Aqua Regia (5)
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From Wikipedia by way of Hacker News… When Germany invaded Denmark in World War II, the Hungarian chemist George de Hevesy dissolved the gold Nobel Prizes of Max von Laue and James Franck into aqua regia to prevent the Nazis from stealing them. He placed the resulting solution on a shelf in his laboratory at the Niels Bohr Institute. It was subsequently ignored by the Nazis who thought the jar—one of perhaps hundreds on the ...
Birthday bash at Capital Q — with beer! (1)
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Capital Q Smokehouse in Albany will celebrate its first birthday from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 7, with an all-you-can-eat party. And, for one day only, the barbecue joint will serve Yuengling on tap, having secured a temporary license from the State Liquor Authority. The event will take place in the shop, at 329 Ontario St., and beneath a tent in its adjacent parking lot. On the menu will be beef ribs, pork ...
Fiorina Versus Whitman: Who Would Make A Better Vice President? (7)
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Update: McCain has chosen someone from outside Silicon Valley: Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. As John McCain prepares to unveil his selection for a running mate today, Mitt Romney seems to be a favorite. But two former Silicon Valley CEOs are also on the short list, and they are both women: Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman. Picking Romney would help McCain solidify his position with the Republican base, but it would also be predictable and boring. ...
802.11r WiFi roaming standard approved (41)
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Filed under: WirelessWhile 802.11n has been stuck in endless certification hell for years, the IEEE keeps cranking out additional wireless standards -- the latest is 802.11r, which allows devices to move from access point to access point with less than 50ms in downtime, even for authenticated connections. That's quick enough to keep a voice call alive, which should make the next generation of VoIP phones and other devices that much more flexible when support arrives ...
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Ed said:
Hey, r would actually make a municipal network useful! Too bad they're all being built with g and n equipment.
Graph This! (1)
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Graphjam is the mathematicians answer to pop culture references. I love it. Sorry, you'll have to click on some of the ones I've shared because I'm too lazy to edit my layout.more graph humor and song chart memesmore graph humor and song chart memesmore graph humor and song chart memesmore graph humor and song chart memesmore graph humor and song chart memesmore graph humor and song chart memesmore graph humor and song chart memesmore graph ...
What the Target settlement should mean to you (4)
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It’s a question many of us in accessibility have been waiting for years to be answered. Does the Americans with Disabilities Act apply to the web? Sadly, accessibility’s ultimate cliffhanger once again reaches an awkward denouement, leaving us deflated, and looking at yet another boring sequel. The National Federation of the Blind v. Target lawsuit, which promised to be a landmark case in determining the applicability of the ADA, was settled on Wednesday. The key ...
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Sue said:
54 million disabled Americans - why would anyone build a website that isn't accessible anymore?
Quote of the Day (1)
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The following is by Barack Obama, talking about his economic advisor, billionaire investor Warren Buffett, in an interview with the New York Times (via Jimmy P.): "If you talk to Warren, he'll tell you his preference is not to meddle in the economy at all—let the market work, however way it's going to work, and then just tax the heck out of people at the end and just redistribute it."
Quick Back of the Envelope Calculations (1)
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One of Joe Biden's major applause lines tonight came when he demanded equal pay for women. That's a worthy cause to be sure. But is Biden practicing what he preaches? Maybe not. Despite the fact that Biden employs 27 women and only 14 men (could that be a Clinton problem?), very few of the women and men share common titles. The one job where there is overlap is staff assistants. These are traditionally entry level ...
Hit & Run: 2008 Convention > You, Sir, Are No Zell Miller - Reason Magazine (1)
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I yield to no one in my white-hot burning hatred for all things Zell Miller, but after watching opening night turncoat Jim Leach's nose-picker of a speech, a question is begged: Are there no other pissed-off Republicans in the U.S. and A.? Seems to me you can't sneeze in Washington without knocking one over. Mickey Edwards was busy? Chuck Hagel getting an eyelift?The Democratic Party has just blown almost one-quarter of its convention on some ...
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Ed said:
I tried watching a little bit of Michelle Obama's speech. It was so vacuous.
Last Call (1)
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The Saratogian says that the Olde Saratoga Brewing Company has been scolded by the state liquor authority for offering beer samples way above the size allowed by law. Apparently, some obscure regulation says that samples can be no more than 3 ounces. The brewery has been offering up 16 ounce samples in their tasting room served in a souvenir pint glass ---all for $4. But don't worry, beer lovers: you can still tour the brewery, ...
What Could Make Someone Want to Leave New York and Move to Buffalo? -- New York Magazine (5)
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It’s a story, admittedly, about the kinds of people who have the luxury to move away, just as they once had the luxury to choose to move here; that is, people not pulled to one city or another by family obligation or job transferral, but rather by some grander idea of who they are and where they might best fit.
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Enkrates said:
There are lots of Buffalos, and there's a lot to be said for living in them.
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Ed said:
I'm convinced there's nothing literary New Yorkers like more than describing upstate. Great story though, and a positive one at that.
White People in the News - Political Prisoner Edition (15)
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Photo by Jeff Deck Men banned from national parks after vandalism. From The Boston Globe, August 22, 2008. Summary: Two white people from the Somerville, MA created an organization called “TEAL: Typo Eradication Advancement League,” and vowed to travel across the country fixing typos. This is especially interesting since every other time two late 20s white males have traveled across the country it has been to visit all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums. All was ...
RED MEAT, UNITY BIDS & A REBELLION - New York Post (1)
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Enraged by reports that Sen. Clinton was not even vetted to join the Obama ticket, some of her delegates are now circulating a petition to force a floor vote on Clinton for vice president. It's hard for these diehards to understand why Clinton, who garnered 18 million votes, was passed over for Biden, whose standing in the polls was the same as comedian Stephen Colbert's. The delegate who organized the move, Texas high-school teacher Aaron ...
Assert.IsTrue(newspapersAreDying); (2)
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I know it's been said before, but I was shocked when I took a look at former-employer Gannett's stock price this morning -- a paltry $17.xx!View the GCI WikiChart on WikinvestThey were treading near or around 80 when I started in November of 2002. They were in the low 50s I believe when I bailed in December 2005. The site I was at, the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, was doing about 8 million hits a ...
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Ed said:
On the other hand, newspaper websites are almost universally better than TV station websites. Necessity is the mother of invention, so print media is having to innovate faster than the healthier TV industry. Could it end up being a competitive advantage later?
