Dude Dude Chick “record release” Concert

Mondpalast on Thursday, November 24.

Be there or be square.

More on that Sony CD copy protection hoopla:

More than half a million networks, including military and government sites, were likely infected by copy-restriction software distributed by Sony on a handful of its CDs, according to a statistical analysis of domain servers conducted by a well-respected security researcher and confirmed by independent experts Tuesday.
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Each installation of Sony's rootkit not only hides itself and rewrites systems drivers, it also communicates back to Sony and the creators of the software, British company First4Internet and Phoenix-based SunnComm Technologies, who handled the Mac side for Sony.

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Hot damn!

At a dinner party last weekend, a friend of mine showcased his exceptionally entertaining talent for palm reading. He even put on a phoney Gypsie accent to make it even more tantalizing.
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Thursday’s entry.

Interesting commentary for the day, Eat, Sleep, Work, Consume, Die. His notion: the convenience of modern technology does not lend itself to greater peace-of-mind.

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Here are our words for today. The theme is: it’s got a k in it, and it sucks:

hack (n.)

hackneyed

snarky

wonk

wonky

Oh boy, wasn’t that edumacational? And speaking of the Snark, here is my favorite humourous poem: The Hunting of the Snark: an Agony in Eight Fits by Lewis Carol.

Hi folks. Try this stuff:
Phishingtest. I bet you a dollar you won’t get a perfect score.

And here is a test for
commonly confused words.

A little grammar stuff. Do the following:
–Error Correction ex. 3
–Raise or Rise
(scroll down)
–TOEFL Questions
–Test of Grammar & Vocab

Also:

Crosswords. Try these ones (I thought they were hard):
–British to American #2
–Words from Other Languages
–Phrases with “Make”

Lastly, just for giggles, visit Engrish.com.

`I don't care how little your country is, you got a right to run it like you want to. When the big nations quit meddling then the world will have peace.'

`People talk peace. But men give their life's work to war. It won't stop 'til there is as much brains and scientific study put to aid peace as there is to promote war.'

`You can be killed just as dead in an unjustified war as you can in one protecting your own home.'

—Will Rogers, born on this day in 1879.

The weekend marked the long awaited christening of the rebuilt Frauenkirche. A marvel of architecture, a great big booby in the sky. It was windy out there so we didn’t loiter.
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Gero and Jane are parents. Jane has just given birth to a 50cm little dude named Matti. They had actually been expecting a girl and Jane was adamant on calling her Matilda. Thank God it’s a boy.