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The cloud backlash | Apps Meet Ops - CNET News
- The cloud did not fail. Amazon Web Services failed. Amazon's failure was partial, but very substantial. Large numbers of customers were badly affected, and things that should not have failed--that were supposedly specifically designed and arranged to ride through partial failures--suffered as well. Amazon lost only a very small portion of data (less than 1/10th of 1 percent of the EBS volumes managed in northern Virginia), but losing any of it is a very bad mark. Plain and simple, Amazon dropped the ball, big time. But plenty of other cloud services have no connection to AWS, and never blipped.
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Cairo, Ill., argues for its life in levee breach plan; others protest
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Five Free Software Programs Everyone Should Have | John C. Dvorak | PCMag.com
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Amazon's lengthy cloud outage shows the danger of complexity
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U.S. Economy Grew 1.8% in First Quarter - NYTimes.com
- “The G.D.P. went up, and that’s all fine and good, but in the real marketplace that’s definitely not the case,” said Jeff Beatty, a 62-year-old information technology professional in Richmond, Ky. Despite applying for 214 jobs “across half of the country,” he said, he has been unable to find work for the last year.
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Red Tape - We are all being tracked now. What should we do about that
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Why We Need An Open Wireless Movement | Electronic Frontier Foundation
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CIA: New CIA chief David Petraeus to assess his old war tactics in Afghanistan - latimes.com
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PLoS Biology: The 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Well Blowout: A Little Hindsight
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The 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Well Blowout | www.plosbiology.org | Readability
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What Apple and Google do with your location data - Apr. 28, 2011
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http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/Zombies.pdf
Infectious Disease Modeling: Zombie Edition (PDF)Zombies are a popular figure in pop culture/entertainment and they are usually portrayed as being brought about through an outbreak or epidemic. Consequently, we model a zombie attack, using biological assumptions based on popular zombie movies. We introduce a basic model for zombie infection, determine equilibria and their stability, and illustrate the outcome with numerical solutions. We then refine the model to introduce a latent period of zombification, whereby humans are infected, but not infectious, before becoming undead. We then modify the model to include the effects of possible quarantine or a cure. Finally, we examine the impact of regular, impulsive reductions in the number of zombies and derive conditions under which eradication can occur. We show that only quick, aggressive attacks can stave off the doomsday scenario: the collapse of society as zombies overtake us all.[more inside]posted by Weebot at 11:34 PM - 15 comments
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Supercomputers Help Scientists Dig Deeper, See Farther, Share More - NYTimes.com
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The Big Disconnect - NYTimes.com
an analysis of the political and economic climate in America
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As H.S. Course Titles Become Inflated, Test Scores Fail to Follow - NYTimes.com
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Blogging the Hugos: Decline, Part 4 « BIG OTHER
- In effect, what these books propose is that the past is a model for the future. It may be the past of the Civil War or the past of the great depression, but those traumas are the shape that coming Americas must take on. The tragedy that provides the trajectory of Wilson’s novel is, on a macro level, what all these novels foresee for America: a downward slope must come, and come soon. It is not a new perception for American science fiction, but it is interesting that half of the novels shortlisted for the genre’s leading popular vote award should all share this vision.
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Print - My Mom Couldn't Cook - Esquire
Tom Junod writes about cooking, his mother, and mashed potatoes. [more inside]posted by WalterMitty at 7:20 PM - 4 comments
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YouTube - How To Tell People They Sound Racist
How to tell people they sound racist [more inside]posted by Blasdelb at 8:04 PM - 72 comments
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It's not where you take things from - It's where you take them to. (i.imgur.com)submitted 14 hours ago by runrickyrun61 commentssharesavehidereport
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State Dept. wants to make it harder to get a passport
State Department wants to make it nearly impossible to get a passport. Comments open until Monday the 25th. This bullshit needs to hear our voice. (consumertraveler.com)submitted 13 hours ago by Glamdering243 commentssharesavehidereport
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Twitter / @George Takei: TN bill will prevent teach ...
George Takei's classy response to homophobic TN bill (twitter.com)submitted 10 hours ago by eremiticjude388 commentssharesavehidereport
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A Satisfied Customer, but 50 Times Over? - the Haggler - NYTimes.com
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Book Review - 1861 - The Civil War Awakening - By Adam Goodheart - NYTimes.com
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Thai PM vows to back Army to defend territory
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FT.com / Arts / Film & Television - Joking apart
- One-armed butlers, they can take it but they can’t dish it out
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The most powerful chastity belt ever invented. (i.imgur.com)submitted 9 hours ago by FaZaCon298 commentssharesavehidereport
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Before Driving a Zipcar, Consider Liability Insurance - NYTimes.com
And if you’re in or near Boston, another big Zipcar city, you’re contending with the region’s aggressive drivers, all while navigating a street grid that seems to have been laid out according to the paths made by meandering animals or the American Indian hunters who chased them hundreds of years ago.
- And if you’re in or near Boston, another big Zipcar city, you’re contending with the region’s aggressive drivers, all while navigating a street grid that seems to have been laid out according to the paths made by meandering animals or the American Indian hunters who chased them hundreds of years ago.
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Amazon Malfunction Raises Doubts About Cloud Computing - NYTimes.com
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Local News | Toppenish teen fakes pregnancy as school project | Seattle Times Newspaper
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Cheap 3D printing has the potential to change the way we produce and consume objects in the same way the cheap PCs and the internet changed the way we produce and consume information. Once again it is hobbyists and university labs who are democratizing the technology. They are looking forward to the day when anyone can make designer bath fixtures, functional appliances, custom surgical implants, or even business opportunities at the click of a button.
However some are warning that overly broad patents could derail the whole revolution. Even more worrisome is the prospect that existing IP law is completely unprepared for a future where the cost boundary between ideas and physical objects has crumbled. Will commercial interests demand a crack down on "pirated" printouts? Will Open Source manufacturing bring about a Star Trekian utopia? It's hard to predict what will happen when everything is commodified.
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YouTube - Tim Minchin's Storm the Animated Movie
MinchinFilter: Storm, the Animated Film, from Tim's 'beat poem' about his confrontation with a credulous fool. (About) Related: "If You Open Your Mind Too Much Your Brain Will Fall Out" posted by oneswellfoop at 12:49 AM - 10 comments
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YouTube - If You Open Your Mind Too Much Your Brain Will Fall Out (Take My Wife) by Tim Minchin
MinchinFilter: Storm, the Animated Film, from Tim's 'beat poem' about his confrontation with a credulous fool. (About) Related: "If You Open Your Mind Too Much Your Brain Will Fall Out" posted by oneswellfoop at 12:49 AM - 10 comments
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Police Lesson - Social Network Tools Have 2 Edges - NYTimes.com
for Albert ;-)
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Detroit, Losing Population, Makes Plans to Shrink - NYTimes.com
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The Setup - Diablo Magazine - April 2011 - East Bay - California
"You may have heard the name Christopher Butler in the news lately but certainly not for reasons that the 49-year-old Concord resident would want you to know about. I’ve been following Butler’s mysterious story since last August, when he invited me to write a Diablo feature about his business. It unexpectedly turned out to be the most interesting—and frightening—story in my 14 years of being a journalist." posted by brundlefly at 1:10 PM - 65 comments
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