May

Software developed to prevent students from copy and pasting

Posted by archbob Published in Science/Technology/computers

A Japanese Scientist has made software that may make it much harder for students to copy and paste things from the internet. Kazunari Sugimitsu has written software that divides a paragraph into clauses and groups and then checks the internet for similar clauses and phrases and informs the instructor if there are such similar clauses [...]

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May

American trusts McCain more on Economy, war, and national security

Posted by archbob Published in Politics and world news

According to This Report, Americans trust John McCain more on serious issues like the economy, the Iraq war, and national security. However the lastest Composite poll for the general public shows Obama leading McCain by 1.8 points. So what gives? Why would a man who is less trusted on most major issues be ahead in [...]

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May

Rachael Ray is a terrorist and other funny stuff

Posted by archbob Published in Random News/thoughts

This is the funny video-clip of the week, enjoy:

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May

Pelosi, Reid pressure superdelegates to endorse

Posted by archbob Published in Politics and world news

Looks like time’s completely up for Hillary Clinton. Today speaker of the house Nancy Pelosi and Senate majority leader Harry Reid came together to start pressuring uncommitted super-delegates to officially endorse either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton. With the current endorsements, Obama is just over 40 delegates away and Clinton is a whopping 245 or [...]

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