Tech News October 28, 2009
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The British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was half-American and one sixteenth Iroquois. He was not (as some sources allege) born in a ladies lavatory. He was dyslexic and failed the entrance exam for the Royal Military College, Sandhurst three times. In 1908, he was initiated into an order of Druids.
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“In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.” Wilma Mankiller
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Hello Health
A revolutionary new experience with your neighborhood doctor. It mix office and online visits to give you personal attention when and how you want it. Hello Health helps you connect with your neighborhood doctor in person and online to give you the personal attention you need, when and how you want it. By combining in-person office visits, text messages, email, and video chat, Hello Health provides the freedom for you and your doctor to focus on your health instead of on paperwork. This also links to your Google Health account. (link to page . . .)
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White or Red
Geologists wade into wine criticism, declare wine buffs’ insistence that “terroir” affects taste is an utter bunch of swill. Or merlot — they’re the same thing (SeattlePI . . .)
Finally
Toyota to release solar charger for electric cars. (PhysOrg.com . . .)
How US Tax Dollar is Spent
NASA Launches iPhone app. Just a thought, how many people actually have an iPhone? (Discover . . .)
Not Again
China accuses Google of censorship (The Inquirer . . .)
Hours, No Not The Movie
Scientists working hard to soften the effects of priapism (taragana . . .)
Don’t Call Him Sue
If you want your daughter to succeed, name her Steve. Just a point of order, I do not know one successful woman named Bobbie or Bobby. All the Bobby women I know belong in the same social club with Patty and Selma (theage . . .)
Battle of the Sexes
You know how annoying it is when your girlfriend or wife kicks your ass at Trivial Pursuit? (networkworld . . .)
Got Nothing Better To Do
Live HD coverage of the first launch of NASA’s Constellation program – launch window: 8am-12pm ET (spacevidcast . . .)
Facebook Keeps You Going Virtually
Please, please don’t poke dead people (theregister . . .)
A Whole New Meaning to Gaming Mouse
Video footage of a real laboratory mouse playing Quake (hplusmagazine . . .)
Brain Stimulation for Good, Not Evil
Son of a biatch(ZAP) F#*k(ZAP) Prick(ZAP) whore(ZAP) C@cksucker(ZAP) (latimes . . .)
A Media Outlet Found Their Voice
Does Fox know that the Government has not shut down? Anthropologists determine modern man and Neanderthals had “sex across the species barrier.” (fox . . .)
This Can’t Be Good
Gene makes flies more alcohol tolerant, still can’t stop them from drunk dialing their ex at 4 AM (upi . . .)
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Online Gaming
The Lord of the Rings Online has quickly established itself as the emerging leader and was named the PC MMO Game of the Year 2007 by the editorial staff of GameSpy and PC Game of the Year 2007 at the 25th Annual Golden Joystick awards. The New York Times proclaimed The Lord of the Rings Online “a major achievement of interactive storytelling, the first game truly worthy of the ‘Lord of the Rings’ franchise and a must-play for just about anyone with an interest in Tolkien or the future of online entertainment.”
Demographics: 80+% of Lord of the Rings Online players are male and are on average 31 years old. Additionally, the game is only available for PC users it is not currently MAC compatible.
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Website Pick
The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks
Do you like “reading” websites? It is standard in the US to put all end punctuation (periods, commas, question marks, exclamation points) inside quotation marks. The writer, Bethany, went to a Canadian high school and the English teacher taught her that when the quotation marks are ironic or setting off a word or phrase because you are talking about the word itself, then the punctuation goes outside. (link to site . . .)
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