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Re:France is a large country?This one has 110k cattle head count, 697km of asfalt (~420 Mi.) and over 252k hectares (~620k acres)
Fazenda PiratiningaWhile Brazil is smaller than Australia,more then (Australian population?) 23 million people live in rural areas without a phone line, or any mesure of decent public services (like water).
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Re:I have mixed feelings about this...
USA can be a harsh capitalism country, but it's still a Lawful State.
(perhaps too lawful - but this is another argument).
I just can't see a former USA President making public arrangements with people charged with some felony and wanted by the Interpol.
http://www.interpol.int/Wanted-Persons/(wanted_id)/2009-13608
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Re:Huh?
I believe Microsoft is anticipating you wearing clothes while you are playing with Natal. An ascot is a garment worn around the neck and was simply a humorous remark by the author.
Ascot in action:
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Re:How it's done
Sorry, but the machines in brazil are also made by Diebold.
:-P The article on the "press observatory" shows the design and specifications of the ballots. The article is in potuguese, but it should be translatable. -
Re:Don't Brazil Bash
>What is PSDB-MG, anyway? Piece of Shit Damn British MG?
This is slashdot, and you didn't think a question like that would go unanswered, did you ?
PSDB is Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira (http://www.psdb.org.br/) translates to the Brazilian Socio-Democracy Party. MG stands for Minas Gerais, the state Senator Azeredo represents.
As a Brazilian I should add:
* PSDB is the leading opposition party in Brazil. Its candidate just lost the presidential race (39% to 61%).
* Normally I wouldn't think this sort of thing to come out of PSDB (usually more liberal than the government). But heck...
* Mr Azeredo has been involved in an unrelated corruption scandal after proposing the law ("valerioduto").
* I also do not agree with such a law, as many brazilians don't (babelfish this, for instance: A Liberdade da Rede corre Perigo)
* This law may not pass (be approved) -- I hope it won't.
* Even if it does, it may not be enforceable, as someone here already pointed out -- Freenet comes to mind. -
Re:A variety of tools. . .
Here's a list of all the virtual tabletops I know of
http://gametable.galactanet.com/
http://rptools.net/doku.php?id=maptool:intro
http://trisrpg.bronzeforge.com/index.htm
http://users3.ev1.net/~mem5000/
http://www.battlegroundsgames.com/index.html
http://www.codemonkeypublishing.com/index.php?modu le=htmlpages&func=display&pid=21
http://www.enworld.org/RolePlayingMaster/
http://www.fantasygrounds.com/
http://www.geocities.com/trainz_ca/ID/
http://www.ghostorb.com/
http://www.kloogeinc.com/
http://www.nbos.com/products/screenmonkey/screenmo nkey.htm
http://www.openrpg.com/
http://www.opnpw.com/
http://www.tabletopmapper.hpg.ig.com.br/
http://www.travellerrpg.com/Catalog/software.html
http://www.triaxe.co.uk/dnd/index.php?page=Online% 20Chat
http://www.viewing.ltd.uk/viewingdale/index.htm
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What is love?
Love is hot goth-metal chicks
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Re:Turn off Image Rendering?
(sorry for the repost; I botched the URL)
Yes, it does. See http://www.fredlwm.hpg.ig.com.br/cygwin/lynx/
It'll even run under DOS if you install a packet driver. -
Re:Turn off Image Rendering?
> I wonder if Lynx runs under XP?
Yes: [http://www.fredlwm.hpg.ig.com.br/cygwin/lynx/%5D
With a packet driver it'll even run under DOS. -
Brasil
web mail services in Brasil (some Portuguese reading may be required):
BOL
Yahoo!
IG
Oi
in France (some French required):
NetCourrier
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Re:The questions reminds me...I gave it to my roomate when his hard drive fizzled the night before a paper was due.
Did he have to write it again, and have to do it fast, so it wasn't as good?
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Re:Guru Meditation
Black background with red writing. I'm pretty sure it used to flash as well.
Oh and Guru Meditation messages were just software failures of some kind, not (specifically) ROM checksum issues. -
Airplane?Excuse me.
