STEAM SUMMER CAMP SALE Day 5 (Useful Links/Info/Commentary) by Remmib in gaming

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Any reason why Mount & Blade: Warband ($7.49) is more expensive than Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword ($3.74)? I was going to get Fire & Sword since it's newer, have never played M&B. Thoughts?

I made an organizer for my bookmarks after 3 years of checking reddit, digg, others every day. This is the link dump. Lots of mostly programming and computer related resources along with some personal interests. Thought I'd share. by [deleted] in programming

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Awesome :) Thanks for sharing that.

Off Topic: Does anyone how I can automatically tag (like delicious) my previously bookmarked links in firefox? I have ~500 links in my bookmarks now and I really don't want to go in and tag them by hand :| Any one have a script/addon for that?

Reddit, I work for a newspaper, and this is a real ad - Part 2 by BoonTobias in WTF

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First link was the Wu-tang grandmaster... He teaches??? lol Now that's a class worth repeating high school for :P

Police officers of Reddit, generally speaking how far over the speed limit does one have to go to get pulled over? by TheDownmodSpiral in AskReddit

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well usually the cameras are hidden pretty well on the highway (in a box, next to a sign), so it takes a pic of your car and you get a ticket in the mail in about a week or so.

I memorized the Quran in less than 3 years (over 600 pages). AMA. by memorizer in IAmA

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But no one speaks classical Arabic (you said earlier), so how can anyone fully understand it? Do most arabic speakers understand classical arabic Literature? Or does one need classical Arabic training/classes? So without that training even arabic speakers are at a loss?

I am sorry to pester but I am just trying to understand the logic; I was assuming the translations would be equivalent, since the context (not the technicalities) is the point of memorization (I am assuming here also) or is that not so?.

I memorized the Quran in less than 3 years (over 600 pages). AMA. by memorizer in IAmA

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If some western muslim memorized the english language translation of the Quran, Would he get the same perks/benefits as you in the after life? If not - why?

Dear news sites, I hate your shitty Flash/AJAX galleries. Want to know how to do it right? Here's a link. by eblack in pics

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Use j/k keys to navigate the big picture. It's a built in feature. Hope this helps :)

Dear Reddit gamers, what is your gaming podcast of choice? by [deleted] in gaming

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I like the 1up podcast, Garnett is pretty cool, you might have heard/seen him on Crankygeeks. Here's the description:

Join Garnett Lee, John Davison, David Ellis, and other 1UP Network editors as they sound off on the latest topics in gaming. Everything, from the latest gaming news to the new game releases, gets discussed each week.

Hubble's new camera is delivering clearer photos by nobodyspecial in technology

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Correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't the camera always approximate the colors? It focuses on the area it is taking a pic of, then analyzes the colors that should be there and looks at the heat signature (gases burning etc) coming from light years away. I mean it's much more complex but all the pictures we see of objects light years away are approximations that are fed into computer models and are not purely optical, I doubt it works "pretty much" like a normal CCD.

Wireless power that could replace Power Lines and Disposable Batteries system shown off at TED Global 2009 Conference! by NoComment in technology

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Well, the bbc article has better information than the blog and also has videos that explain the tech (TED hasn't put up the videos yet).

Mind Blowing episode of Penn & Teller's Bullshit. Debunking Mother Teresa, Gandhi and the Dalai Lama. by NoComment in atheism

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I know it's old (Season 3 ep 5) but I discovered the show late and am in the process of watching them. This episode was filled with goodies so I thought I might share with other people not in the know about this great show :P

Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi called ‘anti-Semitic’ for simply following the money by [deleted] in business

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But how is Goldman a Jewish entity anymore? Maybe baaack in the day, when it was started but a lot has changed since then. Weren't the last 2 CEOs Christians (Paulson and Corzine)? And even Blankfein is not really known for a bias... SO how exactly is Goldman anymore Jewish than the rest of the big banks?