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AMD to break new ground with 32nm Bulldozer design – “We’ve described Bulldozer earlier as a “1.5-core” design, and that’s still true. The core represents a kind of extreme approach to simultaneous multithreading, where instead of just replicating some of the instruction flow parts of the machine, AMD has also replicated the entire integer unit [...]
While I was walking to go get lunch today, I almost got pancaked by a bus! Luckily my lunch buddy was paying more attention than me, and he pulled me back just in time. This might make it sound like it was all my fault, and it was in part because pedestrians should always look before they cross a busy street, but I feel I can defend my case to a certain extent considering the traffic light was, you know, Completely Changed to Red. This near “Reverse Jessika SMASH!” (the unholy counterpart of the world renowned and thoroughly awesome “Jessika SMASH!”) got me thinking about pedestrian safety, and I thought I would pass on what I learned.
Last week I wrote about the risqué Ubisoft title “We Dare.” A couple of people brought up the point that even though the game is rated 12 in Europe, it’s clearly not marketed for tweens and teens. This is completely true, and I definitely wasn’t trying to insinuate anything along the lines of, “A game company is going after the innocence of our youth, oh, think of the children!”
Salad Days for the Mail-Order Bride Business
by Cristen Conger | February 28, 2011
Long ago on Stuff Mom Never Told You, Molly and I discussed whether mail-order brides still exist. The short answer is yes, services matching men with international women (often from Eastern Europe) certainly still exist. And according to a recent BusinessWeek story, the mail-order bride business has benefited from the recession.
Like many couples, my husband and I like to spend a few minutes every night sharing a synopsis of our days with each other. Sometimes, events are so intriguing that — at least for me — I wish there were a photo or a video to go along with the snippet of info being shared. The same is true for daily or weekly wrap-ups with my other family and friends. Over the weekend, my brother-in-law told me about what seems like a promising solution to this problem. More after the jump.
The Guinness Book of World Records has named the world’s hairiest girl: The ‘wolf child’ delighted to be named the world’s hairiest girl – because it makes her more POPULAR at school Supatra is one of just 50 known sufferers of Ambras Syndrome – caused by a faulty chromosome – to be documented since the [...]
This article points out that “Drill, Baby, Drill” is about to return as a war cry in congress: Libyan turmoil, $100 per barrel oil fuel Republican drilling push on Capitol Hil Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) — chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee that will host Salazar Thursday — has scheduled several hearings on offshore [...]
Gallium is a metal with a very low melting temperature. At room temperature (70 degrees F, 21 degrees C), gallium is a solid and it acts like a normal metal. But at 86 degrees F (30 degrees C), gallium melts. You can see the melting action in this video, where a gallium spoon is used [...]
Has Jonathan Ive decided that working for Apple has lost its appeal?
by Jonathan Strickland | February 28, 2011
This morning, I read a post written by Charlie White at Mashable that suggests Apple’s troubles at the executive level could potentially intensify. White cites articles from a couple of British newspapers that say Jonathan Ive, the head of industrial design at Apple, may not be entirely happy with his situation. If Ive were to leave Apple, it could be a big blow.
Robot Wars – “In less than a decade robots have revolutionised the way wars are fought. Lethal Predator planes are flown on air raids over Afghanistan from office chairs in the United States. There are tens of thousands of unmanned vehicles in action….” Darpa’s Cheetah-Bot Designed to Chase Human Prey – “Perhaps you thought the [...]
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