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12 Aug 2009 11:28

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Offbeat, Tech: Two nerds figured out a way to get nerds to exercise more

  • You pedal the bike, the Internet goes faster. It’s a total carrot on a stick thing. Or at least a really entertaining viral video of a technology we’d never use. Just think, though, if this showed up in gyms, people would use it.source
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12 Aug 2009 11:16

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Politics: Ooh, burn: Congressman compares town hall protesters to the KKK

  • Well, the last time I had to confront something like this was when I voted for the civil rights bill and my opponent voted against it. At that time, we had a lot of Ku Klux Klan folks and white supremacists and folks in white sheets and other things running around causing trouble.
  • Democratic Rep. John Dingell, the longest-serving member of the House of Representatives • Talking about the protests that have cropped up at town halls across the country, including in his own district. One man notably said to Dingell, “your healthcare plan is going to take healthcare away from my son and kill him!” Whew. Can’t we all just get along? As much as Dingell has a point, he’s clouding that point by saying something designed to anger the other side. • source
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12 Aug 2009 11:08

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U.S.: Polls: Obama’s health care support numbers are dwindling

  • 43% of Americans support this crazy health care plan source
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12 Aug 2009 11:00

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Tech: Judge rules Microsoft can’t sell Word. Wait, what? WHOA

  • $290 million in damages are owed to a patent troll i4i source
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12 Aug 2009 10:55

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Tech: Yes, Twitter getting DDOSed again. Who do we need to kill?

  • You inconsiderate bastards. Have you considered that people besides you (or the people you’re trying to attack) use this service? That this social networking stuff is actually a resource, not a toy? That these tools have wide-ranging uses beyond your limited scope? Admittedly, we shouldn’t simply be upset at those distributing a denial of service attack. Twitter has some significant scalability issues that make it vulnerable to attacks like these. But still, jerks. Screw you. The internet isn’t your toy. source
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12 Aug 2009 10:45

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World: The world’s population is bursting at the seams

  • 7 billion the world’s expected population in 2011, according to the 2009 World Population Data Sheet; that’s really fast source
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12 Aug 2009 10:39

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Sports: Sex, abortion, extortion: Rick Pitino’s got a mess on his hands

  • Several months ago Coach Pitino informed me about the alleged extortion attempt. I’ve now been informed that there may be other details which, if true, I find surprising. My thoughts are with Coach Pitino and his family.
  • University of Louisville President James Ramsey • Regarding the bizarre mess his star basketball coach, Rick Pitino, has found himself in. Pitino himself is actually clean and hasn’t been charged with a crime. But Karen Sypher, a waitress at a Louisville restaurant, allegedly had sex with him (which Pitino admits), forced him to pay for an abortion for her, and – years later – tried to extort him by alleging rape charges against him. You know, pretty much the kind of thing you don’t want to have spill out into the press. Best of luck, Rick – it sounds like you’ve got a lot to deal with at the moment. • source
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12 Aug 2009 10:24

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World: Russia’s a big country willing to defend tiny pieces of land

  • $500 million to boost military in tiny Abkhazia source
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12 Aug 2009 10:18

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U.S.: In case you forgot, it’s hurricane season. Here’s an update.

  • The first named storm of the season could be coming as soon as today. Tropical Depression No. 2 is gaining strength and will likely become the first tropical storm of the season, meaning we can call it “Ana” soon.
  • Hawaii got heavily prepared to get slammed by Tropical Storm Felicia, but in the end, the storm didn’t really do all that much; it’s no longer a tropical storm even. It’s gonna drop a bunch of rain, but that’s about it.
  • Atlantic
  • Pacific
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12 Aug 2009 10:01

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Tech: Facebook tests a lite version of the service, the Internet freaks

Facebook Lite
  • Azar Chougle is currently a Facebook superstar. Last night, Facebook announced the testing of a new service called Facebook Lite, which had some wannabe pundits saying, “OH MY GOD, IT’S LIKE TWITTER AND FRIENDFEED!” It’s not, seriously. It just gets rid of all the extra crud that Facebook added over the last four or five years and gets back to its essence. Which we’re sure probably improves load times. source
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