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Mar

2006

1.

"Make a Mess, Clean it Up!" - How the original Mac team approached tough situations (folklore.org)

342 points posted by earthboundkid

2.

The story of Mel, a real programmer (pbm.com)

238 points posted by brendankohler

3.

Close Encounters of the Steve Kind-it does not pay to lie to Don Knuth (folklore.org)

228 points posted by mattknox

4.

Women in Science (Adjusted for IQ and working hours, jobs in science are the lowest paid in the United States) (philip.greenspun.com)

207 points posted by alanb1979

5.

Thinking like a Genius (studygs.net)

147 points posted by BioGeek

6.

I will never mock curling again -- what a shot! (youtube.com)

146 points posted by funkaoshi

7.

Fruits, Veggies Not as Vitamin Rich as in Past (abcnews.go.com)

114 points posted by _kam0_

8.

Nobel Prize Genius Crick Discovered the Secret of Life on LSD (mayanmajix.com)

92 points posted by redball

9.

The science of love - I get a kick out of you (economist.com)

85 points posted by BioGeek

10.

Peer-to-peer loans for the poor (news.bbc.co.uk)

78 points posted by Sidewinder77

11.

James Surowiecki on the Unwisdom of Crowds-particularly interesting in the context of reddit. (waderoush.typepad.com)

55 points posted by mattknox

12.

BBC NEWS | Programmes | Newsnight | A bit of BitTorrent bother (news.bbc.co.uk)

55 points posted by DaveR1226

13.

Search Engines Breed Worthless 'Original Content'? (online.wsj.com)

48 points posted by ousama

14.

'Do You Wanna Kiss Me?' How New York's women are wising up to The Game's pickup tips (villagevoice.com)

47 points posted by gst

15.

Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years (norvig.com)

44 points posted by nearfar

16.

GCC 4.1.0 released (gcc.gnu.org)

41 points posted by petteri

17.

Hacker Defender Rootkit Guru Kills Stealth Project (emailbattles.com)

32 points posted by zanek

18.

Experts predict things badly - results of a psychologic study (newyorker.com)

31 points posted by teequ

19.

Woman harrased by OC Sherriff for wearing headphones on bus (suicidegirls.com)

30 points posted by frankus

20.

Online Advertising's Big Dilemma (blogcritics.org)

28 points posted by ebrage

21.

Stian Soiland - Decorators in Python (soiland.no)

27 points posted by rmc

22.

Americans Know 'Simpsons' Better than First Amendment (news.bbc.co.uk)

26 points posted by ousama

23.

The Theory of Classification - A Course on OO Type Systems (lambda-the-ultimate.org)

24 points posted by teehemkay

24.

Record companies throwing away valuable music archives (billholland.net)

22 points posted by AaronSw

25.

'Rotating lock' lifts boats, links waterways (designnews.com)

15 points posted by BioGeek