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iTunes Users Unhappy With Latest Update 7.1

2007-03-18T23:07:00.000-05:00

The new iTunes update to 7.1 was thought to be a great success, and it was... except for laptop users. It turns out that this new update completely disables the "mute" key on a laptop when iTunes is running and not the current active window. Several threads of complaints have popped up at the iTunes discussion boards, with this one being the most popular:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=881133&tstart=0

Since the update, they iTunes has released another minor patch or two with bug fixes, yet these patches failed to fix the problem.

Conclusion: iTunes needs to do better beta testing before releasing new software.

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Shampooing Your Hair Every Day Makes You Bald

2007-01-15T17:34:00.000-05:00

Shampooing your hair every single day is BAD for you. No, you will not find any "official" sources for this, such as CNN, fox, or other news sites. I'm making this article with my own research done. Basically, I'm saying this from experience. While this article is directed mainly at males, I have no idea if it is true or not for females.

Many (and most) males from age 15 and up take showers every day, as do I. However, if you look around you nowadays, you'll find that most people are bald, or are beginning the balding process. You might not notice it, but now that I've told you, pay attention when you talk to someone. Most likely his hair is very, very thin.

Do you take showers and shampoo your hair every day? Have you been doing so for a long, long time? The balding starts from the back of the head. You know that little "bald spot" that people sometimes talk about? It's located at the top of the back of your head. Run your fingers from the front of your head to the back. You'll probably find that the abundance of hair decreases as you reach that "bald spot". If you "wiggle", or rub your hair around that bald spot, you just might notice that there are barely any hairs there compared with other parts of your head! If you don't notice any such thing, you might just be getting lucky.

So, what should you do about it? No, don't stop taking showers every day. Rather, don't use shampoo every day. For example, one day use shampoo, then the next 2 or 3 days just wash your hair as you would normally, just without the shampoo. Then on the 3rd or 4th day, use shampoo again. You will find that the appearance of your hair will not change because of this; it WILL change if you completely stop taking showers, of course. Your hair would look sick and oily. Another way to keep the quality and thickness of your hair is to have a couple vitamin pills every day after breakfast or dinner.

Pay heed to the research that has been done for your own sake. You can't say you weren't warned!

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List of Saddam's Crimes Is Long

2007-01-01T14:50:00.000-05:00

Dec. 30, 2006 — Saddam Hussein was hanged for ordering the deaths of 148 Shiite men and boys in the village of Dujail after an assassination attempt there in 1982. But by the standards of his brutal rule, the Dujail killings were a relatively minor crime.

The exact number of deaths attributable to Saddam Hussein may never be known, but estimates range as high as half a million. There is evidence of more than 250 mass graves dating to his rule.

Following is a list of other crimes Saddam is accused of. The most notorious is his genocidal campaign against the Kurds in the north. The trial for those murders, and for others, will now continue with the remaining defendants.

1974 — Dawa Killings

Five leaders of the Shiite Islamic Dawa Party were sentenced to death and killed as Saddam consolidated his power. In 2004, those murders were among many charges announced against Saddam. The U.S. State Department estimates thousands of Saddam's political rivals were killed.

1980 — Fayli Deportations and Killings

Thousands of Kurds of the Fayli sect were persecuted. Some were expelled to Iran, others killed. Saddam thought of them as Iranian, and therefore as enemies. Fayli women were often imprisoned or put into camps.

1983 — Barzani Abductions

After the Iraqi-based Kurdistan Democratic Party allied with Iran during the Iran-Iraq War, Saddam sought to punish the clan and its leader, Massoud Barzani. More than 5,000 males, some as young as 10, disappeared. Decades later the remains of 512 Barzani men were discovered in a mass grave. They were reinterred in 2005. A letter that shows Saddam's direct involvement in the crimes was discovered in Baghdad.

1988 — Al-Anfal Campaign

From February to September 1988, Saddam conducted what has been called a genocidal campaign against the Kurdish population. Gen. Ali Hassan al-Majid, or "Chemical Ali," Saddam's cousin, carried out the Al-Anfal operation using chemical weapons. Human Rights Watch estimates between 50,000 and 100,000 died. Kurdish officials and some international human rights groups put the number killed as high as 182,000. Saddam was on trial for the Anfal campaign at the time of his execution. Six defendants remain in the Al-Anfal case, including "Chemical Ali," who is facing charges of genocide.

1988 — Halabja Gassing

During the Anfal campaign, "Chemical Ali" ordered an attack against civilians in the town of Halabja. Iraqi forces dropped bombs containing mustard and nerve gases. An estimated 5,000 men, women and children died in a single day. Many more died from long-term medical problems, and birth defects are still common in the area.

