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Android 2.3 Brings Games To The Forefront(rbgrn.net)
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A picture of a face -- of any kind -- might improve results. http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/06/28/scarecrows-...
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It sounds like since the Nexus S runs stock Android it may not include the Swype text input system common on other Android phones -- practically a killer app for touchscreen text entry. Does anyone know if it will be available on the Nexus
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Even worse, the New York City authorities missed the opportunity to tax the filming: http://www.nyc.gov/html/film/html/news/070108_moftb_adopts_r...
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The next question on the test is: 3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50 cts. per bu., deducting 1050 lbs. for tare?
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Since you seem to know a bit about "airline hacking", I'm wondering... Would the OP have gotten away with it if he skipped the second leg instead of the first, in a case where the direct flight is more expensive than round-trip? Or do the
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The headline is a little misleading. The word "hygiene" means more than just "cleanliness", although the two are frequently used interchangeably. In this case, it refers specifically to "sleep hygiene", which is a medical term for sleep-r
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In the US, it's illegal for under-21s to purchase alcohol anywhere, but the consumption laws vary by state. According to Wikipedia, there are 14 states where consumption itself is illegal under 21; others either implicitly permit it or des
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Note that the Mint now has measures in place to detect people doing this, and they will block people from the program if they suspect abuse. http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB126014168569179245-lMy...
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I assume he would change clothes in a restroom stall after getting through security but before getting to the boarding area. In fact, that might be overkill... All he needs to do is put away his jacket and hat, maybe put on a sweater -- a
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My impression was that the increased radiation experienced on a flight was due to cosmic radiation, not radiation from the sun. So it shouldn't matter where you sit on the plane, right?
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Actually, I felt this line hurt Paul's case. It's one of those lines that sounds clever on the first hearing but falls apart on examination -- like "Why don't they build the plane out of the same stuff as the black box?". The reason they s
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Apple is also in business to make money from the mobile ad pie (iAd), as is Microsoft and maybe others.
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I was thinking the same thing. And it's no coincidence that Inform 7 -- the latest iteration of a popular text adventure game programming language -- is perhaps the most extreme example of a programming language pretending to be English. H
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The Cube also burns pretty well, once you get it going. http://simson.net/hacks/cubefire.html
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From an NPR blog entry: By the way, you might be wondering: Can the average traveler standing in a security line tell the difference? Yes, a TSA spokesman says. The X-ray type is blue and has two walls. The millimeter-wave machine is grayi
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...which is expected from Brian May -- an astrophysicist rock star. :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_May
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"Policeman's beat?"
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"Yesterday's news"?
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I thought the same thing... It needs a finer scale, and maybe some adjustment for density of restaurants, since that probably influences the frequency of health inspector calls. It looks like there's a nice gradient along Long Island, thou
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FWIW, it sounds like the OP is in New Zealand.
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especially compared to ps3 or the Wii. That was something that confused me about the article. "Euthanizes" implies that Microsoft is actively trying to kill the service, but from the complaints it sounds like they are simply failing to i
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Yes: http://techcrunch.com/2009/10/13/dropbox-acquires-the-domain...
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For what it's worth, stupider things have happened. Here's a story (also 2002) of an octogenarian war-hero ex-governor detained because he was carrying a nail file, a dummy bullet, and -- the most suspicious item -- a Congressional Medal o
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They may be anticipating that the payoff from ads is about to decrease, so they're willing to trade short-term publicity (and an increased chance of acquisition) for the long-term risk of increased competition.
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Agreed... It takes a highly technical subject and makes it wonderfully accessible. It reminds me of _why's work, or Scott McCloud's Google Chrome comic. However, I was amused to read: "Continuations are such an awesome feature that they do
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I don't think the LED chapter is the one that the publishers were concerned about. Other chapters include "Reverse Engineering Xbox Security" and "Sneaking in the Back Door", as well as a chapter on legal implications.
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Perhaps you could try using a collaborative whiteboard (either web-based or app) on a iPad? http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=886713 You can get styluses that work on the capacitive screen, if desired. http://reviews.cnet.com/
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FWIW, earlier models of Wacom tablets supported two styluses at once, but they dropped the feature because no one was using it. http://forum.wacom.eu/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3552
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Apparently the Xerox Star had basic desktop publishing with a variety of typefaces in 1981, so Jobs's calligraphy course may not have been the history-changing event he makes it out to be. "Beautiful" is, of course, subjective. http://www

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