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70-Terabyte Homemade Computer Can Hold 24 Million Songs

70,000 movies at DVD quality. Or about 24 million songs. That’s what this home computer can hold inside its 60 hard drives—70 terabytes in a wood cabinet that uses 40 fans to keep things from burning. Heyzeuschrist.

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2 Years In Prison – A Man’s Story

Shared by Frank Engrossing read, found via Boing Boing

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Another round: Shanghai reopens 110ft bar fabled for colonial decadence – Telegraph

The ostentatious Long Bar in Shanghai, once the epicentre of business and social life in the city, is reopening nearly seven decades after the last drink was served.

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BBC – Chart Blog: DJ Fresh – ‘Gold Dust’

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Even did you the favor of pasting a link to the entire MP3: http://giganticclub.com/audio/Golddust.mp3It’s ok he makes his money from concerts.

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Watch the new trailer for the Space Battleship Yamato movie [Trailer]

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Probably only a few years away from a live action Robotech, calling it now.

A new trailer for the live-action Space Battleship Yamato (a.k.a. Star Blazers) film has hit the web. The …

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William Li: Can we eat to starve cancer? | Video on TED.com

TED Talks William Li presents a new way to think about treating cancer and other diseases: anti-angiogenesis, preventing the growth of blood vessels that feed a tumor. The crucial first (and best) step: Eating cancer-fighting foods that cut off the sup…

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ARM Chips May Spread Into Everyday Items – NYTimes.com

ARM, which designs low-power chips, commands a prime position amid one of the next technological revolutions.

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Is Shanghai Sexier Than Austin? – China Real Time Report – WSJ

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Highly relevant. I am in Shanghai so… Austin must be sexier =\
In unrelated surveys released this week, Shanghai was named China’s sexiest metropolis (in Chinese) while Austin, Texas was crowned with that honor for the U.S. How …

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Great Ideas – 100 Books That Changed The World – Penguin Books

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They
have transformed the way we see ourselves – and each other.
They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enr…

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The Man Who Makes Your iPhone – BusinessWeek

Foxconn founder Terry Gou might be regarded as Henry Ford reincarnated if only a dozen of his workers hadn’t killed themselves this year. An exclusive look inside a postmodern industrial empire.

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