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cheesehead 2010-12-19 21:39

[url]http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/[/url]

Oddball 2010-12-25 22:54

[URL]http://isitchristmas.com/[/URL]

retina 2010-12-26 10:22

[url]http://www.odd-stuff.info/follies/houseclouds.htm[/url]

retina 2010-12-26 13:58

[url]http://www.realworldtech.com/page.cfm?ArticleID=RWT091810191937&p=1[/url]

Flatlander 2010-12-26 16:45

[URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12079281"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12079281[/URL]

only_human 2010-12-26 17:18

[QUOTE=retina;243377][url]http://www.realworldtech.com/page.cfm?ArticleID=RWT091810191937&p=1[/url][/QUOTE]
Thank you for that link. I read the article with fascination. I haven't been close to bare metal in well over a decade but it is nice to see what's what. I browsed around that site and oddly read this not long afterward:
[url]http://www.realworldtech.com/page.cfm?ArticleID=RWT120710035639[/url][QUOTE]Of all the major players, Intel is taking the longest to release OpenCL compatible products. Their first CPU implementation will arrive in early 2011 with Sandy Bridge. Unfortunately, the Sandy Bridge GPU lacks certain required functionality, so the first GPU implementation of OpenCL will be on Ivy Bridge, the following year.[/QUOTE] Dem's za breaks. but this hoary old chestnut rings true:
[url]http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Voltaire[/url][QUOTE]Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien.
The better is the enemy of the good. La Bégueule (1772)
Variant translations:[LIST][*]The perfect is the enemy of the good.[*]The best is the enemy of the good.[/LIST][/QUOTE]

retina 2010-12-28 00:48

1.8 x 10^9 posts!
 
[url]http://rankings.big-boards.com/[/url]

only_human 2010-12-28 01:07

[url]http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-12/video-smartest-dog-ever-can-pick-out-1022-toys-name[/url]

only_human 2010-12-28 01:13

how much AOL spent on those discs: $300 million
 
[url]http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/27/aol-discs-90s/[/url]

retina 2010-12-28 07:15

[url]http://www.geekosystem.com/dewatered-niagara-falls/[/url]

ixfd64 2010-12-29 18:37

[url]http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jeOvW-o3WSpWJox7mPkAzegg5YfQ?docId=21a686179f6448d682d5585a52194e74[/url]

Fail.


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