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Bit of a back-log on articles I meant to mention here...
I love this. Where the Twin Towers once stood, they're going to build a memorial, right? And they've narrowed it down to two plans - either of which would be the tallest constructions in the world. That's awesome. Blatant one-finger salute to the terrorists. I love America some days... ^_^
Yay for The Price is Right. ..they're right, it *is* like a security blanket in a way...it seems it's always been there, and always will be. Nice to have a few (nice) constants in this world...
This amuses me, for a number of different reasons...a kid allowed to, encouraged to, hack into the school system...
Floppy discs are fading out...that's kinda sad. I dunno. Granted, they've a point - they're really not used all *that* much anymore..heck, even anytime I had a PowerPoint to do for a class, I burned it to cd cos I needed the space for all my images..but still. For text files and all, they're still great, I can fit countless stories on one disc. And it's nice cos you don't have to worry about breaking them. And though they read a little slow sometimes (I think just because disc drives get neglected now, the emphasis on fast cd drives), it's still faster'n burning a cd...
This, I just appreciated...finally, an acknowledgement that there's a lot more going on in this world than we pay attention to. 35 armed conflicts going on in this world, right now...
Whole big long article on KaZaA and stuff... yeah. Y'know those "authorised" files they mention, that come up gold in KaZaA? Yeah. I *hate* those, and avoid them like the plague. They load all weird, take forever and come up with a little blurb-window, and then expire on you. Frickin' retarded...
This, I think is good - schools get federal funding cuts if they don't let students get together to pray outside of class. Which's great. ^_^ Only thing is...I noticed that it prohibits teachers from leading students in prayer. I mean, yes, that's good in general, in class and all. But what about the Bible study "club" (*groans, remembering the pointless debacle over the "club" bit*) back home? something like that? B can't take charge or really say anything while there. Stuff like that, is just dumb. meh.

And this...just might've made my day. ^_^ Sri Lanka's getting together to abolish the use of child soldiers!!! YAY! ..and on top of that, it's a former head of Amnesty who's helping them lay out a peace-plan there, and...just...YAY! ^_^

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