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    News Brief from the Red Planet

    Valles Marineris (MPI) - A spokesthing for the Martian Air Force is denouncing the persistent rumor that an alien spacecraft crashed in the desert outside of Ares Vallis several greths ago. Appearing at a press conference today, General Rgrmrmy The Lesser stated that "the object was, in...
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    Dousing the Flames?

    The following is an excerpt from David Brin's "Gaia, Freedom, and Human Nature -- Some Ironies on the Way to Creating the Network of the Future." In view of the hatred, ad hominem attacks, and unkindness that have alienated several of AnandTech's best and most prolific members, I...
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    Two Questions for Audiophiles

    I've been browsing through the lengthy list of used CDs at Tower Records, and several of the ones that interest me are available only as HDCD's. I know that this is a high-density audio format, and I know that I can't get the benefit of that by playing them on my piece-o-crap CD player. My two...
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    A Scandal of Biblical Proportions!

    I got this from a Methodist Sunday School teacher, so it must be true... ;) --- KING DAVID ADMITS TO ADULTERY, MURDER OF SERVANT Jerusalem-- In a stunning admission of guilt last night, King David acknowledged that he had an "inappropriate relationship" with Bathsheba, the wife of...
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    Long, But Funny...

    Those of you who have a conniption every time you see a post with more than once sentence in it may be excused now... Ah, that's better. I'm a Republican (and so is the gal who sent this to me,) but I laughed my ample ass off anyhow. ~~~ UNDERSTANDIFYING THE DUBYONICS RIGHTS MOVEMENT The...
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    Yet Another Fable for Modern Times

    (This was sent to me months ago by a dear friend. I hope she does not mind my sharing it.) There once was a young person named Little Red Riding Hood who lived on the edge of a large forest full of endangered owls, snail darters, and rare plants that would probably provide a cure for cancer if...
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    Odd Undies

    My wacky Aunt Arlie was reading (in the National Enquirer, yet) that lacy underwear for men is the latest rage. The Enquirer even gave a plug to a Website that sells some mighty peculiar his & hers dainties: Hidden Vestments Now Arlie has her mind set on buying a set of these slinky duds...
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    Very long, but very funny...

    (I received the following item in an email from a music lover, and shall pass it along for the amusement of anyone who has the stamina to read it!) The following is a synopsis of the recently discovered opera, "La Bubba Vita", whose World Premiere is scheduled at the Met soon... ~ LA...
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    File Found: Great 404s of the Web!

    I stumbled onto this site and found several smiles and a couple of real belly-laughs: Great Funny 404s See also (from the AnandTech archives): Defiled Again! :P
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    Forgiveness Wins Again

    I was moved by a story from the New York Times recently. In view of some of the hatred, bitterness, and name-calling that has happened here in recent times, I thought this might provide something to think about. ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= The New York Times...
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    Worried About Wombat

    I am very concerned about the well-being of WombatWoman. She has taken down her web page and has disabled private messaging in the forums, and now emails addressed to her are being returned to the sender. Please, has anyone heard from her? If she does not wish to correspond, that is certainly...