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"http://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://www.rockwillneverdie.com/ 어쨌거나 필자 입장에서 '언제나 웃으며 다시 만나요. 네트는 광활하니까.' 라고 쓰는 가수를 사랑하지 않기란 어려운 일이다." - Mira from Bookmarklet

"Even in Apple Rumor Land – a magical place where the tiniest hints of info can be turned into full-fledged devices, concepts, plans and deals – this rumor is a long shot, but at least it has some solid proof to back it up. MacRumors has found out that Apple has purchased the domain name islate.com (which currently doesn’t lead to anywhere) back in 2007. Originally, the identity of domain’s true owner was hidden, but for a couple of weeks in late 2007, Apple was listed as the owner, and MacRumors has the historic domain name record to prove this." - Mira from Bookmarklet

"Intel unveiled a trio of new Atom processors and a new chipset today. The new Intel chips will enable hardware vendors to create smaller, cooler, more power efficient netbooks and nettops (the desktop equivalent of a netbook)." - Mira from Bookmarklet

"With the rise of German markets across the country, eating Bratwurst and drinking Gluhwein is fast becoming a staple part of our Christmas experience." - Mira from Bookmarklet

"Mince pies, stockings and singing carols are Christmas traditions that have been around for as long as we can remember. But are there new festive rituals that in years to come could be spoken of in the same way?" - Mira from Bookmarklet

"스마트폰과 일반폰(피쳐폰)으로 구분되던 휴대폰 환경이 급변할 전망이다. 삼성전자가 자체 개발한 운영체제(OS) '바다(BADA)'의 개발자툴킷(SDK)과 사용자환경(UI) 등을 공개하며 자체 OS 전략에 닻을 올린 것. 이는 스마트폰을 새로운 영역으로 육성하는 대신 모든 휴대폰을 스마트폰 화 하겠다는 전략으로 풀이된다. 21일 업계에 따르면 삼성전자가 '바다' 채용 단말수를 늘리기 위해 하드웨어와 소프트웨어 사양의 일부 표준화를 포함한 본격적인 자체 OS 전략 수립에 나선 것으로 확인됐다. '바다'는 지금까지 삼성전자가 휴대폰에 사용했던 OS에 스마트폰의 핵심 기능인 애플리케이션 다운로드, 설치, 활용 등을 더한 것. 새로운 OS는 아니다. 그러나 삼성전자가 리더십을 갖고 있는 피쳐폰 시장에 '바다'를 통해 스마트폰에 준하는 기능을 제공할 경우 시장 여파가 상당할 전망이다." - Mira from Bookmarklet

"겉만 번지르하고 기름졌고, 허황됐고 치기어리고 그래서 결국 섹시한 락엔롤의 부활 포니(Pony)의 첫 싱글 [왼편에서]. * 치밀한 계산을 집어 던진 리버틴즈, 킹스 오브 컨비니언스식의 섹시한 은유가 공존하는 밴드 포니!" - Mira from Bookmarklet

"Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello has said that beating the X Factor single to Christmas number one will be a "wonderful dose of anarchy"." - Mira from Bookmarklet

FriendFeed The reason for this change is the old Facebook API methods the application used are being deprecated very soon: http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index... If you don't want FriendFeed updating your status please uninstall the application or revoke permissions at: http://www.facebook.com/editapp... - Mira from Bookmarklet

"E-MU's 0404 USB 2.0 Audio/MIDI Interface delivers an unparalleled level of audio performance to your Mac or PC with premium 24-bit/192kHz A/D and D/A converters, pristine XTC™ mic/line/hi-Z preamps, ultra-low jitter clock and rock-solid stability. From its plug-and-play functionality and hands-on ergonomic design to professional features and signal-to-noise specs that are simply unmatched by any other USB interface on the market, the 0404 USB will forever change your expectations of USB audio. The 0404 USB also ships with Windows XP compatible E-MU Production Tools Software Bundle that includes E-MU's Proteus VX, as well as software by Cakewalk, Steinberg, Ableton, IK Multimedia, and many more - everything you need to create, record, edit and master your music." - Mira from Bookmarklet

"Meet GJ 1214b, the most Earth-like planet ever found outside our solar system. It’s not exactly Earth’s twin: It’s about six times bigger, a whole lot hotter and made mostly of water. But compared to the giant gas balls that account for nearly every other extrasolar planet ever found, it’s pretty darn close. And through a fortunate happenstance of cosmic geometry, astronomers will be able to study GJ 1214b in great detail. “If you want to describe in one sentence what this planet is, it’s a big, hot ocean,” said Harvard University astronomer David Charbonneau. “We can even study its atmosphere. This planet will occupy us for years. That’s part of what’s so exciting about it.”" - Mira from Bookmarklet

