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The Best Dedicated Host for Me (and Maybe You)
Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:12 AM EDT
A few years ago I posted an article here on Newsvine about shared webhosts. It was right around the time I got my first full-time job. Jump ahead to now, and things have changed dramatically. No longer am I running on a shared host. I've upgraded, in a very serious way.
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We Need Alternative Energy!
Sat May 31, 2008 8:19 PM EDT
Twice a day a freight train pulls about 85 cars of coal to the local power plant down on the Potomac river. Every day. Occasionally a yellow cloud of smog can be seen in the sky floating up from that power plant.
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Venezuela's Chavez Calls Germany's Merkel a Political Descendant of Hitler
Seeded on Mon May 12, 2008 5:17 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
I know Hugo lives off the attention the media gives him, but someone needs to tell him to go **** himself.
Yahoo Mash, looks promising - TECH.BLORGE.com
Seeded on Mon Sep 17, 2007 1:37 AM EDT (tech.blorge.com)
From the article: Although the team leader at Y! Mash, Will Aldrich, describes the site as being "pretty raw," for a beta version, it's a pretty impressive social network.
It's Not Wrong to Create and Submit Your Own Content. In Fact, it's Necessary
Seeded on Thu Aug 2, 2007 12:42 PM EDT (dmiessler.com)
A Quote from the Article: Remember that writers submit their work to publishers; they don't wait for it to be found. Artisans have shows and invite lots of people, and academics submit to their respective journals.
Fear and Loathing in Cupertino
Seeded on Thu May 17, 2007 12:38 AM EDT (tuxdeluxe.org)
From the Article: Historically I've had a "love-hate" relationship with Apple. They love themselves and I hate them.
New UMPC rocks dual core and Vista action
Seeded on Fri Apr 20, 2007 2:59 PM EDT (tech.blorge.com)
Say goodbye to the weakling Ultra Mobile-PCs (UMPC) of old and say hello to a new breed courtesy of Chinese PC maker Haier. The new Haier X6 UMPC features a Core 2 Duo processor, Windows Vista and the 945GU chipset for Aero Glass support.
Cabbies ordered to pick up all riders
Seeded on Tue Apr 17, 2007 3:24 PM EDT (The Minneapolis Star Tribune)
From the article: On an 11-0 vote Monday, Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) members voted to crack down on drivers refusing service, making Minnesota the first place in the country to decide how to treat Muslim cabbies who decline to transport alcohol- toting riders on relig …
Drunken Driving Laws Un-Constitutional
Seeded on Mon Apr 9, 2007 3:58 PM EDT (Associated Content)
From the article: To illustrate how this all comes together to make absolutely no sense, I'll share with you my personal experience. As previously stated, I drank and drove on a regular basis until I quit drinking.
Iran puts detained British sailors on television
Seeded on Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:29 PM EDT (Reuters)
From Reuters: Iranian television on Wednesday displayed some of 15 British sailors and marines detained at sea last week and showed the only woman crew member saying they had "trespassed" into Iranian waters.
Newsvine Slashdotted!
Seeded on Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:35 PM EDT (Slashdot)
From Slashdot: Several readers let us know about a little problem with presidential hopeful John McCain's MySpace page. Looks as though some staffer didn't read the fine print of the "credit" clause when selecting a template for the page.
Last WWI Combat Veteran Laid to Rest
Seeded on Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:32 PM EDT (Military.com)
From Military.com: Retired Army Cpl. Howard V. Ramsey, Oregon's last living World War I veteran and the last known U.S. combat veteran of WWI, died in his sleep Feb. 22 at an assisted living center in southeast Portland.
Sweden Admits Tapping Citizens' Phones for Decades
Seeded on Fri Mar 9, 2007 2:46 PM EST (Slashdot)
From Slashdot: Sweden is close to implementing new surveillance legislation that will include the monitoring of emails, telephone calls and keyword searches using advanced pattern analysis.
