Its a ploy to make people spend $26, see who buys it, monitor their ip address, monitor all their other purchases on their credit card, etc.

Well whales do have a habit of spontaneously appearing above planets, then falling down down down to something very -ound like.

So my girlfriend and I had the idea that people would really get motivated to help if they new it was for a greater cause. $40k divided 10 or 11 ways only goes so far. Think however how much impact $40k, the publicity of winning the DARPA challenge, and the power of social networks can go in terms of helping various peace initiatives in the world. Being a /. nerd I quickly set up a site and threw up a forum so people could post their ideas to help this project out. Any help any other /.ers could give in spreading the word for this good cause would be appreciated.

OK Better idea. Use the DARPA funds to promote peace.
Balloons for Peace

Step 1. Set up a website: Go to Darpa Balloon Challenge Group
Step 2. Get lots of people organized and figure out who gets how much
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Step N. Profit!!!!!

>> 1/3 of People Can't Tell 48Kbps Audio From 160Kbps

Correction: Over a third of participants thought the lower bit rate sounded better.

Those are not the same thing. To find out how many people thought they sounded exactly the same, I would have to RTFA.

Education.com has a write up on each of the canidates views on education:

http://www.education.com/magazine/article/John_McCain/

http://www.education.com/magazine/article/Barack_Obama/