The Tarrance Group , a respected polling operation, has some bad news for Barbara “Dumb-as-a-Box-of-Rocks” Boxer: The race for the US Senate in California is an actual dead heat, with both Fiorina and Boxer standing right at forty-four percent (44%) of the vote. Six percent (6%) of voters are voting for one of the other candidates, and 5% are undecided… It is also important to note that Boxer’s negatives are fully institutionalized to the point where she has never once broken the 45% level in terms of her ballot strength, and there are a “hard” fifty-three percent (53%) of voters who believe it is time for a new person. If that last sentence is correct Boxer’s toast unless a lot of those undecideds won’t vote for Carly Fiorina and will pick one of the minor party candidates. Attention Libertarians: Here’s your chance to get rid of liberal Barbara Boxer and replace her with somebody who would do a far better job for conservative or libertarian causes. Don’t waste your vote on a Libertarian candidate who cannot win anything.
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Bozell: NPR Firing of Juan Williams Is Outrageous, Congress Should Investigate
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If you find the typical 16:9 display ratio to be too upsetting or distracting for the cubicle (kind of like the switch from black and white to color in The Wizard of Oz ), Samsung has announced a pair of TCO 5.0 certified 16:10 monitors featuring D-sub, DVI, and DisplayPort connectivity perfect for the office. The 22-inch SyncMaster 2243DW sports a 50,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio and a 5 millisecond response time, while the 24-inch SyncMaster 2443DW sports a dynamic contrast ratio of 70,000:1. Available for €269 ($378) and €329 ($460) respectively. Look for ‘em in Europe later this month, if you feel so inclined. Samsung’s new SyncMaster monitors: DisplayPort, 16:10, tres European originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Photo: Poptech Yesterday, I traveled up to the ordinarily sleepy, but beautiful town of Camden, Maine to attend one of the most consistently exciting conferences of the year. Poptech brings together technology innovators, scientists, thought leaders, writers, and designers for a three-day event that focuses on the intersection of technology, culture, and sustainability. It’s an event that’s all about big ideas. This year, the theme is ‘ Brilliant Accidents, Necessary Failures, and Improbable Breakthroughs ‘ — suiting, to a year that has seen plenty of each (though … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Gavia under the ice at Pavillion Lake. Credit: Donnie Reid , via Discovery News Gavia is the newest all-star at the University of British Columbia. Nope, not a genius student or doctor doing ground-breaking research — Gavia is a robot. It’s an autonomous underwater vehicle that is helping to shape our understanding of sea ice in the Antarctic, including how it is faring against global climate change. For researchers, getting information about life around and conditions of the frigid waters, but this high-tech robot is helping break… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Another quick update on the plight of Atlantic bluefin tuna and what’s being done to stop them from going extinct in literally a couple of years due to overfishing: Economic Times reports that the European Commission has indicated it may substantially cut next year’s quota of the critically endangered fish. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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LA-based dance-pop quartet Far East Movement, talk about their hit single ‘Like a G6,’ which they say has had over a million hits on YouTube. (Oct. 21)
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The reporter for the Vatican newspaper who wrote a story claiming that the family from the long-running “The Simpsons” TV show is Catholic, stands by his story, despite denials from the show’s producer. (Oct. 21)
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Can you believe it’s only been a year since Windows 7 hit the market? So much has happened in the interim, we could swear it’s been a decade. Of course, Microsoft is celebrating Windows 7′s birthday the best way it knows how: sales numbers. Turns out the little OS has done pretty well for itself, with 240 million licenses sold, giving it a 17 percent global operating system market share, and making it a healthy chunk of the 1.2 billion Windows PCs out there. As for the slow-to-adopt businesses out there, Microsoft still has some work to do, but it says 90 percent of companies have upgraded or “started their move” to 7. So, we’ve got the cold hard facts out of the way, any precious, personal, heartfelt memories of your time with the OS you’d like to share? We’ve got dibs on Steve Ballmer dropping by the Engadget Show on launch week. Windows 7 moves 240 million copies in its first year originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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