The first properly documented mechanical flight on a heavier-than-air machine was performed in France by Alberto Santos-Dumont, a Brazilian. This page has a lot of information about it. In all fairness, Here's the dissenting view. In the American rebuttal to the claims of the backers of Santos-Dumont, they admit, en passant, that the French Clement Ader was actually the first to fly.
I don't mean to discredit the Wright brothers as aviation pioneers. Also, I won't enter in the discussion of "who invented the airplane", because the fact is that the design was being perfected for a many years by a number of groups.
As a Brazilian, I am very proud of Santos-Dumont's contribution, especially as he was a sort of "open-source/open-access pioneer" also. While the Wright brothers applied for patents for their inventions, Santos-Dumont published openly the plans of his most successful aircraft:
He turned to monoplanes and produced four unsuccessful models, but the fifth -- the Demoiselle, first flown in 1909 -- was a winner. Tiny and quick, it was the first practical light aircraft, although pilots reported that it was a handful in the air. In a grand and magnanimous gesture, Santos Dumont offered the plans to the public free of charge. They were published worldwide -- in America, they appeared in Popular Mechanics -- enabling hopeful young aviators of limited means to get into the air inexpensively. In this way, Santos Dumont and his Demoiselle helped fuel the phenomenal growth of aviation in the years before World War 1.
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Re:Apple will do it with far more flare
Except an Amiga Guru Meditation
http://www.universoamiga.hpg.ig.com.br/guru-medita tion_error.gif
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Re:Analysis
There are several sites dedicated to critical readings of Watchmen, because it is so dense.
These are all dripping spoilers, so care should be taken in following these links. Having Watchmen spoiled is something I wouldn't wish on anyone.
Watching the detectives, a Hypertext guide to Watchmen.
Taking Off the Mask, a bacheolor's thesis by Samuel Asher Effron, class 1996.
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Re:Daemonette (soooo cute)
Do you preffer a real one: http://www.linux-community.de/pics/22/3.jpg
or a fake one: http://www.anonimohp.hpg.ig.com.br/fotos/blog/linu x_girl.jpg :)
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Re:its all about the accessories
Your whole look is important. If I've learnt anything from computer games the best course of action would be to paint your body green, dye your hair bright red, walk around in cropped cargo pants tattered at the legs and no shirt. Also remember to grow your finger and toe nails long and jagged.
Then should someone unruly approach you just have to crouch down and hammer punch.
Se here if you need some further inspiration. -
EXCLUSIVE - HiDDEN iNFORNATION ON BIN LADEN
Ossama bin Laden is not dead as many people may think. He recently bought a new discreet airplane, launched a new restaurant chain in Nadjaf, and got married with a Pashtoun. The honey moon was in the moslim tradition, and with respect toward the shariah. Latest release was a photo of his hidden past of rocker in Yemen. Find out why Bush has so much hate toward Ossama
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Re:As an aside...
I have to watch it. Too many fr1st p0sts leads to too much trouble farther down the line.
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Slightly offtopic: Christina Aguilera
I just heard the sad news about Christina Aguilera. It's really sad such a vibrant and sexy young girl has been afflicted with haemorrhoids. I couldn't help but feel it was inevitable with the sort of clothes she wore - it's simply too dangerous to get your ass that cold.
I'm glad they're airbrushing her heavy reddish grapes out of her latest music video. Apparently they peek out when she's wearing towel shorts. At least she can continue her work while seeking treatment. Anyway, good luck Christina. -
Re:Sniffing Tools...
This is my favorite sniffing tool.
There's an upgrade that also has some powerful recording and playback features, too. -
My wish is
that when you get in your car this evening to drive home from work, in heavy rush-hour traffic, that a large and heavily-laden dump truck gets right behind you. When you stop at the next red light, the dump truck that was behind you loses its brakes, and the huge tires crunch right over your shoddy piece of Japaneese crap car, crushing your ugly skull into a pulp, because you are a fucking asshole, and you deserve to die. Here is a nice photo depicting your imminent doom. Have a nice day, faggot.
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Objetctive Force Warrior
it all comes down to a guy with a weapon in his hand standing on a piece of land saying "I'm here to stay"
Speaking about the infantryman, Google around for "Objetctive Force Warrior" to learn about exactly this infantryman is going to.
