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Cover bands are stealing music!
Wednesday December 03 2003, @08:53PM
Apparently, it is illegal for a cover band to play copyrighted music without purchasing a license.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/12/03/BUGL13CH5H26.DTL
Science and Politics
Tuesday December 02 2003, @04:13AM
A John Hopkins research scientist found that 2 out of 10 of his monkeys died from "typical recreational doses" of ecstasy. Based on this, would you conclude that:
A) Recreational use of ecstasy kills 20% of users.
B) Monkeys are weak and inferior.
C) The research scientist mislabeled the dosage.
Answer: C
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/02/science/02ECST.html?8hpib
Bush and China
Tuesday November 18 2003, @09:23AM
Apparently, the NYTimes sees the Bush administration as a greater evil than China.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/18/business/worldbusiness/18AUTO.html?pagewanted=1&hp