1990s — Marsh Arabs Devastated

Saddam attacked the Shiite "Marsh Arabs" by destroying their land. Once a significant wetland, the marshes in southern Iraq were devastated by a government drainage plan that left behind a wasteland. In 1991, 250,000 Marsh Arabs lived in the region. Now 90 percent of the area is in ruins and only an estimated 20,000 people remain. Tens of thousands live in refugee camps in Iran. Efforts are now underway to restore the marshes. Human Rights Watch calls the campaign against the Marsh Arabs a crime against humanity and other rights activists call it genocide. There are claims chemical weapons also were used.

1990 — Invasion of Kuwait

In August of 1990, Saddam ordered the Iraqi military, the fourth largest military in the world at the time, to invade Kuwait, leading to the 1991 Gulf War. Iraqi soldiers are accused of torturing and executing hundreds of Kuwaitis, as well as taking hostages and looting. More than 700 oil wells were set on fire and pipelines opened, spilling oil into the Gulf.

1991 — Kurdish and Shiite Rebellions

After heeding President George H.W. Bush's call to rebel against Saddam, Shiites and Kurds were crushed by immense Iraqi military force. Saddam turned his military against the people as part of his widespread crackdown after the war. The rebels thought they would have the backing of the U.S. military. Thousands have been discovered in mass graves.

1999 — Al-Sadr Assassination

Ayatollah Muhammed al-Sadr, father of prominent Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, and two of his sons were assassinated in 1999. Al-Sadr was a well-liked Shiite leader, and his death spawned Shiite uprisings in Baghdad. As he had previously, Saddam cracked down on the rebellion and hundreds were killed.

In a statement responding to the execution, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki said, "Let the families of Iraqi martyrs killed in mass graves, Anfal, Halabja or those executed in the cells of the dead regime be happy. The mothers, orphans and widows should celebrate the death of the buried dictator."

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How To Make A Taser

2006-12-27T15:43:00.000-05:00

I found this video on YouTube and thought it was pretty cool. Learn how to make a REAL taser. Remember, you can make this into something really cool, but please don't abuse it! Don't do something stupid with it...

List Of 64 Social Bookmarking Sites Similar To Digg

2006-12-27T00:06:00.000-05:00

Here's a list of 64 (sixty-four) social sites, similar to Digg, that have bookmarking. This is cool for those of you that want something besides Digg!

i89.us*:[PR4] Social bookmarks using tags with tabbed interface.
[04/2006] [User]
Some Features: Export, Tags, Comments, Personal and General Categories, Copy, Bookmark username, Friends, Email. View Popular tags, Popular Bookmarks, Recent Bookmarks. The 'Add Bookmark' page has a fetch keywords button,
To come: Import from del.icio.us, Furl, Firefox & IE, watch list, profiles, networking, voting. Friendly URls. Video bookmarking and more...
Tools: Bookmarklets(popup/non popup/one click+ automatic filling) RSS feeds and RSS Linkroll generator with preview. Blog Button. URL Shortener.
What's spcial: option to shorten the bookmark's URL.

AllMyFavorites.net*:[PR4] Social bookmarks using folders and thumbshots.
[2003] [English/Danish] [News]
Some Features: Category Description, Right click, possibility to change order by drag and drop, automatic Dead Links checker. Folders. Search and advanced search(URL/Descriptions/Category/User/Language/Modified). Automatic language detection (English/German/French/Danish/Swedish/Nowegian) Mouseover Tooltips with thumbshots. Personal page. Directy friendly URLs. Ads.
Tools: Required Toolbar(Firefox, Mozilla, IE). Windows Taskbar application. Import/Export/Sync(Firefox,IE) Firefox search plugin. Buttons and banners.

Backflip:[PR7] Social bookmarks using folders. [Review] [User].
Some Features: 2 click delete(javascript alert) Premade folders with descriptions(Computers,News...) Public/Private folders. Automatic organization when adding a new bookmark. Public/Private folders. View Popular Links. Uses Google search. Search(My/Public/web) Email bookmark. Ads.
Tools: Bookmarklet (popup).
What's special: Daily routine:Option to create an iframe browsing tour. Show and Tell: Option to 'Let my friends add pages to this folder'.

BibSonomy*:[PR6] Social bookmarks and publications using tags with a text based interface.
[RSS] [Blog] [MailingList] [Popular] [User]
Some Features: Related tags. Public/Private/Friends bookmarks and groups. Friends. Tag and full text search with filter tags! Bookmark username. User tag list and cloud. View popular/busy tags. Global Tag Cloud. Add bookmark with clickable Tags cloud.
To come: Batch Tag editor.
Tools: bookmarklets (post BibTeX). RSS/XML/BibTex/EndNote links. Import from del.icio.us. BibTeX manually, snippet and upload.
What's special: BibTeX support. Duplicate detection when adding new bookmarks with the possibility of merging the information. Group accounts by email request.

blabb.com:[PR0] Web2.0 style Public bookmarking and aggregator where everybody can submit.
[JS/Ajax] [info] [User]
Some Features: Links and feeds open in an in page Ajax window, 2 click Copy(click-tag-click). One click delete. Themes(Usefull, read, tech, fun...). Description. Automatic RSS detection. Tags, Categories, Search by country. Browse by date, alpha, best(?) or links that have RSS. View todays popular, yesterday's popular and ramdom. View by country, Blogger or MySpace blogs. Sort Alpha, Newest, Best or RSS.
Tools: 2 'recommend this button' for Blog posts. RSS.

