Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Facebook's Oregon Data Center Uses As Much Power As The Entire County It's In [Factoid]

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Data centers are power-hungry, and Facebook's Oregon center in Crook County is no exception, using 28MW. While that's fairly standard, it has doubled the power use of the county. More »


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The Two-Ton Robot That Can Leap Over Asteroids [Video]

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Michael Jordan? Muhammad Ali? Joe Montana? Sit down. The world's most amazing athlete works for NASA. Meet the gigantic, six-legged, tool-wielding robot that can hop around an asteroid. Tiger Woods ain't got nothin'. More »


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Trillion-Dollar Plane Grounded Once Again [Airplanes]

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I've lost count on the many times the F-35 has been grounded already (ok, I didn't, it's been five). It feels like a $1 trillion joke that is not funny at all. Now, 15 brand new F-35s are now dead ducks because of a stupid mistake. More »


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Here's Google's Response to Your Privacy Anger [Google]

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Google's decision to consolidate all of the data it collects from all of us has the internet spooked. After Congress decided to knit a brow in the debate, Google wrote up this official response. Read its self-defense case here. More »


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Could Your Shaky Personal Finances Get You Fired?

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Work office money issuesMoney troubles are hard to contain, and if your own finances are in shambles, the problems can quickly bleed through to the rest of your life. As private as you hope to keep such issues, don't kid yourself into thinking that you can hide them from your employer.

According to a recent study by the Society for Human Resource Management, some 83% of HR professionals think that personal financial challenges have at least some impact on employees' performance. Those same HR professionals aren't...

Could Your Shaky Personal Finances Get You Fired? originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-01-31T07:00:00Z.

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Tesla Teases Model X Crossover Ahead of February 9 Debut

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Tesla Model X teaser

Tesla has revealed a teaser shot of the electric Model X crossover in an email invitation to the car’s February 9 debut; the image shows only a darkened front three-quarter view of the high-riding EV. The visible portions of the grille and hood imply that its basic look won’t differ greatly from that of its platform mate, the Model S sedan. (Check out our ride in a Model S prototype here.) It’s still unknown whether Tesla will unveil the production-ready Model X or a concept car next week; whatever it ends up being, we’ll bring you full details as soon as we have them.

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B&W Portraits

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B&W portraits I have done over the years. medium format, 4x5 , and 8x10 film on fiber base paper.
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Protein study gives fresh impetus in fight against superbugs

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Scientists have shed new light on the way superbugs such as MRSA are able to become resistant to treatment with antibiotics.
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NASA to solicit private space taxi proposals

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Helping to pave the road for the future of commercial spaceflight, Boeing is hard at work on the research and development of a new space capsule aimed at flying people to the International Space Station.NASA plans to solicit proposals Feb. 7 for the third round of its commercial crew program and award at least two funded Space Act Agreements this summer that will run through 2014 and prepare competing astronaut transportation concepts for production.


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Tips for Running on Snow

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We finally got our first snowstorm of the winter here in my area and, after a pretty mild winter, I have to say that I was excited to go for a run in the snow this morning.  If you're a little apprehensive about running when there's snow on the ground, try some of these tips for running on snow:

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Baffling Running Questions Answered

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As a running coach and writer, I get a lot of questions about running. Sometimes, people already know the answer to their running questions before they even ask the question -- but they basically want to hear confirmation from another runner. But then there are other questions that people, even experienced runners, consider to be real stumpers. So here are answers to some running questions that leave runners scratching their heads.

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Saturday, January 28, 2012

Everything You Need to Keep Your Teeth from Rotting Out [Toolkit]

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Poor oral hygiene is the surest way to make sure you have a bunch of personal space all to yourself. At all times. With no exceptions. Which probably isn't something that you really want! So here's a list of stuff that'll keep your loved ones close and your dentist the hell away from you. More »


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