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Hmmm. So how is this better than exporting from iMovie (free) and using a graphics tool for deinterlacing and saving in other formats? .< 11:24:13 AM  >NY Times: "Record companies have said that it's the artists who lose with services like Napster. Under the labels' new Internet services, however, the performers still don't get a dime."  [Scripting News].< 11:15:09 AM >The Bullwinkle Defense System. Canada will use photo-sensor technology designed for the U.S missile defense system, aka Star Wars, to warn drivers that there might be a moose or deer on the road ahead. Charles Mandel reports from Canada. [Wired News] Now there's a positive spin-off from a silly concept (and not the other way around!) .< 11:10:44 AM >Chretien stands firm on Iraq despite subtle pressure from the Americans. CBC Feb 18 2002 2:07AM ET [Moreover - moreover...] Stick to it Jean. .< 11:08:31 AM >Guardian Unlimited | World dispatch | Canada puts hockey gold on ice' If Canada's hockey team loses again in Salt Lake City, there will be no judges to blame, and angst over hockey may well replace hockey as the national sport.' .< 11:04:17 AM >Let's turn The Simpsons loose on the Olympics [The Globe And Mail - Arts] I've been calling The Simpsons (whose creator is a Canuck) the most subversive show on television so I was pleased to see McFarlane write ' It's hard to think of anything so mainstream that is so subversive of the mainstream.' .< 1:02:28 AM >Canadas Palatial Railroad Hotels. Business Week Feb 17 2002 9:32PM ET [Moreover - moreover...] Palatial, usually near railway stations, but no longer Canadian. They are owned by American Fairmount Hotels. Too bad we let them slip away. .< 12:49:39 AM >Washington Post praises iMac in Sunday review [MacNN] .< 12:47:51 AM >PCs Are Incorrect on TV. In TV and movies, the bad guys wear black or have foreign accents. They also use PCs, while the good guys use Macs. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News] .< 12:35:35 AM >Salon.com News | Fixing figure skating would kill it: "[snip]Pelletier [snip] is every bit as adorable as his diminutive girlfriend and skating partner, and [snip] has, like her, handled this whole mess with an admirable mix of humility, graciousness and wit. "We hope to get the bronze, too," he deadpanned at the press conference Friday, "so we can get the entire collection." " The guy is funny. .< 12:28:36 AM >Salon.com News | Make Olympic skating judges accountable"Despite cries from Moscow that this scandal is some dark North American conspiracy (because, after all, we know what demanding hotheads those Canadians are), the public responded sympathetically to Sale and Pelletier not because they were Canadian, but because they seemed to skate better, and still didn't win." I suppose that it's entirely possible that Russians know even less about Canada than Americans. .< 12:00:59 AM >Nicholas Riley has a Mac OS X script that adds the Radio menu to his Dock. Wow. Nice. And he uses one of the neatest tricks from 1997 to get you the software. [Scripting News] |
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