Archive For February, 2003

Subject: Important, read this …

Subject: Important, read this. > Dear Receiver,>> You have just received an Irish virus.>> Since we are not so technologically advanced in Ireland, this is > a MANUAL virus.>> Please delete all the files on your hard disk yourself and send this> mail to everyone you know.>> That’d be grand, thanx>> Paddy O’Hacker>

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Via IRC: BBC4: NATO split ove …

Via IRC: BBC4: NATO split over Iraq. – Congressman Pete King tells us why he believes the French can only advise on ‘surrender’. (Realaudio stream)Just heard that Gulf War 2 will start on March 1st? Pure speculation? Yeah, thought so.

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The User Friendly Programmer – …

The User Friendly Programmer – or 5 reasons why programmers should have tech support experience. Oooer. Interact with users? *shudder*

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SQLite: An Embeddable SQL Data …

SQLite: An Embeddable SQL Database Engine – another SQL server for PostgreSQL users to bash! *grin* (I’m joking right, don’t mail me! hehe)

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Hepatitis-like virus protects …

Hepatitis-like virus protects against HIV

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winterspeak.com looks at mobil …

winterspeak.com looks at mobile phones and cameras. Here in Europse, sending pictures is nice but it’s expensive. Ok, it’s useful too, I’ve posted pictures from my nokia 7650 here at least 3 times in the last month. I got my phone bill yesterday and wasn’t prepared for the shock of the price of this new [...]

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Stop Smoking NowIn New Zealand …

Stop Smoking Now In New Zealand the price of cigarettes are forced up by a law that says they must increase with the consumer price index. There have been reports in the newspapers lately claiming that children in poorer families are going without food, as the price of cigarettes becomes more of a burden for [...]

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Just noticed a new feature of …

Just noticed a new feature of Galeon. It remembers the zoom setting on any particular visited page! Excellent!

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photoSIG: The major do's and …

photoSIG: The major do’s and don’ts in photoshop with your precious photo’s – after reading the “do’s” I can recommend reading and digesting this article for dinner. yum. Yeah, I just ate, I’m thinking of food. Lovely dark chocolate from Carrigaline, thanks Brian!

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Linux at Windows World/e-XPO – …

Linux at Windows World/e-XPO – How did I forget to move this over to the new layout on CorkLUG? Ah the memories. Long train journeys, tshirts, vendor junk^H^H^H^Hmemorabilia..

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