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Have any of you been playing board games online, during these days of distancing? I’m looking for games that one can play directly on one’s browser, without having to download stuff. Chess is one game that is easily available. Lots of great sites, lots. After trying some of them out, I’ve...

The whole archive is back online and it includes live 9/11 coverage from: ABC7 Washington, BBC, FOX5 Washington, CNN, CBS9 Washington and NBC4 Washington ADDED: WARNING - EACH FILE IS 1 GIGABYTE IN SIZE! Enjoy... :D NBC4 Washington...

Charles Darwin's works go online Apologies if this is already posted. A forum search on "darwin online" showed nowt. DARWIN ONLINE

http://labnol.blogspot.com/2005/12/convert-doc-xls-ppt-rtf-pdf-to-html.html This came in very hand today at the public library. A patron came in with a floppy full of OpenOffice documents (file extension .sdw). We have MS Word on our public computers, but no converter installed. Using this...

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/06/20/myspace.lawsuit.ap/index.html This "protect me" mentality is going to far. I suspect the only reason MySpace is being sued is because the (alleged) perp has no money. Way to profit from your daughter's (alleged) misery.

I hate to agree with something I read on Fox News, but here it is: eBay Invites Internet Regulation, Backs Online Gambling Ban

i posted a similar thread on the comp. section....but it's a bit slow in there....thought it would be a bit more lively here :D i play some poker online - although it seems to me that it's pretty open to exploitation - player collusion seems inevitable on the higher limit tables..... but my...

this is my first post in the computers section....so i dont know if this will fly, but here goes....:D i play some poker online - although it seems to me that it's pretty open to exploitation - player collusion seems inevitable on the higher limit tables..... but my question was about poker...

Here is a free online documentary discussing the ongoing Mexican "reconquista" of the south-western United States, for those of you interested in seeing a record of that process, and of the double standard applied to those who notice it. http://www.yggdrasilfilms.com/

You would think with all the house cleaning there would be less cases of corruption in Washington. I guess he was assessing the security of the homeland. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12165485/

With online education becoming more and more prevalent is it a viable way to learn? The Ivy League at long last is embracing. "However, despite the healthy dose of skepticism from traditionalist scholars, there are plenty of signs that online learning is slowly becoming integrated into the...

If you've posted an album online, add a link to this thread. Here's mine to get things started. http://phyz.smugmug.com/gallery/1160843 I couldn't decide which Kari photo was the best, so I uploaded them all (sorry!).

Tess the non-wonder Dalmatian came back from the kennel with significantly swollen jowls. Nothing else seems to be the problem, just huge upper lips and cheeks. Both sides. She's breathing fine. I'm wondering if it may be a fire ant attack or some other sort of allergic reaction. I'm...

Anyone familiar with this site- http://ebm.bmjjournals.com/ General reliability rating from anyone?

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Online Indulgences http://www.700-club.org/indulgence_purchase.html I was hoping it was a parody site, then I checked the links. Notice that Practicing Judaism is only a $300 sin while other Mortal sins are $1,000. Guess they get a discount. Ossai

Rupert Sheldrake has been conducting an online experiment in remote staring that is completely uncontrolled. Basically, two participants are given instructions to play the role of sender and receiver. The sender is given an instruction to either stare or not stare (chosen randomly) and is told...

I'm thinking about betting online; namely betting on the outcome of soccer matches. Indeed I will be making a £25 bet tonight with bet365 on Chelsea beating Arsenal. Now the question I want to ask is, is it possible to make a profit from the long term perspective? If it is not then I won't...

Full text of articles in the issues of The Journal of Parapsychology from 1989 through 2003 are now available online: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2320

I was wondering if there was a website that has lists of all of the published scientific studies done on all types of various things. I wanted to be able to search for instance to find any reliable scientific studies on things like telekinesis,Bigfoot,Psychics and all types of other things...

Ok..So there are tons and tons of "Psychic" chatrooms scattered all over America Online.Here is the chat transcript of just one that I went into...Remember that I copied and pasted right when this one reading was taking place,and I deleted all of the other people's messages so you can only see...

The War Nerd This fellow is great. If you can stomach his acerbic wit, and aren't so jingoistic that you can understand his contempt for the US military; if you enjoy military history, this column will be fun to read. Here is the Archive Here is a great Article about how we should hendle...

Free online Bible database Not a bad link if you're geering up for a debate with a fundi: http://www.blueletterbible.org