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541.
Stephen Hawking to retire as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics(afp.google.com)
13 points by nickb 18y ago|2 comments
542.
The myth of RGB: To represent all colors you'd need negative red(mathpages.com)
18 points by nickb 18y ago|7 comments
543.
by nickb 18y ago
Maybe calling it a "social utility" and not a "social network" is a stretch since people use it as a social network? Clearly, your customers almost always define your product for you no matter how hard you try to paint it as something else.
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by nickb 18y ago
I think it's impressive. If you read some other predictions and if you're a fan of Sci-Fi, you'll see that this one is actually pretty close for a change. Try making a linear prediction for 2100 and see how hard it is.
545.
In 1901, a 14-year-old published article in a newspaper describing the world of 2001(holy-web.blogspot.com)
24 points by nickb 18y ago|22 comments
546.
by nickb 18y ago
Cool :) And yes, Acunote is great!
547.
Phone chargers - the truth(inference.phy.cam.ac.uk)
8 points by nickb 18y ago|8 comments
548.
Microsoft's U Rank Prototype Offers Custom, Social Search(lifehacker.com)
2 points by nickb 18y ago|0 comments
549.
Debian's Vim maintainer switches to Emacs(upsilon.cc)
49 points by nickb 18y ago|32 comments
550.
by nickb 18y ago
We've been using http://Acunote.com for agile issue tracking and it's been performing well. But going forward we're looking at Mantis ( http://www.mantisbt.org/ ) and Jira. Jira's very expensive and Mantis is GPL and does most of what Jir
551.
by nickb 18y ago
I was recommended Gandi, NameSecure and Moniker.
552.
by nickb 18y ago
NICE! Had no idea it's that easy! I'll do it soon :) Thanks a million vlad!
553.
Yale business school dean picked to run Apple University(appleinsider.com)
1 points by nickb 18y ago|0 comments
554.
by nickb 18y ago
Godaddy's absolutely the worst registrar out there. They're totally incompetent. What's the easiest way to move, say 70, domains off Godaddy?
555.
Touching Firefox - Firefox for OS X gets Multi-Touch Gestures(ed.agadak.net)
1 points by nickb 18y ago|0 comments
556.
by nickb 18y ago
Open source it please!
557.
The 'Trophy Kids' Go to Work (online.wsj.com)
43 points by nickb 18y ago|62 comments
558.
Startup Turns CO2 Into Fuel (blog.wired.com)
1 points by nickb 18y ago|0 comments
559.
7 Real Reasons Why iPhone Is a Smash Hit (gigaom.com)
3 points by nickb 18y ago|0 comments
560.
New solar cell material achieves almost 100% efficiency(tgdaily.com)
2 points by nickb 18y ago|1 comments
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‘Shocking’ 61% of all Upstream Internet Traffic is P2P(torrentfreak.com)
2 points by nickb 18y ago|0 comments
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Yahoo firing 1,500 workers; 3Q profit falls 64%(biz.yahoo.com)
6 points by nickb 18y ago|0 comments
563.
Google-Yahoo Search Deal Toast, Says TheDeal(alleyinsider.com)
1 points by nickb 18y ago|0 comments
564.
Is The Mac Mini Dead?: Apple Stops Mac Mini Shipments to Retailers, Says to Expect No More(gizmodo.com)
2 points by nickb 18y ago|0 comments
565.
by nickb 18y ago
Thanks for the info. Also, check the amount of research on wings and GAs: http://www.google.com/search?q=wing%20design%20genetic%20alg... but I haven't looked personally into mixing CFD and GA.
566.
by nickb 18y ago
Don't they remember the lessons of DataPlay? http://www.winsupersite.com/images/reviews/P0000652.jpg
567.
Right before launch, Google strips down the App Market for a bit of polish (mobilecrunch.com)
1 points by nickb 18y ago|0 comments
568.
Apple’s next act: Changing PC buying habits (bigtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com)
1 points by nickb 18y ago|0 comments
569.
ASUS CEO Reveals Eee PC Sales Numbers, Plans for Touch Eee PCs(blog.laptopmag.com)
12 points by nickb 18y ago|2 comments
570.
by nickb 18y ago
I wonder how they designed it. This looks like something that a GA combined with a CFD solver would create.

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