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Comment Re:Don't forget to mention the pre-bundled copies! (Score 1) 395

by mikefrommcmurray on Monday December 31, 2007 @06:17PM (#21870744) Attached to: PCWorld Says Firefox is Strong, Vista is Weak

What about the Mac OS? Surely, Apple sells more than .001 per cent...

Journal Journal: Do You Want the Terrorists to Win? 4

Journal by bettiwettiwoo on Sunday February 18, 2007 @08:48PM

Luckily, now you don't have to try to figure that out yourself. You can just take the quiz and, voilà, your preference for the one or the other will be accurately diagnosed.

Moi? I didn't. Apparently.

Journal Journal: Geeks race in the 2007 Round-The-World Flight Simulator Race

Journal by gizmateer on Sunday February 18, 2007 @08:25PM

Several Flight Simulator geeks are flying around the world in the 2007 Round-The-World Flight Simulator Race. The race pits teams from AVSim, FlightSim and Sim-Outhouse against each other in a race around the world with special rules, conditions and bonuses.

Feed Cleaning Up After a Dirty Bomb (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Sunday February 18, 2007 @07:12PM

Scientists develop an absorbant gel that can remove radioactivity from concrete, but don't count on the government hearing aid. Bodyhack reports from AAAS.

Journal Journal: Plagiarized by Newspaper - What Should I Ask For? 6

Journal by gbulmash on Sunday February 18, 2007 @05:56PM

I recently discovered that The New York Daily News sports columnist, the Mighty Quinn, used one of my online humor columns from 1996 ("Dating Don'ts") as his February 13th, 2007 column, crediting it to some bartender in New Jersey. I didn't register it way back when, so six-figure statutory damages are out, but I can prov

Submission + - Lakes found under Antarctic ice using space lasers

Submitted by

Reverse Gear

on Sunday February 18, 2007 @05:53PM

Reverse Gear writes: "There is a new study circling the media about these newly found big lakes found underneath the antarctic ice sheets that apparently empty and fills back up quite fast (study has been working in 3 years and has detected massive movements), from the article:

The scientists allay fears that global warming has created these pockets of water. They say these lakes lie some 2,300 feet below compressed snow and ice, too deep for environmental temperature to reach. However, it is necessary to understand what causes the phenomenon as it can facilitate an understanding of the impact of climate change on the ice sheet in Antarctica
NASA also has some information on the technique used to detect these lakes"

Submission + - RIAA hires DJ's, then sends in the SWAT team

Submitted by

cancan

on Sunday February 18, 2007 @05:37PM

cancan writes: "The NY times is carrying an article about how the RIAA is hiring hip hop artists to make mix tapes, and then helping the police raid their studios. In the case of DJ Drama and DJ Don Cannon (myspace warning), they were raided by SWAT teams with their guns drawn. The local police chief said later that they were "prepared for the worst." Men in RIAA jackets helped cart away "evidence"."

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