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Entry from November 15, 2009 Republicrat A "Republicrat" is someone who has traits of both political parties.

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My column title is a throwback to Jane Austen's famous first line in Pride and Prejudice ... Full Bio Becky Jungbauer *Laws that should be formally on the books but sadly are only known in the collective Geek conscious.

Date : Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:00:08 -0800 Dear Groong readers, We bring to your attention the following letters we've received.

In a nummber of cases the problem arises because they have copied someone else's research without checking , That persn had copied from dsomeone else with out checking - and so on - and the first person in the chain had made an error - so everyone is wrong because no-ne had bothered to check.

A posting last month to RISKS on the topic of posthumous emails brings to mind the story of Colin Douthwaite.

Checking the downloaded files, auto unpausing missing PAR2 blocks, repairing, and finally unraring them, are just a few options in this utility.

At what point in time did the technet content pages turn into "the lost souls of support" pages? The sections at the bottom are for clarifications of content, not to be posting "help me, something broke". With Microsoft having forums and newsgroups and Partner support forums , isn't it bad enough that I see Twitter being used as a support channel ...

What Verizon didna t tell customers is that they can get free access to Usenet and other types of message boards through Google Groups .

Newshosting , the world's premier provider of Usenet newsgroup access, today launched its new website as part of its continued commitment to provide online visitors with the absolute best service in the industry.

"Uncertain Principles" features the miscellaneous ramblings of a physicist at a small liberal arts college.

Blogroll Scientists Academics Books Punditry Categories Archives Category: Books Pop Culture SF Posted on: October 30, 2009 11:44 PM, by Chad Orzel No, this is not a reference to the National Academy of Sciences report from a few years ago.

Coming soon to the instant messaging program on your desktop -- "spim." Assuming that it hasn't already arrived, that is.

USENET history gone! Temporarily? October 27th, 2009 Just noticed that google groups historical search doesn't work anymore.

The Telegraph has a look at the 10 most prominent truisms on the Web that anyone who has ever spent anytime on a message board or forum will recognize -- if not by name, than as generally being true.

I've never met Peter Zohrab, but most people online in the 90s would have seen his posts on Usenet about the feminazis.

Any internet user will know that the web, like the outside world , follows certain rules.

Sergey Romanov, a contributor to a blog called "Holocaust Controversies" that normally focuses on debunking Holocaust deniers, has a scathing post about white supremacist blogger Robert Stacy McCain , with examples from the messages posted by McCain on Usenet: Meet Robert Stacy McCain, a neo-Confederate wacko extraordinaire .

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BEGINNER: - Thinks rn is a typo. - Posts empty articles. - Wonders what `@' means.