My OperaQuick info, June 30 - July 02
Sunday, July 2, 2006 7:51:08 PM
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Cool light leads to greener chips Thursday, 29 June 2006
They believe that eventually it could be used not just in chip manufacturing but also to create circuits on other materials including cloth, for smart clothing, paper for electronic books or in plastic electronics.
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Test driving a cityscape Sunday, 2 July 2006
But if you really want to see how the light is going to play on a specific place then you need a 3D mock-up.
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CSTB has also carried out a detailed analysis of noise levels around Place du Bouffay. -
Long-haul birds 'returning early' Sunday, 2 July 2006
The need for migratory birds to time their arrival at breeding grounds with plentiful food supplies is a known evolutionary pressure.
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Asteroid makes close Earth flyby Tuesday, 4 July 2006
Calculations suggested it was about 432,709km (268,873 miles) from the Earth, only 1.1 times the planet's distance from the Moon.
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Early signs of elephant butchers Friday, 30 June 2006
Bones and tusks dating back 400,000 years are the earliest signs in Britain of ancient humans butchering elephants for meat, say archaeologists.
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The elephant would have been eaten raw, as there is no evidence that fire was used for cooking at the time.
Words
prepossessing \pree-puh-ZESS-ing\ -adjective- tending to create a favorable impression : attractive
frit·ter (frĭt'ər) -tr.v.- To reduce or squander little by little
spend·thrift (spĕnd'thrĭft') -n.- One who spends money recklessly or wastefully.
flib·ber·ti·gib·bet (flĭb'ər-tē-jĭb'ĭt) -n.- A silly, scatterbrained, or garrulous person.
gen·tri·fi·ca·tion (jĕn'trə-fĭ-kā'shən) -n.- The restoration and upgrading of deteriorated urban property by middle-class or affluent people, often resulting in displacement of lower-income people.
flub (flŭb) -tr.v.- To botch; bungle.
Comics
- W - I'll have the prime rib.
S - Do you want the king-size cut or the queen-size ?
W - Which is bigger ?
S - I'd rather not say. - S - There's a song I can't get out of my head. It's not on the radio. It's not on any CD or on television. That's it.
M - La la la laaaa
S - It's... It's your bathroom song! - - Dear miss know-it-all, what would you do if all the teachers at the school you went to were stupid ?
- Ask stupid questions. - G - Did you know that while the average major league baseball player makes about $2,300,000 a year, the average starting teacher's salary is $29,000 ? That means a baseball player makes in two games what it takes that teacher an entire year to earn. How 'bout we all agree on one day a year where we take the money we would have spent at a game and give it to our kid's teacher ? Don't you think that's a better use of about $150 ?
R - Yo, commrade.. That's called communism and we defeated it in the war of... uh... 1812.
G - The cold war.
P - Yes... It was quite cold during the war of 1812. Whoa. We're missing baseball. - I'm just amazed by the wonder of it all... First my dad buys a barber shop, then he gets married, then I'm born and now Sally is born.. Our family is really growing... I can see the new sign in my dad's shop now.... "HAIRCUTS - TEN DOLLARS"
