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Learn How Pronounce Names Correctly [How To] (17)
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We've all been there. You look at a list of names for a meeting or at a new business card and you have absolutely no idea there was a last name with that many vowels. HowToSayThatName.com is a web site devoted to cataloging both first and last names, spoken by native speakers. No idea how to pronounce last names like "Nyugen" or "Dokht"? Look the name up and play the embedded audio file to hear ...Shared by Brendon Wadey (27) CED (0) Elstruthio (1) Ghosthead (28) HeNkiSdaBro (0) Jason (0) jeremy (4) Joe (0) Jorg (0) Lance (56) Marcelo Galvani (9) Marsh Gardiner (16) mediter (0) p@r@noid (89) Paolo Amoroso (0) Tommy (0) Yerameyahu (19)- jeremy said: See also: "Find out someone's name (which you've forgotten)" http://lifehacker.com/software/how-to/find-out-someones-name-which-youve-forgotten-259647.php(Awesome for idiots like me who can't remember names to save their life. Wish i'd seen that before my last few fuckups.)
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Il primato tedesco (1)
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Comunque si voglia interpretare questa ministeriale, un fatto che merita senz’altro attenzione è che la Germania ha superato la Francia, diventando il primo paese contribuente dell’ESA. Sui programmi opzionali, la “classifica” ora è: Germania (circa 1.950 Meuro, pari a quasi il 32%), Francia (1.571Me, 26%) e Italia (700Me, 12%), mentre sul totale, cioè contributi obbligatori più programmi opzionali, la Germania è al 28% circa con 2.662 milioni di euro , la Francia al 23/ con ...Shared by Paolo Amoroso (0)Contribute comment -
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l’annuncio è ufficiale: la vendita degli mp3 ha superato quella dei cd musicali. qualcuno parla di momento storico. di sicuro da quando il mondo ha conosciuto il web e la banda larga, non è più stato lo stesso…Shared by Paolo Amoroso (0)Contribute comment -
Now that's an Apple Pie! (195)
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With a little help from a square springform pan, you too can have an Apple apple pie for dessert! We're certainly not the first to put an Apple logo on a pie, but we think this implementation raises the bar a bit. Unlike a regular pie, you need to start with the top piece since you need to use the pan as a cookie cutter before you line it with dough. Roll out your dough ...Shared by שאול א (3) ★ I approve this message! (0) Aaron Fanley (4) Adam (2) Adam (1) Adam Debreczeni (1) adam flight (1) Adam McDonald (0) Adi Gaskell (19) Ahsan Navid Hussain (10) Alden (0) Ali Shah (0) Allen Sentance (12) Allen Sentance (15) André R. Hood (0) Andrew (0) Andrew Schott (0) armonde (1) Badam (34) bbx (1) Ben (20) Ben Elsen (0) Benedict Lee Zhi En (8) Benjamin (75) Brad Nadler (1) Brendan Mclaughlin (0) brett marek (3) Brian (16) Brian Swisher (0) Brian Wilson (0) Caleb Brown (9) Cam (7) charles (8) Charley M (6) Chetan Thaker (13) Chris (2) Chris Evans (2) Chris Fulp (0) chrisguse (0) Christopher Infante (4) Collin Banko (4) complicious (14) Corris (0) D-Arb (0) Damian Nicholson (4) Dan (0) Dan Bedford (0) Dan Dragar (3) Daniel Vielledent (1) Darin R. McClure (20) Daryl Marquez (0) Dave (1) Dave (0) Dave Gonzales (0) Dave Keffler (17) Dave Pelletier (0) David (1) David Gibbs (0) David Rossi (0) dekaru (0) Dennis Gonzales (2) Derek van Vliet (1) Dominic Tremblay (1) Doug Funny (2) ElbertF (3) Elvis (4) Emil Rensing (1) Eric Guanlao (3) Feisal Adur (1) Felipe Cerda Barra (0) Francis P Bonnemere (0) furman (0) Garry Harthill (3) GilesVG (6) greg (0) Gwenny (5) Ian Kaumeyer (0) Ian Kaumeyer (0) Ian Mikutel (0) Ian Zabel (3) illu (2) Isaac Palmgren (3) ivey (0) Jason (2) Jason Bryant (0) Jason Kelly (23) Jason L (1) javaneze (1) Jay Bandoy (13) Jay Gerland (2) Jeff Kohn (1) Jennifer Abe (0) Jenny (2) Jesper Pops (0) Jess Lee (2) Jess Sanders (1) Jesse Jardim (2) Jesse Stay (3) jim crossley (0) Joe (1) Joe Zucco (4) John Albright (0) John Dyer (0) John Rust (3) John Storer II (4) Jon Rohan (2) jonas (3) Jonas (5) Jonathan (3) Jonathan Fingas (0) Jonathan Sterling (4) Jorge Mir (5) Josh (0) Josh Bowman (9) Julia Rodriguez (0) Julian Lukács (0) Julien (0) Julio H. Morimoto (4) Justin (1) Justin Pearson (2) Justin Younger (3) Karol F (3) keith (0) Kevin Rose (1) Kevin Rose (1) Kyle A Koch (0) Kyle Murphey (2) Larkyn (0) Laughing Squid (1) Laura (0) Lee (3) Liam Monahan (0) Logothetis (2) Marcus Mattsson (1) Mark (1) mark santa ana (0) Mathew Ballard (6) Michael Egan (0) Michael Mior (17) Michael Nally (0) Mike Butler (0) Mike Olpin (2) Miles (10) Munashe (0) Neil (1) Nikollas Ordway (24) Nikos (0) P Reitz (0) Paolo Amoroso (0) Patrick Tomas (0) Paul (1) Paul Gilbert (0) Philippe Iujvidin (0) quack (0) Randy (0) Rene Rattur (0) revrev (0) Richard Stelling (0) Rick Felty (0) Rick Schmidt (3) Russell McCormack (0) Ryan Djurovich (0) Ryan Handron (0) Ryan Jackson (2) Sam Soffes (1) Samantha (3) sarmar (0) SDMDPM14X (1) Sean (0) Shana Albert (5) Shoshannah F (20) Simon (3) starryhope01 (0) stephan.com (0) Stephen Wong (0) stp (4) Stubbs (0) tharik (0) theorchardoxford (0) Tim Howard (0) time (28) timedalkat (27) TiTUS (1) Tom Fitzpatrick (2) Tom Martin (3) Tom Webster (0) Travis Cannon (0) Troy McClure SF (3) Tyler Reichelt (0) Tyson Williams (7) Vered (1) Victor Barrera (93) will (5) William Z. (0) Z'HuNG Lee (9)- mark santa ana said: want
