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Exit Fail Whale, Enter Fail Caterpillar (Twitter is Down)
mashable.com — After working flawlessly through the heavy tweeting of the elections, Twitter is apparently having some uptime issues today. The site is rendering a “Currently down for database maintenance” image, which, seems a bit suspect given “database maintenance” sounds like something you’d plan in advance. More… (Tech Industry News)
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Doctors unveil first ever whole stem cell organ transplant
dailymail.co.uk — A mother of two has become the first person in the world to undergo a whole organ transplant grown from her own stem cells. The British scientists are hailing a new dawn in transplant surgery.More… (General Sciences)
ScottMcIntyreThe End of Empathy
splicetoday.com — How the media’s oversaturation of violence makes us care less and less about what’s happening globally.More… (World News)
MScott1234
The 16 Highest Paid Supermodels in the World [w/ pics]
stylecrave.com — They’re the face (and body) of the world’s biggest lifestyle brands. They are supermodels, and they aren’t cheap. They are the world’s highest paid supermodels, arguably the most beautiful women from across the world. To salute them and their pocketbooks, here is a list of the 16 highest paid supermodels in the world…More… (People)
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CIA Agent Warns Against Chinese Trojan Horse Microchip
dailyartisan.com — Robert Eringer, a CIA and FBI spook, also the man responsible for bringing American traitor Edward Lee Howard to justice, is claiming some Chinese-built systems are secretly equipped with a hidden microchip (called the 'Manchurian Microchip')that can be activated any time by China’s military intelligence services, the PLA.More… (Security)
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5 predictions from 1968 that were dead-on & 5 that were nuts
dvice.com — 40 years ago, science fiction writer James R. Berry predicted what the future would look like on November 18th, 2008 — today. He made some impressive guesses. He also made a few understandable missteps. Explore an amazing retro future that was wild, but isn't as far off as you would think.More… (Tech Industry News)
MrBabyManThanks to gamers, the desktop supercomputer arrives
computerworld.com — Nvidia today unveiled a workstation it calls the Telsa Personal Supercomputer at the annual Supercomputing 08 show here. The Tesla sports 960 cores, almost 4 teraflops of performance and costs less than $9,995. It achieves that speed and price by using four graphics processing units (GPUs), each of which has 240 cores. More… (Hardware)
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Derek Jeter’s 10 Hottest (Alleged) Conquests
king-mag.com — On the field, he hasn’t brought the Yankees a ring since 2000. Off the field, his game has never faltered.More… (Celebrity)
njundergroundTexas grand jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales of crime
reuters.com — HOUSTON (Reuters) - A grand jury in South Texas indicted U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and former attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday for ''organized criminal activity'' related to alleged abuse of inmates in private prisons. The indictment...More… (World News)
noupsellDrug to increase muscle mass 20% with no side effects
healthsystem.virginia.edu — Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System report that a daily single oral dose of an investigational drug, MK-677, increased muscle mass in the arms and legs of healthy older adults without serious side effects, suggesting that it may prove safe and effective in reducing age-related frailty.More… (General Sciences)
JusTuringThe Fed is collapsing watch!
jana67
iPhone Glitch Excuse for Email Affair Falls Flat
hothardware.com — A woman's husband told her that a raunchy photo which had been sent via email from his iPhone was the result of a glitch. Not the photo itself; he admitted to that. No, the pic was automatically attached, addressed and sent because of a bug in the iPhone. Ahem. The woman, not an expert in these matters, asked the following...More… (Apple)
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A Spider has Gone Missing on the Space Station
abcnews.go.com — Spiders are welcome guests, though one of them is missing. Flight director Ginger Kerrick says they are looking for him. "The way it was explained to me is that he is a backup spider and he has his own contained space on board and he had moved out of that area. We think he came out of his bedroom and is in the living room of his house." More… (Space)
EmitStopIts a face, no its a bank, no... wait WTF? watch!
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2,900-Year-Old Gravestone Reveals Ancient Belief System
io9.com — A 2,900-year-old gravestone from the ancient kingdom of Sam'al, located in what is today southeastern Turkey, has shed light on an ancient religious belief heretofore unknown. The gravestone, called a stele, is in nearly pristine condition and archaeologists were able to translate all the writing on it. More… (General Sciences)
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