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See If You Can Spot The Problem With Microsoft’s Tablet Strategy
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Earlier today, computer maker Asus kicked off the Consumer Electronics Show a day early by announcing four upcoming tablet computers. Three of them run Google’s Android operating system. One runs Windows 7. See if you can guess which one is the outlier:
* Eee Pad MeMO: starts at $499
* Eee Pad Slider: starts at $499
* Eee Pad Transformer: starts at $399
* Eee Slate: starts at $999
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Moerdijk chemical fire put out, no danger to health says mayor
Most non-Dutch readers of my little blog probably missed this:
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A massive fire at a chemicals packaging plant in Moerdijk, south of Rotterdam was brought under control shortly after midnight after being sprayed with a thick layer of foam to douse the flames.
Fire broke out in the Chemie-Pack plant around 14.30 hours on Wednesday, sending enormous clouds of smoke into the air and leading officials to declare a phase four alarm. Locals were told to stay indoors and keep doors and windows closed.
The national safety council has begun an investigation into the fire under the leadership of Pieter van Vollenhoven. The probe will focus on how the fire started and the manner in which the blaze was tackled.
Body of murdered cyberwar expert found in landfill
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The body of a decorated US Army officer was found dumped in a Delaware landfill on New Years Eve day, a few days after he expressed concern that the nation wasn’t adequately prepared for cyber warfare, according to news reports following the bizarre whodunit.
Events surrounding the murder of John P. Wheeler III, who most recently worked part-time for defense contractor Mitre Corporation on cyber defense topics, read like a Tom Clancy novel. The 66-year-old worked for three Republican administrations, was special assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force, served in the office of the Secretary of Defense, and penned a manual on the effectiveness of biological and chemical weapons, which urged US forces to show restraint.
Reading the rest of the article make me expect they’ll find he shot himself in the back of his head repeatedly.
Sustainable fish customers ‘duped’ by Marine Stewardship Council
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The body which certifies that fish have been caught sustainably has been accused of "duping" consumers by giving its eco-label to fisheries where stocks are tumbling.
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) manages the labelling system that tells consumers which species of fish they can buy safe in the knowledge they aren’t destroying stocks.
It recently celebrated the 100th award of its eco-label – to the Barents Sea cod fishery – but a series of decisions allowing controversial fisheries to be granted the prized MSC label has prompted severe criticism of the organisation.
Richard Page, a Greenpeace oceans campaigner, said decisions to certify some fisheries "seriously undermine" the MSC’s credibility.
"I will go as far as to say consumers are being duped. They think they are buying fish that are sustainable and can eat them with a clean conscience."
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Ant vs Grasshopper
Priest sex abuse victim’s lawyers claim most of his $900,000 settlement
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A man who was molested as a child by a Portland priest — then secured a $900,000 settlement from the church — has yet to see a penny more than seven years after the church paid out the money.
In a lawsuit filed this week in Multnomah County Circuit Court, the man alleges that attorneys who represented him in the case managed to claim $877,000 of the settlement, leaving him with no more than $23,000. Yet the man, identified only by his initials, G.B., hasn’t seen a check for any amount.
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Bill O’Reilly has never heard of the moon
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Link Between Vaccine and Autism Link is ‘Fraud’ According to British Medical Journal
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Evidence published a decade ago, giving birth to the belief of a connection between vaccines and autism, has been deemed outright "fraudulent," according to an editorial published Wednesday in the British Medical Journal.
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Seeing through your girlfriend’s skivvies… priceless!
Seeing through your best friend’s Mum’s skivvies…
Oh, wait, wrong blog…
When I calculated correctly, this thing is much brighter than direct sunlight.
Its only a matter of time until some morons start to flash into other people’s eyes with that, and think it is ‘funny’. Such an intense light is capable of doing serious eye damage in a fraction of a second.
It’s the same with strong lasers, which can be bought freely. Airtraffic now has a real problem with idiots, who shoot at approaching aircraft with these things, temporarily blinding the pilots.
I’d even advocate that these things may only be sold to people with an appropriate license, because they are equivalent to certain chemicals or even firearms.