Submission Summary: 0 pending, 25 declined, 4 accepted (29 total, 13.79% accepted)
Submission + - Try some spicy steveness (thecooksden.com)
f1vlad writes: "Ken from The Cooks' Den came up with his own way to show appreciation for Apple products, by creating an eatable Steve Jobs head."
Submission + - Test submission from ie6, REMOVE (digg.com)
f1vlad writes: This is test submission blabla
Submission + - Another test (cmdrtaco.net)
f1vlad writes: "hellow this is another test now"
Submission + - testing testing now testing (cmdrtaco.net)
Submission + - Doodle Unexplained Phenomenon (blogspot.com)
f1vlad writes: "Some conspiracy theorists inspired by Google's encypted twitter status update and a recent Doodle suggest that this might be linked to the Exeter UFO Festival. Will we ever know the truth? :)"
Submission + - Sued Over Twitter Message? (techdirt.com)
f1vlad writes: "Think twice what you say on twitter, you could get sued!"
Submission + - Atlantis found? (thesun.co.uk)
f1vlad writes: "A perfect rectangle size of Wales, 620 miles off the west coast of Africa near the Canary Islands, found lying on the bed of the Atlantic Ocean more than 3 miles down.
Waluum adds google maps reference to this finding."
Waluum adds google maps reference to this finding."
Submission + - Custom Android Firmware JKv1.41-RC33 Released (androidcommunity.com)
f1vlad writes: "Custom firmware JKv1.41-RC33 has been released for Android. Among new introductions are iPhone-like browser zooming, auto-rotation, and voice-googling."
Submission + - Google Earth to show ocean floor (guardian.co.uk)
f1vlad writes: "Google is expected to announce the addition of its Google Earth project imagery — ocean floors, which will complete digital representation of our planet.
"The existing site, to which an estimated 400 million people have had access, already includes three-dimensional representations of large cities around the world and includes images from street-level and aerial photography covering thousands of miles across Britain and elsewhere.
The new additions to the website are expected to include views of the ocean, and portions of the seabed. They will also provide detailed environmental data that will enhance information about the effect of climate change on the world's seas and oceans.
Submission + - Canada welcomes H-1B USA Visa holders (immigrationvoice.org)
f1vlad writes: "Canadian program — Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP) — welcomes temporary skilled workers and their families, who are stuck in USA indefinitely due to green card retrogression, to become potential immigrants to Canada."
Submission + - U.S. Army sets up bases in Second Life (tomsguide.com)
f1vlad writes: "The Army has now taken it one step further, and will open several "islands" to the public in Second Life. "Over the next 30 to 45 days you might, if you're one of them Second Life avatar dudes that likes to go populate islands within Second Life, you will find an Army island in Second Life," said Gen. William S. Wallace during an Army Science Conference."
Submission + - Meizu M8 few days away! (engadget.com)
f1vlad writes: "Few days away is what initially supposed to be a true and only iPhone killer. Unlike other iPhone clones, this has been promising due to the proven quality of other Meizu devices. This device has been cloned from the first generation iPhone. Will it still be as popular as it could have been had it been released earlier?"
Submission + - Username not available, but neither is it taken!
f1vlad writes: "After inability to register a desired username at Gmail, I settled with an alternative. But in years passed I haven't stopped wondering why I can register this screen name with every service, but Gmail.
Recently, this has come up in a conversation with a couple of friends and it resulted in a number of experiments with Gmail registration system. Findings were quite interesting and were leaving more questions than answers. The following are the things that we found:
Why would Google keep these usernames reserved?"
Recently, this has come up in a conversation with a couple of friends and it resulted in a number of experiments with Gmail registration system. Findings were quite interesting and were leaving more questions than answers. The following are the things that we found:
- Certain male names with prefix 'f1' cannot be registered with Gmail. One would assume they're taken, but they aren't. We've sent test emails to these accounts, but we get back "This Gmail user does not exist". Examples: f1rich, f1richard, f1robert, f1alexander, f1nate, f1sasha.
- Female name with prefix 'f1' can easily be registered and marked as available in ajaxy registration form. Examples: f1sally, f1catherine, f1becky, f1molly, f1britney.
- If you swap 'f1' with 'f2' for male names, names become available.
Why would Google keep these usernames reserved?"