Blogmarks.net*:[PR7] by BmTeam. Web 2.0 style Social Bookmarks with Thumbshots. Updated Network and interface has been redesigned.
[02/2004] [English/French] [xFolk] [Blog/RSS] [API] [PHP toolkit] [User]
Some Features: 2 click Copy. 2 click in page delete. Add comments. Thumbshots. Public/private Tags(boolean). Global and user Tag Cloud. Related tags. View Popular Links. Bookmark username. Gavatar support. Friends. Search my or friends bookmarks. Search Tags with limite results to 50/100/200. Delete all bookmarks. Friendly URLs.
Tools: Bookmarklets with selected text support(popup/non popup). RSS. Internet Explorer Right-Click Context Menu. Userscripts. Blogsync(automaticaly post bookmarks with thumbshots to your blog[example] Import from Blogmark's Atom, del.icio.us, Mozilla/Netscape. Export to gzip compressed Atom feed. NEW: Delete all.
What's spacial: Private Tags. Blogsyc, Export to gzip. Interface color changes depending where you are(red for user bookmarks, green for public)

BmAccess*:[PR5] Web 2.0 style Social bookmarks using tags and folders with thumbshots. [English/French] [PHP/MySQL/JS]
Some Features: Thumbshots. Import file to a specific folder. Private/Public. Email link button. Search. One click delete with javascript alert. One click Export to HTML. 2 click copy using an iframe(click,tag,click) same as the bookmarklet. Options: Language settings, hide/show thumbshots/description/information, set number of visible links. 2 click edit bookmarks and folders.
Tools: in page iframe Bookmarklet.
What's Special: Bookmarks open an iframe. Comma or space sparated tags.

BookmarkTracker*:[PR5] Bookmarks using folders and public directory.
Some Features: Automatic folders(New Bookmarks, My Top Rated Bookmarks, Recently Visited, Most Visited), Search Folder titles and bookmarks, public and private RSS, synchronize, Import from IE and Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox.
Tools: Bookmarklets.

BuddyMarks*:[PR5] Update Social bookmarks using Tags in a directory style interface. Now has publishing!
[2006] [PHP]
Some Features: Predefined categories, Public category RSS, Bookmark username. Public/Friends/Private. Copy from other user. Import/Export Netscape HTML. Edit mode. Search with Tag and bookmark results separated. Email invitation. Tags when bookmarking and search results. Invite and keep track of invitations. Note, there are no bookmarks at root level and has no User link. Home button leads to your bookmarks.
Tools: Bookmarklets. Sidebar. HTML and RSS publisher giving the possibility to turn on and off Public/Friends/Private bookmarks sharing with everybody.

ButterFly:*:[PR5] Web2.0 Social bookmarking using tags with annotation and page editing capabilities.
[JS/Ajax/DHTML] [English/Dutch] [Blog] [Review] [Video Tutorials] [User]
Features: One click delete. Tags, Private/Public Categories(sets), Global and personal Tag cloud, Search, Private/Public, Ratings, Sort by Date/Ratings/Views. Close account.
To come: notes
Tools Bookmarklets (pop-up, non popup, ButterFly Reader) RSS links.
What's special: The ButterFly Reader, annotation mode using a bookmarklet to edit pages, copy selected text, annotate, highlight, search, translate and mail.

CiteULike*:[PR7] by Richard Cameron. Text-based service with tagging to help academics to share, store, and organise the academic papers.
[English/French/German/Italian/Norwegian/Swiedish/Japanese/Russian] [MailingList] [Review] [Interview] [User]
Some Features: Archive. Groups. WatchList. One click watch artcle. Write article. Upload files. Comments. RSS, Bookmark username. Possibility to add an image. Post to other members. View related articles as TouchGraph(See scientific visualisation )
Tools: Import BibTeX with custom tag(upload + paste). Export to BibTeX/EndNote. Bookmarklets and greasemonkey scripts to support COinS links at a number of institutions[info]. PithHelmet for Safari on Mac OS X, Greasemonkey script. plugin subversion repository.
What's special: BibTeX and OpenURL support. Automatically extracts the citation details from a list of supported sites[list]

Collectfavorites *:[PR3] Social Bookmarks using tags and folders.
[07/06]
Some features: Search URL, Notes, description and tags. One click delete. 2 click copy+tag (keeps tags). Share(email bookmark). No private bookmarks. No user bookmark link.
Tools: bookmarklet. Import from HTML file with custom tag. Export with tags and description as option.

