From TFA: Rothstein's team used a computer to create a series of images in which the countenance of film star Marilyn Monroe gradually morphed into that of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher
If you take Marilyn Manson's face to start with, you came make it look like Maggie Thatcher without any morphinh.
The Twelve Days of Christmas
On the first day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
A partridge in a pear tree.
On the second day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.
On the third day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.
...Four calling birds...
...Five golden rings...
...Six geese a-laying...
...Seven swans a-swimming...
...Eight maids a-milking...
...Nine ladies dancing...
...Ten lords a-leaping...
...Eleven pipers piping...
...Twelve drummers drumming...
On August 7, 1996, NASA announced a startling discovery - by examining a meteorite that originated on Mars, they found what they believe is evidence for a primitive form of life that may have existed on Mars 3.6 billion years ago. More work needs to be done to confirm this preliminary result, and many scientists remain unconvinced by the present evidence. But if this preliminary result is confirmed, if the structures inside the meteorite turn out to be fossil evidence for cellular organisms, then some important steps can be taken.
First, we would need to launch a mission to Mars, manned or unmanned, to secure and return to earth core samples that might provide evidence for or against DNA as the organizing scheme for the Mars life form. Having accomplished the return of a biological sample and determined the presence or absence of DNA, we are then faced with a quandary.
IESB.net: Is Indy 4 still going to be made?
Ford: "No doubt about it."
IESB.net: Could a younger actor play Indiana Jones in Indy 4?
Ford: "No problem, but Indy IV is mine." Ford also added that he wouldn't mind having a younger actor play Indy in future films, which is similar to what was done with the James Bond films after Sean Connery left.
IESB.net: Will you be doing your own stunts for Indiana Jones 4?
Ford: "At least some of them."
Harrison ford was born on 13 July 1942. That makes his 62. So we are going to have a 62-year-old man doing Indiana Jones stunts. Mr. Ford must be one fit senior citizen.
From the TFA: Based in Beijing and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Lenovo has made its mark by producing a line of low-cost PC's, some selling here in China for as little as $360.
From TFA: To what extent, and for how long, Lenovo or another buyer of I.B.M.'s PC business would be able to make use of the I.B.M. name would be a crucial question in any negotiations.
This is going to be interesting. It wasn't long ago that all PCs were 'IBM Compatible'. Thus the brand name IBM has tremendous value. However, once IBM jettisons the PC unit, and a new company takes over it, they will surely want to hang on to the Brand name.
N.B. Everything in italics is from TFA.
1. Despite all the buzz about X-Prize, the X-prize was only for sub-orbital flights. No private entrepreneur has come up with a privately funded spacecraft that can do a full orbit around the earth.
2. The NASA contract awarding process is flawed as is. There's rampant corruption and favouritism. These factors directly contributed to the Challenge disaster, as the Faynmen report outlined. The Super X-Prize is not going to solve that.
3. Winners will be determined by actual achievements, not proposals, So they need money to build it in the first place. But prize competitors will have to produce some results first before NASA will fork out any cash. So unless you have a co-founder of M$ backing you to the hilt, you ain't gonna reach orbital velocity buddy!
From TFA: "As much as I don't like what's been said about our company and our industry, I recognize that at the heart of the matter is a core truth," Reuff admits in the memo. "The work is getting harder, the tasks are more complex and the hours needed to accomplish them have become a burden. We haven't yet cracked the code on how to fully minimize the crunches in the development and production process. Net, there are things we just need to fix."
The iTunes Music Store in Canada works with the Canadian dollar, and purchase and download of songs requires a valid credit card with a billing address in Canada.
Any Canadian out there who wants to be my best friend?
I am guessing that some of the spammers just changed their DNS records to make their domain names to point to the lycos site. Actually, now these spam targetted domains can be used as weapons, just by changing their DNS records. Well-done Lycos!
Become a diamond. LifeGem of Chicago, Illinois, the book reveals, will take a few grains of your cremated remains, subject them to high pressure and temperature, and you will emerge from the process, 18 weeks later, as a sparkling one-carat diamond
A LifeGem is a certified, high quality diamond created from the carbon of your loved one as a memorial to their unique and wonderful life.
