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Thank you. I enjoyed Clusty when it first came out; I thought the clustering feature at the heart of it was really innovative, and the UI was nice and clean. But after the new rule…

National vs. local news is an important distinction here that many of these "The key to happiness is ignoring the news" posts miss. The breathless CNN story about the latest missin…

Were you responsible for the moralist censorship of Clusty's results or did that come after you sold it?

The key word here is "default."

Most introductory programming books lay down the basic principles of programming, describe the specific language the particular book covers, and give you enough of a sense of how y…

After seeing the headline and the photos, I kept expecting to read that it was some sort of composite "sketch" of suspects in the DDoS attack compiled from real photos. I am not fa…

The point of the analogy is that recovering and locating stolen property is the responsibility of law enforcement, not manufacturers & retailers.

If thieves take your car for a joyride, do you email Ford to complain?

Never heard of it.

What advantages does Soto Search offer over Google Blogsearch ( http://www.google.com/blogsearch ) or Icerocket ( http://www.icerocket.com/ )?

Created using "BetterInternet," but webkit-only websites do not a better Internet make.

"Notability" attempts to give Wikipedia the credibility that "anyone can edit this" takes away.

Have you seen the Dear Sophie ad? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4vkVHijdQk

Re: painting the lock on your sliding glass door white -- this is a good tip for gun safeties as well. Put some red paint on the part that's exposed when the safety is off and then…