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I heard somewhere once that the military used to recruit gamers to be snipers. They’d
voluntarily honed their skills since childhood, and could be calm and dispassionate under fire. I
can believe that. My hands move fluidly now, too quick to worry about the heat as the drill
marches through my head. The words are voiced by some archetypal sergeant. I can almost see the
moustache.
Aim. Fire.
The man falls down, an entry wound in his hip like a juicy red apple.
I was a human rights lawyer. I knew the terrible things people were capable of. I just
didn’t think it was our natural state. I didn’t want Hobbes to be right. Yet here I
am, at a castle gate, making everyone’s life nasty, brutish and short.
Aim. Fire.
When it all switched off we were bemused. Then there was looting, rioting, arson, rape. Blood
like the pavements had just rusted. The guns showed themselves for a few days, before the
ammunition ran out. I think that killed nearly as many as the knives.
Aim. Fire. His arm still grips the ladder when it falls.
I quickly realised, hiding with the weeping weak, that the simple provision of high walls was
enough to keep us alive whilst the world went mad. It’s always the young men. Even before
the collapse, as a man you were more likely to die between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five
than any other ten-year period of your life.
Aim. Fire. Missed.
So, for all our advances, and all the many places in this great city, we ended up here. The
terrible truth is that medieval stuff just works. Forty of us here, access to the river, a safe
place to store food, fuel and medicine. Also enough to make us a target. A young man tells me
that he thinks the earth’s magnetic field flipped. Maybe he’s right. Maybe it was a
computer virus, or nanobots. It doesn’t matter.
Aim. Fire.
Of course, it was a museum, full of things we’d thought we were done with. One of the old
men from the home was a chemist. I don’t know how he made this powder, but it was worth
every moment of those terrifying midnight scavenging runs. I was nervous when we first fired the
musket, shocked when I found out I was the best shot. It turns out that shooting grouse with my
grandfather and playing countless hours of ‘longshot’ wasn’t such
a waste of time after all.
Aim. Fire. A head pops. It’s just a game.
Except that it isn’t. Maybe it’ll calm down, after some time. Maybe it’s fatty
food and television deprivation, or the closing of the world down from global feeds to your field
of vision, or worse, some horrible echo of expected behaviour, reinforced by countless films and
stories, the same cultural hangover that helps me do this. The longer this lasts, though, this
daily grind, the more I doubt it. The more this seems like our natural state.
Pour. Spit. Ram. Prime. Cock. Aim. Fire.
And there goes the ramrod. It didn’t even hit anyone.
So now we die.
A young mother dashes up to me. She’s brandishing a spare ramrod, a prize from another
exhibit. With sudden clarity, I wish that she hadn’t found it. Will it be the same
tomorrow, as it was yesterday? Can I face it?
p[The following is an exact transcript of this podcast.]/ppWant to live a happier life? Try
surrounding yourself with happy friends or at least find friends with happy friends. A study
published online December 4th in the British Medical Journal says happiness can quickly go viral
within your social network./p a
href=http://www.sciam.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=happiness-is-contagious-08-12-05[More]/a
TalkShoe this afternoon released a major upgrade to their live podcasting platform, one that
allows for a call to be created mobile, on the fly and independent of a connection to the web.
So now you can do a movie review as you leave the theater, inform your audience about a breaking
news story, or tell your friends about a hot new restaurant while the taste is still on your
tongue.
You may recall a similar service was released
back in March by TalkShoe competitor BlogTalkRadio called CinchCast. The primary difference
between the BlogTalkRadio offering and TalkShoe’s new feature is the ability to bring in
callers to the show and broadcast it live (Cinchcast is time-shifted only).
As a podcast producer who has frequently used TalkShoe as a valued production tool, I can say
that this is one feature that’s been on my personal wishlist for quite some time. It allows
TalkShoe to move into the category of journalistic tool that Twitter has found itself in, and
adds another utility to the repertoire of the New Media producer.
In essence, it finally allows users to have the same functionality in audio format they’ve
had for quite some time with the video format thanks to services like Qik and Flixwagon.
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On the new Tech Night Owl LIVE podcast, host/pundit Gene “the Night Owl”
Steinberg welcomes TidBITS editor/publisher Adam Engst returns to talk about
whether Mac users need to install virus protection software, his new unibody MacBook and the
controversy surrounding Apple’s new Mini DisplayPort video connection.
p[Below is the original script. But a few changes may have been made during the recording of this
audio podcast.]/ppChristmas trees are certainly green under all those baubles, lights and tinsel.
