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...When I tried to actually chat with people - mainly to ask what they were looking for on the site - they either stared blankly or skipped ahead. It seems that the only way to get anyone to stop their endless scroll is to either a) be female (in my unscientific test, about 85% of the people on ChatRoulette were male) or b) be ridiculous. The latter explains my gas-mask friend, faux Hitler and people posing as cast members from Jersey Shore...
...after shooting down the missile, the three companies' p.r. shops deployed superlatives in close formation. Lockheed boasted that the test "validates the effectiveness of this revolutionary technology." Northrop declared the laser's "unprecedented mobility, precision and lethality" will lead to "game-changing technology for our military forces." Boeing said "the capability to precisely project force, in a measured way, at the speed of light, will save lives."(See a brief history of intergalactic warfare...
...typical U.S. broadband connection speed today. It would be a blazing-fast upgrade, capable of downloading a full-length HD movie in under 90 seconds. To be considered for the trial, cities have until March 26 to submit information about their existing networks, with Google planning to choose its test site later this year. Such a plan isn't cheap: depending on how many people Google chooses to link up, analysts say costs could run north of $1 billion to install and maintain the new network. (See pictures of work and life at Google...
...agencies downgraded Greek debt, sending yields on government bonds skyrocketing. Over the past two months, as fears have grown that Greece's poisonous finances could infect the rest of Europe, the euro has slipped by almost 7% against the dollar. The Greek crisis is proving to be a crucial test for the long-term viability of Europe's common currency itself. Nouriel Roubini, one of the economists who predicted the global financial crisis, and his colleague Arnab Das argued in a Feb. 3 opinion piece for the Financial Times that unless Europe works out some formal rules to deal with...
...test out the new feature, I ordered bouquets for three of the most challenging targets I could think of: my mom (who I predicted wouldn't know how to accept it), my ex-girlfriend (who I predicted wouldn't want it) and - since Sanguinetti mentioned that people have used the service to reach out to celebrities - country-music star Taylor Swift (because, well, one can only hope...