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Wealth of Nations
Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 B.C.? (pdf)
We assemble a dataset on technology adoption in 1000 BC, 0 AD, and 1500 AD for the predecessors to today’s nation states. We find that this very old history of technology adoption is surprisingly significant for today’s national development outcomes. Although our strongest results are for 1500 A.D., we find that even technology as old as 1000 BC matters in some plausible specifications. (via)
a.doginhispen virus removal
Anybody know how to remove trojan downloader "a.doginhispen.com?
Kids Korner: "Drugs are Nature's Hugs"
Kids Korner: "Drugs are Nature's Hugs"
The real reason you should be using drugs. (A public service announcement from Something Awful.)
XP software suggestions?
Last week with the help of AskMetaFilter I installed a new hard drive and a fresh install of Windows XP. Thanks!
Now I would like opinions on software and utilities. Hopefully free.
The Google Flight Simulator
The Google Flight Simulator
-- an easter egg in Google Earth.
Update on SO with Aneurysm
UPDATE: My SO with the aneurysm survived brain surgery. I didn't know if this was appropriate to post here, but the askme response was so comforting. It was the middle of the night and I felt really alone. Now she's home, having survived a craniotomy, and doing great. So, it's late at night again and I'm awake and she's asleep with her giant Frankenstein scar and I wanted to say thank you.
Something is hiding on my computer
There's a 1 pixel square window in the upper left hand corner of my Windows XP computer that I just noticed. How do I figure out which process owns that window?
Mountain bike forks
How difficult is it to change suspension forks on a mountain bike to rigid forks?
I'd like to redirect an entire directory to one specific file.
301 redirectrs in .htaccess: how do I redirect calendar/* to /calendar.html ? I've tried modifying various examples online and they result in either "internal server error" or a 404 caused by incorrectly redirecting /calendar/* to /calendar.html/* .
Let 'er rip. Um, I mean, let me rip.
What's the easiest, cheapest, quickest way to move content from a DVD to individual files on a hard drive?
navapsvc
navapsvc.exe hogs 62-70% of processor time
Where to buy a 1U server?
I need a cheap / loaded 1U server.. where should I buy it?
Open source classics
You've heard of ScummVM and MAME, but harvest time is approaching in the field of reverse-engineered open source re-implementations of other classic games too:
OpenTTD (Transport Tycoon), LinCity (Sim City), Advanced Strategic Command (Battle Isle), Freeciv (Civilization), Enigma (Oxyd), Widelands (Settlers), OpenArena (Quake 3), Spring (Total Annihilation), JJFFE (Frontier First Encounters), Vega Strike and Oolite (Elite), FreeOrion (Master of Orion), Pingus (Lemmings), Stratagus (Warcraft II et al.), CloneKeen (Commander Keen), Exult (Ultima VII), FreeCNC (Command & Conquer), REminiscence (Flashback), LGeneral (Panzer General), Pioneers (Settlers of Catan), and Freedoom (Doom).
OpenTTD (Transport Tycoon), LinCity (Sim City), Advanced Strategic Command (Battle Isle), Freeciv (Civilization), Enigma (Oxyd), Widelands (Settlers), OpenArena (Quake 3), Spring (Total Annihilation), JJFFE (Frontier First Encounters), Vega Strike and Oolite (Elite), FreeOrion (Master of Orion), Pingus (Lemmings), Stratagus (Warcraft II et al.), CloneKeen (Commander Keen), Exult (Ultima VII), FreeCNC (Command & Conquer), REminiscence (Flashback), LGeneral (Panzer General), Pioneers (Settlers of Catan), and Freedoom (Doom).
fandango_matt callout
fandango_matt, please stop posting animal shitting pictures. Thanks.
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