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Got this one from Bill Burr's podcast: Never order scrambled eggs. They usually get made ahead of time in large quantities and sit underneath a heat lamp.

List of open-source Android apps http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2124002

http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/moving_to_openjdk_as_th... Note that the RI has a very specific purpose (eg, to serve as the RI) and is generally not updated except when/if th…

A similar thing happened to me as a seller. I saw that one of my old textbooks was selling for a nice price, so I listed it along with two other used copies. I priced it $1 cheaper…

Hard to believe the company is so young. Founded only two years ago by Andrew Mason. Built on collective buying technology that he built for a site, The Point, that he started only…

tar ball http://www.foo.be/docs-free/morris-worm/worm-src.tar.gz

Defending Your Life From IMDB: In an afterlife resembling the present-day US, people must prove their worth by showing in court how they have demonstrated courage. Albert Brooks di…

They wait until the end to say that it could be just a neutron star. Although the evidence points to a newly formed black hole in SN 1979C, another intriguing possibility is that a…

I haven't studied Prop 19 at all, but my guess is that its primary purpose is to get democrats to the polls. It's just like all the 'defense of marriage' propositions that were on …

I'm missing something. Apparently the plan was to prosecute people for posting classified documents to Wikileaks. Diabolical stuff indeed.

The Ten Roads to Riches by Ken Fisher http://www.amazon.com/Ten-Roads-Riches-Wealthy-Investments/d...

It was actually 35% off when the program started (it was called Live.com back then). You can see the original Fatwallet thread here http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/arcmessageview.p…

Yodlee is highly regarded and has been around longer than Mint. Their primary business is running back end services for banks and financial institutions (Bank of America, Scottrade…

I watched the first bit to find out how Vernor pronounces his last name--turns out the 'e' isn't silent.

We should dismantle the Department of Education. I suggest waiting until next year on February 6th, which would be fitting.

Mine is unique too. Only 7 other people at the time of my test had the same plugin profile, and nobody had the same exact fonts (only thing I've knowingly added are MS fonts and Pr…

every one of PHP's advantages is offered by other languages Speed in a shared hosting environment. I've read about developers running multiple commercial sites from a single Dreamh…

Probably the most persuasive essay I've read in favor of patents is by pg. http://www.paulgraham.com/softwarepatents.html I'm still not in agreement, but he he makes a good case.

What are people's favorite guides for setting up Ubuntu? http://www.funnestra.org/ubuntu is really good but they don't have a 9.10 update yet.

The Sanmina/SCI fiber cable used is only .25mm diameter and 11 km of the stuff weighs only .173 kg (less than 1/2 pound).

These aren't the forums you're looking for. You can go about your business. Move along, move along.

They don't mention that Comcast charges more for broadband if you don't have cable service. You can opt for BASIC1 cable and pay less overall than if you had no cable service at al…

I usually avoid politics, but since we now seem to have an administration that's open to suggestions, I'm going to risk making one If your goal is to persuade as many people as pos…

There's no way that a book on Perl 6 makes 400k/year!

Norvig is head of research at Google and the author of a leading book on AI.