But are they environmentally green? After all, cutting down a living tree for a few weeks of glory
robs the planet of years worth of carbon dioxide absorbed within its growing trunk and needles. a
href=http://www.sciam.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=im-dreaming-of-a-green-christmas-tr-08-12-05[More]/a
there we go, I’m back, and managing to get one in before the end of the month - you lot
should know by now I sometimes go walkabout (the secret is to check my Twitter for activity).
Anyway, that just means there is a lot to catch up on in the news, so pay attention in class,
there’s new game releases (LocoRoco 2, Super Stardust Portable and Patapon 2), news on the
latest firmware and the scanline issue in the PSP-3000, the descending levels of piracy, and the
potentially climbing levels thanks to the Datel Lite Blue Tool.
And rather than a game review, I’m casting my eye over Sony’s Media Manager 3.0, a free
utility released this month to check your PSP files under control and make your life easier.
Facebook Connect and Google Friend Connect open to the public within moments of each other; Firefox
plug-in turns Amazon.com into piracy heaven; and former WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers asks for
commuted sentence.
Facebook Connect and Google Friend Connect open to the public within moments of each other; Firefox
plug-in turns Amazon.com into piracy heaven; and former WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers asks for
commuted sentence.
America has a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYrZZ68zhSs"come a long way/a. There is the a
href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/"official version/a of history or the a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States"peoples' version/a.
There are a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/PRESIDENCY/home.html"artifacts/a and a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_United_States_Presidents"rankings/a. a
href="http://www.aboutfamouspeople.com/article1092.html"They had some quirks/a and were
occasionally a
href="http://www.time.com/time/personoftheyear/archive/photohistory/presidents.html"men of their
time/a. If you prefer a
href="http://www.learnoutloud.com/Podcast-Directory/History/American-History/US-Presidents-Podcast/24803"audio/a
or a href="http://www.mibazaar.com/ushistory/"visual/a references those are available as well. a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington"Common knowledge/a has it that one GW was our
first President but a href="http://www.articlealley.com/article_696403_22.html"the title of first
is under dispute/a. 230 years later another GW is a
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmsj59FrhFwfeature=related"making a run for worst/a. That is
also a
href="http://www.rollingstone.com/news/profile/story/9961300/the_worst_president_in_history"under
dispute/a by the nations a
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/03/rove-defends-bush-hes-not_n_148153.html"best
brains/a. For better and worse, a
href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/down-presidency.html"the story of the Presidency is the
story of America/a. br /
!--paging_filter--pJochem Paap, a.k.a. a href="http://www.speedyj.com/" target="_blank"Speedy J/a,
delivers the next installment of the iXLR8R/i Podcast, an hour-long ride through pure,
unadulterated techno territory in which Paap's skills on the mixing board put just about every
other DJ on the planet to shame. It's hardly surprising, since he's been honing his craft for over
15 years, dabbling in all forms of the genre, from hardcore to minimal. On this mix, he brings
together cuts from Radioslave, Loco Dice, The Mod Wheel (a.k.a. Tom Middleton), Marco Carola, and a
few of his own tracks./p pa href="http://www.xlr8r.com/podcast/2008/12/xlr8r-presents-speedy-j"read
more/a/p
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Playlist
Blessed 1-2
Alleee 1
Dick Roberston & His Orchestra * I Want You for Christmas
Blessed 3-4
“Big” Tiny Little * Christmas Medley
Andrews Sisters with Der Bingle * Here Comes Santa Claus
Blessed 5-6
Caiola & Ortolani * I’ll be Home for Christmas
The Big 18 * March of the Toys
Blessed 7
Parade of the Wooden Soldiers Rock
Art Mooney and his Orchestra * Candyland Parade
Blessed 8
Eddie Dunstedter * In the Clock Store
Bell Sisters * Barnyard Christmas
Blessed 9-10
Billy May * Santa Claus’ Sleigh Ride
Bobby Stewart * Sing a Kris Kringle Jingle
Blessed 11
Al Bollington * Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Claire and Rusty Cloud * Let it Snow
Blessed 12
Joseph Byrd * The Holly and the Ivy
Dixieland Jazz Band * It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Blessed 13
Andre Kostelanetz and his Orchestra * Silver Bells
The Enchanters * Mambo Santa Mambo
Blessed 14
Ken Plume * Brian Blessed Christmas
