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Buzzblog: U.S. Patent Office finds Google Doodle dandy |
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4:01 pm EDT, Mar 23, 2011 |
A company that seeks to monopolize such basic ideas -- behind which there really isn't any serious technology -- apparently loves patents. Even trivial patents.
This is genuinely offensive. It should not be necessary to establish prior art for something so obvious as dressing up one's corporate logo for the holidays. The USPTO has jumped the shark. Buzzblog: U.S. Patent Office finds Google Doodle dandy |
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New home sales break record low set last August. - Mar. 23, 2011 |
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1:22 pm EDT, Mar 23, 2011 |
New home sales fell 16.9% in February, to the lowest level since the government began keeping records in 1963, as the reeling housing market failed to generate any momentum. Sales fell to an annual rate of 250,000 from the revised 301,000 in January, according to the Census Bureau's monthly report released Wednesday. The rate was down a whopping 28% from the 347,000 of February 2010.
New home sales break record low set last August. - Mar. 23, 2011 |
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LEUCHTPUNKTORDNUNGEN : :STEPHAN TILLMANS PHOTOGRAPHIE |
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12:29 am EDT, Mar 23, 2011 |
The Luminant Point Arrays show tube televisions in the moment they are swithed off. The television picture breaks down and creates a structure of light.
These pictures are very cool, but... The pictures refuse external reference and broach the issue of the difference between abstraction and concretion in photography.
...thats taking things a bit far I think. LEUCHTPUNKTORDNUNGEN : :STEPHAN TILLMANS PHOTOGRAPHIE |
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The Elizabeth Warren Rorschach Test « naked capitalism |
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12:20 am EDT, Mar 23, 2011 |
She has assumed iconic status as a lone mediagenic figure in the officialdom who reliably speaks out for the average person, a Joan of Arc for the little guy. And she drives the right crazy because she is rock solid competent and plays their game better than they do. She sticks to simple, compelling soundbites and images without the benefit of Roger Ailes and Madison Avenue packaging, and she speaks to an even broader constituency, Americans done wrong by the banks, than they target. No wonder they want to burn her at the stake.
Watch the crooks that run our government go after one of the only honest people involved. The Elizabeth Warren Rorschach Test « naked capitalism |
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9:09 pm EDT, Mar 19, 2011 |
U.S. warships fired more than 110 Tomahawk missiles into Libyan territory to disable air-defense systems. And the French and British warplanes that began to enforce the emerging no-fly zone operate under U.S. command.
Apparently the voices of restraint lost the debate here. War with Libya |
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Japan earthquake and tsunami: UN predicts nuclear plume could hit US by Friday | Mail Online |
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10:43 am EDT, Mar 17, 2011 |
The United Nations has predicted that a nuclear plume from a crisis-hit reactor in Japan could drift across the Pacific and over the U.S. by Friday.
Remember that there is no problem here. The situation is totally under control and everything is fine. Japan earthquake and tsunami: UN predicts nuclear plume could hit US by Friday | Mail Online |
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Congress looks at Nuclear Safety and Crisis in Japan | C-SPAN |
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7:56 pm EDT, Mar 16, 2011 |
The lead U.S. nuclear regulator testified for the second time today before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan.
Congress looks at Nuclear Safety and Crisis in Japan | C-SPAN |
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