Apache gets paid 3.141592654 cents for each Google +1 click because of their "+1 patent"
http://grep.codeconsult.ch/2011/04/01/1-tm-a-rosy-financial-...
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#112Air New Zealand have introduced "pay what you weigh" http://promos.airnz.co.nz/payweigh/
Sorry, my bad ... It was Carl, he's new.
This was an April Fools prank, thanks for all the fun
feedback. Glad that we could give (most of) you a
laugh. Have a great weekend!
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#113At Flick(e)r, we finally fixed the misspelling of the company name.
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#114I created a bash-like shell with C++ syntax. It saves a lot of typing, and it's only 412,011 lines of template-heavy code, so it's easy to extend:
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#115Reddit Mold! http://blog.reddit.com/2011/03/reddit-mold-is-now-live.html
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#116Reddit Mold! http://blog.reddit.com/2011/03/reddit-mold-is-now-live.html
Kind of terrible that they're using April fools to sell something. Some people are getting mold and if you get reddit gold you can get mold to retaliate. I mean I know they like are doing things to hire more people but this just seems a little in poor taste. It's not fun anymore when they're really asking you for money.
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#117The AWS team has been working on the new Amazon $NAME product for over 10 months:
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#118Here at Grooveshark, we've harnessed the power of HTML5™ to provide you with a full 3D experience... http://listen.grooveshark.com/ If you have a paid account, it won't change your theme automatically though. You should get a notification in the corner to turn it on.
You got me there I got to be honest. It took me a while to realize it's April Fools' :).
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#119Nice one from the AWS team
http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2011/04/announcing-aws-name.html
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#120http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/ drops back to CLI today, it seems.