If you're reading this, it's a pretty safe bet you're using a computer, and computers generate waste in all kinds of ways. But by changing just a few habits, you can keep more stuff out of landfills, save energy, and even tuck a few extra dollars in your wallet. Here are five ideas to get you started.
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Monday, April 21, 2008
Five Habits for Greener Computing
The 500,000 GB MP3 Player
Scientists at the University of Glasgow have created a nanotechnology breakthrough that could increase storage capacity by 150,000 times. It could mean 500,000 GB on a single chip and inch square.
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The Dirty Truth About Plastic
Plastics are one of the most useful and ubiquitous products in modern society. Scientists are now working to find out if they're among the most dangerous, as well.
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
10 Million computers to Shutdown on May 3rd
Shutdown Day is back with a bang! More than 1.6 million people worldwide participated in Shutdown Day last year ... and this year there's a crazy global Flash Mob too! A massive global experiment to spread awareness about the pitfalls of excessive use and abuse of computers and Internet.
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What will you do for Earth Day '08?
Will you take the train or bus to work? Start washing your laundry in cold water? Just turn off a few more lights? Put your plans on Google's Earth Day site and fill up their Map with green leaves for green deeds! Pass it on.
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Tax-free Internet shopping days could be numbered
If tax-hungry politicians get their way, the days of ordering items over the Internet and not paying sales tax may become just a fond memory.Pro-tax politicians want to change this.
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Linux Users
Over here I compiled a list of 7 habits that I feel someone has told me when I started out. I believe that getting into these habits will make the Linux experience more secure, convenient, educational, and ultimately more enjoyable.
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World Population to Hit 6,666,666,666 in May
To many people, this means nothing. But of course 666 refers to the Beast in the Bible. Heaven knows what ten sixes means.
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1 Year After Rampage, Va. Tech Remembers
The darkness was broken by the flickering of a white candle, lit at the stroke of midnight. Soft weeping and the solemn strains of "Taps" were all that broke the silence of more than a thousand people gathered around the 32 memorial stones honoring the dead.
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The Madness of Ben Bernanke
The dollar is in a tailspin, the trade deficit is growing and a recession is on the horizon. The American way of life is in serious danger. But the head of the Federal Reserve keeps on pumping easy credit into the system -- a crazy policy that will worsen the crisis.
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World food prices hit record levels.
Grain prices are up %120. The UN has decided that it needs $500million (1/200th annual cost of Iraq war) to assist the worlds starving poor. Us donates $10 million. Too bad people can't eat bombs or bullets!
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Saturday, April 12, 2008
Mathematical Proof of Murphy's Law
"Whatever can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time, in the worst possible way." You thought it was just a funny saying... Well there is truth behind it. Now Murphy's law can be mathematically proven!
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12 Ways To Prepare For The Next Great Depression
Our economic future could be even bleaker than you expect — and last year was the moment to unleash your inner survivalist. If the financial system suffers any more crises of confidence, credit gets even tighter, and the fed falls into a liquidity trap, we could be in for several hardscrabbling dystopian years.
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Masters of the World - England > America > China?
An absolutely excellent article on what is happening, and why, in the high stakes game of world dominance. From several centuries of egalitarian, high-principled values and concern for others, towards a country that is still abusing their own people, are unreliable business partners, and absolutely unscrupulous. Does a disaster await?
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Very Cool: Real Time "Map" of CO2 Emissions All Over World
Breathing Earth. Real-time tracker of carbon dioxide emissions in countries all over world; also births/deaths, constantly updating real-time tracking while you're on the site. E.g; US (1000 tons CO2 every 5.4 seconds); China (1000 tons CO2 every 9.2 seconds); Chad (1000 tons CO2 every 66.4 hours). [FYI...click on "Enter" on site to get to map]
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The Economy of Fear
Why this recession is going to hit particularly hard--and last longer than you think.
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The Wal-Mart Weekly: Does Wal-Mart save you $2,500 per year?
This week's Wal-Mart Weekly will be focusing in one a rather high-stakes claim Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is now advertising into the mainstream media. The claim? The retailer saves the average American family $2,500 per year. To coin a phrase, them's fightin' words, yes?
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Friday, April 11, 2008
GE Profit Drops, Shares Fall the Most Since Crash of '87
April 11 (Bloomberg) -- General Electric Co. dropped the most since the 1987 stock market crash after reporting an unexpected decline in profit just a month after Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt assured investors 2008 earnings would be met.
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
Sugar-powered cars 'in 10 years'
Sugar-powered cars could be the sweet solution to traffic pollution, say scientists.Researchers have found a way to generate hydrogen directly from plant sugar. They expect the breakthrough to provide a cheap and efficient source of green transport fuel.
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Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Is the Era of Cheap Chinese Products Over ??
Slate Magazine - The Last Days of Cheap Chinese First it is good to get off the farm. Next, why not a car, a TV set, dinner out. Gulp! Walmart Costco... all of corporate America.... The dream you crushed at home for the American worker is raising its ugly little head in the Middle Kingdom.
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