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NV-Sen: Reid is as weak at home, as he is in the Senate (1)
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Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 11/23-25. Likely voters. MoE 4% (No trend lines) Reid (D) 46 Porter (R) 40 Those are anemic numbers for someone of Reid's stature, especially when matched up against a Republican who lost his House seat this past election day. Looking further into the internals of this poll, it's quite clear why Reid is well below the 50 percent "safe" mark: Approval/Disapproval ratings Reid: 38/54 Porter: 40/39 Those are ugly numbers. ...Shared by Eric (0)Contribute comment -
Google’s Mobile App Uses Undisclosed Proximity Sensing System and Why You Should Care (15)
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Senor Gruber has uncovered a trick inside Google's Mobile app that uses an undocumented method to access the iPhones proximity sensor. In normal situations, the iPhone proximity sensor - the little thing in the top of the iPhone that knows when you have it up to your face - can be turned on or off. When it's on and you place the phone up to your ear the screen stops responding. When it's off, the ...Shared by Carl (0) Charles (0) Charles (0) DaveP (6) DCFemella (6) Eric (0) jayman16 (0) kris7topher (0) Rex (19) Rolf Schewe (17) Stephan Linzner (0) sushaantu (0) sushi (8) TJ Hilton (2) williamsdb (0)- kris7topher said: Googliátnak mindent szabad
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‘Cube’ First Person Shooter Arrives in App Store for Free (7)
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The long awaited release of the first true First Person Shooter has arrived. Cube [App Store] has finally made it into the App Store after a lengthy approval process. Cube is an open source multiplayer and singleplayer first person shooter game built on an entirely new and very unconventional engine. Cube is a landscape-style engine that pretends to be an indoor FPS engine, which combines very high precision dynamic occlusion culling with a form of ...Shared by brownpau (3) Eric (0) gutsy (1) Kristian Salonen (2) macgeekpro (3) Matthew (0) visik7 (0)- Kristian Salonen said: Damn, I'm totally getting this
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330 - From Pickin’ Cotton to Pickin’ Presidents (86)
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Both these maps show the same segment of the southern United States, and demonstrate a similar pattern. Yet each describes a wholly other era and a completely different process. The bottom map dates from 1860 (i.e. the eve of the Civil War), and indicates where cotton was produced at that time, each dot representing 2,000 bales of the stuff. Cotton was King back then, and mainly so in the densely cultivated border area between Louisiana ...Shared by Ad (0) Alan Dean (14) amoose136 (0) Andrew (1) Andrew Louis (0) Andrew M (0) Andrew Pilsch (0) Atul Arora (71) barrett (1) Cadu (0) Cale (0) Caleb (4) Casey (1) Cerpin Taxt (4) chip (1) clickykbd (0) Damiano (0) Dan (0) Dan (1) Dedalus (14) dH (1) Douglas Kastle (0) Dylan Abbott (0) eMich (0) Eric (0) Erica Baker (5) Erik P (0) Evan Sims (0) Fang (13) Frank (1) Geoff (1) GG (16) gilmae (2) glecharles (2) Gopal M S (0) hober (1) iand (0) Jade Robbins (7) James and Tom (0) Jared Zimmerman (0) Jason (0) Jason (3) Jim (4) Jim Graham (0) Joao M (17) joz joz joz (1) Julie (1) Justin "Uncle Bubba" Roepel (3) kaambiz (1) Keith (0) lishevita (1) Luther (0) Mark Chen (0) Matt (0) Maxim (1) michael (0) Mike Fruchter (55) Mike G (0) Nicole (15) ocular avulsionist (1) Ortelius (0) Ozgur Alaz (0) Parker (1) Paul Downey (0) PHB (3) Philip (0) Quinn Comendant (0) Randal Cooper (0) Richard Marr (0) RJO (5) Saket (1) Sam (0) Sandra (0) scauer (1) Scott Wells (0) Scuola di Ladri (0) seano (1) Soren (0) soulcookie (2) Stu Rich (0) Tambu (6) Thomas Stromberg (0) Tometheus (5) Tristan Seligmann (2) ydant (7) ZCPlayer (10)Explore read 18 notes- Tambu said: eccezionale! facilmente immaginabile, ma vederlo fa tutto un altro effetto!
- Erica Baker said: I was hoping Strange Maps would do something like this. Steak Sauce!
- Julie said: Fascinating!
- Saket said: wow...
- Keith said: Whoa. Guess people don't generally move far from where they were born.
- Jared Zimmerman said: strange, interesting.
- RJO said: Amazing...
- Tometheus said: I'm a /little/ dubious of the actual maps used. (The 'source' site doesn't mention where the maps originate.) The cotton maps I /could/ find do match closely with the Obama regions on this map, but not /this/ close. There's no question from the others that there is a rough correlation, but I'd like to see a reference on this one. [citation needed] indeed.
