Month: March 2010
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He hung out with 12 guys and a prostitute…
He hung out with 12 guys and a prostitute…
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13 Words Not Found in the English Language
My favorites: Waldeinsamkeit (German): the feeling of being alone in the woods Litost (Czech): a state of torment created by the sudden sight of one’s own misery. Yoko meshi (Japanese): literally ‘a meal eaten sideways’, referring to the peculiar stress induced by speaking a foreign language: Read the full list: 13 words not found in […]
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NY Judge Rules Human Gene Patents Invalid
Companies will sue to be able to dump carcinogens into the watertable and then they’ll sue you if you don’t use their test for your cancer. Thnx ACLU: A New York City judge has invalidated a company’s patents on two genes linked to an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer. The ruling Monday by federal […]
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The Space Shuttle Runs On Only One Megabyte Of RAM
The Space Shuttle Runs On Only One Megabyte Of RAM It's true! NASA's space shuttle is controlled by a computer running on only one megabyte of RAM. How is this possible? Since the space shuttle and all its hardware is over 30 years old- so is its computer. …
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C-Span Caller Is So Sick of Black People – C-span – Gawker
Yes folks he actually suggests that C-SPAN be renamed BLACK-SPAN. C-Span Caller Is So Sick of Black People – C-span – Gawker This C-Span caller is upset with how many black people keep calling into C-Span. But he has a helpful suggestion: "you should change your name from C-Span to black-span." The C-Span call-in host […]
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Earth Hour
Yesterday was Earth Hour where we were supposed to turn our lights off for an hour. Comment from Metafilter: [We] destroy the natural world to create comfort, allowing us to funnel our lives free of suffering into various kinds of self-pleasure and failed attempts to circumvent human nature, while at the same time remembering every […]
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I Can't Wait for NoSQL to Die – Ted Dziuba
I Can't Wait for NoSQL to Die – Ted Dziuba They don't teach you this in college- but the fundamental theorem of the software industry is the idea that everything needs to be rewritten all the time. As a corollary- web startup engineers believe that there is no problem but scalability- and architecture is its […]
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Bank of America, Wells Fargo Might Not Pay Federal Taxes for 2009
How’s that de-regulated free market working out for you? This tax season will be kind to Bank of America and Wells Fargo: It appears that neither bank will have to pay federal income taxes for 2009. Bank of America probably won’t pay federal taxes because it lost money in the U.S. for the year. Wells Fargo […]
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The Uma Thurman film so bad it made
Uma's new movie makes $131 on opening weekend. The Uma Thurman film so bad it made
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Newborn Denied Insurance Due to Pre-Existing Condition
Even if you’ve only existed for a few seconds: “He wasn’t t turning pink fast enough,” Tracy said. “When they listened to his chest, they realized he had an issue.” That turned out to be d-transposition of the great arteries, a defect in which the two major vessels that carry blood away from the heart are […]