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links for 2008-01-16

January 17th, 2008 by timelady

• Exclusive: The Cruise Indoctrination Video Scientology Tried To Suppress
  You have to watch this video. It shows Tom Cruise, with all the wide-eyed fervor that he brings to the promotion of a movie, making the argument for Scientology, the bizarre 20th-century religion. Making the argument is an understatement. Utterly bizarre,
  (tags: archive blogs celebrity crazy cult documentary funny insane tomcruise gawker video religion scientology)
• Tectonic » Ubuntu releases ten lessons for the desktop
  The latest Ubuntu weekly newsletter announced the release of the Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop Course. The modular course should take two days to complete all 10 of the lessons offered, but it is possible to cover topics and lessons independently of each other
  (tags: ebooks electronics linux tutorial ubuntu opensource education)
• Bad Astronomy Blog » MESSENGER at Mercury: HAWESOME
  GODDAMN - this is the highest res image yet returned from the MESSENGER spacecraft of Mercury, taken when it was 27,000 kilometers from the planet (after the encounter).
  (tags: mercury messenger nasa astronomy)
• Clash of the compacts: Eee vs Air | Reg Hardware
  The hottest mobile products of the moment? Undoubtedly, Apple’s MacBook Air and Asus’ Eee PC. So how do these would-be pinnacles of ultra-portability compare?
  (tags: eeepc mac_air mac apple notebook portable)

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