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Hard to disagree - winckel via Bookmarklet

Disbanded by whom? - Glen Campbell

"In short, it looks like Linux has conquered the supercomputer market almost completely." - winckel via Bookmarklet

how to be happy in business - winckel via Bookmarklet

"Its unmistakable teardrop profile is shrouded in the blur of a condensation cloud as it reaches high subsonic speed. The striking image of the B-2, officially known as the Spirit Bomber, was taken as the aircraft soared over Palmdale, near Los Angeles." - winckel via Bookmarklet

"A study designed to rank countries in terms of how aggressively they monitor their populations electronically, has placed the US as 6th and the UK as 5th on a global index. The two countries lag behind only China, North Korea, Belarus and Russia in terms of governmental surveillance." - winckel via Bookmarklet

land of the free baby! - Bill Rawlinson

"During the incident the minister called the police officers "Nazi swine," among other insults, when the prevented him from boarding a flight to Seoul on May 4, Focus reported citing an official police report of the incident." - winckel via Bookmarklet

Ukrainian politicians seem to be a pretty disreputable bunch in general - the fact that this is the interior minister isn't a good reflection on the body politic - winckel

At least the guy resigned > http://blog.kievukraine.info/2009... - winckel

"“There is very much good on the Internet, this is practically common sense,” she said.  “But there are things that have a destructive effect on the younger generation.  A child can’t distinguish between what is grammatically correct and incorrect.  What do we do?  Tear off the hands of those who use slang?  Or rip out tongues?  Of course not.  The problem can only be solved with education.  For instance, we are proposing a whole series of efforts to raise literacy.  First of all, we need to forbid anonymity on the Net: reduce the amount of sites where people act using nicknames [usernames] instead of their real names.  And when users will stop hiding behind masks, their treatment of the written word will improve, because everyone knows that making mistakes is improper.”" - winckel via Bookmarklet

Ok, first solve online anonymity problem, then go for the LOLspeak banning. - Sasha Kovaliov = ♂♥♫☺

"At this very moment, Fox Broadcasting executives somewhere in a pre-apocalyptic Los Angeles are said to be weighing the future of the best sci-fi show on television — Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. If you’re a fan of the show, this may be your last chance to save it from Judgment Day. If you’re not a fan, keep reading to find out why you should become one......" - winckel via Bookmarklet

I loved Sarah Connor... - Mitchell Tsai

"Improving performance is one of Microsoft's design goals with Windows 7, and many early reviewers (including ours) have said that the new OS seems peppier than Vista. But tests of the Windows 7 Release Candidate in our PC World Test Center found that while Windows 7 was slightly faster on our WorldBench 6 suite, the differences may be barely noticeable to users." - winckel via Bookmarklet

I love the note, "Longer bars indicate faster performance." It would be nice to see some quantitative data on how an Apple stacks up. - Dave - SustainedEuphoria

"Outside of this country, if you’ve wanted to access Hulu, you’ve either been out of luck, or had to use a proxy server workaround. For several months, there were quite a few options that would work to trick Hulu into thinking you were trying to access it from within the U.S. even when you were not. But Hulu got smarter and started doing geo-checks at the streaming level. But still, a few virtual private network (VPN) creators like Hotspot Shield would get the job done by making your IP anonymous. Not anymore." - winckel via Bookmarklet

A pity :( - winckel

"To his conservative critics, the signal he is sending is one of weakness. But no fair reading of Mr Obama’s various comments suggest that he is ashamed of his country, or that he intends to sacrifice American interests. What he is doing is trying to improve some of the poisonous relationships that he inherited from President George W. Bush by acknowledging, usually in rather coded language, that the US, too, can make mistakes. In the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq and the torture scandal, this is not an unreasonable point to make. Proclaiming that the US is always right and virtuous may go down well in the American heartland, but it tends to antagonise foreigners – and that is simply counterproductive." - winckel via Bookmarklet

I must say, I'm inclined to agree.... - winckel

"A small brouhaha is erupting over Windows 7 and Intel processors. The hubbub is centered on which Intel processors will not support "XP mode" in Windows 7 and, by extension, which PCs will not support XP mode. Retail laptops may be one of the most prominent segments affected." - winckel via Bookmarklet

"The AdWhirl report, embedded below, says that applications that crack the top 100 in the Free Apps list make $400-$5000 a day - a wide range to be sure, but even at the low end that works out to around $12,000 a month." - winckel via Bookmarklet

