In the 2003 remake of The Italian Job, a flashback depicts Shawn Fanning (playing himself) stealing the program from a computer expert played by Seth Green while the latter is napping, providing a humorous folk etymology for the name. The suffix "-ster" has become a popular component of the brand names of many Internet products, suggesting a peer-to-peer model, such as Grokster, Aimster (later Madster), and Blubster. This has also been extended to Friendster, a site which vaguely recalls Napster's community-building features.See also:

Napster, Napster - Origins, Napster - Legal challenges, Napster - Shutdown, Napster - Promotional power, Napster - Current status, Napster - References in Anglo-American popular culture

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The game's creator, David Jaffe, has said on many occasions that God of War will be a series of games and that a number of sequels will be made. Within the game there are special challenges that the player can take part in. If these challenges are successfully met, three bonus features will be unlocked. Each one tells of another story that is linked to God of War, leading some to believe that these stories will be the three sequels, and that one might even be a ...

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God of War, God of War - Gameplay, God of War - Story, God of War - Sequels, God of War - Movie, God of War - Censored Scenes, God of War - Screenshots, God of War - Awards

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The story begins in 2003, three years after the events of House of the Dead 2. AMS agents James Taylor and Kate Green are gathering intelligence from the fifth basement floor of the AMS European branch office. For some reason, James suspects that the Goldman incident of 2000 had not yet ended. The room suddenly shakes violently, which partially collapses the basement, leaving the two agents trapped. Several days later, as they wait for a rescue team, they see a group of undead on the security cameras. Realizing that they are in danger ...

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House of the Dead 4, House of the Dead 4 - Gameplay, House of the Dead 4 - Story and Characters

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The following films feature the Ripper as a subject: In the film Dr. Strangelove, the villain is the deranged USAF general Jack T. Ripper, who orders his wing of B-52s to carry out an unprovoked and unordered (by Presidential authority) thermonuclear attack in the Soviet Union. In addition to Alfred Hitchcock's The Lodger, Marie Belloc Lowndes' book has been made into two other films: Man in the Attic with Jack Palance playing the killer; and The Lodger (1944 film) with Laird Crega ...

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Jack the Ripper fiction, Jack the Ripper fiction - Novels and short stories, Jack the Ripper fiction - Films, Jack the Ripper fiction - Theatre, Jack the Ripper fiction - Comics, Jack the Ripper fiction - Television, Jack the Ripper fiction - Video games

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Aerosmith - Former members. Jimmy Crespo - guitar (1979-1984) Rick Dufay - guitar (1980-1984) ...

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Aerosmith, Aerosmith - History, Aerosmith - 1969, Aerosmith - 1970s, Aerosmith - 1980s, Aerosmith - 1990s, Aerosmith - 2000s, Aerosmith - Current Line-Up, Aerosmith - Former members, Aerosmith - Discography, Aerosmith - Studio albums, Aerosmith - Live albums, Aerosmith - Compilations, Aerosmith - Hit singles, Aerosmith - Aerosmith and Arrowsmith, Aerosmith - Miscellaneous

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The band has only released one album to date, consisting of demos from 1983, except for a live recording of "Ice House". The album was re-released in 1997 by Shriek Records, with bonus interview clips with the band from 1984. Soon after a Nine Inch Nails fan website linked to the Shriek Records website, it vanished; only 1000 copies were pressed, and they are extremely hard to find. Despite his later career, Trent Reznor did not have much songwriting input on Option 30; all songs were written by Smith and Nordstrom, with the ex ...

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Option 30, Option 30 - Option 30, Option 30 - Tracklisting

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Aerosmith - Studio albums. Aerosmith (1973) #21 US, US Sales: 2,000,000 Get Your Wings (1974) #74 US, US Sales: 3,000,000 Toys in the Attic (1975) #11 US, US Sales: 8,000,000 Rocks (1976) #3 US, US Sales: 4,000,000 Draw the Line (1977) #11 US, US Sales: 2,000,000 Night in the Ruts (1979) #14 US, US Sales: 1,000,000 Rock in a Hard Place (1982) #32 US, US Sales: 500,000 Done with Mirrors (198 ...

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Aerosmith, Aerosmith - History, Aerosmith - 1969, Aerosmith - 1970s, Aerosmith - 1980s, Aerosmith - 1990s, Aerosmith - 2000s, Aerosmith - Current Line-Up, Aerosmith - Former members, Aerosmith - Discography, Aerosmith - Studio albums, Aerosmith - Live albums, Aerosmith - Compilations, Aerosmith - Hit singles, Aerosmith - Aerosmith and Arrowsmith, Aerosmith - Miscellaneous

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Bewitched - Tabitha and Adam and the Clown Family. An animated cartoon made in 1972 by Hanna-Barbera Productions for the ABC Saturday Superstar Movie, this featured a teenage version of Tabitha and Adam visiting their aunt and her family who travel with a circus. Bewitched - Tabitha. In 1977, a spin-off show entitled Tabitha aired on the ABC network. The show, which ran for less than a season, starred Lisa Hartman as an adult Tabitha. Bew ...

