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    Low scores for NBC – It seems NBC’s taped coverage of the Sydney games is a bit of a tough sell. So far NBC has averaged a 14.3 Nielsen rating for its prime-time coverage, a lower rating than any other Olympics on record. Apparently everybody’s just flocking to the internet for the information they want,…

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    Geek out at the IT Olympics – Sydney, Australia may be getting all the attention these days, but all the real fun’s being had in Sydney, South Dakota at the Information Technology Olympics! With events like the Software Buyathlon, where teams battle to purchase the right software at the right price, and Code Wrestling, where…

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    Religion never sounded this good – Worshipers watching a Vatican festival on TV ended up hearing the soundtrack of a porn channel instead. Apparently a mistake at a satellite TV company in Luxembourg meant that viewers across Italy, Spain and Latin America heard passionate moans and grunts while watching 20 cardinals saying mass, praying and…

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    Need a mental disorder? – Try Dr. Grohol’s Mental-O-Matic!

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    It’s insane that this can happen… Philip Workman will probably be put to death. Will it be in the interest of justice or politics is the question. This article outlines some of the issues surrounding this controversial case in Tennessee. Here’s a bit of a summary (though you should read the article for a closer-to-full…

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    There is a fantastic interview with David Touretzky over at salon where he discusses Judge Kaplan’s decision to ban the posting of DeCSS source code and what it could mean to the future of freedom of speech.

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    client-o-matic – Get to know the odd strange and dangerous animal that is… THE CLIENT (spotted on metafilter)

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