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Comment Re: "Once widely emitted"? (Score 1) 266

China's CO2 gas emissions per capita are about a third of that from the US. If you consider that China's industry probably contributes significantly more than their automobiles, it shouldn't be hard to realise that the summary was probably right. In America almost every family can afford cars. Not true in most Asian societies. (Yes there are exceptions, such as Singapore, hence I said most.)

Comment What. (Score 1) 505

A cool machine that is all moving parts has got to be intrinsically interesting to someone born into this generation,' says Mitch Greenblatt, an online retailer of design-forward watches who is seeing a surge in business, 'because there's just nothing like that in their life.

Cars anyone? Hard drives? Cameras? I don't see what this guy is getting at.

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Submission + - Washington Post Hacked – 1.27 Million Affect (digitizor.com)

dkd903 writes: The website of one of the leading news service providers in USA – Washington Post, fell prey to hackers and as a result account details of more than 1.27 million subscribers on the website were exposed.
Android

Submission + - AtGeeks : Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v Reviews (atgeeks.net)

kertlugina writes: Like the Acer Iconia Tab, the Galaxy Tab 10.1v is running Adroid’s tablet-optimised Honeycomb operating system. This makes everything from web browsing to navigating the OS vastly improved on the 7-inch Galaxy Tab, with nice touches that include Gmail’s improved interface designed specifically for viewing on tablet.

Comment Re:And for those not interested in reading TFA (Score 1) 140

... the blob is, according to observations, a gas cloud who was irradiated until recently by a now dead quasar. The irradiation excited the oxygen atoms in the cloud, making it glow green.

I think it wouldn't have been too much to add this to the entry.

... the blob is, according to observations, a gas cloud who was irradiated until recently by a now dead quasar. The irradiation excited the oxygen atoms in the cloud, making it glow green.

a gas cloud who was irradiated until recently by a now dead quasar

a gas cloud who was irradiated

a gas cloud who

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