Complore*:[PR5] beta "Come Xplore" Network community with blogging, forums and bookmarks using tags.
[04/06] [Blog/RSS] [Video Tutorial] [User]
Some features: Private/Public. Bookmark BibTex. Tag and user XML. Email Messages. File storage(jpg jpeg gif png txt html doc xls pdf ppt pps up to 10 MB) Possibility to create groups with privacy settings. Groups RSS feed. Rating.
Add bookmark page has: Tags, Private/Public. List in group and HTML support for descriptions.
Tabs: Tags, Articles, Lectures, Papers, Event, Groups. Bookmark commenting but no copy button.
Sidebars have Tag cloud, Popular feeds, Upcoming events, Most popular content, Quick access links, direct post buttons(article, event, bookmark...) No redirect back to previous URL after bookmarking, but to the bookmark page.
Tools: Bookmarklet. Import from BibTeX(upload or paste).
What's special: Create new items page have a preview button. One click delete latest bookmark from sidebar. Filter tags. Window title includes bookmark title.

de.lirio.us*:[PR6] Open source del.icio.us clone using Tags. ! Will shutdown. Users are moved to Simpy!
[25/03/2005] [Rubic] [xFolk] [RSS] [blogforum] [download] [User]
Some Features: Private/Public Expande/collapse description. Search and URL search. View recent. Expande/collapse details. Technorati/Google/Yahoo search for each bookmark. Subscribe Tag to bloglines. @private tag for private bookmarks.
Tools: Bookmarklets.

eggkeg*:[PR5] Closed ALPHA. Simple Text based interface using tags and labels(categories).[User]
Some Features: 2 click copy(javascript alert) Private/Public/Anonymous. Bookmark username. Live search. View popular/New/Trends. View Tags by name/usage. Add bookmark page shows clickable tags. To come: advertising.
Tools: Bookmarklet Import from del.icio.us RSS.
What's special: Possibility to anonymously submit bookmarks. Shortcuts to use the eggkeg Live search.

ez4u.net *:[PR4] Social Bookmarks using categories.
[2006] [User]
Some Features: Mouseover bookmark details. Email message and/or checked bookmarks to user or external email.
Tools: bookmarklet. Optional RSS. Google Search Bar. Import from File converting 1st folder to category. Print Bookmarks.

FatRedFish: [PR3] Web 2.0 style Social Bookmarks using Tags, rating.
[05/06] [JS] [Blog]
Some features: Expand/collapse details. one click in page 5 star rating. 2 click in page copy.Profile with Avatar. View members.
Tools: non popup bookmarklet with possibility to choose extracted images.

Frassle:[PR6] by Shimon Rura. Nearly closed, sometimes online. Alpha and is no longer being actively developed. Open source Social Bookmarking and blog using hierarchical categories and tags, used to also have an aggregator but is now disabled.
[Perl] [12/2003] [Blog/RSS] [dev info]
Some Features: RSS, Bookmark username, Categories, Discussion, blog(studio), Internet-scale search engine. Category manager.
Tools: bookmarklets. Linkroll generator. Did not see any Import feature.
What's special: the 'content studio', a kind of personal RSS aggregator start-page.

Feedmarker*:[PR6] by Bruno Bornsztein. Open source RSS/ATOM aggregator and social bookmark using Tags.
[Ruby on Rails] [2004] [Blog/RSS] [forum] [Interview] [download] [User]
Some Features: In page edit, One click copy and delete, list of new links, Tags, Search, Bookmark username, View most popular tags...
Tools: Bookmarklets, Linkroll. Import/Export to OPML/HTML. Import from del.icio.us online. RSS.

Fungow* :[PR4] "fun-go!" Launched! Web2.0 Social bookmarking using Folders,(No tags as presented here) where each user URL is a tabbed single page application.
[12/06-18/06/06] [JS] [Blog] [Video Tutorial] [review] [User]
Some Features: Search all from front page/Search user bookmarks from user page; 2 click copy(popup) from search results; 1 click save from bookmark detail tab; Internal mail; Complete profile with avatar, contact, age, address...; View by thumbshots/List; Bookmarks date range; Sort by name/most visited/last visited/recente; Previous/next buttons show page count; Delete account;
'Add bookmark' page has mail/cache copy/description/capiton/create folder
Tools: popup bookmarklet; User name RSS; Import(Firefox/IE/del.icio.us file); Export (HTML);

gnafi*: [PR4] Social Bookmarks using tags that synchronizes Firefox local bookmarks.
Some Features: 'in-site' bookmarks(bookmarks related to a specific URL) Private/Public. Firefox Live Bookmarks support. Search Keywords. Link History (keep more online). Bookmark username. Tags.
Tools: Firefox extension for automatic sychronization with local bookmarks. RSS JSON support. Keyword shortcuts. Import/sync local HTML. Export(RSS, javascript)

Goesby:[PR4] Social bookmarks using search with RSS suppot. Didn't have much information.[+27/07/06]

