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LowCommotion FTW! (Work)

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http://bobothn.googlepages.com/cubicle

Where to Go After a Lifetime in IT?

LowCommotion FTW! (Money, Nerdy, Work)

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http://ask.slashdot.org/askslashdot/07/05/09/1728252.shtml

If you have a nest-egg, like ownership of your house, you can consider moving to some 3rd world country. Like Costa Rica. The typical $400K American home can be replaced with an equal if not nicer $100K home in a lot of these countries. Then get a job teaching CS at the local university. I’m sure they will love to have a native english speaker with real-world industry experience. The pay won’t be much, but combined with the rest of your nest egg you should be able to live comfortably with a low-stress, high-reward job in a really nice climate.

another great slashdot discussion.

Wal-Mart Slapped for Misleading Organic Consumers

LowCommotion FTW! (Food, WTF?!)

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20070508/pl_usnw/the_cornucopia_institute__wal_mart_slapped_for_misleading_organic_consumers

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection stated they’d found numerous instances of conventional food products improperly labeled as organic by the retail chain. Specifically, Wisconsin authorities told Wal-Mart’s legal counsel that “use of the term ‘Wal-Mart Organics’ in combination with reference to a specific non-organic product may be considered to be a misrepresentation and therefore a violation” of Wisconsin state statutes.

Hasbro and Visa Join Up for LIFE Board Game.

LowCommotion FTW! (Games, Money, WTF?!)

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http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=68329&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=971861&highlight

In the new edition, each player will receive a Visa-branded card at the start of the game. A new electronic “LIFEPod” — which replaces the spin wheel from the classic game — acts like a personal assistant and serves as the electronic banking unit, storing each of the players’ financial data as well as their status in the game.

In addition to incorporating a Visa-branded card as its official currency, THE GAME OF LIFE: Twists & Turns Edition will feature elements of Visa’s award-winning financial literacy curriculum Practical Money Skills for Life. For more information about Visa’s commitment to financial literacy please visit www.practicalmoneyskills.com.

Despite warnings, most U.S. babies watch TV

LowCommotion FTW! (Educational, Health, TV)

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070507/tc_nm/children_tv_dc_3

About 90 percent of U.S. children under age 2 and as many as 40 percent of infants under three months are regular watchers of television, DVDs and videos, researchers said on Monday.

Randomized Maps in Team Fortress 2 Explained

LowCommotion FTW! (Games)

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http://games.slashdot.org/games/07/05/08/1456243.shtml

But as extensive as our playtest was, they didn’t let us play on the map for three years, and that’s the kind of heavy use under which this system should flourish. What we did notice is that this is not just a Battlefield type system with some control points ‘locked’.

please let this game come out.

News Reporter Slips Up

LowCommotion FTW! (Fun)

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http://youtube.com/watch?v=XcmNsW67MN4

god i love these things.  reporter covering a basketball game gets a little too personal.

‘Get a divorce’ billboard gets dumped

Chromium FTW! (WTF?!)

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This billboard is awesome!!!

New Plasma has 20,000:1 on paper contrast ratio

Zombie16 FTW! (Tech, TV)

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LCD Killer: Uh Oh LCD: Pioneer’s 8th Gen Plasma HDTVs Blacker at 20,000:1 – Gizmodo

The most important pieces of the puzzle being a “new deep encased cell structure, crystal emissive layer and first surface colour filter.” What that means is the new sets, part of Project Kuro (“Black” in Japanese) have a black level 80% deeper than 7th generation Pioneer plasma.

Spybot gives the double bird to Oska Systems Limited

Zombie16 FTW! (Internet)

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The home of Spybot-S&D!

What do you think when a Casino software, some toolbars and a girl
dancing on your desktop do appear on your computer, without you wanting
them to do so? We think that’s a typical case of what has different
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