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Featured Question: Deals & Steals

2008-08-16T15:07:09Z

What's the best deal you've gotten recently? How did you find it/make it happen? Sponsored by Microsoft Small Business. Ubuntu linux, which is an open-source operating system for PC-type computers. If you download it from the internet, it is fre...

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QotD: Very Superstitious

2008-08-16T14:42:00Z

Do you have any crazy superstitions? As opposed to "sane superstitions"? John

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QotD: If I Could Turn Back Time

2008-08-11T23:55:49Z

If you could change a moment in history, which one would you alter and why? The Big Bang [1], because i really, really think that pi ought to be equal to three... John [1] Amusingly, this appellation was originally intended to be derogatory. It ...

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News & Politics QotW: The Budget

2008-08-09T21:40:09Z

If you were in control of your country's budget, how would you allocate the money? Amusingly enough, I answered this question back in May (and provided a handy link to a cool program for discovering how well my priorities would work)! Must just...

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QotD: I've Always Wanted to Know...

2008-08-09T15:02:27Z

If you were guaranteed an answer to any question you have, what would you ask and of whom? Submitted by Cicero7590. Didn't we do this one already? [1] My original question stands. John [1] Not my question, though it might be fun to ask that o...

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QotD: Mother Nature

2008-08-05T00:05:23Z

What is the scariest experience you've had with Mother Nature? Submitted by jacolily. Being born. After that it has all been downhill... John

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QotD: What's in a name?

2008-07-30T04:54:38Z

What is the meaning behind your birth name? Submitted by turtlegod. Amusingly enough, I didn't have a birth name, at least not a legal one, for nearly seventeen years. My folks argued over how to spell my middle name [1] so the hospital left my ...

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Technology QotW: Technology & Success

2008-07-18T03:21:51Z

What is the most important technology every businessperson should understand to make his/her business successful? Sponsored by HP. The smile, followed closely by the handshake. Businesses are social, if they want to succeed. But too many treat ...

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QotD: Ouch, That Hurt!

2008-07-10T03:30:13Z

Have you ever broken a bone? If not, what's the worst injury you've sustained? Amusingly, I never broke a bone until I was in grad school - and then I broke four in two years! My right radius in a freak slip on ice in Chicago. My collar bone and...

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QotD: Summer Solstice

2008-06-23T00:46:46Z

Yesterday was the summer solstice for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere. How did you celebrate the arrival of summer and the longest day of the year? OK, folks - let's go over this once more time. The Summer Solstice is not the first day of...

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