Monthly Archives: August 2009

Overflow

Overflow condition: a situation that occurs when more information is being transmitted than the hardware can handle This is one of the biggest problems I have to deal with: information overflow. Google Reader, Twitter, Mail, Facebook, MSN, Skype, Safari: Seven different sources of information. Seven different sources of different information. I am subscribed to blogs about Apple, [...]
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What if The Pirate Bay sues this guy?

TPB’s database was uploaded to The Pirate Bay last night and can be found here. I am really curious about what would happen if TPB decided to sue the uploader (which, in this case, is anonymous, but let’s say he/she wasn’t). Anyways, you can download it and enjoy every single .torrent file that TPB was hosting until [...]
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Ποδηλασία == Ντοπηλασία

Ο Μικέλ Ασταρλόθα που τερμάτισε 11ος στον ποδηλατικό γύρο της Γαλλίας, έχει τεθεί εκτός αγώνων, όπως ανακοίνωσε η Διεθνής Ομοσπονδία Ποδηλασίας, καθώς έχει βρέθηκε ντοπαρισμένος. (από το sport24.gr) Όταν ξεκίνησα να γράφω αυτό το post, δευτερόλεπτα πριν, είχα στο μυαλό μου να κάνω μια λίστα με όσους έχουν βρεθεί ντοπέ τα τελευταία χρόνια. Στα μισά άλλαξα γνώμη. [...]
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