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Monthly Archives: July 2012
July 27, 2012 13th Annual System Administrator Appreciation Day
A sysadmin unpacked the server for this website from its box, installed an operating system, patched it for security, made sure the power and air conditioning was working in the server room, monitored it for stability, set up the software, … Continue reading
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The Seven Deadliest Drinks
You’re not stupid. You know drinking isn’t good for you. But when is it really, really not good for you? We talked about the healthiest drinks last week. Today we’re looking at the darker, sugarier, fattier underbelly of drinking, and … Continue reading
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What First Got You Interested in Technology?
In our “What Was It” series, we’ve been talking with notable people about what first piqued their interest in technology. People like Steve Wozniak and Alexis Ohanian have shared what pushed them into this field. Last night, at the American Museum of Natural History, Neil de Grasse … Continue reading
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Scientists Invent Wonder Material That May Kill Tumors and Cure Diseases
Scientists have invented artificial pores as small as the ones in your cells—something unimaginable until now. These sub-nanometer synthetic pores are so tiny that they can distinguish between ions of different substances, just like a real cell. It’s an amazing … Continue reading
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Four Times Its Okay to Break Up Via Text
Unprovoked nuclear attack. Incest. Cheating at Scrabble. Breaking up via text message. In the minds of many, that latter act is the greatest of all crimes—but is that fair? Is it ever justified to textually end things? Yes!A caveat, please: … Continue reading
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Clog-Free Inkjet Printer Inspired by the Human Eye
“The eye and an ink jet nozzle have a common problem: they must not be allowed to dry while, simultaneously, they must open,” explains Jae Wan Kwon, associate professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Missouri. Kwon, … Continue reading
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Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains Why the Original Star Trek’s Enterprise is the Best. Starship. Ever.
Acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson was in attendance at the most recent Starship Smackdown—an anual end-of-Comic-Con tradition wherein a posse of high-profile in-the-know space nerds debate one another of the best starship of all time. Tyson’s emphatic defense of the … Continue reading
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Scientists Develop Nanoparticle Which Completely Destroys Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C now kills more Americans than HIV and, while there’s increasing progress towards finding a reliable vaccine, results can’t come soon enough. Now, researchers have developed a nanoparticle that effectively eradicates hepatitis C 100 percent of the time. Researchers … Continue reading
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Tiny Rooftop Turbine Could Make Urban Wind Farms A Reality
There’s a reason that wind farms are placed offshore rather than in urban areas—the turbines are typically huge, difficult to erect, and need a solid sustained gust to produce any meaningful amount of current. This prototype, on the other hand, … Continue reading
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Microsoft Just Lost Money For the First Time Ever
Microsoft just posted its fourth quarter results, and for the first time since the tech giant was founded, it lost money. But this isnt necessarly all doom and gloom the beginning of the end—not yet anyway.Microsoft hasnt had the best … Continue reading
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