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SMS data rate is 4x more expensive than data from the Hubble
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 13, 2008
... because there are only 7 bits per character in the text messaging system, and we assume the average price for a text message is 5p. There are 1,048,576 bytes in a megabyte, so that's 1 million/140 = 7490 text messages to transmit one megabyte. At 5p each, that's £374.49 per MB - or about 4.4 times more expensive than the ‘most pessimistic’ estimate for Hubble Space Telescope t...
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For Those of You Who Miss Supermarket Sweep...
via Overheard in New York by (author unknown) on May 15, 2008
Five-year-old boy, crowded around his mothers' blackberry with younger sisters: 5... 4... 3... 2... 1! Mommy... time's up!Mother, who had been rushing around the sale room with just one item: [Ddisappointed] Okay, okay. I guess I'll just take this one sweater...--AnthropologieOverheard by: amused shopperAlsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down |Link · Email · Quote...
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Darth Vader attacks Jedi knights
via Boing Boing by David Pescovitz on May 13, 2008
On March 25, Arwel Hughes, 27, of Holyhead, UK, assaulted two members of the Jedi faith church who were holding mock lightsaber duels in a garden. Hughes, wearing a black plastic garbage bag and screaming "Darth Vader," jumped a fence and hit Barney Jones and Michael Jones in the head and leg, respectively. The incident was captured on video. Hughes was fined and given a suspended jail sentence....
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FAQ? WTF? [PIC]
via Digg | Odd Stuff by (author unknown) on May 12, 2008
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Band "shoots" video by sending Freedom of Information requests to CCTVs that
via Boing Boing by (author unknown) on May 09, 2008
Shared by SharonG crappy song, but cool concept!
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Comic for May 8, 2008
via Dilbert Daily Strip by (author unknown) on May 08, 2008
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This Guy Loooooves PBR
via So Good by Eick on May 07, 2008
USA Today has a story from a couple days ago about a man who loves PBR. No I mean REALLY loves PBR. In fact, he loves PBR so much that he had a coffin pre-made for himself that is designed to look like a PBR can. Then, after the coffin was completed, he filled it with ice and PBR’s, and threw a party with friends. Wow.Via Slashfood.
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Kids and Congress
via Freakonomics by (author unknown) on May 06, 2008
Shared by Scott Amazing but probably shouldn't be surprising. The more daughters Members of Congress have, the more likely they are to side with NOW issues, regardless of political party.Ebonya Washington, an economist at Yale, has a great paper that was just published in the American Economic Review called "Female Socialization: How Daughters Affect Their Legislator Fathers’ Voting on...
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Wegmans Considering Boston Site
via RSS by (author unknown) on May 06, 2008
Wegmans Food Markets is considering building a new store in suburban Boston that would be the chain’s first Massachusetts location, developers said.
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Found photo of children from the future
via Boing Boing by David Pescovitz on May 05, 2008
Joel posted this futurtastic photo over at Boing Boing Gadgets. He snagged it from dog'S faint which is a delightful compendium of completely unrelated found photos.Link to BB Gadgets, Link to dog'S faint!!
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