the Brigadiers Quartet and Orchestra * Jingle Bells
Blessed 15
Phantom Planet * Winter Wonderland
The Mills Brothers * I’ll be Home for Christmas
Blessed 16
Billy May and his Orchestra * Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
The Sportsmen * That’s What I Want for Christmas
Blessed 17
Blessed 18
Brian Setzer Orchestra * Nutcracker Suite
The Paris Sisters * The Man with the Mistletoe Mustache
Blessed 19
Lounge Magic Christmas * Snow
Al Hirt * Here Comes Santa Claus
Blessed 20
Midnight String Quartet * Christmas Rhapsody
Willis Sisters * Blue Christmas
Blessed 21
Roomful of Blues * The Christmas Song
The Caroleers * A Ride on Santa’s Sleigh
Blessed 22
Johnny Mercer * Santa Claus is Comin’ To Town
Raymond LeFevre Orchestra * White Christmas
Blessed 23-24
Alleee 2
pAu sommaire : une expo rock dans le 18e arrondissement de Paris ; la maladie du rat qui
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Launchpad team podcast!/p pstrongHosts:/strong a href=https://launchpad.net/~matthew.revellMatthew
Revell/a and a href=https://launchpad.net/~gmbGraham Binns/a.br / strongTheme:/strong Obscurity by
a href=https://launchpad.net/~barryBarry Warsaw/a./p ul listrong01.00:/strong Some of the Launchpad
team will be at the a href=https://launchpad.net/sprints/uds-jauntyUbuntu Developer Summit/a
starting the 8th December. Graham talks a little about what he#8217;ll be doing./li
listrong03.42:/strong Announcing the Launchpad bug tracker plugins API! Create your own plugin to
enable the bug tracker of your choice to communicate directly with Launchpad. a
href=https://help.launchpad.net/Bugs/PluginAPISpecRead more/a./li listrong11.48:/strong Welcome to
a href=https://launchpad.net/~michael.nelsonMichael Nelson/a, who is the latest member of
Launchpad#8217;s Soyuz team. The Soyuz chaps look after PPAs and other packaging in Launchpad./li
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pHost strongJames Richardson/strong is joined by strongRaphael Honigstein/strong, strongAmy
Lawrence/strong and strongBarry Glendenning/strong to discuss the football news of the last few
days./ppTopics today include: Roy Keane's exit from Sunderland, the Carling Cup and the Liverpool
players support of Michael Shields. There's also a preview of the nouveau riche boys from
Hoffenheim taking on the aristocrats of Bayern Munich and strongSid Lowe/strong calls in from
Madrid with news of match-fixing allegations in La Liga./ppWant to get your views on the podcast?
Leave comments for us below./ppClick a
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p[The following is an exact transcript of this podcast.]/ppItrsquo;s not every day we get a chance
to time travel. Other than into the future at the rate of one second per second. But astronomers
say theyrsquo;ve done a little traveling into the past. In November of 1572, legendary astronomer
Tycho Brahe peered up at the night sky. He saw what looked like a strangely bright star in the
constellation Cassiopeia. It was brighter even than the nearby planet Venus. He studied that bright
new star for five months, until it faded away. But what Brahe saw wasnrsquo;t a new star. It was
actually an old star undergoing the brilliantly bright death of a supernova. a
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pOn this week's Film Weekly, Oscar-winning actor a
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/tilda-swinton"Tilda Swinton/a tells Jason Solomons how being
barred from a party in Cannes led to her role as an alcoholic in Erick Zonca's new film, a
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/126187/julia"Julia/a. Over satsumas, she also talks
about her career to date and how a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/martinscorsese"Martin
Scorsese/a is helping her bring world cinema to children everywhere./ppThen, actor Eddie Marsan,
fresh from winning a a
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/dec/01/slumdog-millionaire-independent-film-awards"British
independent film award/a for his role as the driving instructor from hell in a
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/mikeleigh"Mike Leigh/a's a
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/123467/happy-go-lucky"Happy-Go-Lucky/a, talks about
going from Leigh's set to starring with Will Smith in a
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/124988/hancock"Hancock/a. /ppAnd finally, in a bumper
week with 13 new releases, Xan Brooks joins Jason Solomons to throw the spotlight on Neil LaBute's
film a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/125981/lakeview.terrace"Lakeview Terrace/a,
starring Samuel L Jackson, and a stunning new documentary on Hurricane Katrina called a
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/127063/trouble.the.water"Trouble the Water/a./p pa
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