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links for 2008-05-02

May 2nd, 2008 by timelady

• polishlinux.org » KDE 4 rev 802150: Work in progress
  Yesterday however, I managed to catch a dev snapshot of KDE 4.1 which allowed me to test the recent changes, at least on the surface. Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce you to “The Revision 802150″
  (tags: kde kde4 revision development snapshot linux desktop)
• Ten Foods You’ll Find, Eat, and Regret at the State Fair : DivineCaroline
  these people take deep-frying to a whole new level, a level that makes my fried calamari look like child’s play. This list of the most outlandish state fair delicacies puts the Carl’s Jr. Bacon Cheese Six Dollar Burger to shame.
  (tags: food fad fried funny)
• The End of Everything | Universe Today
  Let’s really think big, stare forward in time, and think about what the future holds for the Universe. Look forward millions, trillions, and even 10100 years into the future. Let’s consider the end of everything. and i feel fine.
  (tags: cosmology physics space time universe end)
• BBC NEWS | Technology | Web in infancy, says Berners-Lee
  The world wide web is “still in its infancy”, the web’s inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has told BBC News.
  (tags: www web internet development worldwideweb timbernerslee)
• delicious blog » Firefox 3, del.icio.us, and you
  Firefox 3 users, rejoice! a beta release of an enhanced version of our Firefox Add-on for del.icio.us that now has full Firefox 3 support while retaining Firefox 2 compatibility. (though i cheated, turned off compatability checking, i NEED this extension)
  (tags: article beta del.icio.us delicious extensions firefox browser plugin extension addon)
• New Type of White Dwarf Stars Discovered | Universe Today
  Most of the stars in the universe will end their lives as white dwarfs, the class of star that’s just a remnant of the star when all the fuel in the star’s core has burned. Studying these gives astronomers an important view of the endpoint of most st
  (tags: whitedwarf astronomy star cool science)
• Jeff Dorchen: Expelled: Ben Stein’s Fall from Disgrace… to… Something Even Lower - Politics on The Huffington Post
  What is the word for a man who has himself filmed visiting a former Nazi concentration camp in order to tar the theory of evolution with the brush of genocide? Low? Like dirt? Like worms? I would have said scum, but there you go:)
  (tags: science evolution creationsism false hypocrisy stupid religion)

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