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blackvine··on Poll: Do you own a working television?
Yes. 50" LCD
blackvine··on Yet another Microsoft Gimick
I seriously think we can reverse engineer this. what technology could M$ have possibly used to make this clue only visible in Explorer 8
blackvine··on FTC Is Ready to Pounce on Dishonest Bloggers
this axe has been hanging over bloggers forever now. Big corporations have been dolling out freebies to bloggers since forever. check out this blog post(http://www.liewcf.com/blog/archives/2009/06/hp-psg-regional-...) a popular Malaysian blogger.

First he brags that he has been invited to an all expenses paid HP expo. The rest of his article is waxing lyrical over HP products !!!

blackvine··on Ask HN: How to find startup jobs?
google H1b
blackvine··on Nokia Prototype Generates Power from Ambient Radiation
pacemaker batteries that last forever and never need replacement
blackvine··on FaceBook Photo Stolen For Overseas Ad (video)
Stolen ?
blackvine··on Microsoft appeals to poverty to get people download Internet Explorer 8
Umm ... guys I take back my statement. Bill is one of the world greatest philanthropists. Despite the shortcomings of this particular campaign lots of MS $ are going to charity through the Bill and Mellinda Foundation.

Saying this will cost me some karma but trust me my real world karma will go up having realised how unfair my critique was.

blackvine··on Microsoft appeals to poverty to get people download Internet Explorer 8
Check the fine print at the bottom.

Microsoft® is donating $1.15 per download to Feeding America® up to a maximum of $1,000,000.

If each download is 1.15 and each download is 8 meals that's 14c a meal. Ignore that ..........let move to the next issue Why the million dollar maximum does Microsoft fear that a download frenzy will put a hole through their pocket jeez!? Anyway just downloaded it and will install it when it rains cats and dogs. lets all download it guys ...four times if you feel like it...we be Robin Hoods stealing from the rich and giving to the poor.

blackvine··on A Short History of Programming Languages
Well researched article. I love the corresponding and very appropriate quotations for each generation of programming language.
blackvine··on The Coolest Guy On The Internet
hackernews effect ?? reminds me off the slashdot effect.
blackvine··on [dead]
@jrockway dude that 404 message is not exactly "fatally funny" BUT I think if all webmasters made an effort to be bit more creative with their 404 pages the world would be a better place and less peeps would die of congestive heart failure
blackvine··on Cuil Fail: Traffic Nearly Hits Rock Bottom
try duckduckgo