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...knew it! Thank you for the in-depth reporting on the ethanol and biofuel rip-off. Are we as a nation so inept? Can't we figure out why prices for eggs and other groceries have gone up 30% in the past year? Please keep on top of this issue. David Jennings, SPRINGFIELD...
...knew it! thank you for the in-depth reporting on the ethanol and biofuel rip-off. Are we as a nation so inept? Can't we figure out why prices for eggs and other groceries have gone up 30% in the past year? Please keep on top of this issue. David Jennings, SPRINGFIELD...
...this ten-year-old material, producing a song that survives on Daft Punk’s merits alone. The sampling is so blatant that it’s easy to pretend you’re listening to the original track, which is the only good thing about this shameless rip-off. The album represents a well-executed effort with unabashedly low artistic goals and relies heavily on the myriad high-price producers floating around Island studios. There are two takeaway messages here. First: good production can keep any album from failing completely. More importantly, however, is the insight offered...
...soul hits, marked by heraldic horns and enough jazz flute to make Herbie Mann proud. “Free at Last” isn’t without its faults though. “Take It To The Top,” featuring 50 Cent, is a garish, tired rip-off of Fiddy’s usual loverman bullshit (think “Candy Shop” or “Follow My Lead”). This is the only track on the album that could be seen as a blatant attempt at a pop hit, and may prevent...
Sweetnurse shows how easy it is to be an Internet rip-off artist. The warnets provide an anonymous way to go online, and they are cheap at 30[cents] an hour. The hackers start by firing up an Internet Relay Chat program--software that connects them to a worldwide network of chat rooms. The next step is to make up a user name and find a chat room dedicated to credit-card fraud. There Sweetnurse verifies credit-card numbers--even numbers picked at random--to determine their credit limits and expiration dates, using the same types of automated programs deployed...