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Massive EU Program To Study Three-legged Dogs 85

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @10:14AM from the all-I-really-need-to-know-I-learned-from-a-three-legged-dog dept.

DMandPenfold writes "A multi-billion dollar European Union IT research fund will help study the behavior of three-legged dogs, it has been revealed. The fund will support extensive studies into how three-legged dogs move. There is a particular focus on how the dogs balance and function, given their missing limb."

New Crossover Release With Improved Compatibility 104

Posted by kdawson on Friday March 05, 2010 @11:44AM from the lin-win dept.

solanum writes "On March 2nd Crossover 9.0 was released. CrossOver 9 features a new user interface that focuses on making installation of Windows software quicker and easier than previous versions. Another new feature is CrossOver's ability to download installation 'recipes' directly from CodeWeavers online Compatibility Database. 'If another CrossOver user has figured out how to use CrossOver to install a Windows application, they can upload that installation recipe to our database,' said Jeremy White, CodeWeavers chief executive officer. 'As we go forward, and build this online storehouse, CrossOver will begin to automatically install that same application for other users. This enables us to move closer to a world where CrossOver will begin to run the majority of Windows apps, and not just an officially supported subset. In other words, our diabolical plot for world domination is going exactly as planned,' he added. Early reviews and comments are positive, and my own experience is that many more Windows applications work in this new version than previously."

Comment Re:obvious solution (Score 1) 484

by cirill on Sunday May 16, 2004 @06:53PM (#9169439) Attached to: Student Uncovers US Military Secrets

Even worse than that: the properly typeset text may have used ligatures ('fi', 'Ro', 'li' etc). The typesetter could have changed kerning or tracking of the text. What if hyphen was used in the middle of the word? Or em-dash? What if different language was used (we all use Unicode these days, right?). The typesetting can change the total length of blacked-out word.
The choice of "Egyptian" instead of "Ukrainian" may mean millions in fuel expenditurosees for long-range bombers and serious embarrassment in the future. These 2 countries are very far apart.

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