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Google Chrome, a browser by Google

Comment in News (56 diggs, 0 replies) - on 09/01/2008

Yeah, who would want to use Google on a Google browser? (see comment)

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Google Chrome, a browser by Google

Comment in News (32 diggs, 2 replies) - on 09/01/2008

No, it's Windows Live Search. (see comment)

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World record ($100,000) prime number found?

Comment in News (5 diggs, 0 replies) - on 08/31/2008

Pretty much. (see comment)

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World record ($100,000) prime number found?

Comment in News (3 diggs, 1 reply) - on 08/31/2008

It's not just a prime number - it's a Mersenne Prime. In other words, a prime equal to one less than a power of two. That's a lot harder than just finding a prime, which is pretty easy. The problem here is devising an algorithm that's efficient enough t … (see comment)

Do you know the 100 most common words in the English languag

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 08/07/2008

For some reason I tried Boris at least twice - my brain must be broken some how! (see comment)

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Micron Unveils the fastest SSD ever - 250MB/s !

Comment in News (1 digg, 1 reply) - on 08/06/2008

"Micron declares 2 million hours mean time between failure (MTBF) for its P200 SSDs, which is substantially better compared to today's SSDs (about 1 million hours for SLC and new-gen MLC SSDs) and is even higher compared to 1.2 million - 1.5 million of ad … (see comment)

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cuil - search engine

Comment in News (21 diggs, 0 replies) - on 07/28/2008

"Amneesheroc" gets one hit 30 mins after you posted it on google. 0 on cuil. 1 nil to Google! (see comment)

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How to Install and Run Ubuntu on the Eee PC

Comment in News (5 diggs, 0 replies) - on 07/28/2008

Good comment. I've been debating putting Ubuntu on mine, but I'm not sure there is any point. The default OS is quick, simple and easy to extend. It's compatible with the Debian repos more or less, and for basic apps it's fine. What with everything movi … (see comment)

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Wine 1.1.2

Comment in News (2 diggs, 0 replies) - on 07/26/2008

loads of projects use even subversions for stable, and odd for unstable. (see comment)

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Make Your Bash Prompt Look like Dos Prompt

Comment in News (3 diggs, 0 replies) - on 07/21/2008

That's ok, the sarcasm was fairly easy to misconstrue! (see comment)

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Take the Pew News IQ Test: Simple, Yet 1/2 Answer Wrong

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 07/19/2008

I got 59% and I don't even live in the states. (see comment)

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Flash Player 10 [Beta] coming with Ubuntu support

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 07/19/2008

I'm not sure weizbox realises: a) What the difference is between 64bit and 32bit b) That if you run a 64bit OS (i.e. you actually use the processor you bought in the last few years), then you need to run 64bit applications c) That the absence of a 64bi … (see comment)

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Make Your Bash Prompt Look like Dos Prompt

Comment in News (20 diggs, 4 replies) - on 07/19/2008

echo "I wish you could just install DOS in linux. ls? why not just use dir! One extra letter makes all the difference. Pipes? Who needs them - pipes are the most useless thing ever. Grep? Christ, who needs regular expressions when you can use find and rep … (see comment)

Firefox 3 vs. Opera 9.5

Comment in News (2 diggs, 0 replies) - on 07/17/2008

This article is just a copy from another bloggers site. http://www.geekstogo.com/2008/06/18/firefox-3-vs-o ... Can't believe someone would copy and paste an article and submit it to Digg. Scoundrels! … (see comment)

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