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by sili 17y ago
"This research suggests that, unlike an actual compass, inferences about God's beliefs may instead point people further in whatever direction they are already facing." I have long thought that one of the major downside of any religion is th
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by sili 17y ago
In light of a recent content overload discussion ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=968101 ), what are the chances that each of the 10 pages have been outsourced to some freelance writer for a few dollars?
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by sili 17y ago
And the strange thing is, they only put 4 adds per page, so it's not like they are breaking up the article to increase ad space. They do pimp their own content alot though.
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by sili 17y ago
What if Tweeter and other places that have message length limit ignore the length of the URL in you post?
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by sili 17y ago
What are the chances of using the rover's arm to pull it out of the sand-pit when it gets stuck? Or is it to underpowered to be of any help?
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by sili 17y ago
The stay-tuned-to-find-out message of the last paragraph seemed kind of out of place. Made me think there could a reality show in this mission somewhere.
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by sili 17y ago
I believe in a democracy+capitalism gov't has to be as large as necessary and no larger. We cannot always say that gov't has to be small, it has certain duties one of which is to make sure, through legal means, that the system does not dest
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by sili 17y ago
They have a great idea on making money of users. Instead of charging a larger amount to let them play the game, they charge a numerous smaller amounts for different objects in the game. First, people are more willing to part with, let's say
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by sili 17y ago
AT&T had a first mover advantage in smart-phones-for-the-masses market, but as Verizon starts offering comparable Android based phones with a much better network, they will lose this lead.
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by sili 17y ago
This, plus the fact that some places in Europe already have a fledgling electric car infrastructure makes me think that US has been left almost a decade behind as far as green-energy technology goes. Granted we do have solar panel companies
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Chinese Solar Panel Firm to Open Plant in Arizona(nytimes.com)
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I wonder what is the reason that Java is not supported.
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by sili 17y ago
Web-based apps are here to stay and over time will get bigger. By refusing to play the game, MS is burying its head in the sand and pretending the problem does not exist.
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Humans did not believe similar threats of sicknes and death on Egiptian piramids, I do not see how these warnings would be treated differently.
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They are also careful to say PC not Microsoft even though everyone understands what they mean.
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by sili 17y ago
The first half of his autobiography is a good read on how to make yorself a more acomplished person. Later on, though, he becomes too boastful.
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by sili 17y ago
Seems like a humbling experience for the test takers to be supervised by 12-year-olds, and when you get to a position of power a humbling experience or two are useful. For kids on the other hand it puts cheating into perspective. I wonder i
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by sili 17y ago
I would think they are less likely to empathize with a cheater and think that revealing him would cause him embarrassment or career. I have experienced that kids of that age are more likely to call out people's bs without really thinking of
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by sili 17y ago
This would be a change in line with the printing press, industrial revolution, and the Internet; if not bigger. Question is how can those particles be made in such massive amounts and at low enough price. The article also touches on another
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by sili 17y ago
Coincidentally, what a great way to protect your content from linkjacking, a la Digg. Post the article with intentionally wrong content and than fix it afterwards.
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by sili 17y ago
RIAA started to feel that they are being marginalized. They kept insisting on DRM and the industry has moved on leaving them in the past.
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by sili 17y ago
It would be smart if he traveled less than 30 years back.
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by sili 17y ago
So instead of trying to be the winner and make MS lose, Goggle has started its own game, which it can play better, and tries to convince everyone to do so. I have made an interesting observation of my own habits recently which reflects on
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by sili 17y ago
Indeed, the general populace still does not know how to behave safely on the Internet, and only time can change that. Wasn't Tagged asking for your email password to read your contacts. If that's the case, the fact that even small percentag
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by sili 17y ago
Having password fields in plain test is just ridiculous on regular computers. Even when I first saw how iPhone's password field works I though "What are they thinking". The only reason it is useful on iPhone and other touch-screen devises i
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by sili 17y ago
Interesting that US and South Korean sites are being attacked and that the attacks started on July 4th. It seems that North Korea might have their hand in it. They are partial to showing force on US holidays, and as of late have vied both U
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by sili 17y ago
"permanently disable it" - self destruct on a text message :)
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by sili 17y ago
Great article. I have never looked to much into disorders like that and always thought that hearing voices that tell you to "kill yourself" is more of a popular myth. I though that one would usually hear just random things. Thank you for di
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"We would like to have your e-mail password. We promise we won't read the embarrassing ones"
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by sili 17y ago
True, that's what sets media piracy apart from other stealing. But again, if she made the files available for download from her machine, does it mean that 79,000 other people (or even one other person) have download from her? I would like t

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