Jan
21
2009
I made a partial list below (I’m sure Duane Thomas can add to it) of dumb things I see in novels and comics and movies in the area of firearms. A few of these (for dramatic license) I make myself. But they’re still dumb.


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Jan
21
2009
That’s Hideo Kojima. He makes Metal Gear Solid games and really likes movies — that last part is hard to believe, we know.


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Jan
21
2009
There’s also hope and change in the land of the brick: Behold the Presidential inauguration of Barack Obama in Lego bricks, complete with every single character that will be at the Capitol, including Lego Oprah.


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Jan
21
2009
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Jan
21
2009
Times Co. said Monday that it had reached an agreement for 0 million in financing from companies controlled by billionaire Carlos Slim Helu to help the newspaper publisher meet debt payments as credit markets dry up and the newspaper industry confronts plummeting ad revenue.


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Jan
21
2009
how can a social network that depends on millions of 140 character statements help someone in the real world?Well, the possibilities are endless. From having someone local bring you a tank of gas when you’ve run out, to shacking up with a friend on a conference excursion, here’s a list of ways how Twitter can help.


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Jan
21
2009
While Apple may not have had the strongest of holiday sales for Macs and iPods, estimates for sales of iPhone 3G versus T-Mobile’s G1 may show Apple’s device having outsold one of its closest competitors by a ratio of six to one in the US alone.


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Jan
21
2009
A huge Antarctic ice shelf is on the brink of collapse with just a sliver of ice holding it in place, the latest victim of global warming that is altering maps of the frozen continent.


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Jan
21
2009
In a move that has keenly disappointed some of his strongest conservative allies, President Bush has decided not to pardon Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, for his 2007 conviction in the CIA leak case, two White House officials said Monday.


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Jan
21
2009
Commissioned by the Dutch government, a recently published report concludes that file-sharing has a positive effect on the economy, both on the long and short term. A massive 30% of the Dutch population uses file-sharing software to download music, games, movies and other forms of entertainment, which is now considered to be a ‘good thing’.


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