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NewsBiscuit: Russia recognises Disneyland (2)
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The new Cold War crisis deepened yesterday following Russia’s decision to recognize the breakaway region of Disneyland in Florida. Previously part of the United States, Disneyland has for many years been a semi-autonomous, self-governing region, with distinctive traditions, culture and strict border controls which requires United States visitors to queue at length before presenting their papers (such as the 7 Day ‘Magic Your Way’ e-ticket).Shared by Michael Moran (12) Mohamed Marwen (3)Contribute comment -
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(I work in healthcare and am talking to a man in his fifties who is having angina for the first time.) Me: “You haven’t had a heart attack, but this pain is probably coming from your heart.” Man: “But I’m only 50-something and there are no heart problems in my family. Why would that be?” Me: “You smoke 30 a day and drink 2 cartons beer a week. That’s not good for your heart. You ...Contribute comment - Experts Discuss Regions Growth Potential For Internet Marketing Strategies - StartUpArabia (3)
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If I Can Vote is a new service launched from Dubai to give people from all around the world a chance to voice their opinions on elections and causes from around the world, that they’re not necessarily eligible to vote in. In an ever so interconnected world, the results of an election in one part of the world, a referendum in another, or a policy change somewhere or the other, can have a ripple effect ...Shared by DrBaher (6) Mohamed Marwen (3)Contribute comment -
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on(Note: this story takes place at a bank in Zimbabwe.) Teller: “Good morning sir, how may I help you?” Me: “Good morning, please may I withdraw 100 billion?” (This is about 1 US dollar.) Teller: “I’m very sorry sir, but we do not have enough sun.” Me: “What!?” Teller: “We cannot give you money because we do not have enough sun.” Me: “Why do you need sun to give me money?” Teller: “Oh, we are ...Shared by AcidFlask (2) Mohamed Marwen (3) romain (1) Sam Harmon (1) Tor Erling (132) Voyagerfan5761 (18)Contribute comment
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- mamelouk said: chais pas si c'est parce que je viens de me lever mais ce xkcd m'as fait péter de rire
- Nikos Kouremenos said: kalo
- Alex said: So true.
- choffee said: We have all got something similar from Google maps.
- Federico Pistono said: "swim across the atlantic ocean" evolved...
- heidigoseek said: xkcd rocks today!
- Anne said: Why I don't use Google Maps...
- Pierre Phaneuf said: I blame James.
- Sean said: ... I think I followed these directions once. The spectral wolf was named Frank...
- vevck said: Awesome!!!
- lalui said: Potrei affermare che è successo un sacco di volte pure ammè :-)
- Ken Hunt said: a classic xkcd
- StartX said: google maps is both amazing and frightening
- haggaret said: Nice!
- Michael Sallmen said: At least they weren't traveling with kids!
- Razzu said: :D
- Mike said: That's pretty funny!
- Greg D said: I wish more directions included "Godspeed"
- Jeffrey said: Google Maps is amazing.
- Rick Dillon said: Legendary awesome.
- parkylondon said: genius
- Sharath said: I wonder whether my "lvl 6 Force of Nature" is sufficient to master the wolf..
- Christopher Gillespie said: Hilarious. iPhone Google Maps is not flawless.
- CKL said: Which reminds me: The Three Amigos is a great flick.
- androcles said: LOL!!
