November 2010
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TSA Opposition Goes Viral on the Web BY David...
Privacy advocates are calling for November 24th to be “National Opt-Out Day.” But are their protests coherent?
Opposition to the Transportation Security Administration’s new full-body scans (“pornoscans,” in the parlance of the angry) has reached a fever pitch—and gone viral on the Internet. One of the more popular sites is calling for November 24 to be...
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Panoramic pic captures London at 80 gigapixels
(Credit: Jeffrey Martin)
A newly published 80-gigapixel picture of London appears to have stolen the crown for the largest spherical panoramic photo in the world. Take that, measly 70-gigapixel image of Budapest, 45-gigapixel photo of Dubai, and 26-gigapixel pic of Paris.
Photographer Jeffrey Martin stitched together 7,886 individual images to create his London panorama, which he shot over...
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9 Free Security Tools to Be Thankful For
By Brian Prince
It is often said that you get what you pay for, but in the security industry, that is not necessarily a bad thing. Gartner predicted the global security software business would surpass $16.5 billion this year, with $4.2 billion of that being in the consumer segment. However, not included in those figures are free programs such as Microsoft Security Essentials, AVG Antivirus and...
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A priest, a minister and a rabbi played poker for...
A priest, a minister and a rabbi played poker for small stakes every week. One day the sheriff raided their game and took all three before the local judge. The judge sternly inquired of the priest: “Were you gambling, Father?” The priest looked toward heaven, whispered, “Oh, Lord, forgive me.” and then said aloud, “No, your honor, I was not gambling.”...
Google Hotpot Powers Local Recommendations (Watch...
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The Great Wikipedia Six Degrees of Separation Game
The object of the game is to get from one page of Wikipedia to another, using no more than six intervening links. You may leave Wikipedia, but obviously no URL in between may be a search engine’s.
The winner will be the one who does it with the lowest number of in-between links. In case of a tie, not leaving Wikipedia will count as a bonus, and in case there’s still a tie, the...
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כיצד לימודי מדעי הרוח יהפכו אתכם למיליונרים ? →
בעקבות החדשה המשמחת על עליה במספר הסטודנטים בפקולטות למדעי הרוח מסביר שלום בוגוסלבסקי ברשימה בבלוג “תניח את המספריים ובוא נדבר על זה” את החשיבות הרבה של לימודים שבמרכזם עיסוק במידע מגוון, דווקא בתקופה בה רוב הדיספילינות מתמקדות בתחום צר שיוצר לא יותר מאשר “אדיוטים מלומדים”.
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The Volt Recharges My Batteries November 11, 2010,...
Chevy Volt The instrument panel in the Chevy Volt illustrates how many more miles you’ll get out of the battery — and then, once it’s exhausted, out of the gas generator.
I’ve been fascinated by the Chevy Volt since the day I heard about the concept.
Which is this: it’s an electric car without the short range of electric cars.
Usually, when your electric car’s battery dies, you’re dead on the...
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Google Dangles Free WiFi for U.S. Flights via...
In an interesting promotion for its Chrome Web browser, Google said Nov. 8 it is offering free WiFi Internet access on U.S. flights via AirTran, Virgin America and Delta.
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No More McDonald's Happy Meals For San Francisco...
BY Ariel SchwartzWed Nov 3, 2010
No more toys for fat kids in San Francisco, where the board of supervisors voted this week to essentially ban McDonald’s Happy Meals—at least in their current form. The ordinance marks the first time a major city in the U.S. has banned restaurants from offering toys with high-calorie meals that contain significant amounts of fat and sugar.
