links for 2008-11-18

"Just 18 months ago, China and India lacked a single system among the 25 fastest in the world. But on the latest list of the 500 fastest computers, released Monday, China nailed the No. 10 spot, standing as the only nation besides the United States in the top 10. India, meanwhile, had the 13th-fastest machine, beating Japan, a longtime leader." Wow

Facebooke developed themselves a nice new way to generate money off all those apps.

What really happens if the Big Three automakers fail: "a contraction of the Detroit Three would result in direct and indirect job losses of 2.5 million to 3 million in 2009."

Bailouts didn't work for the British, just delayed the inevitable.

Ethics and morals top the list.

What the ACLU wants Obama to do in the first 100 hundred days as President to support human rights and civil liberties.

Some really cool business logos.

Design better tables.

Measuring bias is a hard thing to do.

What is Obama going to do about the NSA wiretapping program?

"If you truly believe in what you sell, that's where you need to be, creating wants that become needs. And if you're a consumer (or a business that consumers) it might be time to look at what you've been sold as a need that's actually a want." Thanks Seth.

Build an analog clock.

"It makes no sense to force universities to spend millions on technologies that will hobble innovation on campus while failing to stop file-sharing." Yep.

I have mixed feelings at best.

Should the large universities with massive endowments help out the economy and perhaps more importantly increase scholarships and financial aid? I say no.

Ahh yes those books are so risky.

Great idea, include the contact message in an already created email they can send you.

Good to hear someone is trying to take on this stupid industry.

Very cool camera that can be shot through a grenade launcher.

It's tough being a company devoted to sharing information in Europe.

Bye, bye Jerry we'll miss you.

Nice, add a delay between jQuery functions.

"A French court of appeal has overruled the decision to annul the marriage of two Muslims because the bride had lied about being a virgin."

Development on the Mac has it good points and it's bad points.

Obama and McCain met, and both pledged to work together.

Wow, just wow, I didn't think it would happen.

Is the Electric car dead?

Hulu v YoutTube which makes money?

Built in minification of CSS and JS without needing to change your code.

Thanks Google, now I can track those flash hits.