The LifeGem provides a way to embrace your loved one's memory day by day. The LifeGem is the most unique and timeless memorial available for creating a testimony to their unique life.
We hope and believe that your LifeGem memorial will offer comfort and support when and where you need it, and provide a lasting memory that endures just as a diamond does. Forever.
I honestly don't remember any of my passwords. However, I can always generate them. I use a very simple mechanism to generate my passwords. I remember a certain phrase, and this phrase contains part of the name of the website, and then I just MD5 it. And then I add a lower case letter that comes after e somewhere in the middle. Now I have a 33 character, fairly uncrackeable password.
Ping Identity Pre-Announces Hostile Takeover of Microsoft in 2050
The plan, as laid bare by Ping's CEO Andre Durand, is as follows:
1. Hit a yearly revenue of $100 million
2. Grow that to a yearly revenue of $1 billion
3. Grow that to a yearly revenue of $100 billion (and go public somewhere in there).
4. Assume that Microsoft's star has faded some and launch takeover efforts.
And then
5. Become labeled the next Evil Empire
6. Get flamed on/.
Truth lies in the mind of the believer.
Using simple or hypnotic suggestion, it is easy to convince someone, about something which may not really be true. Media do this pretty well.
Sometimes, truth and lies are quite subjective.
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If you take Marilyn Manson's face to start with, you came make it look like Maggie Thatcher without any morphinh.
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Why do I see more bureaucracy and less action?
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The Twelve Days of Christmas
On the first day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
A partridge in a pear tree.
On the second day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.
On the third day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.
...Four calling birds...
...Five golden rings...
...Six geese a-laying...
...Seven swans a-swimming...
...Eight maids a-milking...
...Nine ladies dancing...
...Ten lords a-leaping...
...Eleven pipers piping...
...Twelve drummers drumming...
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First, we would need to launch a mission to Mars, manned or unmanned, to secure and return to earth core samples that might provide evidence for or against DNA as the organizing scheme for the Mars life form. Having accomplished the return of a biological sample and determined the presence or absence of DNA, we are then faced with a quandary.
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If this is true, we shouldn't worry too much.
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Harrison ford was born on 13 July 1942. That makes his 62. So we are going to have a 62-year-old man doing Indiana Jones stunts. Mr. Ford must be one fit senior citizen.
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Is IBM about to become the poor man's PC?
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This is going to be interesting. It wasn't long ago that all PCs were 'IBM Compatible'. Thus the brand name IBM has tremendous value. However, once IBM jettisons the PC unit, and a new company takes over it, they will surely want to hang on to the Brand name.
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2. The NASA contract awarding process is flawed as is. There's rampant corruption and favouritism. These factors directly contributed to the Challenge disaster, as the Faynmen report outlined. The Super X-Prize is not going to solve that.
3. Winners will be determined by actual achievements, not proposals, So they need money to build it in the first place. But prize competitors will have to produce some results first before NASA will fork out any cash. So unless you have a co-founder of M$ backing you to the hilt, you ain't gonna reach orbital velocity buddy!
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Umm in that case, hire more people
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I live in the United States of Canada. Do I qaulify?
Any Canadian out there who wants to be my best friend?
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Here's there website
From the site:
What is a LifeGem?
A LifeGem is a certified, high quality diamond created from the carbon of your loved one as a memorial to their unique and wonderful life.
The LifeGem provides a way to embrace your loved one's memory day by day. The LifeGem is the most unique and timeless memorial available for creating a testimony to their unique life.
We hope and believe that your LifeGem memorial will offer comfort and support when and where you need it, and provide a lasting memory that endures just as a diamond does. Forever.
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Ping Identity Pre-Announces Hostile Takeover of Microsoft in 2050
The plan, as laid bare by Ping's CEO Andre Durand, is as follows:
1. Hit a yearly revenue of $100 million
2. Grow that to a yearly revenue of $1 billion
3. Grow that to a yearly revenue of $100 billion (and go public somewhere in there).
4. Assume that Microsoft's star has faded some and launch takeover efforts.
And then /.
5. Become labeled the next Evil Empire
6. Get flamed on
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The Cache of the magazine
The cache of the gatech site
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