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	<title>Flora and Fauna Rocks</title>
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	<description>Oceans and scenery too!</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 00:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Windows XP Service Pack 3: General Public Release</title>
		<link>http://florafaunarocks.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/windows-xp-service-pack-3-general-public-release/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 00:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[XP Service Pack 3 has been released both as a separate download as well as over Windows Update. I guess MS kept their word and released it in 1H CY2008, as they cryptically put it.
Unlike Vista though, XP SP3 can be slipstreamed.
Filed in Windows.
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		<title>The Disgusting State of Health Care and Hospitals</title>
		<link>http://florafaunarocks.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/the-disgusting-state-of-health-care-and-hospitals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 00:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read this post about someone whose father was hospitalized for heart trouble and his experience with one of the premier hospitals in the country. It&#8217;s disgusting. The post was appropriately titled Hospitals are No Place for Sick People. The callousness, carelessness, lack of training, and so on in health care is frankly horrifying, especially [...]]]></description>
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		<title>J K Rowling: The Case of Money and Fame Getting into an Author&#8217;s Head</title>
		<link>http://florafaunarocks.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/j-k-rowling-the-case-of-money-and-fame-getting-into-an-authors-head/</link>
		<comments>http://florafaunarocks.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/j-k-rowling-the-case-of-money-and-fame-getting-into-an-authors-head/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 04:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>florafaunarocks</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I guess some people can&#8217;t really deal with the fame and fortune that comes when they rise from rags to riches. Orson Scott Card joins the ranks of the many people who have criticized J K Rowling for her lawsuit against the Harry Potter Lexicon. And he makes lots of very accurate and damming comments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woman Who Married 4 Times Before 24 in Interesting Circumstances: And You Thought Soap Operas Were Unrealistic</title>
		<link>http://florafaunarocks.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/woman-who-married-4-times-before-24-in-interesting-circumstances-and-you-thought-soap-operas-were-unrealistic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 03:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>florafaunarocks</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Scottish Daily Record has an article about a woman who married 4 times before the age of 24. That&#8217;s not the unusual thing though.
Her first husband ran off to marry her mother. The second person who was to be her husband got cold feet, and left before the marriage. His best man married her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malware has EULA too!</title>
		<link>http://florafaunarocks.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/malware-has-eula-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>florafaunarocks</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ars Technica has this post about how malware have EULAs too!
But unlike the normal software company&#8217;s EULA, that rely on the rule of law to enforce, the malware EULA rely on threats of strong arm tactics to enforce.
Filed in Software, Humor.
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		<title>What are Microsoft&#8217;s Options Regarding Yahoo?</title>
		<link>http://florafaunarocks.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/what-are-microsofts-options-regarding-yahoo/</link>
		<comments>http://florafaunarocks.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/what-are-microsofts-options-regarding-yahoo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>florafaunarocks</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Marc Andreessen has a fantastic post describing what Microsoft can now do to effect their hostile takeover of Yahoo. It&#8217;s a must read, well researched, and easy-to-understand post.
Filed in News.
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		<title>Tekzilla Pans Vista Too</title>
		<link>http://florafaunarocks.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/tekzilla-pans-vista-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>florafaunarocks</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Tekzilla, a video podcast show, gave a damming review of Vista in its episode 30. Well, actually it was in response to a viewer who asked the host why they didn&#8217;t like Vista. He replied that the big problem of Vista was its application and hardware compatibility issues.
I suppose it&#8217;s true. Maybe it&#8217;s possible to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>XP SP 3 is Released - for MSDN/Technet Subscribers</title>
		<link>http://florafaunarocks.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/xp-sp-3-is-released-for-msdntechnet-subscribers/</link>
		<comments>http://florafaunarocks.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/xp-sp-3-is-released-for-msdntechnet-subscribers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>florafaunarocks</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[After another burst of indignation from MSDN and Technet subscribers, Microsoft has relented and released XP SP3 to MSDN and Technet subscribers. Get it from the Top Downloads page after logging in.
