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Languages of the World (Wide Web)
Posted by Daniel Ford and Josh Batson The web is vast and infinite. Its pages link together in a complex network, containing remarkable structures and patterns. Some of the clearest patterns relate to language. Most web pages link to other pages on the same web site, and the few off-site links they have are almost […]
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Languages of the World (Wide Web)
Posted by Daniel Ford and Josh Batson The web is vast and infinite. Its pages link together in a complex network, containing remarkable structures and patterns. Some of the clearest patterns relate to language. Most web pages link to other pages on the same web site, and the few off-site links they have are almost […]
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Afghanistan
Recently I was thinking about the typical pathway to democracy. It seems to me the usual pattern goes something like this: A dictator rules a bunch of uneducated idiots. The dictator realizes he needs smarter citizens to compete with other countries. The dictator educates his citizens. The educated citizens get rid of the dictator. Democracy […]
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OLED Breakthrough Yields 75% More Efficient Lights
Mike writes “Researchers at Korea’s Advanced Institute of Science and Technology recently announced a breakthrough in OLED technology that reduces the ultra-thin lights’ energy consumption by 75%. The discovery hinges upon a new method of creating ‘surface plasmon enhanced’ organic light emitting diodes that boast 1.75 times increased emission rates and double the light intensity.” […]
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Asian Executives Fix LCD Prices, Face Imprisonment in US
Current and former executives from LG, Chunghwa, and Sharp have all agreed to plead guilty to various charges of fixing the prices of TFT-LCD screens. The executives will face six to nine months in jail, pay $20,000-$50,000 fines, and have also agreed to help the United States government in other LCD price fixing investigations. The […]
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Firefox Infects Vietnamese Users With Trojan Code
Mozilla, the maker of the open source Firefox browser, is redoubling its efforts to check user created add-ons for viruses and Trojans after it discovered that a language pack on its official add-on page had been infected for months with rogue code, the organization reported Wednesday. Starting in mid-Feburary, Vietnamese users of Mozilla's open source […]