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Bewitched, Bewitched - Background, Bewitched - Regular and recurring characters, Bewitched - Spin-offs, Bewitched - Tabitha and Adam and the Clown Family, Bewitched - Tabitha, Bewitched - Bewitched movie, Bewitched - Remakes, Bewitched - India, Bewitched - Japan, Bewitched - Chile, Bewitched - Controversy, Bewitched - Bewitched in other languages, Bewitched - Trivia

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Various advanced reusable spacecraft and hypersonic aircraft designs have been proposed to employ heat shields made from temperature-resistant metal alloys that incorporated a refrigerant or cryogenic fuel circulating through them. Such a TPS concept was proposed for the X-30 National Aerospace Plane (NASP). The NASP was supposed to have been a scramjet powered hypersonic aircraft but failed in development. In the early 1960s various TPS systems were proposed to use water or other cooling liquid sprayed into the shock layer. Such concepts never got past the proposal phase s ...

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Atmospheric reentry, Atmospheric reentry - Introduction, Atmospheric reentry - Terminology definitions and jargon, Atmospheric reentry - Blunt body entry vehicles, Atmospheric reentry - Entry vehicle shapes, Atmospheric reentry - Shock layer gas physics, Atmospheric reentry - Ablative heat shields, Atmospheric reentry - Thermal soak heat shields, Atmospheric reentry - Passively cooled heat shields, Atmospheric reentry - Actively cooled heat shields, Atmospheric reentry - Feathered reentry, Atmospheric reentry - Entry vehicle design considerations, Atmospheric reentry - History's most difficult atmospheric entry, Atmospheric reentry - Notable atmospheric entry mishaps, Atmospheric reentry - Uncontrolled reentry, Atmospheric reentry - Reference books, Atmospheric reentry - Commentary about the reference books

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God of War is all about combat and puzzle-solving. The controls are fairly simple and intuitive, and the combat is simple at first - although the game becomes exceptionally challenging at higher difficulty levels. The combat system is often context-based, meaning that Kratos' actions are often determined as much by the enemy's position around him as the button pressed. Like other adventure games, it involves a fair amount of puzzles that require completion to progress in the game; the puzzles are mostly mechanical in nature and often ...

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God of War, God of War - Gameplay, God of War - Story, God of War - Sequels, God of War - Movie, God of War - Censored Scenes, God of War - Screenshots, God of War - Awards

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Akashic Records - Believed to be a written account of all significant events throughout time, however the records have been lost for centures. An ancient table was discovered that is believed to be map that locates the records, but the tablet is written in a lost language that no one can decipher. Past Lives - As people progress through different lives, their souls remain in contact with the same souls in every lifetime. Souls can recognize each other so that they may find each other in each new life. Sometimes a past li ...

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List of Other Charmed Magical Information, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series One, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Two, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Three, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Four, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Five, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Six, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Seven

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Alchemist's tools - Essence Bearer - An alchemist uses the bottle to capture or store a life essence. A life essence is comparable to a human soul but is made in a mixing lab. A well made life essence can possessed any living being, but would prove toxic eventually lethal to the being pre-existing soul. Amulets of Protection - The Amulets are two halves of an ancient charm. On their own they are extremely powerful, offering a shield against all but the most Evil Demons. Only great strength can overcome them. Amulets are ...

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List of Other Charmed Magical Information, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series One, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Two, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Three, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Four, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Five, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Six, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Seven

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Heavy metal band Metallica discovered that a demo of their song "I Disappear" had been circulating across the Napster network, even before it was released. This eventually led to the song being played on several radio stations across America. The band responded in 2000 by filing a lawsuit against the Napster service. The lawsuit was a failure, but 300,000 Napster users were banned from the service for sharing Metallica mp3s. Later that year, Madonna became irate when one of her singles leaked out on to the web and Napster prior to its commer ...

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Napster, Napster - Origins, Napster - Legal challenges, Napster - Shutdown, Napster - Promotional power, Napster - Current status, Napster - Cultural references

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In early 1974, Byck made his decision to assassinate Nixon. He chose to do so by hijacking an airliner and crashing it into the White House on a day when Nixon would be there. Since Byck was already known to the Secret Service, and because legal attempts to purchase a firearm might have resulted in increased scrutiny, Byck stole a .22 caliber revolver from a friend of his to use in the hijacking. Byck also made a bomb out of 2 gallon jugs of gasoline and an igniter. All through this process, Byck made audio recordings explaining his motives and his plans; he expected to be considered a hero for his actions, and wa ...

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Samuel Byck, Samuel Byck - Byck's life, Samuel Byck - The assassination attempt, Samuel Byck - Aftermath

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Napster's facilitation of illegal activity raised the ire of several major recording companies, who almost immediately — in December 1999 — filed a lawsuit against the popular service,[4] already called a "a huge grassroots effort" by MP3 Newswire.[5] The service would only get bigger as the trial, meant to shut down Napster, also gave it a great deal of publicity. Soon millions of users, many of t ...

