Bar Stools

Yoda Cat

racetoamaze2 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:28:45 +0000

You never know what kind of cat you might meet at a bar…

Angry customer sues Time Warner over forced cable box rental

racetoamaze2 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:28:30 +0000

A Kansas man has filed what he hopes will become a class action lawsuit against Time Warner Cable. The company requires subscribers of premium channels to rent a cable box from the company instead of allowing them to use their own, which he considers to be an illegal tying arrangement that is barred by the FCC.

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Iraq Minister Confirms: All US Troops Will Pull Out in 3 Yrs

racetoamaze2 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:28:17 +0000

American soldiers will withdraw from cities across Iraq next summer and all US combat troops will leave the country within three years, provided the violence remains low, under the terms of a draft agreement with the Iraqi Government. The US military would also be barred from unilaterally mounting attacks inside Iraq from next year.

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Perhaps The Coolest Bar Ever

racetoamaze2 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:28:04 +0000

Bar is a system for the interactive design of any bar-counter. Integrated video-projectors can project any content on the milky bar-surface. The intelligent tracking system of iBar detects all objects touching the surface. This input is used to let the projected content interact dynamically with the movements on the counter.

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Texas police say 12-year-old girl drove mom to bar

racetoamaze2 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:27:37 +0000

A 35-year-old Texas woman has been jailed after police say she made her 12-year-old daughter drive her to a bar.

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China orders bars not to serve blacks

racetoamaze2 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:27:24 +0000

Beijing police have been visiting bar owners in the popular Sanlitun area and asking them to sign pledges agreeing to not serve black people or Mongolians and ban activities including dancing.

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The future of the Firefox address bar

racetoamaze2 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:27:11 +0000

I had an interesting discussion today about Firefox with Mozilla’s Mike Schroepfer and Mike Beltzner. One of the things we drilled into a bit was the address bar in Firefox 3

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Man dies after downing 23 shots of vodka at a strip bar

racetoamaze2 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:26:53 +0000

Morris went to “The Angels” bar, which is a topless bar on US 92, and began ordering shots of vodka. He drank 23 shots in 45 minutes before passing out.

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California Court: Doctors Cannot Withhold Care To Gays

racetoamaze2 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:26:22 +0000

California’s highest court on Monday barred doctors from invoking their religious beliefs as a reason to deny treatment to gays and lesbians, ruling that state law prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination extends to the medical profession. The ruling was unanimous.

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Bar Code Diagram

racetoamaze2 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:26:05 +0000

A break down of what all the lines in a bar code actually mean to the computers.

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