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Voters did approve one of four petitioned zoning articles, one that would require cottage colonies to be in operation for at least three years before they can be turned into condominium ownership. Zoning articles require a two-thirds majority and the first vote was close, counted as 139 in favor and 64 opposed. A recount was held that was tallied at 136-70 and declared to be passed by Town Clerk Cynthia Slade, utilizing a multiplier of 0.66 to determine two-thirds, the figure the town has always used. Unfortunately, this vote was so close that the inaccurate fraction made the difference, and several months later the attorney general’s office negated the approval as not meeting the two-thirds threshold.

Buzz is being rolled out over the next few days so some people will see a Buzz folder in their gmail, but most won't yet (this Twitter post explains how Safari users can get an early glimpse).

If you can switch your user agent string to iPhone, you can get this to work in any browser, not just Safari. I just verified it in Firefox.

Actually for this thing, there's probably a whole new layout that's optimal. (That's an exercise for the reader to invent.)

The guys over at ShapeWriter have already beaten you (me?) to it.

They call it the ATOMIK keyboard layout, and there's a short demo here. The learning curve is probably a little steep, but I would guess that it's less than learning QWERTY, partly because you're allowed to look at the keyboard the entire time. :)

It is hard for Computer Science majors to find traditional semester-long study abroad opportunities. However, there are plenty of opportunities for slightly different things that let you be overseas AND learn more about CompSci.

This last summer, I participated in the International Summer School on Grid Computing (link to the '08 site). They do it in a different place every summer ('07 was Sweden, '08 was Hungary, I think '09 is France). It's short (2 weeks long), but it was still a great experience. Plus, OSG paid for all of the American students. I didn't have to ask my university (or myself) for a dime.

There are lots of other opportunities, too. Last year, PIRE started undergraduate research abroad (link for 2009). Fully paid, and you get a little stipend to help out.

Start searching for "intern abroad" or "research abroad" and you'll find many different opportunities. Most of them aren't a full semester and often fall in the summer (and rarely offer school credit), but you'll still get a great education and a chance to see great places.

Before it does weapons simulations, it will first work on some scientific problems, like model testing to predict climate change.

After it's done with that (I wonder how they will determine what done is...), it will go classified and do nuke simulations.