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heptapod writes:
Five years ago Koreans declared that "email is for old people". Now the Brits are getting in on the action with a 15 year old interning at Morgan Stanley declaring "Twitter is for old people". It's funny people find this to be actual news when everyone else knew this in the first place.
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heptapod writes:
Laurence Peter once stated "All new members in a hierarchical organization climb the hierarchy until they reach their level of maximum incompetence." Now it's been proven to be unavoidable and has a negative impact on the world economy by adversely affecting efficiency. Fortunately Alessandro Pluchino, the author of the abstract, has suggested possible approaches as solutions to avoid decreased productivity.
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heptapod writes:
New Scientist is reporting that Bill Gates is donating $50 million USD to circumcise more than half a million men in Swaziland and Zambia. The goal of the project is to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS in one of the global hotspots for this epidemic.
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heptapod writes:
HOLY SHIT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA II IS OUR NEW OVERLORD
WHY IS THIS NOT ON THE FRONT PAGE ****NOW****
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heptapod writes:
The Washington Post is reporting that Wikipedia's former Chief Operating Officer Carolyn Bothwell Doran has an extensive criminal record which was elaborated upon by The Register that states her record includes convictions for passing bad checks, theft, petty larceny, additional DUIs, and unlawfully wounding her boyfriend with a gun shot to the chest. Wikimedia said it had no indication that Doran did anything improper with its money. However, the foundation's most recent audit is incomplete, though it had hoped to complete it months ago.
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heptapod writes:
The Washington Post is reporting that a 75 year old woman fed up with Comcast entered a local Comcast office and destroyed a customer service rep's desk over poor customer service and Comcast's failure to install its Triple Play service. More horror stories can be read at ComcastMustDie. Now let's see if someone can get her plane tickets to India.
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heptapod writes:
Taco decreed, "If it's not a dupe or a troll, it's rejected!" Counting his Roland Piquepaille and beatlesbeatles kickback from Google Adsense he continued, "Anyone who ever posted or modded up that Slashdot Troll Investigation or was ever critical of liberal philosophies is to be banned forever from moderation or story submission! Who cares about karma? The FAQ does say it's arbitrary!" Drunk on power and gin, the Slashdot editors called out Gabe and Tycho for fisticuffs. Digg was unavailable for comment.
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heptapod writes:
The Indian state of Kerala has banned Microsoft software from government offices and public schools. Microsoft isn't the only company being singled out, Coca Cola and Pepsi products won't be found due to their government's ban. Nearly 1.5 million students in the 2,650 government and government-aided high schools in the state will no longer use the Windows platform for computer education. Instead, they have switched over to the free GNU/Linux software.