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Discussions of SF fan activities.
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Print Download, Read and Share Book Previews
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Our mission at Indie Writers Support is to build the most collaborative community in the world. That said, if you have an exemplary material (excerpt) that you will like to share with us, the public, audiences, readers, reviewers etc., go ahead and submit it to us.
We'll like to introduce you to Document Sharing (slideshare, docstoc, scribd etc). With this automated system anyone can print, download, read and share your published work(s) directly from any internet browser. This widens the chance of readers sharing your samples either among friends or through class rooms, and then actually ordering the book / eBook from a store.... more »
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FiOS customer discovers the limits of “unlimited” data: 77TB a month
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Via /.
FiOS customer discovers the limits of “unlimited” data: 77TB a month
Average 50TB a month—30,000 percent higher than average—and Verizon will
call.
[[Yes, Virginia, there is a limit to what Verizon will let you do with
FiOS' "unlimited" data plan. And a California man discovered that limit... more »
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Weird Records from 3D Printers and Laser Cutters
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I've seen a bit of weirdness involving records, of all things, lately.
Records, specifically Vinyl Records, are a pretty obsolete technology at
this point. Yes, I'm well aware of the undying love for the "superior"
sound quality of vinyl from a certain subset of bibliophiles. These
people adore their record collections until the end of time. The rest of... more »
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The Continuation of Fanac by Other Means
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Patrick & Teresa Nielsen Hayden:
The Continuation of Fanac by Other Means
— posted Thursday 23 May 2013 @ 6:56 pm PDT
<[link]>
Arguably on-topic.
Phil
-- Philip Chee <phi...@aleytys.pc.my>, <philip.c...@gmail.com>... more »
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Signing off for Balticon
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I'm signing off for Balticon. I hope to see some of you there.
I'll resume posting probably on Tuesday or Wednesday evening.
Depending on volume, I may need to devote a whole evening just to
reading, since I won't post until I'm caught up on reading the
newsgroup. But with any luck volume will be down as many of you... more »
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You don't see a mayor calling for jury nullification every day
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San Diego Mayor Bob Filner has injected himself into a federal criminal
case against the operator of a medical marijuana dispensary,
intensifying his standoff with federal prosecutors on cannabis
enforcement issues.
Filner's urging jurors who'll be chosen for the trial to reject federal
law in favor of state statutes under a centuries-old legal concept known... more »
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Waffle House index
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Fema uses 'Waffle House index' to take stock of Oklahoma tornado disaster
Head of US federal emergency agency devised three-level system as
informal way of measuring impact of natural disasters
When the main US federal emergency agency arrives at the scene of a
disaster-hit area, one of the first places it turns to is the local... more »
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London visit
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My brother plans to visit London in July. He's never been there
before.
Unlike me, he likes beer. Anyone want to take him on a pub crawl, so
he can see something of the city besides Big Ben and museum exhibits?
He recently started shaving his head, apparently just so he doesn't
have to deal with hair. Would this send any unintended messages?... more »
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