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Dec 8

1Genetic Programming: Evolution of Mona Lisa « Roger Alsing Weblog FOSS Community Can Combat Bad Patents 1Audio CAPTCHAs Cracked; ReCAPTCHA Remains Strong 4Scarsdale Adjusts to Life Without Advanced Placement Courses 2Op-Ed Columnist: A Killer Without Borders 410 Great Google Slideshows 2Back when smoking was healthy. 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We can't just throw our constitutional rights out the window." 1Birth Control Pills Affect Women's Taste in Men 1Last-minute Bush administration rule would let pharmacists and doctors turn you away for any "religious" reason, like if they don't like gays 1Reddit is the property of the same company that owns Vogue, GQ, Wired, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker? I never knew. I thought it was some dudes in their basement. 5In Hard Times, Is Best Buy’s Best Good Enough? 2Gov. of Illinois suspends business with Bank of America. Says, "BOA is not using the money from the bailout to help factory." 5Adam's Block 4Peter Schiff keeps getting it right on the economy... then gets cut off by CNN. 4Master List ‎(A Wiki of Social Media Marketing Examples‎) 13Good Thoughts Nikon S60 - It Detects Faces that you can’t Review: Wrath of the Lich King Soccer Team Practices Flopping 3why people procrastinate ? Obama Wants Broadband, Computers Part of Stimulus 2Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Tasks 1Google To Sell Truly Open Android Dev Phone Mormon Brigham Young University censors art show: Can you tell which photo has 'the gay'? 1Chicago: "GET OUT THERE, PEOPLE! If you are just finding out about this, it's your chance to get to the factory and support this bold move for workers' rights!" 2This Is What It's Like To Shop In The World's Messiest Store (Funny Video) 2In Defense of Teasing 2The Mormon church organized and funded an all-out assault on same-sex marriage ... the same church that was founded on a fraudulent revelation and a web of deceit Chemical Pollution Is Destroying Masculinity 1Ron Paul: "People have a natural right to defend themselves. Governments that take that away from their people should be highly suspect." 2Police use Form 696 to make venues report what race of audience they expect... umm Racial profiling?? I don't get it. Why do we need "tight government control" of the auto industry, but not the financial industry? Which one gets the most bailout $$? 3Japan: America entrapped Japan into carrying out Pearl Harbor -- Japan never waged a war of aggression You have to be crazy to criticize the Chinese government; or rather, criticize the Chinese government, and expect to be hospitalized for psychiatric disorders. 1Obento! - a set on Flickr 121 Million German Bank Accounts For Sale 2Read Ebooks on Your iPhone - Wired How-To Wiki 1Canadian Groups Call For Massive Net Regulation Online Shopping: The Savvy Shopper's Guide to This Year's Online Deal Finders Hundreds of WWI veterans' graves desecrated George W. Bush's charade as a "rancher" has now ended along with his presidency; He is going back to his roots in a racist elite suburb. 3The End of the End of the Revolution 3Editorial: The Deluder in Chief 1Bailed out Citigroup spends $10 billion buying 44 FOREIGN toll roads. Dems, 2 years until the next House elections... 310 Great Google Slideshows 1Automobiles made overseas are stacking up at ports and parking lots around the United States as supplies far outstrip demand-the sharp decline blindsided Toyota and Honda. 3Webサイトの制作／運用の効率化を図る　「ガイドライン策定」のすすめ（前編）：CodeZine 4HOW TO: Quiet the Twitter Noise 2Op-Ed Contributors: Showdown in the Big Tent 2Op-Ed Columnist: The Brightest Are Not Always the Best IBM, Harvard Use Distributed Computing to Find Ultra-Powerful Solar Cells 7Dogwoods [pic] 1Evolution of Mona Lisa Via Genetic Programming Netflix Comes To Tivo, AppleTV, Linux 2Unlocking The Mysteries Of Memory Insane Home Office Set-ups 1Understanding HP Lab’s Twitter Research 1Annals of Education: Most Likely to Succeed: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker 1World's First 21Mbps EHSPA/HSPA+ Data "Call" 2The Reckoning: Debt Watchdogs: Tamed or Caught Napping? 