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Re:Google’s “20% time,” which brought you Gmail and AdSense,... by hga on Friday August 16, 2013 @12:30PM (#6225013)
Which I suspect is doing Corning some brand damage. Pyrex(TM) used to be really tough low-expansion borosilicate glass, or perhaps properly tempered soda-lime glass, truly great stuff. Now outside of Europe and lab glassware it's non-tempered generic soda-lime glass, which is injuring quite a few people: http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2008/08/pyrex.html
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Re:Google’s “20% time,” which brought you Gmail and AdSense,... by ScottBurson on Friday August 16, 2013 @04:29PM (#6226588)
Wow! Thanks for that link!
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