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Wait just a second. It just occurred to me that Cops is on from 8-9 tonight. Is it okay if I do Earth Hour from 9-10? Or can I just turn off everything but my tv for Earth Hour and turn off the tv right after Cops? I'm looking for some guidance here folks. Here at the house we're tied 1-1 on this issue.

Of course.

Tubular Bells.

This I find very interesting: doing a random sampling, google.ca and google.dk (denmark) are on board. google.com and google.fr (france) are not.

Between Google, the story on CBC news and now they're discussing it on Quirks and Quarks, well, I'd say it's a success if the goal was awareness.

Google will spread the word like no other.

Excellent point Davey Boy. Excellent post ollie.

CARLETON UNIVERSITY MUSIC ENSEMBLE CONCERT Sunday April 6, 2008 at 7:00pm - $5.00 admission Kailash Mital Theatre, Southam Hall: http://www.carleton.ca/ims/alth01.html Tickets at the door or c/o the Music Department (9th floor Loeb) Carleton University Fusion Ensemble In its inaugural year and directed by Wayne Eagles, the Fusion Ensemble performs a variety of rock and funk influenced improvisation styles: from Bitches Brew-style experimentations to more textural/ECM-like composition; from progressive rock to hip-hop inspired grooves. Compositions by Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Allan Holdsworth, Freddie Hubbard, Jaco Pastorius, Tribal Tech, and UZEB will be performed. Musicians: Matt Aston, Russ Crawford, Nathan da Silva, Joe Hincke, J-P Lapensee, Frank McKinlay, Kelsey McNulty, Alex Mastronardi, Mark Matthieu Carleton University Indian Music Ensemble The Indian Music Performance group started in Sept 2006 with the idea of initiating performing skills of Indian Music amongst the students and members of the communities out side the University under the direction of Dr. Vinay Bhide, Adjunct Research Professor of Indian Classical Music at the Carleton University. This group was a natural extension of the two Indian Classical Music courses offered by the University since 2002 with the overwhelming response from students. The Group comprises of university students from the Carleton University and members of the community. Musicians: Udit Bhide, Jason Castillo, Anastassia Filippova, David Gaw, Katie Hurdon, Kelsey McNulty, Sherin Maneckjee, Nate Meneer, Tanushree Mohan, Leif Palmer, Adam Pyne, Opinder Singh Sadana Carleton University West African Rhythm Ensemble Directed by Kathy Armstrong, this ensemble is in its first year at Carleton. They study and perform the vibrant music and dance of Ghana, West Africa and sing in the Ga and Ewe languages. The textiles reflect the multiple layers of rhythms, and call and response patterns found in the music. The group has adopted the Ghanaian Adinkra symbol, Denkyem (turtle) which represents adaptability, a useful characteristic for all musicians. Musicians: Jose Arocena, Serif Bahcecik, Julia Comeau, Lorianne Decoeur, Margot Downey, Thomas Dreikelds, Asli Duru, Kaylee Edwards, Michael Goyette, Samurdhi Gunawardena, Ana Cristina Mahneke, Sherin Maneckjee, Nate Meneer, Lindsay Mossman, Sara Ouellette, Duncan Schouten, Daniel Salinas, Stephanie Shaw, Gretchen Schwarz, Sarah Stephens, Erica Vincent, Meghan Woodbeck

Very cool, but I wish we could hear more than 5 seconds of it. Anyone know where we can hear Edison's recording?

The system then gives the new image to a number of other people to determine, with higher confidence, whether the original answer was correct.

Lordy, someone is posting info on the internet that isn't 100% confirmed?!?!? Egad!

But if a computer can't read such a CAPTCHA, how does the system know the correct answer to the puzzle? Here's how: Each new word that cannot be read correctly by OCR is given to a user in conjunction with another word for which the answer is already known. The user is then asked to read both words. If they solve the one for which the answer is known, the system assumes their answer is correct for the new one. The system then gives the new image to a number of other people to determine, with higher confidence, whether the original answer was correct.

Stupid fuckin' Patty.

One place I stayed in Cuba had a similar feature. Your room key had to be inserted in a slot for power to come to the room. If you weren't in there, no power would be on.

Thanks bradm.

Keep adding drops to the bucket and it will eventually overflow.

As I go to Ticketbastard every day trying for Ringo Starr tickets I've noticed a twist on the security feature they have where you type in the swirly-word. The swirly-words used to be almost words, like "almast" or something. Now there's two words, and they're real words, for example, this time I got "Norris" and "editing". Then there is the following explanatory paragraph: "Digitize Books One Word at a Time By entering the words in the box, you are also helping to digitize books from the Internet Archive and preserve literature that was written before the computer age." Now, how the hell does that work?

I think all this stuff is a great idea, and much like alternative energy sources, it requires a myriad of solutions working together to make it work. Sure turning the lights off an hour a year does little, sure taking reusable bags to the grocery store does little, sure driving a hybrid car does little, but twenty years ago almost nobody was doing any of these things. Nowadays, lots of people are doing these things. It's gotta add up. That said, I lean towards the "it's too late" camp as far as Earth goes, though I still try to keep things from getting worse how and when I can. If a guy has a hundred bullet holes in him a band-aid ain't gonna help. Hell, a thousand band-aids won't help. But I ain't gonna go shoot another hole in him neither.

I'm not sure that every bit helps, but I do agree that it's better than not shutting off everything for an hour.

Saw that post comin'.

Elementary Rudiments of Music by Barbara Wharren is dry, but good.

Enjoy it!

Excellent.

My sources are occasionally unrevealable.

Stevie Wonder is confirmed, Robert Plant, Prince, and Neil Young are out. I forgot to ask about Widespread Panic.