Tumbrel remarks (9)
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Christopher Hitchens is an expert on the tumbrel remark. A tumbrel remark is an unguarded comment by an uncontrollably rich person, of such crass insensitivity that it makes the workers and peasants think of lampposts and guillotines. I can give you a few for flavor. The late queen mother, being driven in a Rolls-Royce through a stricken district of Manchester, England, said as she winced at the view, "I see no point at all in ...
Better (8)
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Politics, celebrity gossip, business headlines, tech punditry, odd news, and user-generated content. These are the chew toys that have made me sad and tired and cynical. Each, in its own way, contributes to the imperative that we constantly expand our portfolio of shallow but strongly-held opinions about nearly everything. Then we’re supposed to post something about it. Somewhere. From businesses we’ve never heard of, to countries we’ve never visited, to infants who’ve had the random ...
Straight out of Compton (18)
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Journals.ars (47)
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Google Chrome as a paragon of ambition, if not necessarily execution.Read More...
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Eduo said:
El comentario pasará por superficial, pero es válido. Google Chrome es ambicioso y técnicamente refrescante pero su presentación deja mucho, mucho que desear. Sabemos que Google ha hecho parte de su imagen hacer aplicaciones espartanas y poco atractivas visualmente (algo muy difícil de hacer y que pocos logran, como Wired que es el único que exitosamente utilizó durante años una imagen estridente y antagónica a todas las "reglas" de diseño vigentes) pero Chrome no se apega realmente a esa imagen. Por el momento sigue siendo un concepto cuyo fuerte, realmente, son los motores internos.
Phone Guy - Leveraging RSA Salt Phone Guy looks into something... (2)
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Phone Guy - Leveraging RSA Salt Phone Guy looks into something he heard about on a plane.
AppleJack now roars on Leopard (2)
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Sure, it sounds like a kids’ cereal or, if you’re going in a more adult direction, an alcoholic apple-based drink—and isn’t it weird that those two things share a name—but this AppleJack is something else entirely. We’ve mentioned the troubleshooting and repair utility before, but there’s good news for folks who have been having trouble with their Leopard-based machines: the newly released AppleJack 1.5 is at long last compatible with the polka-dotted cat. If you’ve ...
A Tale of Two Covers (2)
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Not So Proud To Be an American (2)
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It looks like today's Sarah Palin scandal is going to be her involvement with—excuse me, her membership in—the Alaska Independence Party, which wants to lead that state out of the union. Until yesterday the homepage of the AIP featured this quote from the party's founder: "I'm an Alaskan, not an American. I've got no use for America or her damned institutions." And here's Sarah Palin's videotaped message to the AIP convention—this year's convention, the AIP ...
South Ossetia to merge with Russia (3)
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That was quick.Only three days after Russia recognized the independence of South Ossetia, officials from the disputed territory now say they plan to become part of Russia in the near future:Soon there will be no North or South Ossetia — there will be a united Alania as part of Russia," [Deputy Parliamentary Speaker Tarzan] Kokoiti said, using another name for Ossetia."We will live in one united Russian state," he said. Only this morning, the New ...
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mac said:
I was just reading an article yesterday about how there's no way they could push for annexation so soon.
Comcast is staging an intervention (3)
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After many rumors and conjection, it’s official. Comcast is bringing its customers back to the days of metered internet. Remember when you used to run a little timer that would track your monthly internet online time? Get ready to have a little meter measuring your downloading for the month. As of October 1st, Comcast thinks you’re abusing your internet if you download or upload 250 GB. Of course, the internet really started to take off ...
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JASon said:
I echo the FiOS statement at the end.
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mac said:
making me really reconsider going cable vs DSL for the new apartment.
GOP Family Values (2)
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Cindy McCain's half-sister—one of Cindy's two half-siblings—was a little surprised when Cindy described herself as "an only child." Maybe that's why she's voting for Obama? Portalski, 65, and the potential first lady, 54, have the same father: Jim Hensley, the founder of the beer distributor Hensley and Co. that Cindy McCain now chairs. In an interview with NPR News' All Things Considered last week, Portalski said she felt "like a non-person" after Cindy McCain described ...
