Tag: imported from reddit
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TIL that in 2010(!), Prince described the Internet as "...like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated."
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Unlike most other rock stars, he had banned YouTube and iTunes from using any of his music and had even closed down his own official website.
He said: "The internet's completely over. I don't see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won't pay me … -
linked_list - every comment posted is actually the comment to the next post (s)he'll comment on
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![Image representing post: Coming out to a dad who understand sociological statistics [comic]](https://bcdn.danq.me/_q26u/2012/01/201201111-576x480.gif#10759)
Coming out to a dad who understand sociological statistics [comic]
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Urban birds sing at higher pitch than rural ones to help song carry further, research shows.
Birds that sing their songs at a higher pitch help them travel further in built-up areas.
Previously it was thought that great tits and other common birds sung at a higher pitch in noisy areas to avoid the low pitch noise from traffic and industry.
Now, scientists from Aberystwyth University and the … -
Can show you anything. Shows you what you don't want to see.
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Hey, Mods! You should get onto this list...
There's a list of UK subreddits, including a sub-list of Universities, at: http://www.reddit.com/r/raerth/comments/cwtow/brittit_british_and_anglocentric_subreddits/ - might want to get yourself added to that...
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The men who really invented the GUI
The IBM PC is not alone in having a significant anniversary this year. It is 25 years since Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniac started flogging Apple 1 circuit boards from a Palo Alto garage. But it was not until 1984 that the first Apple Mac made its appearance, with its revolutionary mouse-driven graphical user … -
Idea: mobile app that uses camera and shifts colour-balances to make colours "visible"
I'm not colourblind, and I'm not really a mobile developer, so maybe there's something I've missed, but I've got an idea for an app and I thought I'd run it by you guys to see if there's something I've missed.
Mobile processing power is getting better and better, and we're probably getting … -
I'm banned from Facebook for having an unusual name. Any suggestions welcome!
I have an unusual name: I'm pretty sure I'm the only person with my name in the world. It's not the quirkiest name in the world - I have two names, the first one is pretty common, the second one is unusual but isn't a swearword or "Elephanthead" or something, it's all in … -
Every time I see this at work my heart skips a beat.
AltGoogle Analytics tab, truncated to Google Anal
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TIL that Samwell (of "What What! In The Butt!" fame) did a far less-well-known song promoting condom use
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Live countdown to Minecraft 1.0
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Cold-call scam attempts to trick users into thinking their PC has a fault, sells them a "solution". Here's a recording.
More and more people are facing calls from companies claiming falsely that their computer is infected by a virus.
Technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones had one such call and outlines how the scam works and how to avoid it.
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HilaryJC's "Guide to Reddit" - is this for real?
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"Passengers who saw a wheel fall off a plane as it took off did not immediately inform the crew, a report has said."
Passengers who saw a wheel fall off a plane as it took off did not immediately inform the crew, a report has said.
The accident happened in March on a Flybe flight from Exeter to Newcastle.
The captain returned to Exeter and used the emergency brake and "significant amounts of right rudder" …