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Jason Calacanis’ most recent post to his email mailing list is particularly relevant to our audience. He’s spoken with 200 companies in ten minute increments as they give their pitch to be a part of the upcoming TechCrunch50 conference. I agree with all of his thoughts below based on my own experience getting pitched from thousands of startups over the last three years. If you are pitching a company to the press, a conference, a ...Shared by @runb@laj! (0) Aanarav Sareen (9) Aaron (6) Adrian Howard (1) Adriana (19) Aeh310 (10) Al (3) Alex Carpenter (18) Alexander Ljung (5) Amir (10) Andreas (0) Andrei (6) Andrerib (9) Andrew Walkingshaw (14) Andrey (6) Andy Cary (0) Anol (6) anonydon (14) Aron (10) Aydin (7) B.J. Schone (2) barbara (1) Bastien (30) Ben (4) Ben (76) Benjamin (1009) Benny (3) Bill (2) Bill (8) Bill HR (8) blackbelt (0) brady forrest (3) BryanSays (4) btw0 (12) Can Özmen (12) Carl Fyffe (5) Carmen Leilani (20) Chandu Thota (0) Charles (3) Chi-chi Ekweozor (25) chris (406) cmurph (18) Consiliera (5) consolejockey (2) Cory Shaw (2) craig (58) Cris (0) Damian (1) Dan Grigorovici (2) Danbrown (0) david (5) davidorban (8) Dibau Naum h (9) dmkanter (3) dobata (366) Dominik Wind (0) Dorai (15) Drew Olanoff (144) Ed (13) Eino (17) eLd0raDo (11) Emma (7) Eric (1) Eric (4) Ettore Pasquini (1) Eugene Petrenko (0) Eugenio (2) expertseries (4) frank_tentler (1) Gabriel Radic (1) Gaurav (14) giro (10) Giuliastro (7) Gordon Murray (3) Green Flash (13) GS (3) Gustavo (7) guy (625) Harun (2) hbenny (12) Ian Irving (3) Idan Gazit (0) IdoNotes (0) Ignatia (2) igormoreno (13) iuri (5) J.R. (2) Jack Wilson, K4SAC (6) James Osborn (3) James Sherrett (3) jason (0) Jason L (20) Jay Liew (11) Jean Louis Racine (4) JeeBs (2) Jeff (0) Jeff (2) Jeremy Gordinier (9) Jerome (7) Joel (2) John (2) John (0) John Park (5) jon (5) Jon Henshaw (7) Jon Phillips (23) Jon. L (2) Jonathan (0) Jonathan (35) jonpape (24) Jordi De Groof (12) Julien Le Nestour (4) Kaşif Ha (18) kevin (19) Kevin Hamer (10) Kevin Sablan (32) Kristen (218) Kuldeep (1) Kyle (3) Kyle James (30) Kyle Mulka (0) Lars Trieloff (1) lizunlong (7) Llwllyn (9) Luigi Montanez (5) lunamoth (25) Mahesh CR (2) Major Tal (17) Manish Bhardia (2) Marc Dahan (0) Martin (11) Martin Ström (11) Matt (19) Matt (10) Max Timchenko (0) Mayank (15) Michel (0) mickek (3) Mike Prasad (0) Mike Williams (0) mjs (10) Mohamed Marwen (3) Mudiam (9) Murat Aktihanoglu (5) Nathan McDonald (0) Neel Ketkar (1) Neil (4) Nicholas Mercer (9) Nick (3) Nick (0) Nico (1) noahp (11) Nu New Olympics '08 (0) OGG (1) Olga (12) Olli Sulopuisto (24) orc (10) Orunner (6) Otto R. Radke (2) Pablo (20) parkylondon (32) Patrick Thornton (0) Paul Bradshaw (13) Paul S (9) Paulino (4) Pejman (0) Peter (18) Phil (1) philip (3) Pierre Henri Clouin (1) PoPPaP (9) ProfVegas (167) Ramit Sethi (8) Ray (0) Ricardo.Borelli (9) Richard Olsen (3) Rizwan (9) Rob Hyndman (7) Roman Porotnikov (2) Ron (3) Roy (0) Ryan (2) Sam I Am (3) Sandesh (0) SAPRI B.ROSLI (64) saul klein (2) Scott (10) Sebastian (0) selfexile (1) Shaun Connolly (2) Sheehan (7) Shimoda (0) shivanand (4) Sonciary (3) Spencer Fry (10) Stanislav Shalunov (0) stelabouras (7) Stephanie (2) Steve Ryner (6) Stewart Rogers (7) Stubbs (6) Sumanth (8) Sun Tzu (313) syllabub (6) Tal Siach (473) tewfiq (36) Tim Elliott (4) Tim Heineke (2) Todd (14) Todd Loren Sinclair (0) Tom Wentworth (2) Tomek (7) Tony (2) truman (1) Uday Kiran (7) vinoth (7) Vivek (11) warrior007 (246) webtime (476) willpate (0) wrburgess (4) yaegor (7) Yan (18) Yaron Orenstein (1) Yihong (4) Zach Scott (3)Explore read nine notes- dmkanter said: good stuff, thanks @roopeshsheth!
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- Neil said: Excellent advice for ALL kinds of tech presentations...not just startup stuff
- JeeBs said: Great advice on the finer points of doing a demo of your product. As clear and definitive as you can get.
- Nick said: Great article for web startups
- John said: This is great advice for anyone who has to make presentations, whether in tech or not.
- Jonathan said: Seems like a lot of good advice about pitching.
- Stewart Rogers said: must read in more detail!
- Martin said: Great info here for anyone demoing their hard work.
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The French are quite of fond of torrents, shows a study of the leading French anti-piracy association. Every day, 450,000 illegal downloads of recent films find their way to computers in France. This puts illegal pirate copies close to the level of legitimate box-office sales. The study of the Association Against Audiovisual Piracy (ALPA) focuses on the 100 most sought-after foreign and French film downloads from November 2007 to June 2008. This made up for ...Shared by Mohamed Marwen (3)Contribute comment -
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