GUIcookies:[PR4] Dynamic(?) bookmarks using folders for Windows Internet Explorer with drag and drop support, even to the task bar. Public/Private or make it only available to one friend.

igooi* :[PR5] Simple text based interface using Tags, categories and folders.[User]
Some Features: Rating. Groups. Add Comments. Podcast support. View Recent/Hot Tags/Top Users. Bookmark username. Links to Google Cache and Internet archive. Google search box. Batch selected private/public
Tools: Bookmarklets (one click, pop up, non pop up and search). IE Right-click. Sidebar. XML links. Import from RSS url. Export to IE HTML. Linkroll.

iKeepBookmarks.com:[PR4] Web1.0 style Text based interface.
Some Features: Folders, navigation iframe(tour button), Searches folder names and links.
Tools: Bookmarklet, Toolbar, Task-bar utility.

indiamarks:[PR5] Social bookmarking using tags and categories focused on India. Tag cloud shows number of bookmarks.
[blog]

indiza.com:[PR5]Public social bookmarks using tags. Didn't manage to register.
[JS]
Some features: Avatar with Avatar editor, Tags, Bookmark username, Date
Tools: bookmarklet, Firefox search.

Jots:[PR6] Text based interface using tags. [Ruby/Postgres/FastCGI/Apache] [2004] [API] [User]
Some Features: RSS, Archive, Privet/Public, Bookmark username, ignore users and hide their bookmarks. Ads.
Tools: bookmarklets post and 'jotted' that lists who bookmarked. Experimental Firfox bookmarklet(!It's not mentionned on their website, you can get it here.) Post to Blog (posts bookmarks from the previous day.). Import from del.icio.us
What's special: Ignore users and hide their bookmarks. Private groups and tags using @.

Linkatopia:[PR5] by Design215. Web 2.0 style Social bookmarking using Tags. Updated Now supports custom skinning using CSS and has a style contest.[info]
[15/05/2006] [PHP/MySQL/JS] [RSS] [User]
Some Features: Description with HTML support. Rating. Friends listing with private description. Inbox. Chat. One click copy. Copy with draggable in page edit box showing clickable tags. Public/Friends/Private. Friendly URLs. Favicon. Sort by date added, title, or rating. Possibility to edit bookmarked date. Add bookmark page shows user tags and web site popular tags, then leads to a new add bookmark page with the previous bookmark's link. Thumbshots(when available). Avatar.
To come: internal messages, file Import, AJAX forms
Tools: bookmarklet(pop-up and in page +text clipping). Pop-up chat window using PULPchat, also by Design215.
What's special: Bookmark date editing. Bookmarks setting: visible to Friends only. Copy with edit or one click as-is. Duplicate notification.

Linkarena:[PR4] Social bookmarks using folders and search. Free, premium and Pro accounts available.
[German/English] [Demo] [User]
Some Features : Folders, Public/Private. Avatar. Automatic detail insertion from other users bookmarks, View users and number of bookmarks. Chart of the most visited users. Domain URL with user name.
Tools :bookmarklet
What's spcial: Private Tags. Chat.

Linkroll:[PR6] Social bookmarks using tags(called categories).
[User]
Some Features: RSS/JS. Podcast channels. Users. Open in new window button. Subscribe to tags. Ignor user/tag. Search page for Title/description/URL/Category.
Tools: bookmarklets (pop-up and non pop-up). Linkback button.
What's spcial: Browse by archive

Look This Up:[PR4] Text based interface
[2004] [Tutorial]
Some Features: Submitted best links page(Online Gallery). Categories, Tags, Description. Bookmark username. Copy from other users. Messages. Affiliate Advertising. See number of hits. Personal Banner. Advertisements. They say: No import because it may lead to Spam, No Export because you don't need it using Look This Up...

Maple (maple.nu):[PR5] Social bookmarks using Tags.
[Blog] [User]
Some Features: Wildcard searches, Possibility to save queries, Tags, RSS, Search by name, url, tag, description, added date, Boolean searches, Preferences, Cloud view. Bookmarks list show ALL tags. Bookmark username.
Tools: Bookmarklet(works in Safari), Firefox extension and nice sober themes. I say nice because I even used it without the service.

Markboo*: [PR3] Web 2.0 style Open source Social bookmarks using Tags with image and music support.
[06/2006] [RubyonRails] [User]
Some Features: Notes with WYSIWYG editing mode (FCKEditor).; Rating; Private/Public; Copy; 'Add bookmark' page has an in page clickable view/add Tags. Bookmark username with name and avatar. Image bookmarking. Syntax highlighting. Text Ads.
Tools: bookmarklets(post/Toggle Reading Mode). Import(Firefox/IE/Opera/Safari/del.icio.us). Export to HTML
What's special: Create bookmarks from mail and mobile MMS. Bookmark(+image) from mobile. VoIP support requiring tglo CentComm.