Objective Force Warrior -
Interesting
That outcrop of rocks does look intersting, but also familiar. Ealier verions of these?
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Re:God made her hot.
I guess that's her after the operation.
But she DOES have a nice rack. And she even seems to be able to do some dramatic acting. *chuckles* -
Re:God made her hot.
I guess that's her after the operation.
But she DOES have a nice rack. And she even seems to be able to do some dramatic acting. *chuckles* -
Re:God made her hot.
I guess that's her after the operation.
But she DOES have a nice rack. And she even seems to be able to do some dramatic acting. *chuckles* -
Re:The WrightsWhich, if you do the aforementioned research, is preposterous.
I did. Please, note that I am not saying that Wright brothers didn't fly. I am only saying that there are reasons to believe that they didn't, at least not at the time they said they did. It doesn't change the fact that they were pioneers, that they contributed a lot to flight and that they deserve our admiration.
I will refer you to this page. Forget about the obnoxious design. (Also, forget about planes a little, and read the part about Santos Dumont, he deserves it). But, please, pay attention on the part about Wright brothers' flight. It is fairly well researched and better documented than what I could possibly write here.
It doesn't matter, anyway, so there is no reason to be worried. World won't change its view because of a single little page, or a simple person making claims. The Wright brothers will continue to receive our admiration. My only wish was that Santos Dumont was also acknowledged for what he has done.
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Petrified grits
Obviously, people will be able to download pictures of Natalie (Hershlag) Portman's petrified grits much more quickly now.
Or Denise Richards' petrified grits.
Or Gwyneth Paltrow's petrified grits (the blinds don't match the carpet, btw).
Or Nicole Kidman's petrified grits.
Or Cameron Diaz' petrified grits.
Or Angelina Jolie's petrified grits. Or her other petrified grits. Still more grits.
Thank goodness that cable companies are helping out!
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Destino
"Destino"
What could happen if the minds of genius like Walt Disney and Salvador Dali produced an amazing piece of art to be seen in the big screen? The answer is the never-completed animated short "Destino".
Work, in the form of original concept drawings, as well as 18 seconds of animation, done by Salvador Dali in 1946 at the Disney studio , is being dusted off by Disney vice chairman Roy E. Disney and will be completed as an art house cartoon by the Disney studio - well, at least according to the London Sunday Times a couple of years ago. "I am going to finish the work of Salvador Dali", Disney told the newspaper. "At Disney, we need to recover our history." The production will be supervised by Disney, who is a son of Roy Disney (Walt Disney's brother), and John Hench, now a senior vice-president at Disney, who worked with Dali as his assistant in 1946. According to the Times, Dali blamed the failure to finish the film on labor strikes that hit the movie industry at the time. However John Canemaker, in Before The Animation Begins: The Art and Lives of Disney Inspirational Sketch Artists, quotes Walt Disney as saying, "Jesus Christ! $70,000 down the drain", in response to Dali's very un-Disneyesque work. Canemaker's new book, Paper Dreams, includes a photo showing Dali at work on the project.
But some people were lucky to see these 18 seconds of animation in June 2002 durring the exibit "Rescued Treasures: Restored Films from American Archives and Studios" presented by heas of restoration Scott MacQueen showing amazing restorations and rare gems from the arquives of Walt Disney. The neraly unseen "Destino" was followed by another great work of colaboration (Hitchcock/Dali) in "Spellbound". This special screening was held at the American Museum of Moving Image.
We don't get confirmation or another new info in the status of this production of "Destino", but you can read a full-lengh article below with the story of this proposed project based on my extensive research (including some info from the great Christopher Jones article for The Boston Globe and the book "Paper Dreams" written by John Canemaker). The article is written in portuguese but there is some new treats - three new amazing drawings and paintings of "Destino". Enjoy! -
One of Fantasia's SuccessorsWith all the cutbacks and bad decisions Disney's made these past few years, it nice to see they've resurrected a gem of an idea like this one.
