May 2010
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A Woman’s Touch Can Be Risky →
A new study finds that physical contact, such as a pat on the back by a woman, increases a man’s risk tolerance. […] Investigators discovered that men would risk more money if a female experimenter patted them on the back, than if she just talked to them or if a man did the patting. […] The results suggest that a woman’s touch works the same on adults as it does on infants: making them feel more...
May 30th
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May 29th
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May 28th
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Swedish court convicts dead man for assault →
This is how a civilized society deals with zombies. We all need to remember that zombies are were people too! Vietvets comment on the Local cracked me up: In the rest of the world, there are 2 sure things, death and taxes. In Sweden, there are 3 sure things. Taxes, death, and taxes after death.
May 27th
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May 26th
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Cummingtonite →
To quote Christian on Facebook, in general agreement: Because (againt all odds) I’m a child. It might even beat out Kryptonite as my favorite name. :D
May 25th
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May 24th
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May 23rd
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WatchWatch
What Happens After you Save the Princess
May 22nd
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May 21st
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May 20th
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May 19th
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May 18th
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May 17th
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500 euro note →
Spain in particular, although not initially authorised to issue five hundred euro notes, now has a quarter of all these high-value bills within its borders. This is far more for than expected for an economy of its size and they are rarely seen in every-day commerce - they have been nicknamed “bin Ladens” by the populace (as everyone knows they are there and what they look like but...
May 16th
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May 15th
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Estonia and the euro →
Estonia is one of two countries in the whole EU that actually meets the common currency’s rules (Sweden being the other). All the rest (even those that use the euro) have gaily breached the deficit and debt limits. If Norway was in the EU rather than just pretending to be I’m sure they would’ve made that list too. The Economist did argue a while back that the limit set up by the...
May 14th
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May 13th
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May 12th
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May 11th
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May 10th
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May 9th
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Java Build Tools: Ant vs. Maven →
Seriously. Maven is a horrible implementation of bad ideas. I believe someone, somewhere had (perhaps still has) a vision for Maven that was sensible, if not seductive. But the actual implementation of Maven lacks any trace of such vision. In fact, everything in Maven is so bad that it serves as a valuable example of how not to build software. You know your build is awesome when it works the...
May 8th
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May 7th
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“Last month I got “consequences from destroying the garbage...”
– ozamosi, listing search terms landing on his blog.
May 6th
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May 5th
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May 4th
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May 3rd
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May 2nd
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May 1st