"Imagine yourself as an observer in a universe but not part of the universe. This universe contains no created objects or even energy that you can sense. No mater which way you turn or move through this universe, you sense no change. In this universe you would have no perception of space. Any place you were would seem like any other place and you would have no reference between places. You would have no perception of time either, because nothing is changing. It’s always the same." - Mira from Bookmarklet

"A look at the 13 people to be inducted June 13, 2010, into the International Boxing Hall of Fame: JUNG-KOO CHANG -- Known as the "Korean Hawk" for his relentless fighting style, Chang was born Feb. 4, 1963, in Pusan, South Korea, and turned professional in November 1980 at age 17. He won his first 18 bouts before losing a split decision in 1982 to Hilario Zapata for the WBC flyweight title, then knocked him out in the third round of a rematch six months later. Chang made 15 successful title defenses. DANNY LOPEZ -- Lopez was a hard-hitting featherweight who earned a reputation as one of the most crowd-pleasing fighters of all time. Born July 6, 1952, in Fort Duchesne, Utah, Lopez compiled a 40-7 amateur record. He turned pro in 1971 and posted 23 straight wins before losing in a ninth-round knockout to Bobby Chacon in 1974. Lopez rebounded with wins over Chucho Castillo, Ruben Olivares, Sean O'Grady and Art Hafey before beating Davey Kotey in 1976 in a 15-round decision for the WBC... more... - Mira from Bookmarklet

"Moments after we heard reports of Facebook’s new URL shortener, Google launched its own service, aptly called goo.gl." - Mira from Bookmarklet

"Oasis have revealed plans to release their first album without Noel Gallagher. Currently working under the name 'Oasis 2.0', Liam Gallagher has said he wants an album out by next summer. "I'd like to have a record out by July next year." Liam told The News Of The World. "We've already done about three songs and they're fucking sounding amazing." He added." - Mira from Bookmarklet

"Billy Corgan has admitted that he regrets splitting up The Smashing Pumpkins back in 2000. The band, who broke-up after releasing their 'Machina II: The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music' album, have since reformed although have a different line-up." - Mira from Bookmarklet

"1. Data integration, linkage and fusion 2. Entity resolution, duplicate detection, and consistency checking 3. Data profiling and measurement 4. Use of data mining for data quality assessment 5. Methods for data transformation, reconciliation, consolidation 6. Algorithms for data cleansing 7. Data quality and cleansing in information extraction 8. Dealing with uncertain or noisy data (e.g., sensor data) 9. Data lineage and provenance 10. Models, frameworks, methodologies and metrics for data quality 11. Application specific data quality, case studies, experience reports 12. User/social perceptive on data quality and cleansing 13. Data quality and cleansing for complex data (e.g. documents, semi-structured data, XMLs, multimedia data, graphs, biosequences, etc.)" - Mira from Bookmarklet

Beginning today, Windows Live ID is publicly committing to support the OpenID digital identity framework with the announcement of the public availability of a Community Technology Preview (CTP) of the Windows Live ID OpenID Provider. You will soon be able to use your Windows Live ID account to sign in to any OpenID Web site! The Windows Live ID OpenID Provider (OP) enables anyone with a Windows Live ID account to set up an OpenID alias and to use that alias for identification at an increasing number of OpenID 2.0 relying party sites-for example: Plaxo, Pibb, StackOverflow.com and Wikispaces. - Mira

Almost all of the modern animal phyla appear to originate in a relatively compressed interval of time known as the Cambrian Explosion. Although several factors have been identified that may have enabled the Cambrian Explosion, there remains the question of the final trigger. The development of cellular differentiation, the capacity of a cellular lineage to become specialized permanently in response to external signals, is proposed as the trigger. Cnidaria and eukaryotic slime molds, which pre-date the Cambrian, have specialized cellular functions but their cells do not appear to differentiate irreversibly. With differentiation, cellular roles can be fixed during embryogenesis. Fixed cellular roles may have enabled more complex and more competitive organisms, perhaps by facilitating multi-scale structures in organs or increasing the stability and reliability of network systems including synaptic connections. A candidate evolutionary pathway to cellular differentiation is proposed. - Mira

"Does anybody go to Second Life anymore? It seems like a ghost town these days, although every now and then you hear rumblings of a quiet comeback for the proto-virtual world. Well, at the very least Second Life will be getting a second life at the movies. A documentary called Life 2.0 will be screened at the Sundance Film Festival." - Mira from Bookmarklet

