Monthly Archives: February 2009

IKEA

February 28, 2009 – 11:48 pm

The instructions recommend that in cases where reading them raises a question that you hook up a one-mile extension cord to the IKEA store and hold the phone up to your ear. I don’t know how that’s supposed to solve your confusion — I mean, you can’t even dial anyone as the phone receiver is [...]

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The Prevailing American Right

February 26, 2009 – 12:00 pm

The financial state of the United States as of late has been anything but stellar, in fact it can better be described as nosediving. But where did this financial crisis arise from? What actions prompted so many banks to give out ever-increasingly risky loans? Why were so many banks and other companies climbing over each [...]

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Friday the 13th Goodness, UNIX Style

February 12, 2009 – 3:10 pm

A peculiar, one-in-a-lifetime occurrence in computer science is upon us: Friday, February 13th, 2009 UNIX time will reach 1,234,567,890 at exactly 18:31:30  EST. UNIX time is a measure of time that’s counted in the number of seconds since 00:00:00 January 1st 1970 UTC. If you want to find out the correct time for your timezone, [...]

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