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I was a Propeller Scout, and I ran the Geeks Group. AOL sent me to the land of Wind and Ghosts, though, so I don't spend nearly as much time propelling as I once did.
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The politics of mockery: Obama fires back »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in News
...This isn't to say the "celeb" ads are't working in some way. They may well be. But the GOP's previous virtuosity at ...
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More than two dozen cheerleaders get stuck in University of Texas elevator »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in Humor
More than two dozen teenage girls on campus for a cheerleading camp got stuck in an elevator at a University of Texas dormitory this evening ...
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An Uneasy America: 'Why We Hate Us' »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
Dick Meyer is a man with a list of hates. Meyer, NPR's new editorial director of digital media, can rattle off plenty of examples ...
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The Leviathan by Wesley Allsbrook »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
This is Tor's first online comic, a brilliantly-written and beautifully-illustrated story called The Leviathan.
(read more)Read (155) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at tor.com
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Exclusive Defcon 16 Badge Sneak Peek »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in Science & Technology
Later this week Defcon , the world's largest hacker convention, will kick off in Las Vegas. One of the more popular gadgets from the previous ...
(read more)Read (225) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at blog.wired.com
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How do SF writers handle the Fermi Paradox? »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
The Fermi Paradox states simply that if there are aliens, where are they? It's a vexing question, especially for science fiction writers who need ...
(read more)Read (223) | Share | Discuss (1) | Read Full Story at tor.com
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Bogus Twitter profiles used to spread malware »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in Science & Technology
According to Kaspersky Lab’s Viruslist diary, this week Twitter has hosted an attack that is targeting both Twitter users and the Internet community at ...
(read more)Read (157) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at cyberinsecure.com
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China fails to keep promises it made to win Olympic games »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in Sports
With four days left before the start of the 2008 Summer Games, Chinese officials have not lived up to key promises they made to win ...
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Unfulfilled space funeral for "Scotty": words from his son. »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in Family
There have been previous attempts to send Doohan posthumously to the stars, one of which ended with the eventual recovery of the rocket's payload ...
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Publisher's Weekly interviews John Scalzi »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
Publisher's Weekly interviewed science fiction author John Scalzi about his new book, Zoe's Tale. Scalzi talks about he put together Zoe’s Tale ...
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Science Fiction is not dead, and never will be dead »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
Every year, people prophecy the death of science fiction, but science fiction, as a whole, is not dead. Maybe some parts of it are—the ...
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Our brains react differently to artificial vs human intelligence »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in Science & Technology
Ever since Deep Blue trounced Garry Kasparov at chess in 1996, it's been almost inevitable that we will find ourselves interacting with increasingly intelligent ...
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What will the LHC find? »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in Science & Technology
With the Large Hadron Collider almost ready to turn on, it's time to prepare ourselves for what it might find. This thorough cheat sheet ...
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Was This Year's Comic-Con The Big One? »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
It was the con that, it seemed, confounded a lot of people. Press shut out of panels, celebrities turned away from parties, comic publishers vowing ...
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BGPatterns is a web-based tool to make your own tiled desktop images »
Posted by: 1 year, 4 months ago in Science & Technology
Free online design tool BgPatterns gives you a full range of options to make your own tiled/repeating backgrounds, whether for your computer desktop or ...
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