British weather to be made more exciting with Proper Nouns (3)
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As America continues to count the cost of Hurricanes Ike and Katrina, British meteorologists have unveiled a plan to make the UK’s rather temperate weather more dramatic and eye-catching with names such as ‘Light Breeze Jennifer’ or ‘Drizzle Simon’. ‘Why should only devastating hurricanes be given their own special names?’ said Weatherman John Kettley. ‘Why can’t we predict that Britain might be hit by ‘Mild Frost Kevin’ or ‘Chance of Showers Amanda?’
"Windows Cloud" Operating System Release Within a Month [Windows] (36)
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announces that within a month, MS will release a new operating system he described as "Windows Cloud"—for webapp developers working on "cloud computing" apps like Zoho Suite and, um, Gmail (except not those). Computerworld reports: The operating system, which will likely have a different name, is intended for developers writing cloud-computing applications, said Ballmer, who spoke to an auditorium of IT managers at a Microsoft-sponsored conference in London. The Windows Cloud ...
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David Bradley said:
MS pie in the sky or head in the clouds
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Howard Yermish said:
Interesting, another product from Microsoft that I will probably avoid like the plague.
Buy and Sell Used Cardboard Boxes Near You at BoxCycle [Recycling] (5)
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The grocery store down the street is throwing out cardboard boxes every day, but you're spending an arm and a leg at Staples to get a dozen for your move—and new webapp BoxCycle is out to stop the madness. Retailers sign up at BoxCycle and list their business hours and the number of boxes they've got for sale. People who are moving or shipping stuff can pay for the boxes via PayPal at the site, ...
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Calpurnius said:
Too late, Chris?
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Joe said:
it's about time somebody did this
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Trace Windham said:
I don't get these web sites that think they can replicate functionality of something like freecycle or craigslist and think that they will have a successful site just because they focus on a more narrow target market of users. Think about the logic. Idea guy: "Hey lets build a website that does what craigslist does, but we only want to have people use the site when they are moving."Investor with money to burn: "Brilliant!"
Who Serves in the Military Today? (5)
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Three of the four candidates in the upcoming election have a son who has either served in Iraq or soon will: Jimmy McCain, Beau Biden, and Track Palin. (And the children of the fourth candidate, Barack Obama, are a bit too young for military duty.) Is this sheer happenstance? I am guessing that when Obama was preparing [...]
EPA Shuts Down Local Ghost-Entrapment Business (8)
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NEW YORK—Some believe the arrests were personally motivated, possibly due to a previous altercation with former parapsychology researcher Dr. Peter Venkman.
Oosah Hosts up to 1TB of Media Online for Free [Online Storage] (49)
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Web application Oosah hosts a whopping one terabyte (that's 1,024 gigabytes) of media online for free. In addition to hosting videos, photos, and music you upload directly to the site, Oosah also integrates with Flickr, Picasa Web Albums, Facebook, and YouTube. Once you've connected your accounts, you can actually drag and drop photos between webapps—so, for example, if you uploaded a photo to Oosah that you wanted to add to a Flickr set, you can ...
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Ullash said:
load all ur stuff and sucide when this service goes paid
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devnet said:
Integrated Services? Fantastic idea and great way to extend things.
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Mook® said:
Wow.. interesting. I've just signed up for an account once i saw this. Let's see how well I can manage to use it..
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Sai Prasad Kothapalle said:
Who wants to BUY space?
Nuclear Bombs Don’t Exist (2)
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Tell you what, squire, tell you what's got me peppering me kecks. That CERN malarkey up in Sweden. Or is it Swaziland. They press a button, literally press a button, and IT BLOWS THE WHOLE WORLD UP. What kind of idiot thought that was a good idea then? Clearly not ...
Can Binge Drinking Save Social Security? (5)
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Photo: procsilas A coalition of college presidents has been pushing states to lower the drinking age as a way to discourage problem drinking on campuses. But here's one unintended consequence of teaching young people responsible drinking habits: it could make Social Security bankrupt faster. A 2004 study by Frank Sloan and Jan Ostermann at Duke University [...]
Daddy’s Little Grown-Up And Not-So-Bright Girl (2)
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Not Always Right | Funny & Stupid Customer Quotes (80)
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Customer: “I’m lost. Can I use your phone?” Me: “I’m sorry, our phones don’t call outside the park.” Customer: “Can’t you call somebody to help me? I’m lost and I can’t find my daddy.” Me: “Sure. How old are you?” Customer: “19.” Me: “… I’m afraid our security only helps lost children.” Customer: “But I AM lost.” Me: “Well, do you know his cell number?” Customer: “Yeah.” *pulls out cellphone*
INSANE GREED STILL BEST WAY TO MAKE MONEY, SAY EXPERTS (2)
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INVESTING your money with a greedy maniac who would throttle a nun for 50p, still offers the best prospect of...
Tumultuous times (1)
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Arab-Americans 'backing Obama' (1)
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[audio] Alpha Yam Resists Being Candied (1)
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FoxTab Brings Innovative, Attractive Tab Switching to Firefox [Featured Firefox Extension] (10)
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Windows only: Experimental Firefox extension FoxTab introduces a new tab switching interface to Firefox complete with five different thumbnailed views. Firefox already has a new Ctrl+Tab switching interface in the works for the 3.1 release with the Ctrl+Tab extension, and FoxTab tosses another attractive hat into that ring. FoxTab views include several familiar ideas, like Vista's new Flip 3D or OS X's Cover Flow—but for your Firefox tabs. FoxTab is a free experimental plug-in (which ...
Free as long as you "give back" (2)
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So like, this FOSS shit is supposed to be free right? Like I can take the code and go make a bajillion dollars with it, or make some pretty awesome product with it as long as I release all the source code when I'm asked to, right?That's what the fucking license says right?Well, apparently there's some stuff that they might have forgotten to stipulate.Enter the infamous GregKH. mdz of Ubuntu sums up his keynote speech ...
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