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    Google Criticized as "Anti-American" for Tetris Logo

    Blind patriotism is as bad and ignorant as blind faith. I suppose people expect something more mature about something as important as a nation as opposed to a football game, and shouting "We're the best nation on earth" does not exactly project this image.
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    "n00b" Beaten Out as One Millionth Word

    I suppose it depends on your definition of 'word' - which is down to us, the users (and therefore shapers) of the English language, there is no other authority (unlike French for example, but who cares about them?). For me phrases with spaces are not words, that's what a hyphen is for - others...
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    "n00b" Beaten Out as One Millionth Word

    I can see the logic in this, but I'm guessing compound words are literally put together when you write them so they become a single word, to represent the fact that they are in actual fact words and not just phrases.
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    "n00b" Beaten Out as One Millionth Word

    Web 2.0 is a legitimate phrase that has been around for quite some time, I had always equated it to Ajax type site design and stuff like that, but it turns out it actually means 'user-centric' design, with things like social networking sites or user submitted content and such. It is not...
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    Unforgotten Realms: Episode One: The Remaking of Heroes

    I thought this was very good, and I have to say that I am a little saddened by all the negative comments. Unless I missed something, just because a piece of comedy does not sarcastically berate the rest of the world does not make it bad. There are many types of comedy, and just because you may...