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Eating In Southeast India

Natalka Allan on Jun 12, 2008

The Basics

  • Wash your hands first, you will only be using your right one (your left is for your bum)
  • Next, clean your leaf using a little bit of water (Large green leaves are used instead of plates)
  • Having a handkerchief is handy - in case you need to blow your nose, or dry your washed hand

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Researchers aim to make Internet bandwidth a global currency

Rik Logtenberg on Aug 31, 2007

Proposed model for the future of e-commerce exploits a novel peer-to-peer video sharing application

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When Being a Verb is Not Enough: Google wants to be YOUR Internet.

Rik Logtenberg on Jan 20, 2007

The choice quotes:

Google controls more network fiber than any other organization. This is not to say that Google OWNS all that fiber, just that they control it through agreements with network operators.

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ROTFL

Rik Logtenberg on Oct 24, 2006

So you weren't born on MySpace and you didn't cut your teeth chatting on MSN Messenger. So what do you do when some kid throws an STFU or ROTFL at you? A good place to start is with a translation from the Acronym Finder, a searchable database of tens of thousands of acronyms - an essential tool for translating chat into english.

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Hiding in Plain Sight, Google Seeks More Power

Rik Logtenberg on Jun 14, 2006

On the banks of the windswept Columbia River, Google is working on a secret weapon in its quest to dominate the next generation of Internet computing. But it is hard to keep a secret when it is a computing center as big as two football fields, with twin cooling plants protruding four stories into the sky.

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Hardware Firms Oppose Net Neutrality Laws

Rik Logtenberg on May 18, 2006

In a split with other tech firms, Cisco, 3M, Qualcomm and others ask Congress not to enact any new laws mandating Net neutrality. Check out the story here.

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