- dH said: OMG
- glecharles said: This is a fascinating look at the overlay between slavery and the voting patterns in the South in 2008.
- Scott Wells said: I believe I mentioned this corelation at work, but I wanted to prove I wasn't, er, whistling Dixie.
- joz joz joz said: I love stuff like this. Thanks, Moye!
- Matt said: Thanks John for the tip.
- PHB said: This is visualization of statistical correlation at its finest.
- Luther said: resharing because i love it
- Caleb said: I think it has a lot to do with population density, and some to do with racial distribution in those areas. (I say "some" because I'm naively optimistic that race did not play a _huge_ role in this election) But still -- interesting.
- Stu Rich said: Interesting correlations
- clickykbd said: If you like maps and mapping related things, you'll like this blog.
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Toles' Flawless Response (21)
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- charliereece said: cool
- Eric said: Ponder this for a moment...
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Georgia Senate Race Headed For Runoff (8)
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It appears that the late ballots did, after all, bring incumbent Republican Saxby Chambliss under 50% in his race against Jim Martin, and so a special election will be held December 2, four weeks after the yesterday's election day.In special elections, turnout is generally way down from general elections. It becomes much more about base motivation, organization, and GOTV. So, although Jim Martin appears to have been behind by a handful of points last night, ...Shared by Andrew Ruess (7) Anna (3) charliereece (0) Chris K (1) Eric (0) kebernet (0) Rick Klau (7) Thomas Stromberg (0)- charliereece said: The next big story."REMEMBER MAX CLELAND!!!"
- Thomas Stromberg said: Time to get out the vote.. AGAIN.
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Recriminations Watch: Dr. Coburn Stiffens The Spine (4)
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Dr/Sen. Tom Coburn was among the first Republican senators to release a statement on the election results. Is a challenge to McConnell in the offing? "On November 4, the American people had the opportunity to choose between two candidates with the character and temperament to be not just good presidents but great presidents. John McCain ran the best campaign he could in a very difficult environment and he showed the country, once again, with his ...- glecharles said: Excerpt: "Our president-elect offered an olive branch to Republicans last night to 'heal the divides that have held back progress.' We would be wise to accept his offer, roll up our sleeves and work together on areas where we can agree. The unmistakable mandate everyone in public office can take from this election is that it's time to define a 'new kind of politics' with our actions, not just our words. The space between the parties is a vast frontier of consensus and possibility. The American people have always called this area 'common sense.' It's time for elected officials to put aside their careerist aspirations in service to this ideal."
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XKCD: Election (328)
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- Casey said: LOL
- Numero 6 said: Datemi qualcosa, vanno bene anche quelle abruzzesi.
- Chris said: He'll probably be regaling people with his story of Obama visiting his house.
- Jan said: Political junkie though I am I'm not quite this bad...
- j.Brown said: This = Me
- Pradeep said: //Someday I'll be rich enough to hire Nate Silver to help make all my life decisions. 'Should I sleep with her?''Well, I'm showing a 35% chance it will end badly.'//
- 100rabh™ said: Aint it very similar here in India.....always
- skabaru said: it does feel strangely empty.
- Kluzter said: Same thing happened to me with Jojo's Bizzarre adventure
- Ara said: LOL
- Chung said: omg so me
- Andrew Taylor said: The alt-text really spoke to me.
- Matthew said: yeah, this is pretty much how I feel about the election.
- Dan Clery said: Must. not. go. to. http://fivethirtyeight.com
- Chirantan said: LOL!
- Walter DeFoor said: alt text is a must.
- Josh said: About right.
- Pramod said: next what? 2012 polling stats..
- Craig said: The alt text is my favorite part
- JMO said: check the mouseover... Nick from fivethirtyeight.com
- Alice Robison said: ah yes, how true
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Secretary: Part 5 (138)
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- Tom Adriaenssen said: All is forgiven. :)
- Kluzter said: excelenta saga from xkcd ;)
- Andrew Meyer said: WHAT THE MOTHERFUCK!!??! Someone please explain.
- Verónica Muñoz said: ¿Parte 5? Eso significa que llevo ya 4 partes +1 descojonandome. Genios.
- Adriana Lukas said: bhwahaha, captures both internet obsessives and politicians in one go!
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The Onion Predicted ‘Joe The Plumber’ Crap In 1993 (12)
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Yup, a 1993 page from the 1999 Onion book Our Dumb Century with this article and subhed, “Nation Eagerly Awaits Ohio Man’s Profound Insights Into Current Events.” See, everyone, just make up a story — type any random crap in your comments about anything, just try it! — and American capitalism can make it happen. [The Onion via BoingBoing]Shared by Braden (0) Brandon (4) Eric (0) Fred (2) Hurrican (0) ignu (0) paul irish (0) Rick (1) Roshan Vyas (1) Sam Harmon (2) trygve (3) Undercook (0)Contribute comment - The Economist Endorses Obama, Trashes McCain (6)
