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Disaster Kit

Beholder — Tue, 11 Feb 2003 12:48:43 -0800

US government suggest that all homes should have a disaster kit, in case of terrorist attack.

Postroad — Wed, 28 Feb 2001 07:19:10 -0800

Belgium agrees to legalize pot Will this change in the legalization of pot change in our country too some 75 years from now?

Mars Saxman — Sat, 10 Feb 2001 14:23:55 -0800

Artist Demolishes Belongings Inside a defunct department store in the heart of London's shopping district, dozens of yellow bins move slowly along conveyor belts toward the mouth a gigantic blue machine. Workers in jumpsuits systematically catalogue and weigh the contents of each one. This is British artist Michael Landy's newest work: The items in the bins - coats, photographs, paintings, furniture - are all of his belongings. Over the next two weeks, everything he owns - including a red Saab - will be destroyed.

lia — Thu, 08 Jun 2000 01:20:50 -0800

Identity swapping makes life relative

Do any of you do the Safeway Card Shuffle? I think I probably would, but then again the level of tracking where I live is currently negligible, so it isn't yet an issue. How about where you live?

And how does this tie in to online privacy, like advertising cookies and programs like RealPlayer and GoZilla that track and report where you've been and what you've been doing?

Cavatica — Thu, 09 Mar 2000 12:17:19 -0800

The Playstation 2, just like the G4 is considered a Supercomputer too. It's nice to know that hostile nations won't rip apart the system after they get gunned down in Metal Gear Solid.