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Muhammad cartoons ‘global crisis’

Does anyone else find the violent reaction to the Muhammad cartoons ironic?
If you haven’t seen them, the Muhammad cartoons are available here. 

An evening with Googles Marissa Mayer
From a while ago but still interesting.  Some of the better points:

• The prime reason the Google home page is so bare is due to the fact that the founders didn’t know HTML and just wanted a quick interface
• The infamous “I feel lucky” is nearly never used. However, in trials it
  was found that removing it would somehow reduce the Google experience.
  Users wanted it kept. It was a comfort button.
• Gmail was used internally for nearly 2years prior to launch to the
  public. They discovered there was approximately 6 types of email users,
  and Gmail has been designed to accommodate these 6. [no mention of what the 6 types are…]

The Truthiness Teller

When the “Report” debuted last October, Colbert made clear that his mantra would be truthiness, a devotion to information that he wishes were true even if it’s not. “I’m not a fan of facts,” he intoned. “You see, facts can change, but my opinion will never change, no matter what the facts are.”
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“Anyone can read the news to you. I promise to feel the news at you”
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“We’re changing the world one factual error at a time.”

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twelve hard drive bays
it ran dead silent
it is Aluminum that has been melted and mixed with some sort of noise absorption material that bonds directly with the aluminum

Decision made - I’m waiting to build the MythTV box until I at least know how much this thing costs. What a beautiful beast.