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Submission + - The demographics of Web search (yahoo.com) 1

Submitted by adaviel on Sunday July 11, 2010 @03:40AM

adaviel writes: Reported in New Scientist, Weber and Castillo describe research indicating that demographics may help Web searches, e.g. for women "wagner" is a composer, while for US men "wagner" is a paint sprayer.

Submission + - Cory Doctorow "For the Win" - gold farming and DRM (newscientist.com)

Submitted by adaviel on Tuesday June 08, 2010 @08:19PM

adaviel writes: Cory Doctorow on "gold farming" and DRM — the SF author and technology activist talks about his new book "For the Win"

Submission + - U.S. Coast Guard wants to kill LORAN-C (insidegnss.com)

Submitted by adaviel on Monday January 11, 2010 @11:09PM

adaviel writes: LORAN (Long Range Aids to Navigation) is an electronic navigation system using low-frequency radio, used by many boaters (including me) before GPS. It has an approximately 200m accuracy and is a functional replacement in case GPS fails or the US implements selective availability in time of war. The US Coast Guard intends to turn it off starting February 8.

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