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Source: Joey Devilla

chris — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 06:15:24 +0000

“More than 10 percent think that Noah’s wife was Joan of Arc.”

chris — Tue, 29 May 2007 01:27:50 +0000

“More than 10 percent [of Americans] think that Noah’s wife was Joan of Arc.”
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Assholes

chris — Tue, 15 May 2007 23:21:55 +0000

[Apple, Microsoft and others] are actively avoiding the use of MRT’s technologies [...] failure to comply with this demand could result in a federal court injunction to any of the above named parties to cease production or sale of their products.

What demand? Media Rights Technology demands that Apple and Microsoft use *their* DRM technology. The text above comes from a Cease and Desist sent to the aforementioned companies.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070511-company-targets-apple-microsoft-and-others-for-not-using-enough-drm.html

“The other guy will still be there, looking over your shoulder to gauge the quality of your morals and…”

chris — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:30:31 +0000

“The other guy will still be there, looking over your shoulder to gauge the quality of your morals and your techniques of child rearing, while he spews his pollution in your face.”

– Gregory Hunt, Tech Heaven, Linda Nagata

My so-so musical ear, at this ‘advanced’ age

chris — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 22:53:04 +0000

http://www.tonometric.com/

You too, take the test! It covers adaptive pitch (really, it’s about how death you’ve gone), rythm and tone performance.

Adaptive pitch:

Rythm test:

Tonedeaf test: