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    Freeciv: a free Civilization game

    http://www.freeciv.org/index.php/Freeciv <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>Freeciv is a free turn-based multiplayer strategy game, in which each player becomes the leader of a civilization, fighting to obtain the ultimate goal: To become the greatest civilization. Players of...
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    Next game you plan to get? Last game you got?

    What is the next game you plan to get and/or the last game you acquired? (whether you bought it, downloaded it, or received it as a gift) I plan to get Space Rangers 2 sometime soon. It comes out this week! It's a RTS, TBS, text adventure (optional), space exploration game. :eyepop...
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    You know what sucks about difficulty in some games?

    It really sucks when easy is too easy and hard is too difficult. :weird:
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    Cassini Finds Signs of Liquid Water on Saturn's Moon

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>Saturn?s moon Enceladus may have pockets of liquid water lurking beneath its surface, feeding great jets that spew from the satellite and hinting at the possibility of a habitable environment, researchers said Thursday.</div> Entire article...
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    NASA is a bunch of idiots?

    http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/ap_06...119_sensor.html ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ? Space shuttle Discovery has two problems ? a fuel tank sensor that misreads and a robotic arm that was dinged ? that could potentially delay its planned launch in May.... Seriously, is that organization filled...
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    New Tool album to be released

    http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcomi...lbum_title.html It's called "10,000 Days" and it's supposed to be released in early May! :D
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    USB 2.0 PC Card question... can I use both?

    I don't have USB 2.0, but I want it for my external hard drive. Take a look at this USB 2.0 PCMCIA card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16815104803 http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=151 If I get that, will I be able to plug it in to the top PC card slot of my laptop...
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    "100's of cores" per processor within 10 years

    http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/03/06/idfspring2006_tera_scale/ Intel promises "100's of cores" per processor within 10 years <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>Wolfgang Gruener 6 Mar 2006 23:00 Intel today announced a new research program that aims to develop "future platforms...
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    West Virginia is having issues this year

    WV is having big troubles so far this year. It started with the coal mine disaster, then they had more troubles with coal mines, and now there was a disaster at a power plant! :eek:
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    My brother's computer has a mind of its own...

    My brother has a Compaq desktop with tons of problems. It used to run on Windows ME, which is what we thought was the cause of the problems. So I installed Windows XP on it over the summer. That didn't fix the computer. I can't figure out what the hell is wrong with this thing... :eyepop: It...
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    Red rain could possibly contain alien life

    http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story...1723913,00.html <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>Red rain could prove that aliens have landed Amelia Gentleman and Robin McKie Sunday March 5, 2006 The Observer There is a small bottle containing a red fluid on a shelf in...
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    Brothers & sisters

    I have one younger brother.
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    'Robotic Pack Mule' Built For U.S. Military

    http://www.therawfeed.com/2006/03/robotic-...ilt-for-us.html http://www.digg.com/robots/_Robotic_Pack_M...ever_Falls_Down http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=...line-news_rss20 <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>A four-legged robot called BigDog can carry more than 88...
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    Who's Reading Your Cell's Text Messages?

    http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1931904,00.asp He signed up for a Verizon text messaging service at vtext.com with the username "null". Ever since, he's been getting tons of spam, and messages to invalid addresses end up being sent to him. :ninja:
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    Get a free USB drive!

    Go here: http://www.microsoft.com//windowsxp/myster...rp/default.mspx <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>Get a free USB Drive from Microsoft. Click on the image of the USB drive "Valuable Information - Get Yours". http://www.microsoft.com//windowsxp/myster...rp/default.mspx...
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    Sad news: Don Knotts is dead

    http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/na...-home-headlines <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>Don Knotts, the saucer-eyed, scarecrow-thin comic actor best known for his roles as the high-strung small-town deputy Barney Fife on the 1960s CBS series "The Andy Griffith Show" and...
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    157MPG car!

    http://www.i4u.com/article5165.html It only uses 157 MPG and it's supposed to sell for $13,000 or 11,000 Euros :eyepop:
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    Top 10 stars likely to have life

    http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060221_habstars.html It's split into two lists. <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>Five of the stars on the list are thought of as good candidates for SETI astronomers seeking only to listen for radio signals from intelligent alien...
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    Quantum computer works without running

    http://www.news.uiuc.edu/news/06/0222quantum.html http://www.physorg.com/news11087.html http://www.newscientist.com/channel/info-t...925405.700.html http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060220/full/060220-10.html http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/23/1325253 The quantum computer...
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    US Air Force testing glass-like armor

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>10/17/2005 - WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFPN) -- Engineers here are testing a new kind of transparent armor -- stronger and lighter than traditional materials -- that could stop armor-piercing weapons from penetrating vehicle...