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Sachs Report archive1.7
Sachs Report archive1.8
Sachs Report archive1.9



ARCHIVE 2.6 UPDATED SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 20:18 EST, 2004




Recent studies show that the RIAA and American music executives are a bunch of craptastic fucktards

Piracy is rampant in Japan, the #2 music market in the world, it has nothing to do with file sharing programs, and it is impossible to stop

Japan and America: two cultures of piracy



MSI ATI RX9800 Pro

Best. Deal. Ever.

Kick ass video card, says 9800 Pro but it's really a 9800 XT, for half the price, with all the glory. Includes a massive bundle of software and games that would choke a noob



How to have a XXX sex life

  • Via Black Table



    • Rediscovered comic book: 1957 ATOMIC REVOLUTION

  • Via Ethan Persoff



    • Elemental coasters

  • Via Gizmodo



    • List of things that are the new black

  • Via Memepool



    • Fair use, DVD copyrights, and DVD copying

    Whose DVD? A debate over copies

  • See here for details "in theory" on where to get the software you need to circumvent the weak ass encryption placed on DVD movies, so you can make a copy of a DVD rented from Blockbuster (or preferably NetFlix)
  • See also, from our friends in the UK, what the NY Times doesn't want you to see, drum roll please.... DVD decryptor V3.2.3.0



    • Why software patents suck



    Everything you know about astronomy is wrong

    Glimpse at early universe reveals surprisingly mature galaxies

  • Via Drudge Report



    • Caffeine is old and busted, Provigil is the new hotness

    Wakefulness Finds a Powerful Ally

  • Artwork via Pat Ward Williams



    • Steroid Law

    Anabolic Steroids, Bodybuilding and the Law



    The Thrill of Defeat

    Want to know how to motivate research scientists to struggle on in the face of certain defeat? Ask the folks in Pfizer's pharmaceutical research labs, where managing failure is a fine art and superhuman persistence an everyday habit



    Cool Boombox

    Gallery of boom boxes

  • via Ashley B



    • Rolleiflex MiniDigi

    Most desirable new digital camera

  • Via Gizmodo



    • The Ashcroft Fear Remix

  • Via Metafilter



    • Intrinsa

    Transdermal testosterone patch boosts women's sex drive

  • Artwork via Vincente
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    An intuitive explanation of Bayesian reasoning

  • Via Metafilter
  • See also: Improbable Inspiration
  • See also: In Praise of Bayes
  • Artwork via Gallery of Data Visualization



    • Get a big black toaster block

  • Via MoCoLoco



    • AMP-activated protein kinase

    Workout in a pill



    Other than Mozilla



    Ghost In the Shell 2: with extra servings of twisted cyborg anime

  • Via Db-Db



    • New faster technique for developing SARS antibody cocktail



    Remind Me

    Royksopp music video, because you are fascinated by cutaway diagrams and infographics

  • Via Coudal



    • Shaolin monks unleash devastating lawsuit kung-fu on all who infringe their trademark



    How to make friends by telephone

  • Via Gadget Madness



    • SilenX

    Quality quiet mATX PSU



    Buy this ugly car

    Toyota's subversive anti-car



    ATI HDTV Wonder

    Preview of upcoming events... the ATI HDTV Wonder will be the cornerstone of your kick ass HTPC media server masterpiece

  • See also How to Build an HTPC With HDTV
  • See also the Electronic Frontier Foundation and why you must buy an HDTV card this year



    • Cosby has harsh words for black community

  • Via Drudge Report
  • See also Rich, Black, Flunking



    • Generation Kill

    Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War

  • Reviewed by Alternet
  • Via Metafilter



    • HP L2335

    New HP 23" LCD monitor, best LCD monitor for video games and intimidating small children

  • Artwork via [H]OCP Forum



    • Front Mission 4

    One of the best unknown Japanese giant robot video games for the PS2

  • Via Gizmodo



    • I hate you. You hate me. That's good for the e-con-o-my

  • Via Black Table
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    Faster, pussycat -- sell, sell!

    How Hello Kitty came to rule the world

  • Via Agenda



    • The artwork of Rene Garcia Jr.

  • Via Ashley B



    • The Senfu Tech Station is dead, long live the Senfu Tech Station

    Highspeed PC has brought back the Senfu Tech Station

  • See also: The Art of Senfu



    • Helicase-Dependent Amplification a better way to copy DNA

    NEB researchers develop HDA to kick PCR ass. One step closer to on the fly DNA testing, GATTACA to ensue



    Is copy protection constitutional?



    Sex may be happiness, but wealth isn't sexiness



    For want of a bolt

    How the Iraq war could have been lost

  • Gallery of images from the Iraq war (ignore the bullshit spiritual Christian home page)



    • Building a better Mozilla



    Reluct

    Because you can never get enough cool design



    Shag beach towels

    Sold out

  • Via Double Boing
  • See also the World of Shag



    • How copyright law changed hip hop

  • Via IP News Blog



    • Sushi Finder

    When you absolutely positively must have sushi

  • Artwork via Caia Koopman



    • Hiding Behind Certification

    Your doctor needs a medical degree, your lawyer needs a law degree, so how come a "Network Engineer" doesn't need an engineering degree?

  • Via Wired



    • Sex, Art, and Videotape

    When artists are confused about art



    The National Enquirer kicks celebrity ass



    WASTE

    The country club of file sharing networks

  • See also The Secret Sharers
  • Download here for Win32, use the .EXE file
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