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Submission + - How many earthlings have studied calculus?

Submitted by OceanBarb
OceanBarb writes: Talking about fall semester grades got me to thinking....if you pass calculus, or linear algebra, or combinatorics, or differential equations at the college level, how many other Earthlings alive today are likely to have accomplished the same achievement? How many who are no longer alive? How different will the number be in ten or fifty or one hundred years?
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Submission + - Sony LCD Quality - or lack of

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Sony sells a monitor (SDMHS95P/R) with advertised contrast ratio of 1000 but Consumer Organization in NZ has determined that actual contrast ratio is 252. The worst discrepancy I have ever seen in such a product. You need to visit http://www.consumer.org.nz/ and maybe pay full $15 for 3 month access, but they do some excellent reviews, and they appear to be quite unbiased. And, coming from an Australian, a compliment to a NZ institution is ... well ... brave so say the least!

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