Category: Social issues
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Jaguars are not worth it, in the US
It’s really sad, but jaguars are on the brink of extinction nearly everywhere in the American continent. Normally, this should justify to start a few positive actions to protect them. But not for the American administration. According to Nature: The US government will not attempt to save jaguars from extinction within the formal system of…
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Snow plowing train video
YouTube link
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3 days of Société Générale
As a complement of my previous post about the Stock markets Krach and Société Générale (“Société Générale nearly crashed the world Stock Exchange“), I wanted to provide the exact figures about the very heavy operations forced by the French bank onto the markets (closing the outstanding contracts) during the first 3 days days of last…
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Rip DVD with Linux – Tutorial
Rip DVDs in Linux the (Semi-)Easy Way
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Société Générale nearly crashed the world Stock Exchange
Last week was not a quiet river for the world’s Stock Exchange markets. Even if you are not usually in tune with these issues, you could not miss the flow of troubled news: World’s stock markets violently fell in the beginning of last week, leaving most economic and financial observers in very unsure waters. As…
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky, available on Steam download
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky, the game prequel to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl (FPS PC game we appreciated a lot last year here at Roumazeilles.net) is now available for download at the Steam video game distribution web site of Valve. More, it will only be available there (no boxed DVD on the shelves). It seems that this…
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Tatoos or not tatoos
Is this really a tatoo? It uses no ink, it uses no needles, it is not permanent, but you cannot wash it. It’s a sun tan drawn using a special shirt to make a nice pattern.