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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Dear computer industry…
It’s just bad engineering, the industry is so hell-bent at all times to produce the fastest card the most quickly, that there just isn’t the time to sit down and make it effecient or of a reasonable size. Chips and coolers are slapped on PCB along with as many power connectors as they deem necessary to make it seem “extreme” and off it goes to the consumer, bloated, uneducated and simple. Continue reading
Posted in Opinion
Tagged computer, energy, energy star, gamer, graphics card, hardware, microchip, PCB, power supply unit
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Say What Will You About Lariviere …
He knows a thing or two about writing to an audience. University president Richard Lariviere has a commentary piece in today’s Register-Guard, wherein he expounds on why the University, Eugene and the state of Oregon are his kind of place. … Continue reading
Posted in Campus Politics, Higher Education, News, State Politics
Tagged Eugene, lariviere, Oregon, University of Oregon
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Mozilla Raindrop to simplify social networking
What if you could Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Gmail, Flickr, and read Blogs all in one feed from one website? That’s what the makers of Raindrop, from Mozilla Labs- makers of Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird free software, aim to accomplish … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Opinion
Tagged blog, facebook, Farmville, flickr, gmail, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Labs, Mozilla Thunderbird, raindrop, social networking, twitter, website, youtube
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Shocker: College Tuition Rising
Breaking the news that the rest of us already knew, the New York Times reported yesterday that college tuition is going through the roof. The NYT found that four-year public colleges raised tuition by an average of 6.5 percent last … Continue reading
Posted in Higher Education, News
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Chip Kelly Interview with Yahoo
Here’s an interesting interview that Duck football coach Chip Kelly did with Yahoo! Sports this week. Kelly doesn’t do a lot of one-on-ones, so I was surprised to see it. But it really shouldn’t be too much of one because … Continue reading
Posted in Football, Sports, Uncategorized
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Meningococcal meningitis appeared in the LLC Tuesday
A University student was hospitalized on Tuesday afternoon with a probable case of meningococcal meningitis. The Health Center reports that the student resides in the Living Learning Center resident hall and has identified the initial group of people who were … Continue reading
Posted in News, Science, Technology & Health
Tagged meningococcal meningitis, University of
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Oregon ranked second in nation for wind power projects
Today, the American Wind Energy Association deemed Oregon second to Texas nationwide for the amount of wind capacity installed across the state. The state added 251 megawatts of capacity in the third quarter of the year. Ranking number five for … Continue reading
Posted in News, Science, Technology & Health
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Windows 7 Review: Mostly heaven!
Windows 7 releases this week: After 9 long years, Blackcombe has arrived. You may be asking yourself: “Is this worth the upgrade?” Windows 7 (7) is what Windows Vista (Vista) should have been. Vista (codenamed longhorn) was always meant to … Continue reading
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