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Venezuela Promotes Microsoft Alternative
- By JORGE RUEDA, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
(03-29) 16:11 PST CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) –
President Hugo Chavez, long critical of big transnational companies, is promoting free open-source software as an alternative to market-dominating Microsoft Corp.
Venezuela’s science and technology ministry recently held the Latin American Free Software Installation Fair, an event promoting [...]

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RCMP Officers Memorial

November 10th, 2005 · No Comments

This is a moving presentation of the memorial for the four RCMP police officers killed in Alberta in 2005.

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English can be strange!

August 16th, 2005 · No Comments

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnâ€™t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a tlotl mses and you can sitll raed it wiuthot porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn [...]

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Fossil fuels

August 3rd, 2005 · No Comments

I’ve just finished reading “The Long Emergency” by James Howard Kunstler. Thanks to Tim Schlitzer for recommending it. It has changed the way I view the world. I used to think our very comfortable standard of living (when compared to our ancestors and most of our contemporaries) was based on the efforts and achievements of [...]

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