My Bookmark Manager*:[PR5] Text base interface, uses Google search.
Some Features: Categories, Import/Export(IE, Opera, Mozilla and Netscape Bookmark format.), RSS, vote, comments
Tools: Bookmarklet. Firefox extension, Black and Orange themes.

MyLinkVault*:[PR5] Update Ajax enabled, bookmark startpage with expand/collapse blocks. [demo].
Some Features: Set all private. Move all to an other page. expande/collapse all blocks. Import from IE, Firefox, del.icio.us or a list of URLs, Export to HTML, Categories, Public/private, Locking/Unlock page, View Popular Links. in page edit, 2 click delete. RSS feeds for new and popular. Settings: Links colors, default privacy. Thought no tags nor search.
Tools: 2 Bookmarklets(normal and one click).

myHq*:[PR5] Simple text based interface where the bookmarks are automatically formatted into a table..
Some Features: Import from Mozilla/Netscape, Personal page.

MyPIP*:[PR4] Service for creating personal pages of bookmarks. Demo available.
Some Features: Public/Private, Import/Export, Categories(modules), Comments batch editing.
Tools: bookmarklet. Spell checker.

myVmarks*:[PR5] Web 1.0 style Social bookmark startpage. See demo.
Some Features: Shared though groups. Folders, Notes, possibility to store Thumbnails, drag and drop, Customizable options.

Namakkal:[PR5] WordPress style interface with a simple public bookmarking using tags.
Some features: Import from file and del.icio.us, search, watchlist, tags, Bookmark username, tags, added date. No copy from public bookmarks.
Tools: Bookmarklets (popup ans non-popup)

OpenBM*:[PR5] Beta. Text based interface, has support in English and German.
Some Features: Import, Tags, RSS
Tools: bookmarklets. Firefox search plug-in.

onelurv:[PR4] Social RSS reader, social bookmarks startpage using tags and password manager.
[12/05/2006] [Ajax/JS] [English/Chinese] [blog/RSS] [demo] [User]
Some Features: For bookmarks: Private/watchlist/Public bookmarks. Automatic title extration. 2 in page click delete. Mouseover thumbshots preview.
To come: Email notification for feeds.
Tools: Bookmarklets(pop up/non pop up). A nice widget with color/size options [Example]. Import del.icio.us/HTML file. Import/export OMPL.
What's special: Password generator.

Oyax:[PR4] Beta. For non-commercial use only.
Some Features: XML/RSS, Choice of categories, Javascript generator(?), Group creation a bit like Flickr with and image, members...?Did not see any import.

PennTags:[PR6] Text-based. by University of Pennsylvania.
[website]
Some Features: Save, Tag, Annotate Pages (including Franklin Records, VCAT records.) Create projects(links collection) Tag Cloud. Bookmark username. Additional features will be added.
Tools: Bookmarklet. Toolbar.

Plum: [PR4] Private BETA. Social bookmarks that also allows users to bookmark items on their computer, share emails and photos. "We want Plum to work with all the services you already use like Yahoo, Google, CraigsList, Amazon, Ebay, Flickr, Wordpress..." [via]
Some Features: One click collects web pages, blog posts, photos, email, feeds & more..., Listing, Annotate, Comment, Similar collections, Related ... I'll tell when I know more.

sa.bros.us:[PR4] Open source del.icio.us clone. You can download from here. (see other SourceForge bookmark projects.)

Scuttle*:[PR6] Open Source Social Bookmarks using tags.
[PHP MySQL] [review] [wiki] [download] [User]
Some general Features: (They don't all have the same features) Import from file(HTML and del.icio.us) edit delete bookmark, copy bookmarks, Bookmark username, Tags, Related Tags, Share, Sort by date/title/URL, Boolean search, when manually adding bookmarks title is automatically detected. Public/Private, Clear URLs, Friends.
Tools: Bookmarklets. RSS. Scuttlelicious Firefox extension for posting to any bookmark service using Scuttle [link].
What's special: Open source with multilingual support
[xFolk/gettext].
Using Scuttle: IndiaGram digg like focused on India. This one has implemented it's own tools such as comments, email and voting implemented. Recommend It! Open Tag Directory, ObjectsSearch and Scuttledu have implemented it as a side service.
Mobitopia (for mobile related), BTLI "Best things in life", freedomSLUT (for libertarians), imp.etuo.us (for adult content), Tasty, GoKoDo ...and there are many more!

Shadows*:[PR7] Update Bookmarks and Network, it's connected to Pluck with a tabbed interface and thumbshots. [Review] [API] [User]
Some Features: 2 click in page copy. Archive(cache). Find related(Discovery). Groups and Special tags for adding bookmarks to groups(with @). Rating. Profile page with Upload local Avatar and a choice of Avatars. Bookmark's page. Friends list. Discussion. Tags. RSS. Notes. Comments. Email-This button. Tab to view only comments. View latest bookmarks. Popular Tag Cloud. Friendly URls.
Tools: Bookmarklets. Blog Button Generator. Tag Cloud generator. Firefox and IE toolbar with a quick javascript alert to tag and bookmark. WordPress-Shadows plugin that lets you tag your blog entries. Import(del.icio.us, Firefox and IE HTML file with auto tagging).

