Remarks on Insider Trading Arrests

Today’s arrests are part of “Operation Perfect Hedge,” the FBI’s systematic targeting of insider trading in the hedge fund industry....

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Math math math [IMAGE]

The beautiful tree of mathematics   * View full-size on Imgur photo sharing site.

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The Internet isn't Fun Anymore [IMAGE]

Via Voiceable (linked). Originally from Joy of Tech See http://www.joyoftech.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1635.html

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Missile Balloons for your car - just a wicked idea! [IMG]

;@)

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Nigerian fuel protests turn deadly

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Woman survives terrifying bungee failure [Video]

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Credit Suisse analysis of Ireland based on report that isn't about Ireland: NSFW [IMG]

Did the mysterious research paper by "Paddy Ireland" ever exist?

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Ohm's law holds down to atomic scale - physicsworld.com

A new technique for embedding atomic-scale wires within crystals of silicon has revealed that Ohm's law can hold true for wires just four atoms thick and one atom tall.

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Bloopers in Space

A horrendous error appears to have been made by a well-respected British spaceflight society, which is about to publish an article claiming that the X-37B, the secret Pentagon space plane, is shadowing the recently launched Chinese prototype space station, Tiangong-1, to s …

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Court OKs Barring High IQs for Cops

A man whose bid to become a police officer was rejected after he scored too high on an intelligence test has lost an appeal in his federal lawsuit against the city. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld a lower court’s decision.  

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30 Best Google Doodles of 2011 [IMG]

Gallery!

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Judge bounces attorney and accountant from estate of heiress Huguette Clark

Based on shocking evidence of tax fraud, a judge on Friday suspended the attorney and accountant for reclusive copper heiress Huguette Clark from handling her $400 million estate. The judge said there was more than enough evidence that the two men engaged in a tax fraud t …

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Future Timeline According to Google [IMG]

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Iran, Israel and DPI: The misdirection of resistance to surveillance technology

Is technology becoming the activists’ and journalists’ stand-in for actual repression in authoritarian political institutions; misdirecting political energy away from the actual problem and toward domestic vendors, making people in the West feel good but doing next  …

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Perfect Business Card for an IT Tech

The answer to ALL your computing problems... We wish!

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Rescue Group First Sergeant Takes a Stand Against Youth Homelessness

Master Sgt. Ruby Zarzyczny decided to get involved with nat'l organization “Stand Up for Kids” to help get children the resources they need to get off the streets. 

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Lean, Mean, Green Machine

This is supposedly a racing bike, and it is definitely fold-able. I don't see any gears or chain though! Design by Allen Chester G. Zhang.

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Shell Shuts Nigeria Bonga Field After Pipeline Leak

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Wednesday said it has halted production from the 200,000-barrel-a-day Bonga deepwater oil field, offshore Nigeria, after a pipeline connected to a waiting tanker started leaking. No force majeure has been declared as a result of the leak

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Ambulances turned away as computer virus infects hospital computers

Gwinnett Medical Center told ambulances to take patients to other hospitals after discovering a system-wide computer virus... the health system has been forced to switch back to paperwork. Only dire emergencies (severe respiratory distress or cardiac arrest) were a …

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Hunter-gatherer populations show humans are hardwired for density

High density seems like a particularly modern phenomenon. But actually, people seem to go farther by being closer...

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Prince Alwaleed & KHC Invest $300 Million in Twitter

HRH Prince Alwaleed of Saudi Arabia and Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), announced an investment of $300 Million, a "strategic stake", in Twitter:

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Study Indicates Academic Library Use of Facebook for Outreach is Ineffective

"as effective as a library repeatedly circulating a collection of books that appeal more to library personnel than users"

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High oil prices may threaten growth says British Petroleum

The fragile economic recovery could be negatively affected by high oil prices, especially in the United States, according BP's chief executive.

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Periodic table to welcome two new elements

Elements 114 and 116 have arrived!

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Evolution of Blue Screen of Death

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