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Re:Google Street View now includes interiors on Wednesday October 26, 2011 @12:16PM (#3159217)
Not quite the same thing and it doesn't include the British museum but you may find this interesting: http://www.googleartproject.com/
Re:Istanbul Isiklarius traffic lights on Monday August 08, 2011 @08:00AM (#2859728)
Not particularly motivated to support Lebedev, but my understanding regarding the bus stop benches is that they are uncomfortable on purpose, so people won't sleep on them. London's bus stops have these seats as well.
Re:Open letter to FB from protest leaders in macedonia. on Friday June 17, 2011 @05:08AM (#2664906)
I'm sorry, I don't disagree with your point, but are you refering to Macedonia as part of the Middle East?

It's in Europe, north of Greece, east of Italy and part of the Balcans.

What was suprising to me, is that this hasn't been the longest continuous interval in which the US was in a state of emergency. Apparently:[1]

"During the Watergate scandal which erupted in the 1970s after President Richard Nixon authorized a variety of illegal acts, Congress investigated the extent of the President's powers and belatedly realized that the U.S. had been in a continuous state of emergency since 1950....The Act terminated the emergency of 1950 on September 14, 1978"

So,currently only halfway through the US's longest state of emergency, which lasted 28 years.

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_emergency#United_State...

Re:Salamander Has Algae Living Inside Its Cells on Tuesday April 05, 2011 @06:47AM (#2410424)
If you watch carefully you can see the salamander embryo changing shape - becoming a bit more egg-shaped intead of round. And you can also notice, near the end, the deposit of algae on the side, before they enter the egg. I'm pretty sure that's what it is meant to demonstrate.
Re:Firefox 4 is here on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @11:15AM (#2354743)
Ctrl-K seems to work for selecting the search bar in the v.4.0.
Re:MIT female learning to code on Thursday October 07, 2010 @09:55AM (#1767807)
That's a silly thing to say, not all women rally for women empowerment and not all women go about flaunting their female charm (whatever you may mean by that).

What I'm trying to get at - there's no point looking for contradictions in a group that doesn't abide by a single idealism. Now if the OP tells you that equal treatment is of the foremost importance to her, then feel free to rub the contradiction in her username in her face.