SiteJot:[PR5] User URLs and Public pages.
Some Features: Categories, Category and Link manager, descriptions.
Tools: Bookmarklet

Sitetagger.com:[PR0] Nice simple text based interface.
Some Features: Tags, Broken link checker, Bookmark cleaner(removes old unused bookmarks), private/public, RSS, Feed subscriptions(Yahoo, Bloglines, MSN...), View who last bookmarked, Tag sorting, Related tags.

Smarking*:[PR5] BETA For Social bookMARKING. Social Bookmarks using Tags. Exists in English and Italian. Smarking's developer is also the initiator of the BIF project. Bookmark links detected as containg login names or passwords are utomatically hidden. [Python/PostgreSQL/Apache] [xFolk/i18n] [Blog] [Group] [Review] [Interview] [User]
Some Features: Import from Firefox, Opera, IE(to come)+from delicious (account or file). Import with Filtering. Search keywords or tags. Comments with some BBcode support. Private/Public. RSS(popular,highest rated) Friends. Messages. Show Similar. Mouseover usernames show user information and 'send message'. Mouseover tags show search Smarking/Google/Technorati/Flickr/Digg/Wikipedia. View latest/popular/users/statistics.
User Options: Hide/show images, favicons and Avatars. Hide tags (do not show...). Number of bookmarks per page. Language settings. Time zone. Geo location.
To come: Export, Advanced search and Tag rename/delete, alias URLs.
Tools: Bookmarklet and Opera button that supports selected text. Wordpress plugin. Advanced RSS2JS options.
What's Special: Bookmark update notification. Keyboard navigation. Language (English/Italian.) and file format detection when bookmarking. Bookmark page has an iframe, so lets you copy past text from the original page. [example]

Socialbookmarking.org:[PR5] Web2.0 style Social bookmarks using tags, where each user gets his own domain URL and a startpage. [userpage example]
[Ruby on Rails/MySQL/AJAX] [blog] [User]
Some Features: Tags. user and global Tag Cloud. Bookmark username. Blog. social network. Avatars. Friends. Subscribe to friends. Bookmark title one click in page edit. Tools: bookmarklet, Linkroll

SyncOne.net*:[PR4] Web 2.0 style Social Bookmarks and RSS reader, tabbed interface for bookmarks/clips, Media(only with extension) and Feeds. You can search public bookmarks but not browse them.
Some features: Copy & mail button, search public bookmarks and feeds, Tags, Private/Public bookmarks. Checkbox to show as review(when adding/editing). 'Add Bookmark page' has tags, Clipping, comments field and it's own url. Batch delete selected. All bookmarks have a email button, Search Google, view cached, edit. Drop down menu for hiding tags. Possibility to put an ad banner and earn (Google adsens and Yahoo publisher). Link to Cache. No user link.
Tools: Bookmarklet with selected text supoort. Right click for IE, bookmarklet that can save selected text. Firefox/IE extension for Bookmarks, images and XML/RSS. Toolbar required to save images. Import de.licio.us, File & OPML with custon tag option for all.
What's special: Possibility to view/compare two site within iframes.

StyleFeeder:[PR5] Social bookmarks using tags, small images and a simple text based interface, basicly for shopping items.
[16/10/2005] [Blog/RSS] [User]
Some features: Possibiliy to post anonymously. Bookmark have Gender relevance, Email This Button, add a comment. Groups. Search page with tag cloud. Avatar. User watchlist. Page numbers on user bookmarks page. Did not have copy bookmark from other users.
Tools: Bookmarklet that gives the possibility to add an image. Flash widget with a mouseover-zooming effect. RSS/OMPL(+ subcribe to Yahoo, Bloglines, NewGator and Rojo) for user and tags.
Sync2It*:[PR5] Social bookmarks using clusters. Free for students, teachers....
Some Features: Local <-> online bookmark synchronizing service. Mobile support, Dead link checker, Duplicate remover, Undelete, folders, keywords, descriptions, community, RSS, popularity rank, cached Link.
Tools: Toolbar, System tray app. Client app(Mac, PC).