"Poor Erick Schonfeld of TechCrunch probably didn't know what hit him. In a short toss-off post noting the Second Life documentary screening at Sundance I reported about last week, Erick briefly opined that SL "seems like a ghost town these days"... and quickly found himself under siege in his post's comments by dozens of Second Life Residents (myself included), with even Linden Lab CEO Mark Kingdon joining the fray. One SL commenter called Caliburn Susanto was so vexed, he posted screenshots proving to TechCrunch that SL was crowded indeed." - Mira from Bookmarklet

정 총리를 궁지에 몬 사람은 자유선진당 박선영 의원이었다. 박 의원은 2차대전 당시 일본 군 '생체실험' 부대였던 731부대에 '마루타'로 희생된 조선인 2명이 있었고 이들이 항일 독립투사였다는 내용의 자료를 제시하기에 앞서 "마루타가 뭔지 아느냐"고 물었다. 정 총리는 "전쟁과 관련된 포로를 말씀하시는 것 같은데…"라고 '오답(誤答)'을 냈다. 이에 박 의원은 "전쟁포로가 아니다. 731부대는 뭐냐"고 물었고 정 총리는 머뭇거리다가 "저, 항일독립군인가요?"라고 되물었다. 이러자 의원석에서는 폭소와 탄식이 동시에 터져나왔다. 박 의원은 "무슨 말씀 하시는 거냐. 생체실험을 한 일본 군대 아니냐"고 목소리를 높였고, 정 총리는 당혹해하며 "네. 책에서 읽은 기억이 있다"고 했다. 앞서 박 의원이 북한에 억류 중인 국군포로 수를 묻자 정 총리는 "수백명으로 알고 있다"고 모호하게 답변했다. 박 의원은 "세종시 자족기능은 6~7%라고 호도하면서 다른 숫자는 하나도 모르느냐. 국군포로의 수는 560명이다. 총리 머리에 세종시밖에 없어서 그러냐"고 몰아세웠다. - Mira

"국내 연구기관을 중심으로 인간형 로봇, 이른바 휴머노이드 로봇 개발이 괄목할 성장을 보여 주목된다. 6일 KAIST와 KIST에 따르면 시속 3.6㎞의 속도로 실감나게 달리는 인간형 로봇이 최근 선보인 데 이어, 진짜 사람처럼 한층 더 생동감을 주며 로봇의 감정을 표현하는 '얼굴로봇(Face robot)'도 속속 등장하고 있다." - Mira from Bookmarklet

"Scientists have created the world’s smallest 'snowman', measuring about a fifth of the width of a human hair." - Mira from Bookmarklet

"바로 첫 번째 과제인 '트리플 러츠 + 트리플 토룹' 점프에 제동이 걸린 것. 두 번째 점프인 트리플 토룹의 회전 수가 2회전으로 처리되면서 다운그레이드를 받고 말았다. 트리플 플립에서 기초 점수인 5.5점을 잃은 김연아는 이 다운그레이드까지 합쳐서 10점에 가까운 점수를 잃었다. 그러나 김연아의 점프는 큰 무리가 없었고 특히 회전 수는 세 바퀴가 정확하게 채워졌다. 국제 심판이자 대한빙상경기연맹 심판이사인 고성희(36) 이사는 "김연아의 트리플 토룹에서 다운그레이드가 나타났다는 점은 이해하기 어려웠다. 이번 쇼트프로그램에서 비록 트리플 플립은 실패했지만 첫 과제인 트리플 콤비네이션 점프는 평소와 비교해 큰 문제가 없었다. 이 점프를 다시 한 번 확인했지만 두 번째 점프의 회전수는 충분히 채워져 있었다"고 밝혔다." - Mira from Bookmarklet

"Listen closely — Marvin Minsky’s arch, eclectic, charmingly offhand talk on health, overpopulation and the human mind is packed with subtlety: wit, wisdom and just an ounce of wily, is-he-joking? advice." - Mira from Bookmarklet

"In its effort to organize the world's information, Google is offering to handle your DNS lookups, but the new service may only be really attractive for those with bad ISP-provided DNS service." - Mira from Bookmarklet

"Today, as part of our ongoing effort to make the web faster, we're launching our own public DNS resolver called Google Public DNS, and we invite you to try it out." - Mira from Bookmarklet

"Fujitsu’s latest addition to its LifeBook range of mobile computing devices bears very little semblance to your average netbook. Why am I not surprised? Would-be netbooks these days are more ‘laptop’ or ’smartbook’ than anything else. The Fujitsu LifeBook UH900 would probably fall into the smartbook category. It sports a WXGA resolution screen (1366×768) on a 5.6-inch display. Now, read that again in case you missed the part where you’re supposed to say, “What? Are they insane?!”" - Mira from Bookmarklet

"Researchers are using tools from information theory and computer science to facilitate the automatic creation of nanoscale structures." - Mira from Bookmarklet