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G_Wen
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Comment #2243554
Well what this picture doesn't show is my second monitor which I'm using to run chat and other misc. programs. Screen space is not much of an issue for me but I try to be efficient…
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Comment #2243436
To combat this problem I've put by tabs on the left: http://i.imgur.com/S05lg.png Since I'm using a 16:10 monitor it works out nicely. Opera also has a problem of not clicking the …
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Comment #2035844
I think LG came from a merger of Lucky and Goldstar. Goldstar used to make low quality products, I have never used a Lucky product. Then merged and rebranded under LG. http://www.v…
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Comment #2029170
http://www.firearmstactical.com/pdf/fbi-hwfe.pdf Here's a PDF analyzing the effectiveness of firearms. It was written in 1989 so it is a bit out of date. Perhaps someone with more …
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Comment #2013405
This is interesting I have my tabs placed to the left and it works fine. When the tabs are placed at the top however they cannot be clicked on from the edge of the screen. Placing …
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Comment #2000520
Unfortunately by drawing attention to this information I am now obligated to substitute concise words with superfluousness ones.
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Comment #2000514
Interesting, perhaps in their effort to avoid short scientific terms they have substituted in longer more common words. For example describing a tumor as "an abnormal new mass of t…
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Comment #2000458
An interesting issue. One way around it would be to enact the law in two states that have a similar environments. Continuing the example with gun control if there were two states w…
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Comment #1992993
Wow, that name alone is amazing. Simple, easy to remember and clever. Combined with the simple design, and novelty you're off to a great start! This will be really interesting to f…
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Comment #1992518
While everyone is up in arms for Microsoft at deleting the emails after 270 days Google too has a policy which they can terminate your account ofter 9 months (30x9=270) of inactivi…
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Comment #1991565
Can you specify exactly what you mean by ALF? Wikipedia turns up both the Arab Liberation Front and the Afar Liberation Front, both of which mention leaders.
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Comment #1979724
I think you are underestimating the power of public opinion. Nuclear power was a contender to replace coal and fossil fuel until the Three Mile Island accident. Since then there ha…
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Comment #1967552
An interesting experiment would be to test with close captioning which, in North America at least, uses white on black. Another side experiment could be conducted to see if it has …
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Comment #1933643
UWDC does a pretty good job of that too.
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Comment #1931374
While I love the novelty behind UW chat most professors probably be a little annoyed with it. Still it seems like a pretty fun instant chat room app. Really looking forward to the …
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Comment #1920225
Yes I thought about this more after I posted my comment and realized that is is reasonable to be a supporter of both. It did come as a bit of a surprise when I had heard Al Franken…
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Comment #1919157
Yes, he was a pretty big advocate on net neutrality: http://www.alfranken.com/index.php/splash/netneutrality http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/08/19/can-al-franken-save-net... http://…
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Comment #1919101
By imposing every possible constraint, not being able to do anything, you can, ironically, achieve unlimited potential.
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Comment #1910371
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes_Store#File_format 256kbps .m4a file with an option to convert to an .mp3. For anyone who takes music quality seriously the lack of a lossless op…
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Comment #1910116
I think you're thinking of the inverse cosine function arccosine. The reciprocal of the cosine function is known as the secant. I do not know if this is specific to English speakin…
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Comment #1907001
I agree Microsoft had an opportunity to capitalize on casual game and they missed it. In fact once I think about it Microsoft was really close to it. They had MSN Spaces, essential…
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Comment #1860800
I reasonable protoss player will scout. This build cuts out a lot of zerglings and unless you can deny a probe scout it will be very transparent that you're going for a 7RR. A zerg…
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Comment #1840165
Looking stupid should be a side effect of getting rejected and not a path towards it. It's interesting that you mention improv because rarely ever in improv do you reject an idea. …