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Twitter and the Global Brain - Google DocsTwitter ...
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Ghost in the Shell: Why Our Brains Will Never Live in the Matrix | h+ MagazineGhost in the Shell: Why Our Brains Will Never Live in the Matrix When surveying the goals of transhumanists, I found it striking how heavily many of them favor conventional engineering. This seems inefficient and inelegant, since such engineering reproduces slowly, clumsily and imperfectly, ...
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Can Google and Microsoft Be Challenged with Open Source Search? - ReadWriteEnterpriseOpen-source search has some major advantages compared to its competitors. First of all, it's free. Second, it stands up in comparison to the largest, proprietary search vendors. Third, there is a growing ecosystem around open-source search that makes it far easier to implement than ever before. ...
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Twitter And Facebook Turn Everyone Into An Affiliate MarketerTwitter And Facebook Turn Everyone Into An Affiliate Marketer by Guest Author on November 15, 2009 This guest post was written by Steve Poland , a former TechCrunch writer working on his soon-to-launch start-up InSeconds that allows sites to easily customize each visitor’s experience, ...
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Japanese fishing trawler sunk by giant jellyfish - TelegraphBy Julian Ryall in Tokyo Published: 7:00AM GMT 02 Nov 2009 The trawler, the Diasan Shinsho-maru, capsized off Chiba`as its three-man crew was trying to haul in a net containing dozens of huge Nomura's jellyfish. Each of the jellyfish can weigh up to 200 kg and waters around Japan have ...
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NSA to store yottabytes of surveillance data in Utah megarepositoryNSA to store yottabytes of surveillance data in Utah megarepository by Devin Coldewey on November 1, 2009 There’s an interesting article in the current New York Review of books (predictably, a book review) detailing the history of the National Security Agency, that shadowy ...
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N.Y.P.D. to Shake Things Up With the Rumbler Super Siren - Wheels Blog - NYTimes.comN.Y.P.D. to Shake Things Up With the Rumbler Super Siren If you’re in Manhattan and suddenly feeling some not-so-good vibrations, it could be the effects of the New York Police Department’s latest siren, called the Rumbler. “It emits vibrations that can be felt, so drivers, even with their ...
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‘Impossible’ Device Could Propel Flying Cars, Stealth Missiles | Danger Room | Wired.com‘Impossible’ Device Could Propel Flying Cars, Stealth Missiles The Emdrive is an electromagnetic drive that would generate thrust from a closed system — “impossible” say some experts. To critics, it’s flat-out junk science, not even worth thinking about. But its inventor, Roger Shawyer, has ...
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Cord Blood Bank, Cord Blood Banking, and Storing Your Baby?s Umbilical Cord BloodYour baby’s umbilical cord blood is a valuable source of noncontroversial stem cells. Cord blood has already saved thousands of lives and medical researchers are now exploring potential new uses for conditions like diabetes and heart disease. Learn ...
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Eating animals is making us sick - CNN.comEating animals is making us sick Editor's note: Jonathan Safran Foer is the author of the critically acclaimed novels "Everything is Illuminated" and "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close." His latest book, the nonfiction "Eating Animals," (Little, Brown and Co.) will be published November 2. ...
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