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Exposing the Bi-Partisan Myth of Clean Coal
matadorchange.com — There’s at least one topic the candidates in the US elections won’t be wrangling over: so-called “clean” coal. That’s because they all support it.More… (Environment)
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Project "Orion": Rocket Powered by an Atomic Machine Gun
darkroastedblend.com — The Ultimate 1950s Space Technology, which almost made it to Saturn Obviously, "almost" is a key word here, but apparently NASA still has "small secret contingency plan division" which is dedicated to preserving "Orion" nuclear propulsion technology - and reviving it in case of a killer asteroid threat.More… (Space)
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Guns ‘N’ Roses to release ‘Chinese Democracy’ Nov. 23
zeenium.com — Billboard is reporting that Chinese Democracy, the delayed Guns N’ Roses album, will finally be released Nov. 23, exactly 15 years to the day since their last release, The Spaghetti Incident.Their new song Shackler’s Revenge will debut on the soundtrack of video game Rock Band 2 ahead of the album release...More… (Music)
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GE builds an OLED printer
engadget.com — GE R&D guys have produced a machine that prints OLED materials newspaper-style onto 8-inch sheets of metal foil in hopes that the sheets -- which can be pinned to just about any surface -- will start the process of home lighting biz regime change in 2010.More… (General Sciences)
psud0BUSTED!! Legislative panel: Palin abused authority
ap.google.com — ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A legislative committee investigating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has found she unlawfully abused her authority in firing the state's public safety commissioner. More… (World News)
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Apple Ships New iPhone Charger in Comically Large Box
hollywoodphony.wordpress.com — One iPhone owner got his replacement AC adapter and was surprised at the unnecessary size of the packaging. The box the tiny charger came in appears to be about three times the size of his original iPhone box. That doesn't seem to green or economically viable for Apple. More… (Apple)
badwithcomputerI attended a McCain/Palin meetup tonight.
dailykos.com — It was a complete accident. I went down to my local Tampa Starbucks where of course I expected to find the Obama Elite. I knew something was wrong as soon as I pulled into the parking lot. Typically in Tampa, you see far more Obama bumperstickers than McCain, but not tonight. In the Starbucks parking lot I saw 9 McCain bumper stickers. I thougMore… (Political News)
Atheism: The Honor of Facing Our Condition Without God
nybooks.com — The more we reflect on the pleasures of life, the more we miss the greatest consolation that used to be provided by religious belief: the promise that our lives will continue after death. As religious belief weakens, more and more of us know that after death there is nothing. Living without God isn't easy. But it offers an important consolation.More… (Arts & Culture)
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Linux kernel 2.6.27 officially released
arstechnica.com — Version 2.6.27 of the Linux kernel has officially been released. The new version includes the ath9k wireless driver, the UBIFS filesystem for flash-based devices, and improved webcam support.More… (Linux/Unix)
An Anti-Obama Virus Infecting Computers
blogs.seattleweekly.com — "Apparently it’s a virus and, in the last weeks of the election, it’s raiding the computers of some pretty different types of people"More… (Security)
IvanBKevin Rose drops MacBook Blu-Ray Rumor at Live Diggnation
edibleapple.com — At the live Diggnation that was just held in London as part of the “Future of Web Apps” Expo, Kevin Rose dropped another juicy rumor. He claimed that the new and yet to be announced MacBooks will support Blu-Ray drives.More… (Apple)
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iPod Nano Switches Left/Right Channels With Headphone Insert
gizmodo.com — If you have a new 4th-gen nano and a decent ear, you may have noticed something funny: After putting it to sleep, if you wake it up by inserting headphones, the left and right channels switch. I tried this with the most obvious stereo mix of all time, David Bowie's "Space Oddity," and it's really easy to duplicate yourself.More… (Apple)
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Spielberg Won't Go After South Park For Indy 4 Raping
deadlinehollywooddaily.com — A Dreamworks insider said, "We just want it to go away." Unbelievably, Paramount execs were not even aware of the episode! More… (Comics & Animation)
bixby1Linux 2.6.27 Released: Features and Changes
kernelnewbies.org — 2.6.27 adds a new filesystem (UBIFS) optimized for "pure" flash-based storage devices, the page-cache is now lockless, much improved Direct I/O scalability and performance, delayed allocation for ext4, multiqueue networking, an alternative hibernation implementation based on kexec/kdump, data integrity support in the block layer for devices that ..More… (Linux/Unix)
StarCraft II Single Player Is A Trilogy!
kotaku.com — Blizzard just announced that StarCraft II's single player campaign would be split o three separate products! The scope of the single-player experience was so huge they decided to deliver three different products. The first product will focus on the Terrans, with the Zerg next and finally the Protoss. The story will stretch across all three titles.More… (Gaming Industry News)
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