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13 hours ago by whs001 on A tale of two distros: Ubuntu and Linux Mint @ewallace. Not so clear. Anyone can obtain the text, for example from here http://www.ustr.gov/webfm_send/2379. I support ACTA so long as it and...
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Are we going mad ??????
So BIG BROTHER is watching you is becoming a fact!
What next? A chip in our head that could be trace our movements from space?
So instead of growing as a species we are recessing again in the dark-age era, aren't we?
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