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Snopes tackles the AIM TOS controversy. Hmm... looks like I was wrong when I said the TOS wasn't all that new. Mea culpa. But I thought I'd read something like that when signing up for the AOL free trial.

Levels of commercial flame retardants in human blood samples have risen sharply since the 1970s, which would explain why I haven't spontaneously combusted recently. One wonders how this sort of thing would affect the phoenix's life cycle, though.

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secrecy_news: News organizations, openness advocates and others are promoting the week of March 13, dubbed "Sunshine Week," as an occasion for recalling and reinforcing the value of open government.

On a personal note, this seems a good metaphor for my mental state. Hey, Libras are supposed to be well-balanced.

Why is it that my Launchcast station can play a set consisting of tracks by Ella Fitzgerald, Queensryche, and Loreena McKennitt, or one with the Corrs, Jah Wobble, Nine Inch Nails, and Petula Clark--and I feel like there's a desperate need for more variety?

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I was glad to see Snopes contributing their 2 cents. People who distrust AOL will still distrust them, but that's a good and healthy thing anyway. At least other people may find a reason not to panic so much about their conversations online.

Have you written to the Launch folks asking about the station? User questions and complaints sometimes get results with them.

nah, i didn't care that much. it just seemed typical that they'd axe the few stations i liked. they have five million rock stations i wouldn't spend a minute with. i think i'm waaay out of their age demographic. ;D