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Napster, Napster - Origins, Napster - Legal challenges, Napster - Shutdown, Napster - Promotional power, Napster - Current status, Napster - Cultural references

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With all the accusations that Napster was destroying the record industry there were those who felt just the opposite, that file trading on Napster actually stimulated, rather than hurt, sales. Proof may have come in April 2000 when tracks from Radiohead's album Kid A found their way to Napster three months before the CD's release. Unlike Madonna, Radiohead had never hit the top 20 in the US. Furthermore, it was an experimental album that received little promotion and almost no radio airplay. As MP3 Newswire described,See also:

Napster, Napster - Origins, Napster - Legal challenges, Napster - Shutdown, Napster - Promotional power, Napster - Current status, Napster - Cultural references

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The mediaeval Baldrick was probably the only Baldrick of the four who could really be described as clever. Baldrick, an ex-dung shoveller (a respected position, which he had worked very hard to get - earlier jobs include milking pigs and mucking out lepers), first met Prince Edmund at the feast before the Battle of Bosworth Field. The two, along with Lord Percy, toasted their new friendship, unaware that ...

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Baldrick, Baldrick - Baldrick Son of Robin the Dung Gatherer - Series 1, Baldrick - Baldrick - Series 2, Baldrick - S. Baldrick - Series 3, Baldrick - Private S. Baldrick - Series 4, Baldrick - Other Baldricks

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A temperate island between the two major continents, Balamb Island lends its name to both the Garden and the small town located on it. Balamb Garden A military academy at which SeeDs are trained. Balamb Garden is the second largest of the three Gardens (Galbadia, Balamb, and Trabia). Balamb Garden was founded by Cid Kramer, who became its headmaster, using funds donated from the Garden Master, a Shumi named NORG. Characters Squall Leonhart, Zell Dincht, Seifer Almasy, Quistis Trepe, and Selphie Tilmitt all attended ...

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List of Final Fantasy VIII locations, List of Final Fantasy VIII locations - Balamb Island, List of Final Fantasy VIII locations - Western Continent, List of Final Fantasy VIII locations - Eastern Continent, List of Final Fantasy VIII locations - Central Archipelago, List of Final Fantasy VIII locations - Other

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He started work at Commodore in 1983 as an engineer under Bil Herd. His first project was to help complete the TED systems comprising PLUS/4, C16 and more. After completing the Commodore 128 Bil Herd left the company and Dave Haynie was promoted to chief engineer in the low-end group. After Commodore acquired Amiga, Dave Haynie ended up primary engineer on the expandable A2000 computer. Later, he joined Bob Welland on the A2620 CPU module, and launched the follow up A2630 the year thereafter. These wer ...

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Dave Haynie, Dave Haynie - Beginnings, Dave Haynie - The Commodore Years, Dave Haynie - That First Startup, Dave Haynie - The Set-Top Revolution, Dave Haynie - Short and Sweet, Dave Haynie - Robots and Toys

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Once a landmass in its own right and home to the Centra civilization, this area is the site of a calamatous impact event. During the most recent Lunar Cry, eighty years prior to the game's events, the Crystal Pillar fell from the Moon. It liquified much of the central landmass and threw it out to cool into long, jagged island chains, which radiate from the impact site. The remaining Centrans emigrated ...

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List of Final Fantasy VIII locations, List of Final Fantasy VIII locations - Balamb Island, List of Final Fantasy VIII locations - Western Continent, List of Final Fantasy VIII locations - Eastern Continent, List of Final Fantasy VIII locations - Central Archipelago, List of Final Fantasy VIII locations - Other

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Actor-network theory - The Heterogenous Network. The primary tenet of actor-network theory is the concept of the heterogenous network, a network that is achieved by a great deal of work that "disciplines" the various social and non-social elements so that they work together, instead of "making off on their own."[1] For example, 16th century Portuguese navigation successfully combined improved sailing vessels, the magnetic c ...

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Actor-network theory, Actor-network theory - Concepts, Actor-network theory - The Heterogenous Network, Actor-network theory - The Overlapping Stages of ANT, Actor-network theory - The concept of translation, Actor-network theory - Punctualisation, Actor-network theory - Tokens/Quasi-Objects, Actor-network theory - Applications, Actor-network theory - Criticism

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Heavy metal band Metallica discovered that a demo of their song "I Disappear" had been circulating across the Napster network, even before it was released. This eventually led to the song being played on several radio stations across America. The band responded in 2000 by filing a lawsuit against the Napster service. The lawsuit was a failure, but 300,000 Napster users were banned from the service for sharing Metallica mp3s. Later that year, Madonna became irate when one of her singles leaked out on to the web and Napster prior to its commer ...

See also:

Napster, Napster - Origins, Napster - Legal challenges, Napster - Shutdown, Napster - Promotional power, Napster - Current status, Napster - References in Anglo-American popular culture

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