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The Long Tail of skepticism (4)
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Tim Farley is a skeptic and the creator of the What’s the Harm? website, where he details the harm in believing in antiscience. He also writes a blog called Skeptical Software Tools, and he had a very interesting post recently about the Long Tail of blogging skeptically. The Long Tail is the idea that in any population, a few objects get the lion’s share of the influence. For example, take something you judge by popularity ...Contribute comment -
The Third Way for Space Journalism (1)
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Note, this text was originally posted as a comment on Rob Coppinger’s Hyperbola blog at flight international. I hope there was more expansion in the “third way” for space journalism, at the moment it’s more like the big professional publications relaying NASA and ESA etc PAOs and company press releases, while blogs and forums are pushing snark and rumors (mostly false, but there are technical people there that help checking that at least some). Not ...Shared by Paolo Amoroso (0)Contribute comment -
Copernicus: Still Dead (5)
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It seems that archeologists have definitively identified the remains of Copernicus, using a combination of forensic reconstruction and DNA matching. Historians were pretty sure that he was buried in a particular church, but weren’t quite sure where within it the grave actually was. They found a likely set of bones a few years back, and a reconstruction of the face from the skull sure looked an awful lot like Copernicus. (It also happened to look ...- Promethean said: The thing is.. ..as often as not native American tribes seem to have no idea of their ancient history and so the fact that a corpse happens to have landed in the area where they live now(or before they were moved) has very little implication on whether the corpse "belongs" to their tribe(we're talking about very old corpses here.) The only way to determine if the corpse is actually a tribe member(which is unlikely at best when you are talking about a 9000 year old corpse) is to conduct tests on it to find out some information about "who" it is.
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YouTube Tests Even Higher Quality Videos (67)
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YouTube already provides an option to view higher quality versions for some videos and you can also append "&fmt=18" to the URLs for the other videos. If you add "&fmt=22", some YouTube videos are now available at an even higher quality, which makes the full screen view a very useful option. Compare:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY (standard format - mono, resolution: 320x180)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY&fmt=18 (stereo, resolution: 480x270)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY&fmt=22 (new format - stereo, resolution: 1280x720)To embed a higher quality version of a video, ...Shared by (v) (0) Alex Muntean (6) Ameer (0) ani625 (7) Anıl Eren (0) Arif (0) bet3 (0) Bhavesh (0) Bill (1) BouBou (0) chexov (0) Christopher Harley (0) Daniel Osborne (0) David Lopez (0) Deepa (0) Derek (0) dH (1) Dhjiz (0) dudtn (1) Erwan Le Pallec (1) Fernando Batista (0) graywolf (1) Greg (0) Hidro (0) IwfWcf (0) jalam1001 (3) James Forbes Keir (0) jerobins (0) John Mueller (1) KRZ (1) latruffe (0) Marcelo Lee (7) marchewa (0) Matt Ellsworth (0) MH (11) Mike (0) miky (0) minus-one (0) Navid Kashani (4) Oscar J. Baeza (3) Paolo Amoroso (0) Pascal (0) Pat Hawks (0) Payam (0) Peter H (1) PiAir (7) Pramod (2) px (2) Reza (0) rfrancis (0) Rob (0) Rodrigo (0) rveguilla (0) seb (0) Selim Sumlu (1) Shin U (0) Steve (0) stratus (0) Sven (0) SyP (1) tapir (2) Taufiq (0) The Bat (0) Thorsten (0) Varun (0) Voyagerfan5761 (0) Wayne (10)Explore read six notesContribute comment -
History’s Greatest Conspiracy Theories (5)
onThe UK newspaper The Telegraph has an interesting slide show of their pick for the top 30 conspiracy theories. Before you ask, the Moon Hoax rated number 4. I have not heard of many of them, and some shouldn’t even be on the list. Roswell is there, but not UFOs in general. And please, chemtrails? This is one of the lamest CTs of all time, along with crop circles. Feh. But it’s rather fun to ...
