The 2008 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix (20)
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The sixteenth round of the 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing (MotoGP) season was recently held on a track on the southern coast of Australia. The 2008 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix took place on Phillip Island, on the weekend of October 3rd, with several practice sessions earlier. Grand prix motorcycle has three classes, 125cc, 250cc and MotoGP - each with their own standings. Winners at the Phillip Island Circuit this year were France's Mike Di Meglio ...
Please, Everyone: Ignore Jim Cramer (2)
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We had a good question from listener Dan Griner on the podcast. He asked if he should follow Jim Cramer's advice and sell all his stocks. Simple answer: no. Longer answer: Absolutely Not. We don't offer personal financial advice here on Planet Money. Believe me, you wouldn't want it if we did. But these wise words from the always-worth-reading Megan McArdle sum up the smart view: Don't look. Seriously, don't look. I have no idea ...
Russia's Space Program Could Crush the U.S. Over the Next Decade [Space Program] (6)
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When NASA retires its three space shuttles in 2010, US astronauts will have to rely on the Russian space program to gain entry to space and the International Space Station. Until 2015, when the Constellation program is scheduled to begin launching the Orion spacecraft, the US plans to purchase seats on the Russian Soyuz craft. Now some NASA officials are warning that America's presence in space could be hindered further by US-Russian tensions and the ...
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Earl E Morningwood said:
:O on come on for a few billion more we can build several rockets ;)
Animal Cracker Cookies Recipe - 101 Cookbooks (9)
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I picked up a box of cute, animal shaped cookie cutters at Williams-Sonoma the other day. The box contained one lion, one tiger, one giraffe, an elephant, and a seal with a ball on its nose. And although it took two tries, my second attempt at a dough worked out nicely - a couple of my favorite two-year-old friends told me so. Made from whole wheat pastry flour, a dollop of coconut oil, shredded coconut, ...
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Chris Hitchcock said:
I really have to make time to try out some of the recipes from this site. I'm now jonesin' for animal crackers.
Dinner plans... for next year. | MetaFilter (6)
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What's the hardest dining reservation to score? French Laundry? Nope. El Bulli? Non. D.C.'s minibar? Not even close. It's Talula's Table, a tiny shop in Kennett Square, PA that's a gourmet food store by day and a sublime dining experience by night. Located about 45 minutes from Philadelphia, Talula's Table was started by Brian Sikora and Amy Olexy, a husband and wife team who first rose to fame in the Philadelphia restaurant scene back in ...
Why We Need Banks (1)
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You may think of banks as just taking in your savings and loaning it out to someone else, making money by pushing money around. But they provide a real service. A bank that has say $100 million, can loan out TEN TIMES that amount, a BILLION dollars. That money allows pizza places, hospitals, factories to borrow and expand. "The thing is," says Ira Jersey at Credit Suisse, "you scale that up to some of the ...
America's Economic Crash Leads To Americatowns Around The Globe [Americatown] (2)
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Will the economic crises force us all to flee the country and set up our own little villages filled with U.S. immigrants? HBO seems to think so, and just greenlit a drama series titled Americatown. But since most "towns" across the country are crammed with both truly authentic and incredibly commercialized representations of their countries of origin, what would an Americatown be filled with? In Americatown, our financial crisis causes a mass exodus out of ...
Tesla v. Supercharged Lotus Elise (8)
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Or, I Test-Drove a Tesla and All I Got Was These Lousy Adrenaline ShakesShort version: Tesla.--Long version: I've had insomnia since I was a wee lad, and at night I often calm my brain by thinking up idealized objects. Optimal house cooling, unpowered water purification, the ultimate graphics card, the coolest car ever. It's a good exercise, I think: if you don't have an idea of what you'd like something to become, you won't ever ...
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kleinman said:
Wil Shipley comparison of the Tesla and the Lotus Elise
It Reminds Me Of Iraq (1)
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I was a reporter in Baghdad right after the end of the ground war, right after Saddam's statue came down. This week feels a bit like that week, strangely. Let me explain. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Thought We Weren't Looking, Didn't You? (1)
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Look over there, those guys want $700 billion. Don't pay attention to us over here, we only want $25 billion. What a great week for the (formerly) Big 3 auto companies. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
★ Are App Store Rejections Really Covered by the NDA? (1)
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Updated 5:30 pm EDT Yesterday I linked to this piece by Arnold Kim at MacRumors, which reports that, in response to the controversy surrounding App Store rejects such as Podcaster and MailWrangler, Apple is now asserting that rejection letters are covered by the infamous iPhone SDK non-disclosure agreement. What I’d like to know: Is this really true? Is it possible, perhaps, that this particular rejection email came from someone in Apple developer relations who includes ...
Is Google Spreading Itself Too Thin? - O'Reilly Radar (12)
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I just read an article entitled Is Google Spreading Itself Too Thin? over at ReadWriteWeb. It repeats the endless canard that Google hasn't built another business yet to rival its initial search franchise. How dumb is that? No one has built another business on the web to equal Google's initial search franchise. It was a once-in-a-technology-generation business. Not only that, in order to create that initial business, Google had three great successes: the search engine ...
The Baikonur Cosmodrome [PICS] (42)
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When NASA's last scheduled Space Shuttle mission lands in June of 2010, the United States will not have the capability to get astronauts into space again until the scheduled launch of the new Orion spacecraft in 2015. Over those five years, the U.S. manned space program will be relying heavily on Russia and its Baikonur Cosmodrome facility in Kazakhstan. Baikonur is an entire Kazakh city, rented and administered by Russia. The Cosmodrome was founded in ...
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Luke Gedeon said:
You have to click into the post to see all the pictures. Worth the trouble.
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bhr1 said:
Cool Pictures as usual, however I'm I the only one who finds this upsetting that for 5 years we can't launch an astronaut in to space in Amercia?
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Katie said:
I'd always wondered what the Baikonur Cosmodrome looks like.
Apple Extends Non-Disclosure to App Store Rejection Letters (31)
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Apple has gotten a significant amount of critical press surrounding its rejection policies in the App Store. A few high profile rejections have been widely reported and inspired at least one amusing comic. Aparently, Apple has now sta...
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nathos said:
*sigh*
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Billy said:
Because clearly what's wrong with Apple's rejection policy is that people know what's happening.
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Ken said:
bad idea Apple. don't piss off the developers who are going to drive the mobile applications revolution
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Joey Gibson said:
Un-freakin-believable.
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Ben said:
Wow, this is just getting waaaay out of hand. WTF Apple?
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giginger said:
The only problem with this of course is that if you've promoted your app before and it doesn't materialise. What do you say?
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Rick Dillon said:
Evil. Not how you want to treat your developers or your users.
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Chris Hitchcock said:
Fucking ridiculous
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Vladimir Yashnikov said:
Жесть, конечно.
Andy Baio joins Kickstarter board (5)
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I wanted to take a moment to announce that I've joined the board of directors for Kickstarter, a brand-new startup based out of Brooklyn and Chicago. Kickstarter aims to let creative people of all kinds — journalists, artists, musicians, game developers, entrepreneurs, bloggers — raise money for their projects by connecting directly with fans, who receive exclusive access and rewards in exchange for their patronage. More than just a fundraising app, Kickstarter's a publishing platform ...
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Blair said:
This is something I will be looking into.
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