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Submission + - 400 Turns Of Civilization V (kotaku.com)

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on Thursday August 05, 2010 @11:29AM

CmdrTaco writes: "This preview of Civilization V is incomplete. It takes more than nine Earth hours, you see, for the great Arabian empire — land of Mecca, Rio De Janeiro and Beijing — to assume dominance of the globe."

Submission + - Airships: a second age - Telegraph (telegraph.co.uk)

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on Thursday August 05, 2010 @09:54AM

CmdrTaco writes: "They were once the future of travel. Now, more than 70 years after the
Hindenburg crash, engineers are designing a new fleet of airships"

Submission + - UFO files: Winston Churchill 'feared panic' over S (telegraph.co.uk)

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on Thursday August 05, 2010 @09:54AM

CmdrTaco writes: "Winston Churchill was accused of ordering a cover-up of a Second World War
encounter between a UFO and a RAF bomber because he feared public "panic"
and loss of faith in religion, newly released secret files disclose."

Submission + - USA iPhone 4 gets carrier unlock hack | THINQ.co.u (thinq.co.uk)

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on Wednesday August 04, 2010 @08:34AM

CmdrTaco writes: "Apple has been selling the iPhone 4 unlocked in the UK as well as a number of other countries"

Submission + - X Prize to offer millions for Gulf oil cleanup sol (physorg.com)

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on Wednesday July 28, 2010 @11:09AM

CmdrTaco writes: "Jamie noted that X Prize is offering prizes for a solution to the Gulf Coast oil clean up."

Submission + - Times Paywall Blocks 90% of Traffic (guardian.co.uk)

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on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @08:32AM

CmdrTaco writes: "Jamie was one of several readers to note the not particularly surprising results of the recent Times switch to a pay-wall. Apparently a 90% drop in readership is the reward. But then again, if they are paying real money, it might still be ok for them."

Submission + - 451 CAOS Theory Â VC funding for OSS-related (the451group.com)

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on Monday July 12, 2010 @11:51AM

CmdrTaco writes: "An open source blog by The 451 Group."

Submission + - Flash Crash Analysis of May 6 Stock Market Plunge (nanex.net)

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on Thursday June 24, 2010 @11:03AM

CmdrTaco writes: "Jamie found an interesting site that has many charts and graphs about the strange May 6 Stock Plunge/Rebound. There's a lot of information to consume over there, but it does a pretty good job of showing high frequency trading is getting to be a real problem."

Submission + - YouTube Video Editor (blogspot.com)

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on Wednesday June 16, 2010 @08:30AM

CmdrTaco writes: "Jamie noticed that YouTube has announced a
built in video editor that lets you actually edit video on-line."

Submission + - Many Schools Teach Engineering in Early Grades - N (nytimes.com)

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on Monday June 14, 2010 @09:54AM

CmdrTaco writes: "Jamie noticed a NYT story saying "To compete in a global economy, some school districts are offering engineering lessons to students in kindergarten. ""

Submission + - What is new in PostgreSQL 9.0 (postgresonline.com)

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on Wednesday June 09, 2010 @12:10PM

CmdrTaco writes: "PostgreSQL 9.0 beta 2 just got released this week. We may see another beta before 9.0 is finally released, but it looks like PostgreSQL 9.0 will be here probably sometime this month.
Robert Treat has a great slide presentation showcasing all the new features."

Submission + - One Video Card, 12 Monitors (theinquirer.net)

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on Monday June 07, 2010 @11:32AM

CmdrTaco writes: "Jamie found a story that might make your jaw drop if you happen to have some need to put 12 video cards on your machine. Although if that isn't enough, you can always install 2. I don't think I'm kidding."

Submission + - Sony patenting dual-screen tablet, notebook hybrid (electronista.com) 1

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on Friday May 28, 2010 @11:35AM

Submission + - Facebook CEOâ(TM)s latest woe: accusations of (venturebeat.com)

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on Thursday May 20, 2010 @10:03AM

CmdrTaco writes: "precision noted that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg turned 26 last week, and gets to celebrate by being accused of Security Fraud. This goes back to the old Facebook legend that Zuckerberg stole code from other Harvard students."

Submission + - YouTube - Evolution of PC Audio - As Told by Secre (youtube.com)

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on Thursday May 20, 2010 @09:43AM

CmdrTaco writes: "Computer audio has come quite a way since 1981 and here is a short video comparing everything major from the PC speaker to Adlib on up to cards from today! A..."

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