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Submission + - Galileo's Middle Finger on Display

shrimppoboy writes: The middle finger of Galileo's right hand, which, inexplicably was removed when his body was exhumed in 1737, is being put on display. Galileo spent the last nine years of his life under house arrest and perhaps displaying this finger is symbolic.

Comment Re:nice... (Score 1) 711

I'm guessing that's the point. He's either trying to 'save face', or he's concerned that if he does back down, his ability to prosecute these types of cases will be called into question. He might be hoping that it goes to some sort of committee or arraignment where they will over rule him.

Then, he could use that in a campaign for Attorney General to 'protect our children, even from themselves'.

He'll win by a land-slide.

Comment Re:Are you kidding me? (Score 1) 285

And IE7 is pile of crap how exactly?

Standards not withstanding, IE7's toolbar and tab layout are completely contrary to every windows application out there. Microsoft seems to be forgetting that 1/2 the reason people like their software is because they can find stuff, and even though there is NEW stuff, everything is where it used to be.

-No menu bar.
-a new tab button that shows up when you to go click on it to get a new tab.
-Multiple Home pages.
-WTF is a "PAGE" button/menu supposed to mean?

The list goes on.

At least I can set google as my default search engine.

Comment Is this the nail in the coffin? (Score 1) 174

First, Yahoo kills their music store, and everyone with music tracks from them are now left with NOTHING. Now they lose their ad revenue deal w/ Google? If MS truly isn't interested any more (i.e.- their lack-of-interested isn't a bargaining chip), could this be it for Yahoo? What do they have left that's viable?

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