- Pozsi said: Vomitnak aranybánya... lenne, ha nem ismerné úgyis kívülről az összeset.
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Law: Employees Sue to be Paid for Time Spent Booting Up (55)
onIf you're manager tracks your time based on when you log in and out of your machine at work, then are you missing out on pay for the time you're waiting for your machine to boot up and shut down? That's what a series of lawsuits by employees from the likes of AT&T, UnitedHealth and Cigna demand. Add those minutes up over a week, and hourly employees are losing some serious pay, argues plaintiffs' lawyer ...Shared by Aaron (2) Ade Magnaye (0) Amit (0) Andrew Bond (0) Berk D. Demir (0) Brian Antonelli (0) Chad (1) cwills (1) Dan (5) DarkBls (1) David (0) Duncan Riley (9) embee (5) Ember Case (0) Firas (0) Indigo (1) J.D. Rucker (33) JA Castillo (2) Jamin (8) Jason (0) jay el (1) JBu92 (2) Jeffrey (5) jeremy (4) Jhb (5) Jim Locke (0) JMS likes you (14) Josef (2) Julio H. Morimoto (4) junal (0) Kraki (20) mandy olulu (1) Mani Karthik (38) Marcelo Galvani (9) mariano (1) Nate Mathai (3) NEEKers (0) Nicholas Bonczyk (1) Nick (0) Nick (14) nooozeguy (0) Paolo Amoroso (0) patrick (0) Phil (2) Richard Urban (0) Robert Accettura (0) Rodrigo (0) shrutes (0) Steven Perez (18) thr33 (0) Travis Roy (0) twilight fairy (0) Ullash (0) War-N Harrison (0) Zaki (11)Explore read five notes
- War-N Harrison said: Ha! So Linux can earn you more money after all?
- Chad said: And this is why we need tech unions.
- Ember Case said: I really don't miss corporate life.
- Jeffrey said: ouch...
- shrutes said: hehe this is kind of funny.
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Photo Shoot (1)
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Photo Shoot Astrobotic's photography is no accident. Some of the quality is from technique. All of the quality is from people. This clip profiles a photo shoot.Shared by Paolo Amoroso (0)Contribute comment -
HUGE EXOPLANET NEWS ITEMS: PICTURES!!! (136)
onThis is incredible: For the first time, ever, astronomers have captured an optical image of a planet orbiting a star like our own. And that’s not all: we also have a second picture showing TWO planets orbiting a second star! (Calm down. Breathe, breathe.) The first picture is from Hubble. Ready? Here it is: Do you see it? That tiny spark, that wee blip of light? It may not look like much, but it is ...Shared by A Kovacs (0) Adalberto Toledo (0) Adam Coomes (0) Alejandro S. (1) Alex (0) Alex Gorstan (0) Alone On A Friday (0) andy (3) Anthony K. Valley © (1) arshad (1) Austin (0) Azeem (18) Ben (0) Ben Jacob (0) bittin (0) Brian Enigma (2) Carticipate, Inc. (0) cgsheldon (15) Chad Norman (0) Chris Robertson (0) Colin (2) Dan Bedford (0) Daniel Shine (1) Dave (1) Dave (0) Dave Keffler (17) Dennis Gonzales (2) Derek Colanduno (0) diff (0) Eli Foner (0) Elvis (4) Ember Case (0) enthused (0) Eric Herboso (2) Eric Slacktish (2) Erin (0) Erwin (0) Erwin Tang Yew Hon (10) Evon Malixi (0) florian (0) Frank (1) George Brickner (9) Grant McAllister (0) Graphic Identity Blog (0) Guy DOYEN (0) Hadyn (0) Harold Maduro (0) Hayden Booth (0) Hector Jarquin (6) illu (2) iphonegirl (2) Isaac (0) Istvan (0) James Johnson (0) James Williams (willia4) (0) Jamie Diamond (0) Jamie M (0) Jason Kelly (23) Jason L (1) Jason R. Hunter (0) Jay Keating (1) Jon Wiley (0) Jorge (0) Justin Yost (5) Kabren Levinson (0) Kacy (0) Kajivar (2) kamandal (73) Keith McDuffee (1) Kevin Railsback (1) Kuanyin (0) lance (0) lisa (0) Loki (0) lovemorgul (69) Marcus Mattsson (1) Marcus5s (55) Matt Hamilton (0) Matt Mueller (0) Matthew Snyder (4) mehrdad-kooki (0) Michael (11) Midd (2) Mike Butler (0) Neil Creek (2) Nick Barber (1) Niko Itajarvi (0) Nikollas Ordway (24) Nolan (0) normad (0) ojas (0) Paolo Amoroso (0) Paul (0) Paul Fischer (7) Peter Trussell (0) Philip Norton (6) Pozsi (1) Rachel Dixon (0) rafa (0) Rafael Teixeira (1) Rami Taibah (0) Randy (0) RapidEye (16) Rene Rattur (0) revrev (0) rich124 (0) Rick Butterfield (2) River Song (33) Robert Goodwin (0) rony john (14) Russell K Bulmer (1) ryan.capote (13) scauer (0) Scott Plummer (0) ShamanicShift (2) Shane (1) Shane (1) Steve Cornelius (1) Tamás Martinec (0) Tempyra (4) thejesse (0) thiago (3) Thomas Acreon (0) Thomas Raymond Tibbitts (0) tietoukka (2) Tim Farley (0) Tometheus (5) tony (0) Tyler Keen (1) vkoser (0) Yamil Gonzales (0) Yanko Yankov (0) Yatin Vadhia (26) Yuvi (0) Zhasper (0) ZZamboni (0)Explore read five notes
- Hadyn said: really very cool
- Ember Case said: Am I the only one that sees the Starship Enterprise in that big black area on the top picture?
- Jon Wiley said: This a different discovery - the first ever *optical* image of an exoplanet. Fomalhaut b!
- normad said: The world's first images of other planetary systems--planets orbiting a star, similar to the Earth and our sun. Very cool!
- ZZamboni said: Very cool!
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LA RICERCA CALPESTATA (1)
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Guardatelo fino in fondo, ne vale la pena!Pubblicità Progresso contro la legge 133.Realizzato da ricercatori dell'Area della Ricerca di Bologna, 2008.Soggetto, riprese e montaggio di Andrea Listorti, Marco Malaspina e Stefano Parisini. Attori precari, in ordine di apparizione: Enrico Franceschi, Luca Terenzi, Chiara Baldi, Pietro Procopio, Francesco Benincasa, Marianna Nardino, Caterina Bergami, Gianluca Accorsi, Margherita Bolognesi, Antonella Cazzato, Antonio D'Aurizio e Francesca Di Maria.Speaker: Elisabetta Tola.Creative commons soundtrack: Ashwan, "Bellow"; XCyril, "La Mort".Per saperne di ...Shared by Paolo Amoroso (0)Contribute comment -
Free Blogger (8)
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Obama ha vinto anche grazie alla Rete. Ha raccolto fondi on line per un miliardo di dollari per la sua campagna elettorale. "A campaign powered by people, not the special interests". Una campagna finanziata dalle persone, non dagli interessi di parte.L'Obama de noantri, al secolo Topo Gigio Veltroni, dopo aver fracassato le palle a tutti gli italiani sulla somiglianza tra lui e Obama (un insulto peggiore dell'abbronzatura dello psiconano) vuole dare una mano alla Rete. ...Shared by Duffy (10) Marco Montemagno (4) missmosta (1) Moreno (0) Neko (0) Paolo (4) Paolo Amoroso (0) presveva (0)Contribute comment - Moon 101 (1)
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Studenti e Media Digitali: La Creazione del Noi (1)
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Transizione completata. Gli studenti dell'Università Milano-Bicocca, da quanto emerge dalla ricerca presentata l'altro giorno, sono definitivamente dei nativi digitali. In attesa della pubblicazione dei materiali, un paio di slide in anteprima e qualche appunto sulle loro abitudini: Il 53% guarda la tv meno di cinque ore alla settimana Il 98% utilizza abitualmente un computer Il 68% è collegato a Internet più di cinque ore alla settimana, il 25,5% per più di dieci Nell'84% dei casi ...Shared by Paolo Amoroso (0)Contribute comment -
Picture of the week (1)
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I saw this picture on Time Magazine's Pictures of the Week. I think it explains why one of the many areas we are focusing on is transportation. :-)Shared by Paolo Amoroso (0)Contribute comment - Reviews of DEATH! (1)