3The Pope is Absolutely Right 415 Tips for Writing Effective Email | ThinkSimpleNow.com 1Israeli PM Ehud Olmert: "The sight of Jews standing with guns and shooting at innocent Palestinian civilians can only be called a pogrom." 1Broad Use of Brain Boosters? 2AP Blows Lid on Freddie Mac -> Congressmen Paid Off to Kill Regulation Bill 3Typography Inspiration Showcase 2Nmap Network Scanning 1Passenger pat-downs haven't dug up a single terrorist -- End the Transportation Security Administration 5How to read an American newspaper 1Recycle now - Furoshiki Japanese Wrapping Australian Judge Rules Simpsons Cartoon Rip-off Is Child Porn 1HP and ASU Demo Prototype Flexible Display 1Ancient predecessor to the Aids virus evolved in wild primates millions of years earlier than previously believed 3The Inigo Montoya Guide to 27 Commonly Misused Words — Copyblogger 1One of the strangest objects in the solar system, a potato shaped asteroid with an extraordinarily complex tumbling rotation (VIDEO) 13The Day I Die... 5Technology Review: Videos 1Adobe Building Zoetrope, a Web "Time Machine" How many of you have ever chatted online with someone who was sitting in the same room as you? The bailout at work: BOA receives $25B, then cancels a company's line of credit, thus making it impossible for workers to receive vacation, severance pay. Sit-in ensues. 3The Top 10 Everything of 2008 - TIME Scientists Use A New Catalyst To Generate Hydrogen From Sunlight And Water "A further five cells appeared to serve no logical purpose at all. And yet if he disconnected them, the circuit stopped working." Is There a Cyberwar, and Is the US Losing It? Five Looks, One Layout: How to Develop a Library of Web Design Styles at Your Fingertips - PSDTUTS 72008年のCSSベストデザインサイト集:phpspot開発日誌 A US military F-18 fighter jet has crashed into a residential neighbourhood of San Diego 4Remindr 3ga 2Unemployed and hungry in the US - food stamp users hit record 31.6 million or 1 in 10 Americans 50 Skills Every Real Geek Should Have | Maximum PC 2Genetic Programming: Evolution of Mona Lisa 30+ CSS Cheat Sheets & Quick Reference Guides : Web Design Resources Blog & Graphics Blog with Lists of Web Site Design Tools Let's End Drug Prohibition - WSJ.com 5What is truth serum? 4Fuck Yeah - I'm Ready genetic algorithm building a small car (flash) 2The Extended Life of Monty Python 3Jcrop: the jQuery Image Cropping Plugin Former ISI chief tells Fareed Zakaria on CNN that 9/11 and Mumbai were "inside jobs"--Zakaria, member of the Trilateral Comission, offers big fat disclaimer Interface Design Inspiration - 36 Clean Comment Form designs WTF! Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain thinks he deserves a $10 million bonus 'because he helped avert what could have been a much larger crisis at the firm' Research shows that a host of common chemicals is feminizing males of every class of vertebrate animals, from fish to mammals, including people. You remember that Wal-Mart employee who was trampled and killed on Black Friday? Yeah, apparently the shoppers also stood around and cracked jokes while the paramedics tried to revive the employee. 3Best Of 2008: Most Popular Desktops of 2008 Bento: "Cute lunches made for me by my girlfriend!" [Flickr set] 27 Better Alternatives To Common Windows Apps | MakeUseOf.com Pakistan raid seizes Mumbai attack ringleader (unconfirmed) RIAA sues a 19-year-old hospitalized for pancreatitis and in need of a transplant. Default judgement rules against her because she didn't answer their complaint in time. FUCK THE RIAA 3DD_belatedPNG: better PNG background-image support in IE6 Blackbird: A custom web browser just for African Americans. WTF?!? 2Preoccupations: In Hard Times, Fear Can Impair Decision-Making Sun's Mickos Is OK With Monty's MySQL 5.1 Rant 5Adam - Advanced Dynamic Application for creating Multimedia Content - Powered by Hosting Nation 1Amazon Review: I am slouched in my computer chair as I type this... bloody, winded, and defeated...they've finally built a better blister pack. 3Obama spells end of blank cheques for Israel This Is the Way the World Ends Honeybees may interact with Quantum fields Cave’s climate clues show ancient empires declined during dry spell !! 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