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There’s a step in the right direction. Now if we can just wean them from socialism and immigrantophilia….

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“At those nodes, the industry will start getting to the point where semiconductor manufacturing tools are too expensive to depreciate with volume production, i.e., their costs will be so high, that the value of their lifetime productivity can never justify it,” he adds.

At that point, says Jelinek, Moore’s Law becomes academic, and chip makers are going to extend the time they keep their process technologies in the field so they can recoup their substantial investments in process research and semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

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Can action figures be far behind? And perhaps some cute scratch-off game at McDonald’s….

The Vatican announced that 200 copies of the elaborately decorated parchment from 1530, which bore an appeal by English peers to Pope Clement VII asking for the annulment of Henry’s marriage, would go on sale for 50,000 euros (£43,000) each.

Boy, history don’t come cheap.

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Let that be a lesson to us all.

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Very neighborly.

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It uses less than 10 per cent of the water of conventional machines and 30 per cent less energy by replacing most of the water with thousands of tiny reusable plastic beads to attract and absorb dirt under humid conditions.

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Quick, get a picture of Ted Kennedy.

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If you’ve got money, of course.

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I can see why the tender spirits of The Guardian find that disturbing.

On the other hand, perhaps they were eaten by aliens. I’ve seen movies on that very subject.

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Shiv Sena, the ultra-right Hindu nationalist party in India, has launched a global brand of snack food called the Shiv Vada — a sandwich containing deep-fried potato ball.

I curious on what basis Cory Doctorow characterizes the Shiv Sena party as “ultra-right”? Although, being ultra-left himself, I suppose I ought to accept his judgment.

In any case, any intersection of “ultra-right” and “potato” has my interest.

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The Peppered moth, which changed its colour from white to black in areas of Britain with heavy pollution, is now reverting back to its original appearance.

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A great new term, although I think “slobocracy” would be more accurate.

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Amazon is a fascinating company to watch. You can never tell what it will do.

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The 17th century royal game which gave Pall Mall in London its name was played on the street for the first time in 400 years.

Sometimes the old ways are best.

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They have been incorporated into everything from heraldry to architecture, comics, novels and films. And now, six of our best loved mythical creatures have the ultimate accolade, a starring role on their own set of stamps.

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Good man.

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Some times the old ways are best.

If I were king I’d be tempted to stock it with fairly hard-assed combat soldiers, just to get it back to its roots.

But that’s me….

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This is about the size of the typical light cruiser — although not nearly as much fun; I am particularly attracted by the “military-grade missile defence system” feature.

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Hey, don’t say we don’t have useful stuff here.

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It is known as one of the world’s most expensive yachts, although it still lags behind the Dubai, the 531-foot vessel owned by Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, and valued at £212 million ($350 million).

Oh, well, then, forget it.

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Don’t say we never have useful stuff here.

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In recent years, scientists have discovered that epigenetic changes–heritable changes that do not alter the sequence of DNA itself–play a major role in development, allowing genetically identical cells to develop different characteristics; epigenetic changes also play a role in cancer and other diseases. (The definition of epigenetics is somewhat variable, with some scientists limiting the term to refer to specific molecular mechanisms that alter gene expression.) Most epigenetic studies have been limited to a cellular context or have looked at the epigenetic effects of drugs or diet in utero. These two new studies are unique in that the environmental change that triggers the effect–enrichment or early abuse–occurs before pregnancy. “Give mothers chemicals, and it can affect offspring and the next generation,” says Larry Feig, a neuroscientist at Tufts University School of Medicine, in Boston, who oversaw part of the research. “In this case, [the environmental change] happened way before the mice were even fertile.”

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And about fargin time, too.

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It won’t be enough for the envirofascists, but it sounds encouraging.

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Whatever would we do without scientists?

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That’s going to make one hell of a souvenir.

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Just in case you were wondering. I know I was.

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Just in case you were wondering. I know I was.

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Just in case you were wondering. I know I was.

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There you go — change you can believe in.

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You knew it had to happen.

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A wildlife photographer has described how he came face to face with a kermode, or spirit bear, an animal so rare it was once thought to be mythical.

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Just in case you were wondering. I know I was.

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Holly Lisle, famous writer and sometime Agent of Chaos, discovers the secret that some of us have known all along.

And I have discovered the answer to the house that stays clean all by itself. Don’t have so much stuff. Don’t buy stuff you won’t use. Get rid of stuff you don’t like as soon as you discover you don’t like it. If you bring something you love into the house, make room for it by getting rid of something you don’t.

Go ye and do likewise.

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“The cellulose industry separates wood into its three main components — lignin, cellulose and hemicellulose,” ICT team leader Emilia Regina Inone-Kauffmann told DPA.

“The lignin is not needed in papermaking, however. Our colleagues mix that lignin with fine natural fibers made of wood, hemp or flax and natural additives such as wax. From this, they produce plastic granulate that can be melted and injection-moulded.”

The final product can resemble highly polished wood or have a more matted finish and look like the plastic used in most household items.

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Within white culture, your choice of transportation method says a lot about you.  For example a Prius says you care about the Earth, a bicycle shows you REALLY care about the earth, and a bus shows that you are probably not white.

In fact, were it to have a liberal arts degree and a steady income,  a Vespa scooter would possesses every important quality that a white person looks for in a spouse.

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It doesn’t appear to get rid of Chris Dodd, so it’s not all that useful.

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Well, shucks.

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Gotta love Australians.

I once offered John Cornyn a large campaign contribution if he would bitch-slap Ted Kennedy, but I never heard back on it. Wuss.