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1. Wrapper for GNU `cp'
(News/Coding)

I've written a wrapper around the GNU `cp' command to permit copying a list of files from STDIN or from a file.  Enjoy!  ...

2. The Price of Liberty is...Hot Dog Gruel?
(News/Liberty)

... that we can't permit jurors to not incriminate themselves or to essentially refuse to participate, or else there wouldn't be any jurors available to conduct trials. Seeing that he is a judge, I really ...

3. Go Johannes, go, go!
(News/Aerospace Engineering)

... in the habitable zone like Earth, Mars, and Venus). As thrilling as discovering Earth-like planets is, Kepler will also permit us to begin cataloging and categorizing entire star-systems (other than sol, ...

4. Jury Duty
(News/Liberty)

... combat veteran, I am always ready to do my duty to uphold and defend liberty.  As such, I cannot, in good conscience, permit myself to be used to destroy the very liberty I swore to defend. As I have ...

5. 404 File Not Found
(News/Meta/Joomla!)

... the search. I also modified administrator/components/com_search/helpers/search.php to permit a search string that is 25 character long instead of Joomla's limit of 20 characters.  I think 25 characters ...

6. Credits & Licenses
(Meta/Meta)

... the bottom of the article, news item, and or other writing. Permissions To request permission for a use of my copyrighted material, beyond fair use or uses permitted under the applicable licenses, ...

7. Joomla! Image Captioning
(Software/Joomla!)

... obviously isn't permitted.  This leads to unpredictable page rendering, and outright chokes Konqueror 3.5.10.  Also, the existing application doesn't work for images inside of a hyperlink, which is downright ...

8. GeSHi Extreme
(Software/Joomla!)

... source file to be rendered Render all the code between two arbitrary markers in a source file Permits using GeSHi's fancy line numbering option Permits specifying extra CSS styles to be applied to ...