Friday, December 21, 2007

Norway mandates use of open formats: HTML, ODF and PDF

Government, state and regional agencies, authorities and services may also publish in other formats, but they must always publish in one of these formats. The decree is retroactive, and by 2014 all documents published prior to this decree must have been converted and made available in one of the three formats.

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Half Life Saga Story Guide Updated!!! Includes Episode 2

The Half Life Saga Story Guide has FINALLY been updated with all of the information we learn in Episode 2 and Portal. "The Half-Life Saga Story Guide was created in order to provide a concise, accurate, user-friendly overview of the events dealing directly with the events of the Half-Life Saga".

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You Cannot Pass

Street sign

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Pissed Off Deer Beats the Crap Out of a Hunter

While being hunted, this deer decides that he's not going to have any of it and goes off the hook, in another amazing twist of fate. A hardcore stag beats the shit out of an unsuspecting hunter. Just goes to show, if it weren't for our fancy guns and all, mother nature would own our asses.

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How to Retrieve a Lost Windows Password

Offers hope for my XP-Pro notebook I haven't used in months and can't remember my login. What a dummy. Talk about secure. They say: "Even though it can be difficult to retrieve a lost password, it can be done"

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What if video game box covers told the truth? Part 2 [Pics]

The second series of "Honest Videogames". Lets take a look at the world of video game box art if they were a little more honest. Following are 8 photoshopped video game covers to be more honest about themselves - and you.

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XKCD: Writers Strike

He's just jealous because everyone's up in the attic listening to Stephen Colbert.

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Teen dies after insurance nixes transplant funds

A 17-year old died just hours after her health insurance company reversed its decision not to pay for a liver transplant that doctors said the girl needed. (video)

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"Daily Show" and "Colbert Report" To Return In January

“We would like to return to work with our writers. If we cannot, we would like to express our ambivalence, but without our writers we are unable to express something as nuanced as ambivalence.” — Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert

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FBI Confiscated $400K from man, who is charged with no crime

2 robbers broke in to Luther RIcks home, one of them stabbed his son. He shot and killed one of them defending his home. Even though the robbers didn't get to the $402,767 that he had in a safe, the FBI refuses to give it back until he proves he made it, because they found marijuana in the home. Even though he has been cleared of all charges!

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