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Discovery of Most Recent Supernova in Our Galaxy
Science – The supernova explosion occurred about 140 years ago, making it the most recent in the Milky Way. Previously, the last known supernova in our galaxy occurred around 1680, an estimate based on the expansion of its remnant, Cassiopeia A.
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(nasa.gov)
Voted for on May 14, 2008 04:06pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 28 votes / 1 sink
Journal of a New COBRA Recruit
Humor – Remember GI Joe? Remember GI Joe's arch enemy, COBRA? If a new COBRA recruit kept a diary, it would probably look something like this.
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(mcsweeneys.net)
Voted for on March 20, 2008 08:59am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 15 votes / 1 sink
History's Greatest Replies
Humor – Any attempt to compile history's greatest comebacks is fraught with difficulty, so it might be more accurate to refer to the replies that follow as "all-time favorites." Most of them come from people whose names will be very familiar to you, and I think you will agree that the comebacks and retorts here are very special. [via reddit]
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(drmardy.com)
Voted for on March 04, 2008 02:55pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 71 votes / 2 sinks
The Father of Dungeons and Dragons, Gary Gygax, Has Died..
Do-It-Yourself – Ernest Gary Gygax ( July 27, 1938 -- March 4, 2008) was an American writer and game designer, best known for co-creating the pioneering role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) with Dave Arneson, and co-founding the company Tactical Studies Rules with Don Kaye in 1974. Gygax is generally acknowledged as the father of the role-playing...
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Voted for on March 04, 2008 02:55pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 137 votes / 2 sinks
Broad Generalizations Usually Wrong, Study Shows
Humor – Vague, Noncommittal Statements May Also Be Somewhat Lacking In Usefulness.
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(confusionroad.com)
Voted for on February 26, 2008 06:13pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 39 votes / No sinks
Celebrating the Semicolon in a Most Unlikely Location - New York Times
Art & Design – This probably doesn't belong in Art/Design, but I didn't know where to submit it. Semicolon sightings in the city are unusual, period, much less in exhortations drafted by committees of civil servants. In literature and journalism, not to mention in advertising, the semicolon has been largely jettisoned as a pretentious anachronism.
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(nytimes.com)
Voted for on February 19, 2008 10:07am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 76 votes / 1 sink
Street Fighter IV Unveiled
Video Games – Exclusive first ever screenshot and details for Capcom's Street Fighter revival.
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(1up.com)
Voted for on December 06, 2007 11:10am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 147 votes / 1 sink
Propeller Hits the 400,000 User Mark
Gadgets & Tech – Last night marked a major milestone for Propeller, crossing the 400,000 registered user mark. This comes over 2 months after the move off of the Netscape domain. Congrats, all!
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(nowsourcing.com)
Voted for on November 30, 2007 11:02am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 40 votes / No sinks
Mock OS X - 5 Ways to Make Your PC (Look) More Like a Mac
Gadgets & Tech – Some Monday morning heresy for the Mac community: CNET's Crave blog offers 5 (superficial) ways to make your PC (look) more like a Mac.
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(crave.cnet.co.uk)
Voted for on November 27, 2007 06:47am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 66 votes / 1 sink
Life, Death and Animal Crossing
Family – A son tells the story of his shared experience with his mother in Animal Crossing. It's a touching story that is best read without spoilers. [via Penny Arcade]
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(cache.kotaku.com)
Voted for on November 23, 2007 06:50pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 16 votes / No sinks
A Likely Incorrect Theory of Everything
Science – "Every high school senior excited about physics should be able to see that the paper is just a long sequence of childish misunderstandings" sums up one physicist's review of Garrett Lisi's "An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything", and details the abuse of mathematics behind this unified theory controversy.
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(motls.blogspot.com)
Voted for on November 15, 2007 07:28pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 40 votes / No sinks
Slouching Toward Black Mesa
Video Games – The cultural significance of the Half-Life series has been woefully under-examined. Pedestrian comparisons to Orwell's 1984 are unavoidable, but perhaps the real meat of the saga, which is mostly contained in the sequel, borrows its roots from other sources.
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(escapistmagazine.com)
Voted for on November 06, 2007 02:40pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 83 votes / No sinks
Netscape Navigator 9 Released
Gadgets & Tech – Netscape is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the official release of Netscape Navigator 9.0. This release marks the end of Navigator 9's 4-month beta period.
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(blog.netscape.com)
Voted for on October 15, 2007 04:19pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 63 votes / No sinks
Live and Kicking
News – Yesterday afternoon, a TechCrunch blogger insisted that he had just heard Netscape's death rattle. According to Michael Arrington, AOL was on the verge of killing off this very site. But despite the rumors, we're very much alive and kicking.
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(blog.netscape.com)
Voted for on August 10, 2007 05:07pm
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