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Xyzzy 2012-08-24 23:07

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur_mustard#Development_of_the_first_chemotherapy_drug[/url]

Xyzzy 2012-08-25 04:44

[url]http://www.vetstreet.com/our-pet-experts/cheetah-smashes-her-own-world-record-for-100-meter-dash[/url]

Xyzzy 2012-08-28 13:39

[url]http://news.yahoo.com/burning-monk-photographer-malcolm-browne-dies-113859533.html[/url]

cheesehead 2012-09-01 04:30

[url]http://www.sizes.com/[/url]

Uncwilly 2012-09-01 06:16

[YOUTUBE]g3oUkyMae0c[/YOUTUBE]

retina 2012-09-04 19:21

Welcome to the robot apocalypse
 
[url]http://io9.com/5940036/how-copyright-enforcement-robots-killed-the-hugo-awards[/url]

cheesehead 2012-09-04 20:56

[QUOTE=retina;310315][URL]http://io9.com/5940036/how-copyright-enforcement-robots-killed-the-hugo-awards[/URL][/QUOTE]When I started reading this, my first impression was that it was a satire or spoof, despite the "No, you're not reading a science fiction story" disclaimer.

Then I realized that it is a sincere factual report.

Apparently, UStream hadn't ensured that any robotic decision could be overridden by real human beings.

Another description:
[URL]http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120903/18505820259/copyright-enforcement-bots-seek-destroy-hugo-awards.shtml[/URL]

Dubslow 2012-09-05 21:01

[url]http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/04/travel/twin-boys-travel/index.html[/url]

only_human 2012-09-05 22:16

[QUOTE=retina;310315][url]http://io9.com/5940036/how-copyright-enforcement-robots-killed-the-hugo-awards[/url][/QUOTE][url]http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/09/youtube-flags-democrats-convention-video-on-copyright-grounds/[/url]

cheesehead 2012-09-08 03:15

50th anniversary, including Ms. Space Debris Pageant
 
[URL]http://www.sputnikfest.blogspot.com/[/URL]

[url]http://www.manitowoc.org/index.aspx?NID=1109[/url]

[url]http://www.manitowoc.org/DocumentCenter/Home/View/6016[/url]

only_human 2012-09-08 16:51

[URL="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120906092805.htm"]Math Tree May Help Root out Fraudsters: Applying Algorithm to Social Networks Can Reveal Hidden Connections Criminals Use to Commit Fraud[/URL][QUOTE]ScienceDaily (Sep. 5, 2012) — Fraudsters beware: the more your social networks connect you and your accomplices to the crime, the easier it will be to shake you from the tree.

The Steiner tree, that is.[/QUOTE]link [URL="https://plus.google.com/u/0/115785601687445616629/posts/NttbjwzaU4N"]shared[/URL] via Ward Plunet on Google+


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