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Submission + - Shatner to boldly lead Canada as Governor (www.cbc.ca) 1

Submitted by just fiddling around
just fiddling around writes: Now that Michaëlle Jean is approaching the end of her customary 5 years post as Governor General of Canada, the rumor mill has started on who Prime Minister Steven Harper will propose to the Queen in her stead. According to the CBC, the short list includes Captain Kirk, actor William Shatner. It seems that acting can lead to the highest offices in places other than California.
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Submission + - Increasing Algal Blooms Threaten China's Coasts (google.com)

Submitted by eldavojohn
eldavojohn writes: While the United States deals with oil on its southern shores, China faces hundreds of square kilometers of algal blooms headed towards its shores. One large 200 sq km blob is about thirteen kilometers (eight miles) away from Jiaonan in Shandong province. In 2008, China employed ten thousand to clean a similar algal bloom in order to keep its nearby shore pristine for the Olympics. China has had several case studies (PDF) done of their algal blooms which many attribute to nutrient pollution in lakes and shores. The Alaskan blob also amounted to an algal bloom while west coast red tide algal blooms are making wild shellfish deadly to consume.
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Journal Journal: A new blog: A Bitter Programmer

Journal by MagikSlinger

A Bitter Programmer is a log I've decided to try to maintain. I realise I have 10+ years of wisdom that should be shared and archived for future generations, if only to point at and laugh as they say, "Look at the silly Caveman, Momma! he thinks he can code enterprise solutions!"
The Matrix

Submission + - Cheap ADSL holds up 802.11n router design (crn.com.au)

Submitted by sholto
sholto writes: Ever wondered why you can't find the perfect 802.11n router? You know, the one with dual band, great range, USB print server AND storage. Australian ISPs used to give away modem routers with expensive ADSL plans to consumers, but competition has forced them to drop the plans' prices so low they can't subsidise the boxes any more. D-Link says R&D into N routers is now caught in a Catch-22.
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Submission + - At Google, You're Old and Gray At 40

Submitted by theodp
theodp writes: Google faces an imminent California Supreme Court decision on whether it engaged in age discrimination. But that hasn't kept the internet company from patting itself on the back for how it supports old "Greyglers" — that's any Googler over 40. At a company of about 20,000 full-time employees, there were at last count fewer than 200 formally enrolled Greyglers working to 'make Google culture...welcome to people of all ages.'

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