"Just as the controversy over Silvio Berlusconi impending divorce looked as if it might be receding, it has been given new life on the web by claims that key photographs released by his office are doctored." - winckel via Bookmarklet

Berlusconi lying? Surely not ;-) - winckel

Some stunning views of St Petersburg - winckel via Bookmarklet

The important things though are revenue, profitability and sheer market moving presence. In terms of the latter, I'd rate Google and Apple very highly, IBM much less influential. And perhaps Microsoft is just a huge and unavoidable but dying monolith from the past - we'll see - winckel via Bookmarklet

It also makes IBM look bloated in terms of human capital employed. They almost died about 15-20 years ago. - David Damore

"KIEV, Ukraine -- One of the world’s most depressed economies is showing tentative signs of a recovery. After a 25 per cent annual fall in Ukraine’s gross domestic product, there are indications of a rebound in steel production and good prospects for a bumper harvest this year, according to a senior presidential economic policy aide." - winckel via Bookmarklet

I think it's worth taking this with some caution - Ukraine is still in a very difficult position even if all continues to go well with IMF....... - winckel

Three years ago today - winckel via Bookmarklet

they are almost as good as the Blue Angels ;) - EARL (Born in the USA)

I guess these aren't exactly carbon netural :( . Notwithstanding events of recent years though, these are none the worse for being military - they're hugely skilled (like the UK Red Arrows) and great to watch. They're just as good as watching Spitfires, Mustangs and Flying Fortresses from a bygone (more noble?) age - winckel

"The more often Americans go to church, the more likely they are to support the torture of suspected terrorists, according to a new survey. More than half of people who attend services at least once a week -- 54 percent -- said the use of torture against suspected terrorists is "often" or "sometimes" justified. Only 42 percent of people who "seldom or never" go to services agreed, according to the analysis released Wednesday by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life." - winckel via Bookmarklet

via Daring Fireball - winckel

"The person from Apple tried to call back several times, “but I wouldn’t let Shannon answer it. I figured it was a scam. We’ve become such skeptics,” his mother said. But the folks at Apple were persistent, and they sent several e-mail messages to the Mulcahey’s Apple account. When his mother told Connor when he got home from school, “I immediately believed it. I trust Apple,” he said." - winckel via Bookmarklet

and it stood as the highlight of his life... - Anthony Citrano

"Has Sarah Connor finally been targeted for termination? The title of the imminent McG money-spinner/burner, Terminator Salvation, has taken on a new meaning for the cast and crew of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Their show, which has been steadily improving, learning as it goes, now looks set for the chop, following its bizarre but satisfying season two finale." - winckel via Bookmarklet

Hoping beyond hope that SciFi (won't use their mutant spelling) channel picks the show up. It was getting so good.... - Abby Martin

it would be a real shame to lose it....:( - winckel

"Like GeoCities, MySpace won quick success by making it easy for people to build a customized online presence. Like GeoCities, MySpace sold out to a bigger media company that ended up a caretaker for its long years of decay. And now MySpace is slowly becoming, like GeoCities, an abandoned amusement park on the web." - winckel via Bookmarklet

"Passengers were shocked to discover that Israel had been wiped off the map by Britain’s BMI airline, which omitted the Jewish state from its digital charts on flights from London to Tel Aviv. Neither Jerusalem nor Tel Aviv itself, which is Israel’s largest city, were shown on the airline’s in-flight map. However, the orientation of Mecca, Islam’s holiest site, was displayed on screens as well as the northern Israeli city of Haifa, written as “Khefa” — the city’s Arab name under the British Mandate before the war of independance in 1948. BMI insisted that the map had not been drawn with an anti-Israel or political agenda in mind — rather the aircraft in question were recently bought from a bankrupt charter company that largely flew to Arab countries." - winckel via Bookmarklet

that's a hoot. how can they land there if it's not on their maps? - MikeAmundsen

"In what absolutely reads like an April Fools joke, Google has a post on its blog today explaining how it has rented a herd of goats to replace the lawnmowers that normally cut the grass in the fields around its headquarters. This is Google’s “low-carbon” approach to maintaining its property." - winckel via Bookmarklet

Go Goats! - JoEllen

via 1 undead > http://friendfeed.com/karabat... - winckel

"A quote from Twitter co-founder Biz Stone wraps up the profile, “Twitter is a minimalist communication tool that is very powerful. The Mac is the same way. It offers beautiful design, simple elegance, and a system that’s incredibly flexible and powerful to use.”" - winckel via Bookmarklet

And Apple PR basks again......:-) - winckel