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Sorry For the Detainment, Here's a Laptop 218

A select group of 17 Uighur Muslims held in Guantánamo, and waiting for a nation to grant them asylum are getting laptops and web training from the US military. Their web training will take place in a virtual computer lab the military has set up. The lessons will be limited to DVD language training as well as a basic users skill — set to help in any future employment options. Nury Turkel, an Uighur rights activist, said the training would help the men "be reintroduced into a modern society," adding that it "also would give hope to the men that their freedom is nearing." This special group already gets to order fast food and use a phone booth for weekly calls. I think the government is on to something here. Nothing keeps a man pacified like an occasional phone call, a cheeseburger, and surfing for a little porn.

Comment Google Beta (Score 5, Insightful) 180

I believe more people probably know what Google means then they know what Beta means. Google has become the biggest of the BIG companies (without imploding or needing government bailout). 8 to 1 searchers use Google over Microsoft Search Engine, so what Google's 'beta' is, is really what the industry standard has become.

Comment What do I read first? (Score 1) 507

I have only read 'Ender's Game' a few years back, but I wanted to get into the series, but from what I hear this series (based on book release dates) jumps all over the place. So to those that have read more books in the series than I have....which books and in which order should I tackle this series. Should I read then front cover to back cover or start somewhere in the middle:). Is this like the Star Wars series, in that it won't really matter unless which ones I read unless you want to go back and re-read some books to look for inconsistencies.

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