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Submission + - What happened before the Big Bang? (badastronomy.com)

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The Bad Astronomer

on Sunday July 01, 2007 @06:01PM

The Bad Astronomer writes: "A recent Slashdot story about cosmology is timely, indeed: a new press release was just issued about an advance in Loop Quantum Gravity theory which appears to allow the mathematics of cosmology to be extended to the time before the Universe underwent the Big Bang. The press release itself is a little, um, opaque, so I wrote up a more user-friendly version on my blog."

Submission + - Vista is watching you!

Submitted by greengrass on Sunday July 01, 2007 @05:13PM

greengrass writes: Are you using Windows Vista? Then you might as well know that the licensed operating system installed on your machine is harvesting a healthy volume of information for Microsoft. In this context, a program such as the Windows Genuine Advantage is the last of your concerns. In fact, in excess of 20 Windows Vista features and services are hard at work collecting and transmitting your personal data to the Redmond company.

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Submission + - TigerDirect - illegal selling tactics? (wangproducts.com)

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Anonymous Coward

on Saturday June 30, 2007 @03:26PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "TigerDirect markets itself using the slogan "The Best Computer and Electronics Deals Anywhere", and I hoped they would live up to their slogan. Sadly, I was horribly wrong — TigerDirect have one of the worst customer service teams I have ever dealt with — and in my opinion, they are also using illegal tactics to sell their products. Here is my story..."

Submission + - Don't Shave Your Butt Hair!!! (quixoticjourney.com)

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Tadpole

on Saturday June 16, 2007 @12:37AM

Tadpole writes: "This poor bastard has one very unfortunate lesson to share with us all... apparently, butt hair serves a purpose, and terrible things happen when you shave it... Read on, but avoid drinking while reading so you don't choke while laughing!"

Feed Ocean gobbles carbon at different rates (pheedo.com)

From feed by nsfeed on Thursday April 26, 2007 @02:32PM

Automated explorers tracking plankton fall-rate in the ocean's 'twighlight zone' reveal surprise differences with implications for long-term carbon capture

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