Payoffs Harder To Come By, But Silicon Valley VC Money Still Flows - InformationWeek
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Calopteryx writes “Want to live a little longer? Get a second wife. A study reported in New Scientist suggests that men from polygamous cultures outlive those from monogamous ones. After record-keeping for socioeconomic differences, men aged over 60 from 140 countries that practice polygamy to varying degrees lived on average 12% longer than men from 49 mostly monogamous nations.” Read more of this story at Slashdot. caffiend666 writes “In order to abate the large vibration issues of their new Ares I spacecraft, NASA is installing shock absorbers. ‘The plan is to install 16 canisters in the bottom of the rocket with 100-pound weights attached to springs. Battery-powered motors will move the weights up and down to stop vibrations. Those are essentially remote-controlled shock absorbers, stated Garry Lyles, who headed the team of NASA engineers tackling the shaking problem.’ So, when the spaceship is a rocking, don’t come a knocking?” Read more of this story at Slashdot. Davide Marney passes along an AP story about the thousands of voting machines gathering dust in warehouses across the country after says such as California, Ohio, and Florida have banned their use. Many of these machines cost $3.5K to $5K each. Local election boards are struggling to find ways to recover any of the cost of the machines, or even to recycle them. The picture in Ohio is the most confusing, as multiple court cases limit the state’s options and result in a situation in which the discredited machines will nevertheless be used in the presidential election coming up in November. The state’s new (Democratic) attorney general has just issued a rule banning the practice of election workers taking the machines home with them the night before elections. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Michael Phelps Expected to Become Biggest Money-Making Olympian … - ABC NewsPosted by: admin in Today NewsMichael Phelps Expected to Become Biggest Money-Making Olympian … - ABC News
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