So what happened originally you ask? Here's an excerpt from The Straight Dope:
- Destino's fate is shrouded in as much mystery as its beginning. Disney and Dali, by mutual agreement, abandoned the project in 1947 after numerous storyboards and a 17 second test reel were completed. Hench said Disney felt the market for omnibus features had evaporated. Others privately felt that Dali's more extreme style and ideas may have been too much for Disney's midwestern sensibilities. After work on the short was shelved, much of the artwork was stolen from the studio and eventually showed up on the New York art market. Dali and Disney, however, remained good friends afterwards and continued to visit in each other's home countries.
For more related articles, here are some great links too:
- http://www.wdwcentral.com/comments/94_0_1_0_C/
http://www.boston.com/globe/magazine/1-30/features tory2.shtml
http://www.abstractdynamics.org/archives/2003/06/1 3/dali_v_disney.html
http://www.animagic.hpg2.ig.com.br/destin1.htm
(This last one has images of conceptual art designs too!)
-Mr. Fusion
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Updates for the history
The final number of deaths is 21. 16 bodies were already recovered. The Government is close to drop the hipotesis of human failure. Due to the violence of the explosion the bodies will be submited to DNA analysis for identification.
Here is a link to the updated history, unfortunatelly (for most of you) in Brazilian Portuguese, but you all can use the fish. The link also contains a photo of the column of smoke and video footage (Windows/Real Media).
A great loss for my country, but we will not give up so easily to manage this technology (that is my point of view and our president's). -
Re:Shenmue...
Shenmue timeline
The only real "fault" with this timeline is that it mentions Shenmue II covering four chapters, instead of the apparent three (Aberdeen/Wanchai, Kowloon, and Guilin). Whether Shenmue starts on chapter 2 or not has been debated for some time, as publications like the Shenmue manga seem to hint at a skip in the timeline. I don't think Sega or Suzuki have said either way, but that's the way I'd look at it as well. While there is some debate over whether the second game is chapters 2-4, I believe its pretty much accepted at this point that it covers 3-5. -
Re:Jobs...
I quite liked the cube, actually. More than this design, anyway
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Re:Laptop with WUXGA?
mmmmmm.... XUXA! Trampy Spanish kiddyshow goodness!
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Re: Easy, multilingual, open source
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Re:GPG vs PGP
There are some wrappers for GPG, which is solely a command line utility. The Windows Privacy Tray is quite good.
Recently, I built an installer for WinPT 0.7.91 and GnuPG 1.2.0. Hopefully it is a much better approach to GnuPG than GnuPG alone, and almost as good as PGP itself for the newbies.
It can be found here (sig here). These links are a courtesy of Stephan Frye who apparently has a lot more bandwidth than me.
The original site for the installer contains some information about it, the apps packaged and is here, and the primary mirror, here.
The original site IS extremelly slow from 08am to 22pm (GMT+3).
Windows Privacy Tray home site is here. -
Re:Character limit?
He looks like he basically already won here
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Follow the versus Batman link. -
Around the world
Ig, or Internet Gratis, is one of the biggest ISPs in Brazil, and it's free. It runs on the advertisements it displays.
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Re:so heres the story - CORRECTION
I think it is worth to mention that the t-shirt does not read PORCAMADONNA at all. See for yourself.
"Vuoi comprare una vocale?" means "Do you want to buy a vowel?" BTW. -
Not first post
First naked ladies post!
For everyone! -
First post
First naked ladies post!
For my homies in #trolls! -
i mirrored it in case it�s /.ed
i dont think its gonna stand for more than 10 minutes, but lets give it a try:
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Re:finally
here, read up on the subject:
witch tribes
then you can sign up here and get paid while you do your 'work' in the amazon
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Re:A Conversation between RMS and Human Resources
Do you have any proof of this? Didn't think so!
"Easier to learn with free software"??? On what assumption do you base THIS fallacy? Microsoft PAY authors to write tutorials. All your blessed "free software" cronies can muster are the occasional poorly worded HOWTOs.
I can't wait to see you begging on the street for food, lgdutra@ig.com.br. That's where you came from, after all.
Poverty in the third world is endemic to the "give me free stuff" third world attitude. -
But what about chess addiction?
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Re:A short guide to the Linux tourist in BrazilAs a sad note, today I got the news that the Federal government buying a large number of computers to brazilian schools throughout the country. They will be buying only Windows machines.
This is being challenged (news story in Portuguese). Believe me, we won't take this without a fight.