Turkey Censors YouTube
Seeded on Wed Mar 7, 2007 11:09 AM EST (Slashdot)
From Slashdot: After a controversial mock-up video reportedly submitted by a Greek member about Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, Turkish courts ordered the national ISPs to ban the online video service, YouTube.
Stealing Your Child's Credit
Seeded on Tue Dec 12, 2006 2:09 PM EST (The Las Vegas Sun)
From the article: Today, three years later, the Las Vegas father recognizes this call as his first taste of something truly dismal: His ex-wife, who had filed for bankruptcy, used their child's name and social security number to buy a cell phone. Then she stopped paying the bill.
Bill assumes male guilt and opens door to unfair prosecutions
Seeded on Mon Dec 4, 2006 8:55 AM EST (CNET News.com)
From the article: House Bill 5882 creates the Coercive Abortion Prevention Act. Its purpose is to prohibit the putative father of a pregnant woman's child from coercing or intimidating the woman into terminating her pregnancy.
Cartoons protester found guilty
Seeded on Thu Nov 9, 2006 11:03 PM EST (BBC News)
From the article: A man who called for the killing of British troops has been found guilty of stirring up racial hatred at a rally. He was also photographed holding placards which said: "Annihilate those who insult Islam."
The Right Web Host for You
Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:05 AM EDT
I've been working on different website projects for six years now, basically since my family first got the Internet back in 2000. I've had various accounts at free hosts and paid hosts, with varying levels of quality.
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Rolling Stone : THE LOW POST: How the Media Lies About China
Seeded on Sun Oct 8, 2006 6:08 PM EDT (Rolling Stone)
From the article: "Protectionism conveniently shifts the blame for trade-related hardships to foreigners, which is easier than adapting homegrown business practices to make America more competitive." -- New York Times editorial, "Curing the Debt Addiction," Oct. 2
CNN.com - Korea tension: 60 shots fired - Oct 7, 2006
Seeded on Sat Oct 7, 2006 6:18 PM EDT (CNN)
From the article: Gunfire rang out Saturday along the heavily armed no man's land separating the divided Koreas, as regional tensions mounted in anticipation of communist North Korea's plan to test its first atomic bomb.
What's with the violence that attracts white folks?
Seeded on Sat Sep 30, 2006 3:53 PM EDT (Madison.com)
From the article:Now that three Wisconsin high school students have been charged with planning to bomb the school and shoot their classmates at Green Bay East High School, it's time someone asked the question: How much longer are white people going to fail to take responsibility …
The ID Chip You Don't Want in Your Passport
Seeded on Sun Sep 17, 2006 1:05 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
From the article: If you have a passport, now is the time to renew it -- even if it's not set to expire anytime soon. If you don't have a passport and think you might need one, now is the time to get it.
Hanging on the Vine
Thu Sep 14, 2006 2:21 PM EDT
It's a quiet day here in Maryland. With not much to do, I felt I'd give Newsvine Chat a shot today. Who knows, maybe a few people will join up and we can talk about something.
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Australians get death over drugs case
Seeded on Thu Sep 7, 2006 4:39 PM EDT (Reuters)
From the article: Indonesia's Supreme Court has given three young Australians death sentences for heroin trafficking, after prosecutors appealed against an earlier cut in their life jail terms, a court official said on Wednesday.
In the Hunt to Fill 'Social News' Web Sites, Contributors Now Compete
Seeded on Sun Aug 27, 2006 4:00 PM EDT (The Washington Post)
From the article: "Paying people to submit stories to a social news site is just plain wrong," wrote someone with the screen name Wayne Kerr, in a discussion about the matter on the Web site Postbubble ( ).
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liked your comment about Al-qaida`s #2, don`t know if anyone else see`s the significance of "NO.2", this idiot gives a whole new definition to the meaning of a sack of NO.2
You can always tell when we`ve struck a cord with these characters, they start with those that accept crap like his as gospel, and have them running around shaking thier heads and waving thier arms . "sounds like forest gump", there they go AGAIN!!Douglas J Ossentjuk
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