ranging from the pedestrian to the bizarre. (You can only imagine the innumerable tangential hazards that the Web holds for someone whose assignment is to go online, dig around for worthwhile diversions, and report them to you.) [Read More...] and here I though this site was the best waste of time Europe Parliament Nixes Software Patent Law AP | July 06, 2005 STRASBOURG, France - The European Parliament on Wednesday rejected a proposed law to create a single way of patenting software across the European Union, a blow to big companies who had pushed hard for its adoption. [Read More...] 'bout time a government recognized how ridiculous software patents are. Republicans Want To Speed Up Death Penalty by Alan Elsner | July 06, 2005 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in Congress have launched a new effort to speed up executions in the United States by limiting the ability of those sentenced to death to appeal to federal courts. The "Streamlined Procedures Act of 2005," introduced into the House of Representatives by California Rep. Dan Lungren and in the Senate by Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl, would limit the ability of defendants facing the death sentence to have their cases reviewed by federal courts in what are known as habeas corpus appeals. [Read More...] i'm torn between fairness/right-to-life and population control... </morning.blargh> "...behind his eyes he says I still exist" -- Posted by sku11fukkr to ...Come The Wolves at 7/06/2005 01:48:00 PM |
