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09 Aug 2010 21:40

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Offbeat: Idiotic Krispy Kreme employee gives away the day’s revenue

  • $5,000 the amount of money a customer drove off with
  • zero the number of donuts the customer got source
  • » What the heck happened? To put it simply, the employee, unaware of the drop procedure the donut shop used, gave away the money, thinking they were donuts. Idiot.
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02 Jul 2010 11:35

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Tech: Apple’s stance on the antenna thing: The signal bars are a lie!

  • We have discovered the cause of this dramatic drop in bars, and it is both simple and surprising. Upon investigation, we were stunned to find that the formula we use to calculate how many bars of signal strength to display is totally wrong.
  • A press release from Apple • Explaining what they think is causing the real problem with the iPhone’s reception (kinda). It’s not the reception itself that’s bad, they say, but the way it was presented. Engadget explained a little of what was happening yesterday. Basically, the levels at which it displays five bars are much higher than where it displays four bars, but everything else is at a fairly similar level. We’re guessing this doesn’t explain everything, and it’s not going to completely placate iPhone users. Give them all bumpers! source
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21 Dec 2009 12:57

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U.S.: Crime’s on the decline in 2009, according to the FBI

  • 4.4% drop in violent crime in 2009’s first half source
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17 Dec 2009 21:42

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Biz: Pepsi doesn’t think the Super Bowl is the best use of their ad money

  • 23 the number of years that Pepsi has had a prominent part of the Super Bowl advertising extravaganza
  • refresh what Pepsi plans to do with their ad money instead, using it for a Web-based charity program source
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04 Nov 2009 21:19

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U.S.: Automatic drip: California passes a massive water-reform bill

  • $40 billion to fix some faulty pipes or something source
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29 Oct 2009 10:30

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Biz, Tech: Nintendo can’t count on the Wii to save them anymore

  • 52% drop in quarterly profit – Sony & MS are on top again source
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23 Sep 2009 21:46

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Culture: When the cell signal drops, you know a cliche is coming

  • Funny as heck compilation of the lack of cell-phone coverage by the well-written fourfour. 66 movies are included in this compilation, all of them facing a similar problem: No cell phone coverage.source
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