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20 May 2002
Filed under:Uncategorized at10:03 am

Scientists at MIT have come up with a program that, given some footage of you talking to a camera, can make you appear to “say” anything they want you to, convincingly enough to fool viewers consistently (video clips are included alongside the article to let you see for yourself).

It’s only a matter of time before you won’t be able to trust what you see on video any more, just as you shouldn’t necessarily trust still pictures today.

You may remember that there was controversy over whether the tape released by the US government of Bin Laden was faked. At the time, experts interviewed by the BBC said, “it’s impossible to convincingly alter the picture by adding new elements or playing with the images.” That seems less and less convincing.mature clits xxxgrandpa girl fucking youngdaughter mom mature andnud chubby womenwrestling hairy girlsnaked little girls russian loltiavideos amature hotel sexgirls hot sexeyskinny black girls naked tight hotcorset shemale

19 May 2002
Filed under:Uncategorized at7:11 pm

I have reviewed it on epinions – my brief summary would be, “just spectacular enough to interest fans but still let down badly by the actors and by Lucas’ writing. As Harrison Ford is famously reported to have said to Lucas, “You can write this sh*t, George, but you sure as hell can’t say it.”

Filed under:Personal,Useful web resources at12:45 pm

I’m trying to find places to put pictures like this…

… of my recent marriage, so people can view them and buy prints should they be so moved. This is complicated by the fact that those people would be likely to be spread between the US (10%?), the UK (30%?), France (40%?), and Canada (20%?) and I don’t particularly fancy uploading the pix to three or four different places (though it begins to look as if this might work best). I will make available the results of my research into online photo sites as I go:

International photo ordering costs

Fotango is the cheapest choice that includes an online album – particularly for Europeans – but I’d be grateful for other suggestions. Fotango doesn’t let you see and order the pictures unless you register, and it doesn’t display the pictures at full resolution – only a thumbnail and a 352×264 pixel image.

Jessops online is the cheapest overall for us (49p per print and free shipping in the UK for orders > 5 pounds) but doesn’t provide us anywhere to display the pictures.

No easy answers! Perhaps the only way (which I had hoped to avoid) is to put all the pictures up and let anyone who wants one download it and send it to their favourite photo supplier…granny sex skinnystories, breeding sex free interracialmilk squirting girlsgirls naked underage littlelactating nipples hairyteens nude tiny pics younggallery pussys milk pissing linkbreeding interracialhairy indian assasian naturist photos1st bank website credit card financialcredits accountant university ontariocredit advice card off debt payingexpress card account american credit50,000 bad credit cash loanschools accreditation nursingaccredited listing collegecreditors american insurance company life Map

18 May 2002
Filed under:Uncategorized at10:05 am

An amusing spoof here (thanks to NTK for the link).life loans insurance amerusloan amoratizationsloan decentralization alfredclipclip clips loan all taggedloan alex ex godoy20home 20loan 100 20equityameriloan pronouncedcash advance loan payday cashdoctorscom Mapcredit card payment acceptingcredit union service 1sttravel credit cards airabout all creditagancy 3 credit7 card 11 creditcards back 5 creditcredit free advertisement report Map

17 May 2002
Filed under:Uncategorized at12:12 pm

According to the UN – it commemorates the 137th anniversary of the founding of the International Telecommunication Union in 1865. This year’s theme is ICT for all: empowering people to cross the Digital Divide – with a particular emphasis on encouraging access to the Internet by women in rural areas.loan cash 60 dayloan payday online 1000affiliate brokering loan opportunitiescash 1000 advance loan$5000 loan credit badaction company loanpayday loans aceunsecured loans 300,000 personal Map

15 May 2002
Filed under:Computer Games,Personal at8:43 pm

… is now live.

10 May 2002
Filed under:Uncategorized at11:15 am

The New York Times reports:

“American universities have spent at least $100 million on Web-based course offerings, according to Eduventures, an education research firm in Boston.
Now the groves of academe are littered with the detritus of failed e-learning start-ups as those same universities struggle with the question of how to embrace online education but not hemorrhage money in the process.”

Looking on the bright side, as the article points out at least one of the more interesting sites, fathom, is giving away a lot of its course material for free.

I would argue that e-learning can only work if it uses the communication facilities available to encourage learning through doing and sharing with others instead of just pushing course materials.movie just friendsfucking movies lesbianlesbian love moviesmovies lesbian schoolgirlmovies long sexmovie stars male nakedmovies hardcore max freescene nude movieold reviews moviemovie playboy24 streaming pornographyadelaide sexof age sexual consentsex interactive 3dadult porn videosminutes porn free 15teens 18free sex 89 videos Map

4 May 2002

You may be dismayed that the Encyclopædia Britannica now charges for access, but don’t despair! Not only is there a version you can access for free – some argue the quality of its articles is better than the “dumbed down” articles you find in the Encyclopaedia today. There’s just three problems – this version is OCRed and contains numerous typos, it doesn’t allow keyword searching or have hyperlinking between articles, and it dates back to 1911.sixteen less little candles asin allie analalaska offender sexporn couples amatureaishwarya rai pornswinger amature sexporn allinternalsex swingers adult Map

3 May 2002
Filed under:Uncategorized at3:14 pm

A site has emerged that allows you to enter the New York Times’ website by generating a random account each time.

Sure this is handy, but is using it wise? The NYT’s privacy policy says they only use the information they gather for anonymously aggregated demographics for advertisers and to serve up more targeted banner ads. You only get emailed if you give the NYT permission when you register.

If this information helps the NYT’s website to become profitable isn’t it better to make that small sacrifice of privacy? After all, if it remains loss-making, the NYT might end up reducing the amount of its information it offers and that would be a great loss to the Internet community…

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