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Fairtunes.com Y’know, I enjoy a free ride every now and again, just like anyone else… Napster is a great way to fill your hard drive with MP3s, and I love sticking it to the record companies… but I know that while I am screwing the record companies out of their profits, I am also screwing…
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I am SO pissed off about Survivor … Rich and his alliance ruined the whole show… As long as he doesn’t win, I could probably live with the outcome. But GOD! Is he ever a DICK! … Is there really any point to watching it from here on in? The only way it could end…
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First DVD Recorder Debuts Panasonic just released the first consumer DVD recorder, the DMR-E10… this bad boy will cost you about $4,000 right now, but watch the price drop as other consumer electronics companies get in the game. Goodbye VCR.
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Mark Burnett comes clean – Burnett and gang have admitted that they were the ones behind the little hoax that spurred weeks of speculation about who won the $1 million Survivor jackpot. According to the New York Post, he was behind the decision to doctor the CBS website to look like they accidentally revealed that…
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Got more nipples than you know what to do with? The Third Nipple is a site whose missions is “To help those people with additional nipples to grow and function as productive members of society through knowledge, counseling, self-empowerment, and regular encouragement.”
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States Accuse Record Labels of Price Fixing – So the record labels, in their haste to sue everyone and anyone that poses a threat to their profits, have now been sued. Twenty-eight states filed suit against the “big five”, accusing them of fixing prices of compact discs… hmmm… think so? The damn things cost pennies…
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Indentured Servitude All major label record deals suck and this is why. Highlights: “The numbers are so stacked against the people making the music that, as recent Atlantic Records signee David Garza noted, “It only works for the artist if more than a million copies are sold. Period.” The obvious problem with that, of course,…
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Ogle away! Scientific proof that staring at women’s breasts is good for men’s health! Go to the gym for half an hour or ogle for ten minutes… take your pick guys, they’re both healthy! (unless, of course, if you get caught… then I suppose ogling could be extrememly dangerous)
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Who needs human rights? In Malaysia, a former deputy prime minister was convicted of sodomy and sentenced to nine years in prison – his brother was also convicted and sentenced to six years and four lashes. All based on the testimony of their former family driver, who’s testimony was described by the judge as “unimpeachable”…
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What a cool guy… Harrison Ford rescued a hiker who had taken ill from heat, altitude and dehydration while climbing a mountain trail. Another hiker called for help, and then along comes Mr. Indiana Jones in his Bell 407 Helicopter to save the guy. Apparently he lives part time in Jackson, Wyo., and offers his…