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Heck, you can take this to the next level and make it a guitar hero game for real instruments. A lot of music teachers wouldn't have jobs anymore...

I would be more interested in their search infra, specifically scaling that "highly optimized in-memory index". I'm guessing it's similar to LinkedIn's Zoie ( http://code.google.co…

"I’ve always figured out that there 24 hours a day. You sleep six hours and have 18 hours left. Now, I know there are some of you out there that say well, wait a minute, I sleep ei…

Try Wikipedia searches using Google: " site:en.wikipedia.org" It enhances the Wikipedia experience to a whole new level.

And Kindle with native PDF support.

From the Taipei Times ( http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2009/05/10/20... ): "A Crime Investigation Bureau [in Taiwan] official said there was no plan, but the bureau…

An alternative business model for the textbook industry (even with rampant piracy): "... publishers could move to a more sustainable model in which the textbook is priced close to …

Equa XR: Quality of Herman Miller. Bargain prices of Costco. http://www.costco.com/Browse/ProductGroup.aspx?Prodid=113004...

"Socrates wasn’t wrong—the new technology [writing] did often have the effects he feared—but he was shortsighted. He couldn’t foresee the many ways that writing and reading would s…

It's interesting to note that the author plans to release a book regarding the same subject later in the year: http://www.amazon.com/Management-Myth-Consulting-Present-Lar... . Whi…

Sorry for being nit-picky, but Singapore still vigilantly holds on to certain authoritarian practices (not to say some liberalization didn't happen). It is important to note that m…

The "Newspapers Are About to Die" message has been repeated over and over again since the mid 90's. Because of the recent high-profile closings/cost-cuttings of newspaper organizat…

From my personal experience, it's a bit overrated. After 45 min. of standing, my knees and feet start to hurt -- resulting in an irresistible urge to find the closest chair. Perhap…

Very nice job! One potential customer/institution to cater to: western-based Chinese schools: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_schools , http://www.ncacls.org/ncacls_frm_intro.…

Here's a rebuttal: http://bryant.livejournal.com/672165.html While the method is plausible, the rebuttal is plausible as well. Who to believe?