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Inside: A Wal-Mart Sweat Shop Christmas Posted by Pile (22099 views) [E-Mail link]
At Wal-Mart, Christmas ornaments are cheap, and so are the lives of the young workers in China who make them, apparently.
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The Story of Stuff Posted by Pile (10016 views) [E-Mail link]	[Environment]
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.
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Wal-Mart Shows Off Its Fine Cake-Decorating Skills Posted by Pile (12331 views) [E-Mail link]
My friend says, "We had a 'going away' party yesterday for a lady at our Little Rock claims office. One of the supervisors called a Wal-Mart and ordered the cake." He told them to write: "Best Wishes Suzanne" and underneath that write "We will miss you". As the picture shows, it didn't quite turn out right.
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Writer's Strike Explained by Daily Show Writers Posted by wizeGurl (11400 views) [E-Mail link]	[Television]
In case you've been living under a rock and haven't heard, the Writers Guild Association--the union of the folks who write most TV shows and movies--is on strike. What do these fiends want? Why do the insist on making us watch reruns of our favorite late-night talk shows, like The Daily Show or Letterman? And why--if the strike lasts for a while--will we also have to watch reruns of most of our favorite prime-time shows, like Heroes? And if the strike goes really long, we might have to watch--gasp!--foreign movies from England or Canada or somewhere?!!
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Clear Channel Censors Bruce Springsteen Posted by Pile (11713 views) [E-Mail link]	[Radio]
Bruce Springsteen should be very happy. He has the No. 1 album, a possible Grammy for Best Album of the Year for "Magic," an album full of singles and a sold-out concert tour. Alas, there�s a hitch: Radio will not play "Magic." In fact, sources say that Clear Channel has sent an edict to its classic rock stations not to play tracks from "Magic."
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Microsoft Hotmail Taken Over By Spammers Posted by Pile (24403 views) [E-Mail link]	[Spam]
At first I thought this was an anomaly, but after weeks of this activity happening over and over, it cannot be ignored: Microsoft's Hotmail servers seem to have been taken over by spammers and are now pumping out large quantities of spam.
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Microsoft Is Secretly Updating PCs Without Permission Posted by Pile (11254 views) [E-Mail link]
Even if you have Windows Updates turned off, people are discovering that their operating system is still contacting Microsoft and downloading and installing software on the system behind your back. And nobody really knows what's going on...
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When does 77.1 * 850 not equal 65,535? Posted by LaoTzu (11210 views) [E-Mail link]
When you're using Microsoft Excel. It seems recently, a flaw has been found in Microsoft Office Excel, in which certain calculations don't produce the right answers. Open up Excel and put the value '=77.1*850' into A1, and I'm sure you will be surprised to find Microsoft doesn't seem to think the correct answer is 65535. In Excel, it shows up as 100,000.
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Maher: Ask Your Doctor If Getting Off Your Ass Is Right For You Posted by Pile (12693 views) [E-Mail link]
Bill Maher goes off on a classic tirade against the pharmaceutical industry. It turns out diet and exercise is just as much (if not more) effective a treatment against depression as Zoloft and Paxil. Go ask your doctor if getting off your ass is right for you!
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AT&T/BellSouth Can Now Turn You Off If You Talk Bad About Them Posted by Pile (10595 views) [E-Mail link]
The latest version of AT&T/Bellsouth's customer terms of service contains this wonderful gem: "AT&T may immediately terminate or suspend all or a portion of your Service, any Member ID, electronic mail address, IP address, Universal Resource Locator or domain name used by you, without notice, for conduct that AT&T believes.. tends to damage the name or reputation of AT&T, or its parents, affiliates and subsidiaries."
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