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Comment Re:This picture puts all in perspective (Score 1) 442

by genus babbage on Wednesday December 19, 2007 @04:12PM (#21755566) Attached to: HP & Staples Collude On $8,000/Gallon Ink?

I think you'll find that most of the cost of a coffee goes to the land owner for rent, and most of the rest is staff wages; there's not much profit to be made in selling coffee (or else you'd see people undercutting each other for a few cents till the price was as low as you suspect the cost is).

Journal Journal: Terrorist on trial!

Journal by peacefinder on Monday April 30, 2007 @03:44PM

A spokesman for Pontius Pilate informed the Jerusalem News that the accused threatened to overthrow the government and replace it with his own kingdom. "We took a strong stand, because the threat was both broad and deep," said Marcus Spartacus, from Pilate's office. "The sedition laws are clear and will be enforced vigorously."

Submission + - Lone Programmer Writes 253 Webcam Drivers for Linu

Submitted by mrneutron2004 on Monday April 30, 2007 @03:26PM

mrneutron2004 writes: We ran across this interview/story today and felt compelled to repost it. A French physician and ardent linux support is the ONE MAN you can all thank for adding support for 253 webcam's in Linux. The Open Source OS world may still be a bit of a mess when competing with the ease of Windows, but efforts like this make you wonder. One man with drive, tenacity, and no funding does what noone else can do. And none of the major linux distributions back this guy's efforts, even the big players dipping into the corporate worlds coffers. http://www.fastsilicon.com/latest-news/lone-progra mmer-writes-253-webcam-drivers-for-linux.html?Item id=60

Submission + - Search behavior over the couse of a day

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 01, 2007 @02:18PM

An anonymous reader writes: Chris Harrison has built a visualization that explores what people are doing online over time. He explains "Search engines are the gateway to the internet for most people, and so search queries provide insight into what people are doing and thinking. In order to examine millions of search queries, I built a simple, cyclical, clock-like visualization that displays the top search terms over a 24-hour period." Interesting to see that the masses online have fairly coherent and consistent search behaviors. He also investigates the notorious AOL data-set.

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