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spon

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    Comment #649562

    Well said. Let's not live in our cubicles any longer than we have to. I love the fact that this guy feels there is a huge gaping hole out there, and that he intensely wants to do s…

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    Comment #605444

    Here's an interesting passage from the article: "But what does it mean, really, to be happier? For 30 years, Denmark has topped international happiness surveys. But Danes are hardl…

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    Comment #316209

    I'm a former Republican, and I used to say two things: (1) it's none of our business whether a private citizen is earning $10 or $10,000,000; (2) supply and demand produces, over t…

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    Comment #299785

    When I see articles that attribute far-reaching health consequences to specific chemicals like anti-oxidants -- which are rarely tested in isolation from other compounds -- I'm rem…

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    Comment #294810

    From Wikipedia: "Although the United Arab Emirates is becoming less dependent on natural resources as a source of revenue, petroleum and natural gas exports still play an important…

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    Comment #294225

    According to the Terms, Google has the right to "publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute," your book. They also have the right to "make such Content available to…

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    Comment #294205

    Google allows you to retain copyright over your content. That's great. So if you send a copy of your manuscript to your publisher using Chrome, you technically will always be "the …

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    Comment #293834

    From what I can tell, there's a way around this nonsense: use Chromium instead of chrome. It's licensed under the BSD license. http://code.google.com/chromium/terms.html On the oth…

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    Comment #293791

    Check out the "Google Chrome Terms of Service": anything you post or transmit with Chrome can be used by Google in any way it wants, for all time. They can display your writings in…

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    Comment #274003

    Every unsupported claim you read makes you 1% dumber.