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will they revoke the world domination patent?
http://pttbt.ca/2007/11/22/amazon-sneaks-world-domination-past-patent-office.html

Why shouldn't you be able to have ex co-workers on your "friends" list? Perhaps thinking of them as friends is the problem. They may not be your friends, but they're social contacts. They're people you might want to maintain some level of relationship with, in case your new job doesn't work out, or you're dealing with your old company professionally, or you just want someone to hang out with when you're back in town, or ...

Someone else posted a satirical story about Facebook implementing multiple profiles for different facets of your life. In the grand tradition of satirical stories that later prove true, this is a feature that Facebook desperately needs to implement, to secure their own viability going forward if nothing else.

Facebook has already got this figured out... they're testing a new feature that lets you create alternate personalities to keep your various personalities away from each other...

Actually, it's not so much American politics as it is the will of American corporations... the government apparently got the entire text of the bill from the MPAA...

That's exactly right! But this year, Earth lost the Curling Galactic Cup because some fool went and fiddled with the game pieces mid-match...

However, the strategy appeared to backfire when, on September 14, 2007, CEO Darl McBride saw a comment that read, in part: "God, I hope they don't declare bankruptcy to try and get out of this mess."

Apparently this is just an attempt by a Utah company to increase holiday sales. Sigh.

Personally, I would be more upset about the Microstatus feature they're testing right now... at least you CAN opt out of the ad one...

Even the standards body tasked with determining this very point can't decide whether it's Jar Jar or Midi-chlorians, so I don't expect this'll get answered any time soon.

The real news is that this revision was just a means to an end, and apparently the patent office fell for it...

The Russians aren't too happy about this new side to NASA... they're trying to distance themselves from the whole idea...

And of course this discovery can't go without political interference... the White House is already condemning the discovery, calling for a ban.

Yes, but only 15 million of them are part of the government program to help the Russian economy...

There's a protest against capturing rainbows going on today in NY... looks like it's a murky ethical question...

Early beta testers of Microsoft's new MyLifeBits brain-backup service report serious issues with the service, ranging from garbled memories to combined experiences and straight-up memory loss.

"I'd been backing up my brain to their server for about a month when I decided to try downloading the phone number of this girl I liked," said Sean Plymouth, 22, of Denton, MI. "But after I rebooted myself, all I could remember was knitting sweaters by this big-ass fireplace and drinking decaf orange pekoe."

Representatives for Microsoft admitted some user data had been mixed up in the MyLifeBits server due to the flaky NTFS file system. In Plymouth's case, his experiences had been overwritten by those of an 87-year-old grandmother from Wichita, who in turn had strikingly vibrant memories of being a drag queen in San Francisco.

Apparently they still have bugs to work out... some people are reporting massive data loss in the beta program...

It seems there was some confusion about what kinds of devices you could install Leopard on, so these numbers may not hold up for long....

Microsoft is displeased at the leak. Apparently it's not a wishlist at all.

Plots schmots... if Sulu is really played by a girl, I'm swearing off Trek forever!
 
Mostly.

Exactly! The TFA has a definite agenda... in reality, this is a competitive move by Maxtor. You have to do extraordinary things to stand out in this global economy.

The one hidden in the Mona Lisa has lyrics too. Da Vinci was one busy beaver.