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How To Be Socialist In America Without Being Socialist

Seeded on Fri Oct 3, 2008 12:45 PM EDT (LibMURRals Community - Livejournal)

Nobody really knows what socialism is, they just define everything ungood as socialism.

america, us-news, semantics, socialism, universal-healthcare

Why Would Anyone Want A Large Hadron Collider At Home? Because.

Fri Sep 12, 2008 5:21 PM EDT

So how many of you heard about the recently activated Large Hadron Collider and immediately thought, "I want one"?

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technology, future, computers, cern, lhc, large-hadron-collider

McCain is a bigot because he makes the same jokes we all make

Seeded on Thu Sep 11, 2008 11:45 AM EDT (capitolhillblue.com)

John McCain, a member of the House of Representatives in the mid-1980s, often held court at a table near the bar at Bullfeathers, a popular Capitol Hill watering hole, telling jokes and matching hangers-on drink by drink.

election, politics, mccain, john-mccain, presidential-race, bigotry

Barack Obama: Antichrist? It Would Help Him Win

Mon Aug 4, 2008 5:00 PM EDT

Anyone who has ever looked at 2008 election coverage on the Internet has doubtlessly seen someone wondering if Barack Obama is the antichrist. Some may say he definitely is.

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election, politics, president, antichrist, obama, rumor, barack

The Seven Worst Marketing Terms Ever Conceived

Fri Aug 1, 2008 7:32 PM EDT

If you've been watching technology news lately, you're probably familiar with Cuil, a "Google-killing" search engine that's allegedly bigger, better, and Web 2.0ier than the gigantic behemoth that has arguably taken over the entire universe and is now working on expanding into th …

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business, sales, advertising, name, marketing, brand, buzzword

Don't inhale that new car smell

Seeded on Fri Aug 1, 2008 10:48 AM EDT (CNN)

It turns out -- take a deep breath -- that most of that new car smell is not some carefully-compounded, luxury, feel-good incense to the Mammon gods. But the new car smell comes from toxic gases. ...

auto, car, health, toxic, smell, automobile, poison, new-car-smell

Scrabulous Brothers Fight Back With Wordscraper

Seeded on Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:13 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)

With the demise of Scrabulous on Facebook, the brothers who created it have released Wordscraper, a game with the same rules, just different board, letter design, and point values for letters.

technology, game, internet, hasbro, application, facebook, scrabble, scrabulous

Yahoo exec challenges Cuil with Yuil

Seeded on Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:04 PM EDT (The Washington Post)

A Yahoo executive created a version of the Yahoo search engine called Yuil, which provided Yahoo search results in a Cuil-esque format. The search engine was taken down eventually (probably at the request of someone higher up at Yahoo or Cuil), but it's still kind of funny.

yahoo, technology, engine, search, internet, cuil

Sphere: Microsoft's Saving Grace That They Won't Use

Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:30 PM EDT

A while ago, Microsoft announced a technology called Surface. This was a table-sized computer that had a multitouch screen on top. You could do some genuinely cool stuff with it: "pull" photos out of a Bluetooth- or Wifi-enabled digital camera and "drag" them into your cellphone.

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technology, microsoft, computer, screen, touchscreen, sphere, surface, touch, multitouch

Teenager hacks together hardware for controlling your car via phone

Seeded on Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:59 PM EDT (engadgetmobile.com)

This week's whiz-bang innovation was created by a Kenyan boy genius.

technology, auto, security, car, phone, mobile, cell, kenya, automobile, cellphone

The Nostalgia Army's War on Cellphones

Tue Jul 29, 2008 2:08 PM EDT

Are mobile phones destroying society? Are they making people antisocial? Does texting with them destroy proper language? Do they cause cancer? If you are honestly concerned about any of these, put down the computer and step away from the Internet. You don't deserve to use it.

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technology, cancer, phone, text, mobile, cell, message, nostalgia, texting, cellphone

Cuil's Search Algorithm: while(true) fail(epic);

Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:35 PM EDT

So apparently there's this new search engine out there called Cuil.

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google, technology, search, internet, web, cuil

Emo to be made illegal in Russia?

Seeded on Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:54 PM EDT (nme.com)

The Russian government is considering whether to ban emo music because it encourages antisocial behavior and suicide. Meanwhile, censorship of the philosophy of nihilism remains undiscussed.

russia, music, odd-news, emo

Man Scales Times Building and Is Arrested - City Room - Metro - New York Times Blog

Seeded on Thu Jun 5, 2008 12:36 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Alain Robert, aka Spiderman, scaled the New York Times building moments ago to raise awareness about global warming. He was arrested, not an unfamiliar experience to him, of course.

global-warming, times, odd-news, new-york-times, spiderman, alain-robert, climbing, ny-times, skyscraper