It will still be released to the masses next week on April 29.
Filed in Windows.
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		<title>Microsoft Disses Paying MSDN Subscribers over Windows XP Service Pack 3, Again</title>
		<link>http://florafaunarocks.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/microsoft-disses-paying-msdn-subscribers-over-windows-xp-service-pack-3-again/</link>
		<comments>http://florafaunarocks.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/microsoft-disses-paying-msdn-subscribers-over-windows-xp-service-pack-3-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>florafaunarocks</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has not learned its lesson from the outcry when it released Vista SP 1. It has announced that Windows XP Service Pack 3 will be available to the general public on April 29. But it will not be available to the MSDN and Technet subscribers, who have paid big bucks for their subscription, until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DRM-Free, Self-Destructing DVD</title>
		<link>http://florafaunarocks.wordpress.com/2008/04/19/drm-free-self-destructing-dvd/</link>
		<comments>http://florafaunarocks.wordpress.com/2008/04/19/drm-free-self-destructing-dvd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>florafaunarocks</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A German company is reportedly developing a DRM-free DVD that will self destruct in 48 hours. The disc&#8217;s life is measured from the time it&#8217;s taken out of its vacuum-sealed package. The company also has a recycling program, and the discs themselves use fully recyclable plastic and stuff.
Will you buy a self-destructing DVD if it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seagate Fights Its Downhill Slide with Litigation</title>
		<link>http://florafaunarocks.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/seagate-fights-its-downhill-slide-with-litigation/</link>
		<comments>http://florafaunarocks.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/seagate-fights-its-downhill-slide-with-litigation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>florafaunarocks</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Another company that is slowly going downhill has decided to deal with it by litigation, rather than by improving its products and diversifying.
I&#8217;ve long used Seagate&#8217;s hard disks, among others, both as portables as well as internal drives. However, the newer portable hard disks are definitely of poorer quality than the ones I bought a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monster Cables vs Blue Jeans Cables</title>
		<link>http://florafaunarocks.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/monster-cables-vs-blue-jeans-cables/</link>
		<comments>http://florafaunarocks.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/monster-cables-vs-blue-jeans-cables/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://florafaunarocks.wordpress.com/?p=117</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Monster Cables, a company supposedly delighting in sending litigation letters to competitors, sent one to Blue Jeans Cables, only to find that Blue Jeans was no pushover. Its president was a former lawyer, who quickly saw through what he saw as spurious claims designed to get companies who didn&#8217;t know better to quickly settle. According [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WordPress.com Problems</title>
		<link>http://florafaunarocks.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/wordpresscom-problems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>florafaunarocks</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This new version of WordPress on WordPress.com has introduced some problems:

After I had posted, over a day or so, it added &#8220;ggRIAA&#8221; to &#8220;RIAA&#8221; in my post title for RIAA Lets Its Lap Dog MediaSentry Break the Law. You can see from its URL that the original post did not have ggRIAA, neither did my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RIAA Lets Its Lap Dog MediaSentry Break the Law</title>
		<link>http://florafaunarocks.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/riaa-lets-its-lap-dog-mediasentry-break-the-law/</link>
		<comments>http://florafaunarocks.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/riaa-lets-its-lap-dog-mediasentry-break-the-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>florafaunarocks</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://florafaunarocks.wordpress.com/?p=115</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[MediaSentry continues to flout the law, operating illegally, despite a cease and desist order from a court. This is no surprise to me, since RIAA and MediaSentry have garnered reputations of being the hoodlums of the Internet. The news has been around for a while, and the latest site to report it is Ars Technica, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cheap GPS (Comic)</title>
		<link>http://florafaunarocks.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/cheap-gps-comic/</link>
		<comments>http://florafaunarocks.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/cheap-gps-comic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>florafaunarocks</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh, I love this comic strip about a cheap GPS set for your car.

Filed in Humor.
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