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"Conversation. What is it? A Mystery! It's the art of never seeming bored, of touching everything with interest, of pleasing with trifles, of being fascinating with nothing at all. How do we define this lively darting about with words, of hitting them back and forth, this sort of brief smile of ideas which should be conversation?" ~ Guy de Maupassant ~

 Wednesday, August 13, 2003
Mobile phone gives beggar away

Chanced upon this piece - another form of policing !

Mobile Phone Gives Beggar Away
Mon August 11, 2003 10:11 AM ET
SANAA (Reuters) - A man begging at a mosque in Yemen was exposed as not being so destitute as he pretended when his mobile started ringing inopportunely on Friday.

The Yemeni news agency Saba said the embarrassed man beat a quick retreat after worshippers heard his phone ring inside his bag.

There are only about five telephones, both land-lines and mobiles, for every 100 people in Yemen, one of the poorest Arab countries.


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Google gets it

Google now has a built-in calculator. Coool. How about a built-in dishwasher? [Scripting News]

Google really gets it.  With increasing utilities its fast becoming a one-stop shop search engine. 

 


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