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Ah thank you. I spoke much too quickly. Order Urodela (etymology: conspicuous or evident tail).
I believe this is an alpine newt, not a salamander (according to the end credits)
The NY Post is not a serious news organization. Whatever the implication politically, this is more akin to limiting the spread of a headline like "Lizard-man found at UFO landing site." And a naked political hit job.
Re:What on earth are Google thinking? (re: Binggate) on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @04:07AM (#2169610)
it's tangentially interesting that the number 2 result on bing for 'google' is a washington post semi-hit-piece regarding spam. google's results for 'bing' contain marginally less transparent attacks .
Re:Power user replacements for OS X default apps on Thursday January 27, 2011 @08:51PM (#2150466)
there's Ardour (www.ardour.org) to replace GarageBand...
Re:Ask HN: Please critique backscatter argument on Monday November 01, 2010 @07:49AM (#1856091)
faraday pants!
Re:Poll: What is your religion? on Sunday July 04, 2010 @08:22PM (#1486718)
I'd be interested in the breakdown between non/atheist/agnostic, as there are significant differences e.g. level, intensity, or existence of belief structures.
fb says it has > 400 million users. thats about 27k who quit in a day. now if we knew what the baseline quit rate is, the #s might mean something..
Re:"Islam is" auto-fill is back on Google search on Wednesday February 03, 2010 @06:23PM (#1099224)
"catholicism is " and "christianity is " both produce the same results... "buddhism is " is actually slightly more positive. anyone for an infographic? [edit] just saw that tptacek beat me to the punch. cheers.