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Chinese firms bargain hunting in U.S. - Los Angeles Times |
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9:29 pm EDT, May 23, 2008 |
Nice article in the LA Times about Chinese companies opening up shop in the U.S. Sure, it's more expensive, but the government doesn't get in the way as much. It seems the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, eh? While we bitch and moan about our government (and we have every right to), there are a LOT of crappier places to be, I suppose. It's strange to think of the U.S. as someone else's "Cayman Islands" or "Switzerland." Chinese firms bargain hunting in U.S. - Los Angeles Times |
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Asian Elephant Art & Conservation Project |
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9:02 pm EDT, May 23, 2008 |
I'd really like to see some of this elephant art hanging in a real museum. I bet it would fit right in :) Asian Elephant Art & Conservation Project |
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The Get Out Clause, Manchester's stars of CCTV cameras - Telegraph |
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10:53 pm EDT, May 9, 2008 |
Unable to afford a proper camera crew and equipment, The Get Out Clause, an unsigned band from the city, decided to make use of the cameras seen all over British streets. With an estimated 13 million CCTV cameras in Britain, suitable locations were not hard to come by. They set up their equipment, drum kit and all, in eighty locations around Manchester – including on a bus – and proceeded to play to the cameras. Afterwards they wrote to the companies or organisations involved and asked for the footage under the Freedom of Information Act.
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Lost Voicemail of Man's Dead Wife Restored by Phone Company |
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3:39 pm EDT, Apr 28, 2008 |
IRVINGTON, N.Y. — An 80-year-old man who thought he'd lost the only recording of his dead wife's voice can hear her again, any time he wants. When Verizon upgraded Charles Whiting's telephone service, his wife's voice, saying, "Catherine Whiting," disappeared from his voicemail system. She had died in 2005 and Whiting said he listened to her voice every day for comfort. He blamed Verizon for the loss, saying, "Now they took her voice away." But Verizon had archived all the old greetings and messages. Company spokesman John Bonomo said Tuesday that a contractor found the recording and restored it to the new voicemail system. "I'm glad they rescued it," Whiting said. "I'm very happy."
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Slashdot | Widespread Keyboard Failures on OLPC's XO-1 |
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1:52 am EDT, Apr 21, 2008 |
I can't imagine the frustration of trying to learn a computer and having the keyboard malfunction, yet it appears that is what's happening with many of the One Laptop Per Child XO Laptops. Of course, it's still better than if Microsoft made them... then ALL they keys would crash :) I have played with a friend's XO, and it is neat. The daylight readable screen is something else. The keyboard is too small for my hands, even though I have thin, articulate fingers. I would surely use an external keyboard with one anyway (or a Frog Pad). Anyway, maybe they will get these glitches worked out before they Send me the laptop I ordered in November! :) Good luck, third-world-villagers. Slashdot | Widespread Keyboard Failures on OLPC's XO-1 |
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