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...video-gaming's most storied cheats. During development of the 1985 Konami arcade game Gradius, a programmer found the game to be too difficult and programmed in a key sequence - up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A - that, if entered, gave the player a set of the game's power-ups. As word of the shortcut spread, other programmers aped his cheat, working the same sequence into their own games. The Konami code works in nearly 100 video games now, including Frogger and Dance Dance Revolution. (See the 50 best websites...
...Alzheimer's Genes When it comes to understanding a disease as complex as Alzheimer's, the more the better - genes, that is. In September, 15 years since the last discovery of its kind, scientists finally identified a new set of genes that may contribute to the memory-robbing disorder. Two groups of researchers, working separately, homed in on three genes linked to the late-onset form of the disease, the type that hits people in their 60s or later and accounts for 90% of Alzheimer's cases in the U.S. Two of the genes are known to interact with...
Freshman Laura Gemmell set the tone for the Crimson, as she came out strong, defeating Cornell’s Jaime Laird 11-2 before finishing her off in a sweep, 11-8, 11-7. The rest of her teammates followed suit. At the number two spot, last year’s freshman phenom, sophomore Nirasha Guruge, took care of dismissing her opponent in three simple victories, 11-6, 11-6, 11-4. Junior June Tiong defeated Big Red’s Liza Stokes in three increasingly difficult matches...
...closest match of the day came at the No. 4 spot. Junior Alisha Mashruwala had little trouble winning the first two games 11-3 and 11-6 before facing stiff competition from Cornell’s Rebecca Hazell. Mashruwala held on to win the third set 13-11 after a cycling of points that almost saw Harvard drop a game. At the no. 8 spot, junior Bethan Williams had no trouble in seeing off Big Red’s Clare Berner...
...gaping deficits are making it harder to run the war on terrorism on a blank check. And ideologically, violent, illiberal movements like Hamas, Hizballah and the Taliban have proved that they have deeper roots in native soil than the Bushies assumed. At West Point, Obama said he would not "set goals that go beyond our responsibility, our means or our interests." Bush never spoke in that language of limits...