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The Economics of Gold-Digging
The following story is currently making the rounds on the Internet. The events probably didn’t happen exactly as described, but for my purposes it doesn’t really matter. Okay, I’m tired of beating around the bush.
Skynet for Real: Organized Swarm of Nano Quadrocopters (Video) - Mobile Magazine
What’s that? You thought the Parrot AR Drone was pretty cool? What if I told you that researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a squadron of quadrocopters that can organize themselves into a swarm, flying in formation and automatically evading obstacles?
For those of you who have never had the pleasure of visiting Leonard and Salvation Mountain, his project for the last couple of years has been... [continued] ~ Et Cetera ~ Last summer, the Christian
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Linux Directory Structure (File System Structure) Explained with Examples
Have you wondered why certain programs are located under /bin, or /sbin, or /usr/bin, or /usr/sbin? For example, less command is located under /usr/bin directory. Why not /bin, or /sbin, or /usr/sbin? What is the different between all these directories? This is a pseudo filesystem contains information about running process.
SFC’s Top Ten Unfortunate Names in Sports | | Sports Fix ChicagoSports Fix Chicago
by Pete D Parents often get too caught up trying to give their children a unique name. This usually ends up with a bunch of parents picking that same “unique” name at the same time, rendering the whole exercise a huge waste of time. Then there are these poor bastards.
15 Web Alternatives to Popular Desktop Software
Web applications have come a long way. They used to be amateur imitations of their desktop counterparts, with only one or two functions and not at all practical. But my, have these web apps grown. Web apps these days have become so powerful and useful that in some cases, they’ve begun to replace desktop software.Name Last modified Size Description Parent Directory 13-Feb-2012 15:51 - README.txt 01-Dec-2011 11:06 11k patator_v0.2.py 01-Dec-2011 11:42 89k patator_v0.3.py 16-Dec-2011 16:19 93k
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....The founding father of modern vibrational medicine was Dr. Albert Abrams (1863-1924), the "dean of twentieth century charlatans." * Abrams called his healing method radionics and claimed that he was able to detect distinct energies or vibrations (radiation) being emitted from healthy and diseased tissue in all living things. He invented devices that allegedly could measure this energy (vibration, radiation) and he created a system for evaluating vibrations as signs of health or disease.>> more
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10 Lesser Known Economic Issues
by Nikki While not an economist in the traditional sense, I am very interested in the study of economics. While not everyone shares this level of interest, I believe people should have an understanding of economics as the field is so important to understanding the world that we live in.
by Brett & Kate McKay As we talked about in a previous post, Kate and I have what might be termed a “Marriage Master Mind.” We share everything just about equally—the blog, parenting, household chores, and so on. We get along really well, especially for people who spend practically 24/7 together and have to balance issues involving both work and [...] by Brett & Kate McKay My Life Scoop is a website that invites bloggers from various websites to contribute different articles on tech-related themes.
The Art of Manliness | Men’s Interests and Lifestyle
This is a repository of the most up-to-date versions of Deviant's lock diagrams and animations. Seen in all of the TOOOL educational materials and slide decks, these files are all released under the Creative Commons license. You are free to use any of them for non-commercial purposes, as long as they are properly attributed and the same freedom for others is maintained in all derivative works. Please note that these diagrams have evolved and developed over time.
The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers :: Meetings
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Google's free online language translation service instantly translates text to other languages. This translator supports: English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, SwedishA couple times a year, I hear about someone I know receiving that oh-so-scary letter from their ISP telling them to stop torrenting. ISPs will go as far as throttling your bandwidth (without lowering your bill), and sometimes even reporting you to authorities. The next thing you know, you're being summoned to court for copyright violations. You don't even have to be torrenting anything illegal!