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  • Jack Bauer once forgot where he put his keys. He then spent the next half-hour torturing himself until he gave up the location of the keys.

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August 16, 2006

August 16, 2006
8:45 An essay against originality: "Creativity is cheap. All you need do is concoct a stupid idea - that Venusians invented marshmallows, for instance - and you'll be creative. As for self-expression, you express yourself every time you break wind."
8:43 XP's No-Reformat, Nondestructive Total-Rebuild Option: "... how to completely rebuild, repair, or refresh an existing XP installation without losing data, and without having to reinstall user software, reformat, or otherwise destructively alter the setup."
8:40 Salaries in the German Financial Industry
8:39 His Space: "Twilight of the media moguls? Not for this guy. With the $580 million purchase of MySpace, News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch is betting he can transform a free social network into a colossal marketing machine."
7:44 The Beauty Rating Scale