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We will promote better recording of hate crimes against disabled, homosexual and transgender people, which are frequently not centrally recorded.
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While revising Molecular Symmetry I may have been a bit bored and made a C20 Fullerene Molecule!
This gets a “like” for molecular symmetry *and* the fullerene molecule. ^_^
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Xbox Live Now Allows For Sexual Orientation In Profile, Gamertag
The following terms are now allowed:
- Lesbian
- Gay
- Bi
- Transgender
- Straight
You can read the full Xbox Live Code of Conduct here.
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April Cover Revealed - News - GameInformer.com
Valve is known for making quality first-person shooters: The Half-Life series redefined how players think about the FPS genre, while titles like Team Fortress and Left 4 Dead took team-oriented multiplayer action to a whole new level. But among Valve’s stable of popular shooters, one game stands alone: the mind-bending puzzler, Portal. A small-scale experiment that was squeezed into 2007’s The Orange Box alongside some powerful heavyweights, the love Portal received from fans was beyond anything Valve could have imagined, winning it a full-fledged, standalone sequel. Our 12-page cover story gives you the first details on Portal 2’s new gameplay mechanics, storyline, and some surprising new twists.
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
*cough* Wait, I’m supposed to be closed to 30 than 20 now, right?
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The Log: Computing Simplicity?
When I published my post titled, “Dear Mr. Jobs” last week, I heard a couple of comments about my “cluttered” menubar. It got me thinking about the current move towards minimalism and simplicity in regards to our digital tools. It’s a movement that I’m greatly in favour of. It has been wonderful…
Finally, someone who gets it!
IIRC, the only exception are machines running windows that are running roaming profiles (I think that’s what it is) - when you log in, it has to load *everything* on your desktop into RAM, causing er, fun.
So go on, leave stuff about to use! If your muscle memory prefers a menu item to a Dock item, go for it and leave both. These are *your* fucking machines, people!
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