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»Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang Steps Down

In a bid to bring the company out of the backwards march, <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10099439-93.html">Yahoo has canned Jerry Yang</a>. This will probably be a good move for Yahoo.

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Yang patted himself on the back for moving the company in a new direction during his recent CEO tenure. His full statement:

From founding this company to guiding its growth into a trusted global brand that is indispensible to millions of people, I have always sought to do what is best for our franchise. When the board asked me to become CEO and lead the transformation of the company, I did so because it was important to re-envision the business for a different era to drive more effective growth. Having set Yahoo on a new, more open path, the time is right for me to transition the CEO role and our global talent to a new leader. I will continue to focus on global strategy and to do everything I can to help Yahoo realize its full potential and enhance its leading culture of technology and product excellence and innovation.

What wasn't said was that he weighed the company down and really screwed up a deal to make a load of money.

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Another book I recommend is State of Fear by Michael Crichton
He passed away a few days ago, so may he rest in peace.

The book is mainly about global climate change and an Environmental group which is using the theory along with scare tactics for its own political ends.

Very good thiller.

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»USB 3.0 Specifications Finalized

The USB Promoter Group have finally provided the finalized spec for the "SuperSpeed" USB. <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10098216-64.html">It is said to be 10x as fast, I'm assuming that means around 4.8Gbps (Gigabites per second)</a>. Actually transfer speeds will probably be substantially less.

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Among the initial devices, external solid-state (flash) drives and hard drives are expected to be popular. "The first SuperSpeed USB devices will likely include data storage devices such as flash (solid-state drives), external hard drives, digital music players, and digitial cameras," the group said. Products aren't coming until 2010, however. "It is anticipated that initial SuperSpeed USB discrete controllers will appear in the second half of 2009 and consumer products will appear in 2010," according to the group. "The USB 3.0 Promoter Group is now accepting adopters of the USB 3.0 specification, which as been finalized at the 1.0 level," the group added.

USB 3.0 is backwards compatible with the older specifications. It will be a smooth transition just as the original USB to USB 2.0 has been.

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That's all I have to say

*makes a dissatisfied happy face*
Ooooookayyyyyy?

OK ok OK , when it comes to laptop that comp does own , i like it .

Why???
"Oh Our Vehicles are being used as desktops?! Thats Illegal and we could be making Money Off of it."
This is some serious bullshit. what are you gaining from doing this?

12:00 inside the hokage building

"you ready kid"the man says
"yeah im ready"rodan said then the two jump into the hokage office and the man pulls out his sword and the hokage clashes swords with the man.then rodan began to bend the matel but it was hard becous rodan had never bent something so big from someone with so much chakra before
"rodan why are you doing this"naruto screamed as his sword began to point tword him
"so I can be a ninja"rodan stated
"you cant become a ninja by killing me,evryone will hate you for it"naruto stated"besides remember who brought you up for all those years"

Flashback 10 years ago:battle for the leaf

"hokage the rock village has joined our side agianst the shadow fleet"an ambu ninja stated
"good well need there power,till them to crerate a dome then to throw a bomb into it to destroy the shadow users"naruto said

"huney are you ok"rodans mother said finding her husbend on the ground in pain
"yes im fine,we need to get rodan out of the village now before he is killed"rodans father said then they got up to go get there son from the leaf village but where stoped becouse a giant rock bowl was now sorunding them they started to bang agianst the wall and say "help we are in here let us out"

outside the bowl

"captin the inkutchi family is still inside the bowl,all except the baby"a ninja said hereing the crys
"we dont have time to let them out the shadow fleet well find a way out soon and we need to kill them now,you must risk a few lifes to save a thousend"the captin said then threw a rock made bomb into the bowl

the next day

"hokage sir,we have located the infent whose parents died in the explosion"a ninja said holding up a baby wraped in a blanket made of sheet matel
"good give him to me shawny has always wanted a little brother,even now at the age of 15"

present day

rodan just stared at naruto speechless then turned twords the man "YOU LIED TO ME"rodan screamed with tears in his eyes
"yes and you foolishsy helped me and now the hokage is mine"the man said then began to swing his sword then stoped mid swing "what I cant move my sword"
"stay away from the hokage"rodan said angrily then both the hokages and the mans sword flew up into the air pointed down twords the man then came down stabing him in the face and the heart
"rodan here I thank you earned this"naruto said then took off his head band "ill get a new one made for me later"then he handed it to rodan "enyone who can manipulate my blazing fox blade desurves to be a leaf village ninja"naruto said helf jokingly

Used P4s are insanely cheap these days, probably because they are so useless. Got a new one for $15!

I certainly won't be in need of one. I got one and I barely use it. (yet)

To Froogle and areamike: Both of you just need to shut the hell up and leave. This was a really good thread and I'm sure both of you jumped to the end to make your lame "I HATE THIS SITE" comment.

With that being said, this debate has been over for a long time and there is no point in keeping it open.

The gaming industry is about to go down in flames and you'll see more indie games (that are usually much more fun to play) really pick up steam. Take Nexuiz... totally free and open, fun to play.

Just like the music industry, the gaming industry really needs to have some common sense. People buy used games because they don't want to pay the extremely high price for a piece of software. People buy used games because it is perfectly legal.

First sale... hmm...

Should Be in Chit Chatty.......

Hell it looks like Kitler!

enyone have a my yearbook
here is mine
http://www.myyearbook.com/?mysession=cmVnaXN0cmF0aW9uX3Byb2ZpbGU=

Thank u

goodbye my love

Speaking personally, I never saw the point of small form factor flash drives. They aren't particularly smaller than the equivalent SD Card, they often cost the same (or more) than the equivalent SD card, and they usually aren't as durable as the equivalent SD card. Throw in the low speeds they usually have, the lack of usability compared to SD cards and the fact that most computers these days come with built-in SD readers and the problem just gets more pronounced.

I believe there have been rumours and rumblings about this for a while now. What does that leave? Best Buy?

backstaber is right at least u are ok.

ok y did u do that?!

yea i guess..

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»Daylight Savings Cost More Energy

As if anyone didn't already know this... Indiana has proved it. <a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/more-ammunition-for-people-who-hate-daylight-saving-time/">We should kill off DST already</a>. Stop changing the dates, just kill it.

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These findings are consistent with simulation results that point to a tradeoff between reducing demand for lighting and increasing demand for heating and cooling. We estimate a cost of increased electricity bills to Indiana households of $9 million per year. We also estimate social costs of increased pollution emissions that range from $1.7 to $5.5 million per year. Finally, we argue that the effect is likely to be even stronger in other regions of the United States.

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but thats the only game you play wich means you basicly payed for only the blueray so you could watch movies and so it sits in you home collecting dust until the next trip to the movie store

hahahahaha very funny

Couldn't this have been a PM? Did you need to waste forum space for this?

good question well is it love?

It works. I haven't loaded the latest Mythbuntu on the box yet. I know that there are patches for the LCD using LCDproc, but the latest Mythbuntu should have it as well.

ok u guys are crazy GH is hell of lot better than brawl

Off topic.....
Obama is a socialist, and wants to bring the troops \back... (Which is good, but it could have repercussions.)
So he automatically fails

I can't vote ....