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28 Jun 2011 22:33

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U.S.: Arlington National Cemetery faces more record-keeping scrutiny

  • bad Arlington National Cemetery, the iconic military cemetery, reported, after an inquiry, that a number of its graves were mishandled. How does that happen?
  • worse The cemetery faced harsh congressional from Sen. Scott Brown, who unfavorably compared their paper-based record-keeping abilities to those of an iPad.
  • worser Now the situation at the cemetery is so bad that  the Justice Department is investigating possible criminal activity — ticking up the case’s severity to a whole new level. source

28 Oct 2010 11:19

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U.S.: JFK grave’s worn-down typography getting a little TLC

Today, typographic legibility is in the news. Why? Because the letters on JFK’s gravesite are getting hard to read. Time to restore them to their former glory. source

30 Jul 2010 20:33

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Tech: Microsoft Wind-woes: Steve Ballmer feeling heat over the iPad

  • They’ve sold certainly more than I’d like them to have sold.
  • Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer • In the process of eating crow about the success of the iPad. You know, that device that Sen. Scott Brown held up yesterday when ripping into the hapless Arlington Cemetery staff who were unable to prevent thousands of graves from getting mixed up. Anyway … Microsoft has a decade of experience in the tablet business and now is in the unenviable position of playing catch-up. If this plot sounds familiar, it’s because it’s the exact same plot as their mobile phone platform. source

11 Jun 2010 11:06

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U.S.: Yikes: Arlington Cemetery’s got a bunch of mishandled graves

  • 211 out of 300,000 ain’t bad, right? (actually, yes) source