Daily Archives: November 5, 2011

iPhone vs. Android OS

“One strange thing was navigating to a flash website and having video actually play. It makes a huge difference.” Confessions Of An iPhone User Who Recently Switched To Android and further reading… 11 Killer Features That Android Users Don’t Want … Continue reading

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“The banks pee and pooh on us every day”

Occupy Protesters Make a “Deposit” at Bank in Eureka, CA At about 8:09 am, Officers responded to the 5th Street branch of US Bank for a biohazard report. A US Bank representative reported that she came to work to find … Continue reading

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Triple the Cost and double the time: Great news: $98 billion estimate for California high-speed rail is lowball Makes RTD’s Fastracks almost look sane.

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68 yrs ago today: Graphite Reactor goes critical (Yesterday)

“Charging of the graphite reactor began at 4:30PM on November 3rd at a rate of 2.5 tons per hour. On November 4th at around 5AM a chain reaction was detected. 30.4 tons of natural uranium slugs were loaded into 369 … Continue reading

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Occupy DC (but you can fill in the blank)

A class act. McCAIN: Wow. Wow. And so they had somebody whose job was apparently to monitor you? FIELDS: Exactly, yes. So for about three hours, I had someone following me around, harassing me, screaming things out to me. And … Continue reading

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