Taggly *:[PR5] English and Italian Social bookmarks using tags and thumbshots. Has just gone public this month!
[06/07/06] [English/Italian] [API] [Blog/RSS] [Review] [User][+17/07/06]
Some Features: Two click in place delete. Bookmarks buttons: Cache copy/Mail/BlogThis/2 click tag + copy
Tools: bookmarklets(pop up and non pop up) Firefox extension. Import from file and del.icio.us file. API

Target Your News*:[PR4] TopTaggers, aka CollaborytiveRank, with 'targetted' social bookmarking using tags and sychronize from del.icio.us. This one is a bit special, it's concept is to wisley taget submissions to get a better ranking score. See complete explanation (pdf).
[Review] [Group]

Tedigo.net*: 'Te digo': 'I tell you'. Simple Social bookmarks using tags (keywords) where bookmarks are only visible as search results. (no editing, bookmarklets nor RSS)
[2006][English/Spanish]
Some features: One click copy with search keyword as tag. Public/Private.
Tools: Import max. 30 bookmarks from HTML file

URLex:[PR4] Community with clippings and RSS aggregator
[English/Russian] [2005] [User]
Some Features: One click copy. Inbox. Private/Public group creation. Dirctory. Lets you leave private or public(to every URLex user?) comments on any webpage. Add bookmark page has: Private/Friends/Public. Create new category, comments. Feed publishing in community[example]. Now support RSS feeds with feedmarks(share/save), interface has been redesigned.
Tools: bookmarklet(selected text). IE and Firfox Toolbar. RSS code. Button code. OPML export.

WireFan:[PR4] Social bookmarks using tags.
[07/06] About and contact links lead nowhere.
What's special: Possibility to add website thumbshot or upload a picture.
Tools: bookmarklet. Linkroll. Blog post button.

Xilin.us*:[PR5] Web 2.0 social bookmarks with a nice comment section to post, discuss features.
[03/2006] [RubyonRails/Ajax] [English/French] [Video Tutorial]
Some Features: drag and drop for sorting. one click in page edit, 2click delete, Tags, Search, Rating, Public/Private, Import from Mozilla Firefox, Export to HTML.

Yahoo! My Web*:[PR6] Update! BETA Social bookmarks using tags. Now with global access options (Private, the Yahoo! community or everybody).
[API] [Blog/RSS]
Some Features: One click copy. One click in page edit. URL/Tag/Related Search. Save from Yahoo! search results. Cache copy as option. Search History. Invite friends. Possibility to add contacts from the public bookmarks. Duplicate detector. Search box for "My bookmarks", "Popular tags". View Top Tags, Interesting Today, related tags, active taggers. Mouseover user info with avatar. 'Show details' bookmark page has copy, email bookmark and IM user. Incredibly long undirect URLs.
Preferences: To choose Tabs. Filter images. Multimedia search formats. Language, SafeSearch, Layout... settings as in Yahoo.com search.
Tools: Bookmarklet, Toolbar, Linkroll and Tag Cloud generator, 'Save to My Web' button javascript codes. Import from IE, Yahoo, del.icio.us and RSS(!). Import Yahoo contacts. RSS and subscribe with My Yahoo buttons. Linkroll and Tag cloud generator. JS blog button. NEW: Export to HTML.
What's special: RSS/XML import. (No logout?)

Yattle ALPHA : NEW! Simple text-based Social bookmarks using categories.
Some Features: Bookmark lifespan. Privacy options. Mini-blog. 2 layout choices or custom colors and logo.

Yoono:[PR6] Suggestion and Social bookmarking using folders.
[16/09/2005] [English/French] [blog/RSS] [Interview]
Some Features: Profile page. RSS aggregragating. Private/Public. Search by popularity. Searches similar by URL. Online and offline(Synchronizing), Quick find, Filtering, Find duplicates, drag and drop, Send mail, user/news alerts.
Tools: Required FF and IE extension or complete app for XP. RSS/JS

Thanks to 3spots for this information! All credit goes to 3spots. Original article can be found here. I hope you find this information to be useful!

Did You Know Two Is Equal To One?

2006-12-22T22:55:00.000-05:00

Did you know two is equal to one? It's true! Simple, basic algebra can prove it, too! Here's the step-by-step proof, with explanations alongside:

1. A = B [Given]

2. A + A = B + A [Add "A" to both sides]

3. 2A = B + A [Simplified: A + A = 2A]

4. 2A - 2B = B + A - 2B [Subtract 2B from both sides]

5. 2(A - B) = B + A - 2B [Factor out the 2 from 2A - 2B, and you get 2(A-B)]

6. 2(A - B) = (A - B) [B + A - 2B is equal to (-B + A), or (A - B)]

7. 2(A - B) = 1(A - B) [1(A - B) is the same thing as (A - B)]

8. 2 = 1 [Divide both sides by (A - B), and they cancel out from both sides, leaving 2 = 1]

See? I wasn't kidding when I said they both equaled each other. Now you can go run and tell all your math teachers you've had in the past to add 10 points to all your tests for stupid mistakes you've made.

But seriously folks, do you think it's true? I mean, there HAS to be a mistake somewhere, right?

Right! The mistake is actually in the very last step when we divide by (A - B). We said in the first step that A = B, so A - B is equal to ZERO. In the last step, we are dividing by zero, which is not allowed in math, hence giving us the wrong answer. However, you can go tell everybody this proof and keep our little secret about the last step to ourselves =)